EQUIPMENT ORIENTATION ♔ monday evening

[badexample]

WHO || Andrew Gatewood and any/all Knights who haven't attended an equipment orientation yet
WHAT || Equipment Briefing
WHERE || Knights Headquarters, the Dragon's Hoard Laboratory
WHEN || Monday, July 7th, evening {forward dated}
HOW || actionspam

Anyone showing up to equipment orientation would find a very tall, curly haired man leaned against a wall. He's waiting inside the lab, behind its "Biohazard" labelled doors. Once people begin to show up, he offers a quick greeting and a brief smile, gesturing for them to continue on while he waits for the rest. People are free to look around at the grand library while he waits for the proper head count. Once he thinks everyone has arrived, he takes them up the steps. A great deal of models are suspended from the ceiling that look like space age designs for jet planes, cars, boats, and any number of other things. There are other objects that are much more inexplicable: a giant silver ball, suspended by several rods, for example.

There's another set of doors at the end of the balcony, and he swipes his access card through a reader beside them. They depress with a space age hiss. revealing a clean white laboratory, with rows and rows of tables and lab equipment set up. Numerous knights buzz around in white lab coats, working under microscopes and on computers, conferring over a number of projects.

"Just a bit further." He calls over his shoulder as he waves to a few of the lab techs that he knows. There's a door on the left side of the room with a panel that he presses his hand to, causing the light to change from red to green, unlocking the door for the group.

Beyond is a very long room, with rows of labelled cases and cabinets with transparent glass revealing what's inside. He puts both hands on the edge of the table and takes a deep breath to begin.

Comments

[immuno]

It certainly predisposes us to teamwork. [ although ... ] But to be a Dragon's Claw, I imagine being well-rounded is a requirement.

[badexample]

Right, but getting that job is sort of a one in a million thing. Not that you lot shouldn't have goals. It's just.. [this is why he doesn't get many squires.]

[beatemup]

Is that why you're not a Dragon's claw? Because you're not the one in that million? Or is it because you're not well-rounded? [Yeah, good thing max, just make more enemies as much as you can.]

[immuno]

I'm sorry, how does antagonizing the equipment manager benefit you?

[ mostly she doesn't have time for dragging this out by max being a dick. ]

[beatemup]

It gives me a good laugh over someone who likes to crush young squires' dream of being Dragon's claw. [He's just being a dick.]

[badexample]

[He appreciates you trying to help Lydia. For srs. Remind him to bring you a cookie later.]

Right. So if anyone has actual questions for me? Equipment related questions??

[unforgivably]

I have one. Does size matter?

[immuno]

[ Belligerently ignoring Damon, Lydia instead pulls an overly tight smile in Max's direction. ]

Oh, sweetie. His discouragement isn't what's keeping you from being a Dragon's Claw, and "young" is quite the overstatement. [ Because, uh, her dreams? Not crushed. So she'll turn it on him. ]

[beatemup]

[He's not really interested in being a Dragon's Claw, he only has one reason to stay in the Knighthood, and being a badass hero is not it.] Yeah-yeah, I'm just a dim-witted half-orc whose brain is made of muscles and is only good for lifting boxes. Heard it before. Got a better comeback? [And the last person who said that to Max, had his face restructured by this half-orc. You're lucky he is not in a bad mood. (will 18)] And FYI, I'm 22, half-orc morphology, so no, young is not an overstatement.

[immuno]

[ the sixteen-year-old is still just raising her eyebrows in judgment, because that’s old by her measure ok. ]

I can see the chip on your shoulder’s really working out for you.

[mydesigns]

[omg children. he takes off his glasses to pinch the bridge of his nose. ENCEPHALITIS HEADACHES HURT LESS THAN THIS.] Can we check out equipment when we're not ... on missions?

[unforgivably]

You can check your own equipment all you want. Have a field day.

[mydesigns]

[he glances over at damon like "is this bitch real???" but otherwise ignores him.]

[succubestie]

[Meanwhile, have one mildly amused succubus hanging out nearby. Don't mind her. For now she's just going to...watch. If she has to crack some heads, though, she will.

Show some respect kids, or she'll make you in a hot minute.]

[badexample]

[Also pinching the bridge of his nose, Andrew and Will are twinsies because he is gonna murder all of you. Except Will and Lydia. You guys are cool. He hasn't noticed his girlfriend hanging out just yet.]

Yeah, you can check things out for non mission use. It's a good way to get practice to figure out how you think you might use them on missions. If you want help with any of it, you can usually find of us hanging around and we can run you through the basics.

But... seriously, guys. Can we keep the questions on topic of the actual equipment? [That's directed to Damon and Maxwell. But his attempt at looking stern just ends up exasperated because he is 150% done (intimidate 13)]

[immuno]

Yeah. Is there some kind of appendix or database of what's available? I don't really want to dig through every gadget some half-wit in the Hoard thought would be handy one day on some obscure mission.

[beatemup]

[Actually, he's a jerk at core, his chip on the shoulder just boosts it up furthermore. But her words hit the bullseye, so he'll just stand there quietly. And his will mod sucks and that's enough to spook him, so you seems scary to him, Andrew. (Will 11)]

[ex_psionic439]

[And now that I've actually read the top post because I realized it wasn't just the one that Arden throws up each time (i r smrat), Adam has actually been there the whole time. He's just been ... staring at people and judging the fuck out of them whenever they say or do something dumb. Which is like seventy five percent of everything people have said or done thus far.]

[badexample]

Oh, sure, yeah. I'll get you the inventory log some time and you can look it over. Most people know what they want or just ask one of us us if there's something around that'll do the trick that they want it to.

[immuno]

I like knowing my options.

[ She looks between Max, Damon, and Will. ]

But I think I'll come back later so I can skip the rest of this whole testosterone-infused ordeal.

[mydesigns]

Me too. [WILL YOU ARE PART OF THE TESTOSTERONE PROBLEM. he doesn't care tho. he came, learned some things, was annoyed by humanity and now he's outtie.]

[immuno]

[ w/e she'll welcome him to join her in her flounce if he's done with it too. struts on out of equipment orientation with will graham tbh. ]

[ex_psionic439]

[Adios, bitches. Way to leave him with Damon and Max tho.]

So which are your designs? [Addressing Andrew for the first time since this is the only shit that didn't get covered the last time. Plus he wants to judge you, Andrew.]

[badexample]

Been a part of a few of them, but if you're looking for something that's mostly mine? [He looks into the case before reaching in for a set of teeny tiny cameras and mics.]

I work a lot on the surveillance side of things.

[ex_psionic439]

Wow. [And for a second it seems like he is going to say "cool" or something but nope. Tiny little spy cameras are your specialty?] That's sort of creepy, dude.