unknownseas | Week 2

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Week 2

Good morning, New Rapture. A new day is dawning.

It's now been a week since you were all captured. Perhaps you've already settled in. Perhaps you're already confident that you'll make it out of New Rapture alive. How serious about this could Mayor Fontaine possibly be, really?

While there still may not be much to do in your little hotel bubble, you've at least been granted a little more now - some kind of mysterious room and a sizeable library of all things. And in all the places you've looked so far, you've found valuable information, and even learned some of the story of New Rapture along the way.

Make sure to keep talking to the others! You want to keep those regain coins flowing, don't you?

SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

[ ooc: Welcome to the second week of Unknown Seas Round 3! Please make sure to mark any investigation toplevels accordingly, and you can reach either Mayor Fontaine or Eleanor for conversations! ]

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[Never in a million years.]

Yeah, he's a good guy. Real sweet. And I'd never wanna get on the wrong side of a healer, so I did try to keep injuries to a minimum. ...Plus I made a bet with Misfire.

Of course. That is absolutely the last thing anyone would want…

[Particularly given that he’s working with a more limited toolkit than usual…]

…am I going to regret asking what your bet was.

It's fine, it's friendly!

[Mostly.]

He bet that if His Honor hurt himself, I'd have to sing him a song. And I told him that if he didn't, he'd have to be my horse for a bit. Harmless fun! Well, except for poor His Honor.

Ah. Well, I do hope your voice is ready.

[...]

Forgive me. I should not presume Jonathan hurt himself without any evidence.

Yeah, you shouldn't! [Smugly:] I won that bet.

[Which may say more about Obi's vigilance and/or reflexes than Jonathan's self-preservation, but a win is a win.]

That is unexpected, though I do find it heartening. I do worry about that man…

Yeah, me too. For one thing, I'm not sure he's ever even seen a fight. He made a fist all wrong...

[What do they teach kids these days?]

Honestly, my belief that he would hurt himself had nothing to do with your skill as an instructor and everything to do with the fact that... I suspected as much...

Lady Zinda tried to tell me it's because he and Brett prolly grew up in peacetime, but that can't be it, right? War has nothing to do with learning how to fight.

I think that could be one factor, but I imagine there are other factors involved. Neither of them seem as though they are impoverished, so they likely have backgrounds that kept them off the streets.

…

I would also not be surprised to learn that they were only children.

Ahhhh, yeah, I guess that might do it.

[—He says, as if he understands.]

Regardless, it may be for the best to keep the lessons up, if you are able. Very few people are able to go from completely unpracticed to competent in one lesson, after all.

Well... suuuure, but I really dunno that I'm the right fit for the job. Usually, when I help people train in this stuff, I just kinda let 'em try to hit me and show 'em what they're doing wrong.

Hm… that is not a terrible training method, though it could be worth it to ask and see if there are more people skilled in unarmed combat who can assist. I know we already did so, but it cannot hurt to try again.

Yeah, that'd be good. I could let them try to hit me and tell the others what they're doing wrong.

I am not certain how well that would work for everyone, necessarily... people do learn in different ways, after all. If there were weapons, I would have an easier time, but...

Hmm.

[Considering that, Obi reaches up to massage his shoulder.]

I wouldn't want you to come at me with a live weapon, since accidents happen, but practice blades would be okay. I've done that before.

Oh, of course I would not attempt to fight you with an actual weapon. Some sort of practice blade would be helpful... but I am not quite certain what would be the best to use.

Yeah, we don't have much here. What're you used to using?

My preferred weapon is a gunblade, though I am fairly used to other sorts of projectiles as well.

[SWORD… GUN… SWORDGUN!]

Projectiles... Too bad we can't easily improvise a bow. What about throwing spears? Knives?

I may be able to do something with a knife in close quarters, but I have not made much of a practice of throwing them.

They're not all made for it, anyway. Not always a good idea to try if the balance isn't right.

[For example, vending machine letter openers are totes not made for throwing. Don't try that at home, kids!]

Too bad the stuff machine doesn't seem to hand out any learner's weapons.

...

There are those... colored collapsible swords...

[SNRK--!

Obi covers the lower half of his face, but the stifled laugh is obvious. He drops the hand, still grinning.]

Okay, yeah, I could let folks take a whack at me with those.

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