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[wolfssegen]

Who: Ches Fields & Open
Username: awarewolf
Warnings: tba if needed

I'm thinking of going into Staff Development. What skills are people looking to develop?

And/or what skills do you have that might be useful that I could learn?

Comments

@GasStationJack

[stations]

Do you teach any skills that might come in handy warding off an apocalypse? It turns out this place isn't actually all that willing to help out with that if you're not from here.

[wolfssegen]

Shooting, hand to hand fighting, negotiating with supernatural creatures. I have a pretty varied skillset, but I'm not sure how much good farming, animal husbandry, or anything like that would be. Driving? That might come in handy.

[stations]

I'm not really a gun guy and I'm missing a leg, so I might not qualify as a good pupil.

( That last bit probably takes the fighting and the driving off the table. )

They teach a LOT of random stuff here, though. I'm pretty sure I saw a class on how to play the didgeridoo the other day.

un: freakscene

[cacophonish]

hey man thanks for teaching me how to punch the other day

and i guess i wanna get good at like
finding clues and stuff

[wolfssegen]

I could probably still teach you to fight, if you wanted to learn. Everyone can fight.

Huh. Well maybe someone would be interested in gardening or whatever then. I'll keep it on the table.

Oh right, I'm good at survival skills in the wild, too.

@katrina; voice

[twicelost]

[ She's been stalking this. ]

Teach me drive and shoot gun.

[ This is Katrina being polite, and you can tell because she sounds mostly neutral and isn't hissing. ]

[stations]

Okay, I mean I guess we could give it a shot. It couldn't hurt. I've gotten pretty good at hitting stuff with a bat, but that doesn't really cut it. It would be nice to stop losing appendages to assholes.


What counts as survival skills in the wild? Is that like hunting?

[wolfssegen]

No sweat. You were a pretty good student. ;)

Finding clues? You mean for investigations?

[wolfssegen]

Sure. When are you free? I'll have to start with shooting because I need to figure out how to get hold of a car. Wonder if ADI provides them. ;)

[wolfssegen]

I'm down for it if you are. And hitting stuff with a bat is a good skill, even if it's not cutting it. You run into a lot of assholes who want to hurt you like that?

[Oh look, it's the protective instinct rising up.]

Yeah, hunting. How to make a fire without matches or a lighter. Making a shelter. Generally "how not to die if you get lost hiking" type stuff.

[aelwyn_aberration]

I've got a bit of practice, but I suppose more firearms training wouldn't hurt. Computer skills too, since those are a fair bit different here.

[stations]

Yeah, you could definitely say that. Most of them I probably couldn't do anything against even if I was Bruce Lee, they're not usually human, but for the ones that are it might have saved me a finger and a leg.

( sPeNcER )

I accidentally ate a chipmunk once, so that might not be a bad idea either.

[wolfssegen]

Hah, sounds a lot like what I run into back home. Can't say I've ever lost an appendage though, so yours might be worse. Usually I talk my way out of snags with things that are more powerful than I am, but I can be pretty powerful when I want to be.

Accidentally? Sounds like a good story.

[wolfssegen]

Not bad. I've been shooting since I was a kid, so I know a lot of the shortcuts and tricks and how to clean the guns and all that. I know a bit about computers, but my kid brother's better at them than I am.

[stations]

Powerful how? Do you do magic or something?

Good isn't really the word I would use. More like "long" or "weird".

[wolfssegen]

Or something. I can tell you all about it later. There's just a lot of the supernatural going on where I live.

Long and weird sounds good to me. Most of my stories would be long and weird too.

[stations]

Yeah, me too.


It involves a sociopath, a glowing mutant raccoon, a couple of demi-gods, and a really long sleep-deprived walk through the woods after not eating for... a while and then hallucinating a set of cookie scout twins that may or may not have existed but either way fed me what turned out to definitely not be cookies the next day

[wolfssegen]

You know what, I don't say this often but I think your story is weirder than most of mine. And mine involve necromancers with ancient Viking bodyguards and a dryad that we pacified with vodka and lemon bars.

[cacophonish]

thanks! 😀 i really felt like i was getting the hang of it at the end there

[ ....in that he was slightly more capable of throwing a full punch. ]

yeah like that
i feel like i'm always missing stuff and not really focused and shit like that

gardening would be cool too

[stations]

It's really weird how many supernatural entities are appeased by liquor and junk food.

[wolfssegen]

I mean, when you think about it, most people can be appeased with liquor and junk food. I know I sure can.

[stations]

That's fair, it's definitely relatable. Sometimes a gas station burrito is just what you need in your life.

[wolfssegen]

You were. It was a pretty quick improvement, all things considered.

[A beat.]

You ever been tested for ADHD?

[wolfssegen]

A gas station burrito and a beer and I'll shut up for at least 5 minutes.

My pack's at least caught the hang of it.

[cacophonish]

no what's that got to do with anything?