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[casner]

Hello. My name is Graham Casner, and as we all seem to be stuck here for the moment, I'd like to get a headcount and collect a few other potentially useful details. A record of who's here will let us know if anyone goes missing, and the benefit of cataloging what skills we have amidst the group should speak for itself.

In my day to day non-bullshit life I work as an adventure/survival guide; while I can't say for sure how much call we'll have for those services consider me on call for any questions about how to use what we have on hand. I also possess some experience in basic home maintenance, though for anything beyond simple electric/plumbing issues you're out of luck.

To sum up: please reply with your name and any skills, abilities, or otherwise you see as beneficial to our survival. Don't discount what might seem frivolous at first; creature comforts can go a long way.

Thank you for your time.

Comments

@Jiang.Wanyin

[legbreakings]

Survival skills of all sorts will be needed at some point, I'm sure.

You weren't completely useless when we fought together, either.

I'm one of the leaders of the cultivation world; I have skills in politics, training my young disciples in swordsmanship and cultivation, I have commanded troops in warfare and I know how to recruit and organize an army.

[ All of which is going to be fantastically useless here, he can see that already.]

While I wouldn't mind teaching cultivation, it takes many years to develop a golden core, especially if you start training as an adult. I won't deny anyone the chance to learn but I'm planning to have escaped from here long before such efforts could bear fruit.

If you're looking for other skills? I'm not bad with repairs around the house. I'm strong, I don't tire easily and heal quickly, like all cultivators. I'm trained in archery. My calligraphy is decent.

[casner]

Glad to be of not complete uselessness.

[ taste the dryness, it's ...it's. dry? ]

Good. No telling when we might need to organize. Or rally the troops, as it were. That said I'm with you on the gone before I need to learn actual fucking magic front, so let's keep thinking that way.

Along with a skill that lends itself to hunting and house repair, I'd say congratulations, you're not completely useless either.

[legbreakings]

[ Jiang Cheng doesn't know what he had expected but the dry humor of the response has him chuckling to himself and mentally adding another "not completely useless" point to Graham Casner. ]

That's high praise, coming from you. I'm pleased to hear I'm no longer considered a costumed amateur actor with a toy sword.

Yes, I can hunt. I'd gladly do so even, considering the terrible food in the store. I can fish, too. I've lived all my life at a lake. I'm a good swimmer and diver, but we should be wary of the middle of the lake, there's a current that drags you under. It cost me the boat I woke up on and if I weren't such a strong swimmer, it would have killed me.

un: gee.vee

[hedoniste]

Gwenaëlle Vauquelin.

( is that i—

yes, and fuck you. )

[casner]

You're capable of literally nothing? What about decoupage, that ought to at least kill a few hours.

@scout

[skittering]

lalli hotakainen. scout. mage. speak finnish, basic swedish.

[casner]

[ he already regrets asking this, but it's not like he hasn't already been introduced to stranger shit, so fuck it. ]

Define "mage."

@wei.wuxian

[mannerless]

Wei Wuxian, and I hear that I'm decent at such things as archery, fishing, swimming, and inciting one Jiang Wanyin to unadulterated rage in mere seconds (increasing his combat effectiveness).

I have talismans for many a purpose and can probably come up with one for nearly anything we might need, if I have a couple of days to work with. I could probably pull together a few more compasses, too - they point toward evils of the spiritual, demonic, or monstrous variety.

I'm alright in combat, if a little bit unconventional these days. Which reminds me! If anyone happens to run into anything of the 'angry spirit' variety, I can deal with that.

Oh - and I'm pretty good at the flute, if I say so myself.

@Jiang.Wanyin

[legbreakings]

You can deal with that. Right.

[ It's true. He can enrage him within seconds. Evidence: right here. ]

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[singularwidower]

I have territory and realm rulership experience, unfortunately including copious amounts of paperwork. I am also well-versed in, shall we say, crisis management both in wartime and peacetime. I would prefer not to replicate any sort of bureaucracy, but I do not doubt that keeping records for ourselves would be only to the good.

Otherwise, I'm passable at the piano, various types of poetry, and little parlor amusements. Card and board games, and such. I do quite like to dance and know any number of dances I would be willing to teach.

As for direct survival, I am adept at Craft--defensive, offensive, and utilitarian--including Hourglass Craft, and I also have some minor Healing skills. Unless, of course, you are talking about poisons; those I have a comprehensive knowledge upon how to handle. I can also fight, both with Craft and--ah, knives are my preference.

I live in hope that there will not be cause for combat, though if the moon is haunted, I can't say I would wager on that possibility.

[casner]

[ The wry weariness with which Graham makes his inquiry can probably be just like, palpably felt through the phone, even for someone not psychic. Perhaps by a not-psychic dead person. On Mars. ]

Can I assume Craft to be some kind of magic?

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[obeir]

My serial number is KD6-3.7. [ He has no name, in other words. ]

I was designed for law enforcement and possess the relevant skills. I understand most modern human languages. I can perform first aid. During my last prolonged captivity, I also cultivated proficiencies in electrical engineering, quantum physics, robotics, herbiculture, ASL, and some skills related to home renovation, to name a few that might be useful.

For less useful, I've worked as a bartender before and managed a couple businesses. I play several instruments.



Disregard my user name; I can't change it.

[casner]

Understood. I wasn't exactly what you'd call thrilled with mine, either. The good news is that the novelty seems to wear off after about a week; you should be able to change it then. In the meantime, you actually want to be addressed by that entire thing on a regular basis?

As to your skills, that's a hell of a lot for one person to have accomplished.

[ Is he finding any of this weird? No idea, really, considering Graham's very first introduction to this fucking place could fly on his sword. ]

@wight

[halfface]

i'm wight.

i have tactical experience. i'm a trained sniper, specifically. and i've got my gun with me.

it's hard to totally list all the military shit i know but it's a lot.

[casner]

A lot should be more than sufficient, though if you are able to come up with specifics I'd appreciate it. Glad to have you on board.

[ my god, is it finally someone with comprehensible, normal skills? graham might not literally sag in relief, but rest assured it is happening mentally.

ps: this list can be handwaved, nw ]

[Text, @atlas]

[theprezident]

My name is Rhys Strongfork. Unfortunately for you guys, I'm pretty useless in a fight and don't really know much about survival.

But I like to think I'm good at making plans, even if I'm not great at executing them. Using people's skills and delegating tasks and things like that. Just won a war back home, actually!

[casner]

[ ..... well then ]

Could you elaborate?

[ if this were dialogue there would be the biggest pause between you and elaborate, just by the way. ]

@five

[callidus]

Well aren't you organized.

Let's see. I'm extremely proficient with an array of weapons, including a variety of firearms, though I can easily make do with just about anything in a pinch. I'm also highly trained in hand to hand combat. My survival skills are top-notch and my first-aid is acceptable. I'm also fluent in several languages.

[ this may come off a little braggy, but it's also sort of supposed to, honestly ]

And I have the handy little ability to teleport.

[casner]

Not so handy if you're still here.

[ all the other stuff was great! that one is just. you know, a whole lot more in your face. ]

@brick.master

[backpacking]

ellie. let's see...
uhhhhh
i can shoot guns and stab stuff and do like bare minimum first aid?
i'm good at surviving i guess
i can ride a horse?
i've got an amazing sense of humor.
not sure what else. probably other stuf.

hello i would say i desperately need cr with them but she already has a joel haha

[casner]

Hmm. You can't really ask a person to take an amazing sense of humor on faith, can you? I'm going to need a demonstration.

@girl.albatross

[enchangement]

she has ears to hear with
eyes to shoot with
fists to fight with
feet to dance with

her name is river tam

[casner]

[ Uh....huh. ]

Did you just tell me you have firearm and hand to hand combat experience?

[ he really, really hopes that's what just happened. possibly he is calling Petra over for a second opinion. ]

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[brandnewtech]

There's a helpful request. Let's all get to know each other. Hopefully nothing that, when posted to a public forum, will bite us back in the ass later.

Consider me your resident I.T. guy. God-tier technical genius. Computers, phones, wireless, televisions, communications, radios, and I even fixed and errant microwave once.

Not that

there's much sophisticated tech here in the middle of the woods. But it's better than the place I was in last time.

[casner]

If you think there's anywhere in this bucolic little prison not considered public by people with the ability to snatch us all from god knows where to who knows what, I'm all ears.