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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.

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[casner]

My given name is Graham. Casner is my family's. I'll answer to either.

Noted.

[mannerless]

Ah - it's the reverse, for ours. Are there any titles I should be aware of, or is it truly just 'Casner'?

( that's the one he's opting for - if the man has just the one given name then using it feels too personal for a relative stranger. )

[casner]

If you're bound and determined to be formal, you can use Mr. Casner. It really makes no difference to me.

[mannerless]

Not bound and determined, just force of habit.

While I remember! There are more from our world here in this place. Would you like a list their skills as well, or should I herd them all in your general direction?

[casner]

Casner is fine.

Whichever strikes you as more efficient. If you opt to list their skills, please include how many there are altogether. I'd like to have accurate numbers.

[mannerless]

Alright, here goes -

WEN NING, hair usually not tied up, pale skin. Quiet man.
Very strong, can fight a truly inadvisable number of men or beasts without taking on damage - he's quite durable, that Wen Ning. Can throw a man a great distance. Picture the distance you expect a man to be thrown and double or triple that. Also skilled with a sword, and in fact, currently has my own sword last I checked.

Also very skilled in archery (out of practice, I think?), good at gardening and also has skills in preparing meals. Holds up very well under interrogation, hopefully we won't need that. There might be more, I'll let you know if I think of anything.


JIANG YANLI, long hair, pretty eyes, bright smile, also happens to be my sister so I suppose I'm biased. If she's in robes, they're usually lavender.

She's quite good at cooking, truly the best, and she's also very clever, which I can only assume means that she'd be above-average at identifying edible foods and such in the wild. Very good at mediating debates, no matter how heated. Skilled at needlework, sewing.

She has been trained in basic sword-combat but that was quite a while ago.


NIE HUAISANG, a bit short, very pretty, always has braids in his hair, always carries a fan.

Very smart when you haven't forced him to study, world-smart I suppose is the word? And crafty, very crafty. Has undoubtedly been trained in archery and basic sword-combat, though I haven't seen a lick of it. Mind-blowing ability to locate adult literature in any venue.


LAN SIZHUI, also a bit short, probably 16-ish? Always has a white band around his forehead no matter what else he's wearing.

Skilled with a sword, able to heal you using qi (not as effective if you aren't a cultivator, but it will do in a pinch), can almost definitely do all sorts of neat tricks (combat, soothe evils, speak with the dead) if we find his guqin but no luck there just yet. Probably has more tricks I'm not thinking of, Lans are horribly useful that way.