Day 150 | Action | Open | Orange Gels smell like they say

[notduchess]

Who: Duke, anyone-
Open: Open
When: 150th or so
Where: Training Hall
What: Duke has shard'd up a new building, and has finally sat down with the gift
Format: I will follow
Warnings: Depressed knight, spoilers for Tales of Vesperia if any of you care that much- XD

Duke had been rather busy after finding the gift in the shrine. After opening it, the knight had more or less wrapped it back up, made a trip back to put it away, and focused very intently on cleanup.

The next day was spent scribbling in a clear patch of dirt, because why use good paper when the knight wasn't sure it could be done. But then Duke vanished with a collection of shards, heading off to the Skyway almost empty handed after that.

Which leaves today. Today, the knight is inspecting a new building - a moderately tall, plain looking one a little more rectangle than square, with a four foot fence surrounding the area between it and the edge of the Bastion. Duke looks a little pleased after inspecting it.

Bother the knight?


Or, alternatively, explore the building some hours later, closer to when the clouds move in for night, and find the knight settled in a corner of the second story, struggling to keep steady hands while mending an odd black and red coat.



(OOC: Duke has acquired Twin's Coat from the gods, and has gotten around to getting a moderately good training building. PM me questions? )

Comments

[notduchess]

... I'll leave you to the gun things. I know a little about archery, and that's all I felt comfortable providing for the range.

[ The knight shrugs. ]

That would be a helpful project.

[ And Duke thinks about it. Hmn- ]

Depending on the scale, and how similar to skyway you can get it, it might be better to rope off another section of the Bastion for that.

[freedom_engineer]

For a real, simulated environment test, I'd need a lot more power and technology than we have available. A good goal, mind you, but we've got more important things to make than a Holo-theater.

Mostly, what I'm thinking is just a small, walking course, with targets set up all around. The person running the course chooses which targets to pop up, and the person challenging the course has to take the targets in a timely fashion.

More advanced courses often have recognisable friendly targets so as to teach people that not everything that pops up is hostile. Teaching someone to shoot at a moment's notice isn't a good thing if they shoot a scared little boy that runs out of a hiding spot, after all.

[notduchess]

Ah- yes, that sounds... like a project that would be delayed a lot.

... that makes sense. And sounds rather doable. Could make runs and gather up some of the random scrap that seems to litter the skyway - make it the obstacles, or cover, that one could find out there. Maybe for intermediate, once they get the idea of "this is my reaction time".

[ A dry laugh. Yeah, hitting an ally who goes running through would be bad. ] Very true.

[freedom_engineer]

Yeah, it's not a hard task at all. It would take me a little while to build, but I can do it pretty easily. I just need the proper materials to set up a switch system, and then a little time to teach the operator how to manage the courses.

Since this place is your baby, though, I won't impose myself. Just come and grab me at the workshop whenever you want me to do it. And when we've got the materials for it, of course.

[He gives Duke a wry grin, then.]

Basically? Think of what you'd want to challenge yourself, in any way. And then ask me to make it. I'll happily do it for you, though I can't promise you'll be first in line every time.