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BARGHEST/GULGALLANA

( roots twist around your legs to yank through the swamp water into. . . oh yes, another swamp. wonderful!! everyone loves the swamp! at least there is civilisation here. you've found yourself in a quaint little village with a fancy new set of duds and. . .?

ah, yes. this stranger that you immediately recognise as your squad captain. )

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[ Your squad captain, an older woman with scars on her face, leads you into a shack set on stilts above the mirelands. On the door, a symbol has been carved into the wood: ⏂, and all of the tapestries and flags are PURPLE. Inside on a large table, weapons have been grouped together: swords and shields, bows and arrows, and magic staves. ]

Listen up, pups. The first stage of your mission is to explore the village yonder. But just because we've been assigned to protect them doesn't mean all those natives are going to be friendly. This is a war zone. Arm yourselves accordingly—as a unit.

[ And just in case it isn't immediately clear what she means by that, it would seem that there's exactly the same number of weapons as there are people in your squad. ]

[ grumbling under her breath about swamps and stuffy armor :CCCCC

what sort of weapons we got here, anyway, because this lady's an unconventional fighter ]

[ Her eyes light up and she immediately wanders over to the weapons. She looks completely at home in swamp + armor, settling into it quite naturally. ]

Weapons! Real ones!

Edited 2015-12-12 04:32 (UTC)

[ swords and shields, bows and arrows, and magic staves ]

Honestly, we should really be mixing weapons, but I somehow doubt they'll let us... Not only that, they gave us swords when spears would have been a better choice.

I was wondering that, myself. If there is someone who feels better not being an offensive partaker in battle and would prefer simply to protect themselves, we could always use parts of our armor to attach one or two of the swords to the staves, to produce glaives or polearms of sorts. And then those who do not wish to fight can keep the shields.

Edited 2015-12-12 04:35 (UTC)

[ boooo she hasn't regained her swordsmanship skill shard

oh well she'll have a better look later....are the staves for healing, or magic combat? ]

[Well, at least she'll admit the armor looks both good and practical enough, and the construction seems sound. No muck wading for now, at least. And hey, she was a soldier. She can handle this much.]

It has been long since I have been on the battlefield.

What weapon shall we arm ourselves with?

Edited 2015-12-12 04:46 (UTC)

Well, at the very least, I can handle a sword, but polearms really are a better option overall.

War zone?

[Anyway, he is yoinking a sword because that's what his tattoo is so that makes sense.]

[ it's impossible to tell just from looking at it ]

[PICKS UP THE LARGEST ONE]

Correct.

Then...perhaps the staves? They are....magical? Maybe?

Can you even use that?

Why am I going to use it?

Who's causing trouble?

They probably are, yes. Either way, if we choose something other than swords, we'll probably be focused on keeping out of range of any opponents. The archery option is most likely going to have us acting as stealth, which would be appropriate for scouting, but isn't exactly all that useful for defense unless we're in the middle of a siege.

Lyra, I think....

[ hmmm, looking over at the captain ] This is like a raid. Have I explained raids to you, yet?

The kingdoms are at war. We are pitted against the Yellows, Greens, Blues, Blacks, and Reds.

[PLACES IT IN THE MUD.]

[AND STARTS MAKING A CASTLE OF MUD AROUND IT.]

Nope!

This is true. And archery requires a certain knowledge of how to use the bow, whereas even a novice may swing with a sword or a staff and hit true, if not the most accurate or skillful...

I personally would vote for staves, but I am fine with anything, except perhaps the arrows.

They're where you go out, and you fight monsters...and you either come back alive, or you die.

This is why they give you weapons. This is why I was trained to fight.

Although spears would have been ideal, it does not seem that the aim of this game is a simple war simulation alone. If so, doubtless each of us would also have back up weapons as well.

I think I would recommend the bows, myself.

Can we just stay here? That doesn't sound like fun at all, booooooo. Make a castle with me instead, Lala-chan!

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