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[strategic_guile]

[The video starts up and you get a blonde with an upticked mouth looking at you.]

So everyone got these new tablets, but teaching us how to use them was just one step they weren't willing to take. I figure I could step in here and offer to teach the basics to anyone who was having a problem using theirs.

I'll be at the *insert random place here idk* for most of today, so if anyone wants to stop by for a lesson, I'll be there. [Grins a little wiser] I hope ya'll are good, attentive students so I don't regret this later.

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Comments

[strategic_guile]

Dank tunnels, explosions, and poisonous gas? What wasn't there to love? [Dryly]

[studieswaitressing]

Well, I felt the talent show was a little lack-lustre.

[Heh.]

[strategic_guile]

From which side?

[studieswaitressing]

Oh...the judges seemed a tad harsh, I guess.

[strategic_guile]

[Snorts a bit] Would you rather have easy judges?

[studieswaitressing]

I don't see why there needs to be judges at all, really. It would've been nice to just have people display their talents.

[strategic_guile]

People could always use the training room. That's what it's for, despite how sketchy the Initiative is.

[studieswaitressing]

I didn't mean just combative talents.

[strategic_guile]

So you mean, 'I'm really good at organizing large groups of people' kind of talents then? [Raises eyebrow]

[studieswaitressing]

I guess that would count. Just -- interesting things. You never know when a really obscure skill will come in handy.

[strategic_guile]

That makes me think we should have a talent show or something. High school all over again. [Slightly pained but amused look]

[studieswaitressing]

I think that's sort of what they had in mind when they did the one underground. If you talk to the girl who started it -- I'm not sure of her name -- maybe she'd want an encore presentation.

[strategic_guile]

[He looks a bit confused by this] Oh, the... magic show type thing?

[studieswaitressing]

I think it's the same girl who ran that, yeah.

I heard something about a puppet show being included, but maybe I heard wrong.

[strategic_guile]

[He had been in a kind of bad place during that so he totally blanked out, whoops] Maybe she can run another one. I'm curious about other abilities.

[studieswaitressing]

[Whoops.]

I think it'd be useful just to get an idea of all the skills that we're probably missing out on right now. Not everyone has to fight.

[strategic_guile]

It's better if everyone doesn't. [Laughs a bit] We don't need a group of bloodthirsty and headstrong fighters leading behind the scenes.

[studieswaitressing]

Exactly. I can't help but feel like the Initiative's really only been focusing on the fighters, though.

[strategic_guile]

Which makes me wonder why they didn't focus just on fighters unless they can't control it. [Shruuug] If they had a good intelligence set-up it would make more sense.

[studieswaitressing]

I think they were hoping they did, but that kind of backfired a few weeks before you got here.

[Seriously, that AI incident sucked.]

[strategic_guile]

Really? What happened then?

[studieswaitressing]

It was supposed to be some sort of training exercise -- but whatever device it was trapped us in memories that were -- screwed up.

Not cool.

[strategic_guile]

Well, let me say I'm really glad I wasn't here. I hope they scrapped that or only use it for their enemies or something.

[studieswaitressing]

Oh, they threw the whole thing out. I think it's probably ready to be 'tested' again, but I doubt they'll be getting many volunteers.

[strategic_guile]

A new sucker is born every day. They might just call it something else this time.