[S] Perrix: Coordinate.

[callouslystalwart]

You are again PERRIX SEIYOS.

Now that things are a bit more calmed down after you managed to get into the game proper, you decide to take a break from constant STRIFE to gather some very important information. See, you're only vaguely familiar with most of your fellow PLAYERS. Even out of the ones you know, you're not terribly familiar with their level of COMBAT PROWESS. Your own COMBAT PROWESS is quite honed if you say so yourself (and you do. Often.) but as this will clearly be very important to the GAME at hand you decide that it would be helpful to take stock.

Yes, you think it is quite time that you all GET DOWN TO BUSINESS. To DEFEAT... The HUMANOID NPCs.

-- callouslyStalwart [CS] RIGHT NOW opened memo DUELOGRAPHICS. --

CS: It occurs to ~me~ that while fighting is clearly a key aspect of this game... ~~CS
CS: Some of you may not be versed in the art of altercation as ~I~. ~~CS
CS: Therefore, ~I~ think it is of the utmost importance that ~we~ identify ~our~ roughhousing resources. ~~CS
CS: ~Our~ group's DUELOGRAPHIC, if you will. ~~CS
CS: So. ~~CS
CS: Who of ~us~ can fight? ~~CS
CS: How well? ~~CS
CS: For those that can't, ~I~ suggest ~we~ put together a crash course on clashing. ~~CS
CS: To begin, ~I~ am more than capable of both handling ~myself~ and teaching others. ~~CS

Comments

[apiarycryptonaut]

Um, I c4n fight.
I think, but m4ybe... not th4t good, no.
I don't like to... fight much, it's d4ngerous.
4nd sc4ry, very sc4ry.
Cr4shing 4nd, um, "coursing"... seems re4lly d4ngerous too.
So, um, I think... I'll, um, w4tch m4ybe?

[callouslystalwart]

Well, one can certainly pick up some of the basics from observation, ~I~ suppose. ~~CS
Hands-on practice is the only way to truly reach mastery, however! ~~CS

[apiarycryptonaut]

Um, but, uh, well.
Wh4t do you think?
Would th4t be better?
H4nds-on pr4ctice, m4ybe?

[callouslystalwart]

Of course! ~~CS
~I~ mean, ~I'm~ sure that you're more than capable of mentally going through multiple iterations of a puzzle and coming up with a solution completely in your pan once you know all of the rules to it... ~~CS
But you would not be able to properly test your solution and confirm that it was correct without actually touching the puzzle, correct? ~~CS
Assuming ~we're~ talking about the sort of puzzle that takes up actual physical space, of course. ~~CS

[apiarycryptonaut]

Hold on, you need a minute to process all of that. Suddenly, it clicks exactly what he's talking about.

So fighting is just... 4 puzzle th4t I... need better solutions for?
But every enemy is... so different, Perrix, yes!
I c4n't le4rn everything!

[callouslystalwart]

No, but there are certainly common elements that it would pay to learn. ~~CS
Keeping your guard up, learning to judge the reach of your weapon... ~~CS
Though your opponents may change, one thing you can always rely on being the same in every fight is yourself! ~~CS

[apiarycryptonaut]

Oh, um, yes, yes!
Th4t's how I know... how f4st I c4n... run 4w4y, for sure.
Bec4use running keeps me... very s4fe, it does.
I don't know if... I c4n gu4rd, no.

[callouslystalwart]

You SIGH.

That's... ~~CS
A start, at least. ~~CS
~I~ suppose that not everyone is cut out for fighting. ~~CS
If it isn't exactly your forte, then at least being able to flee as efficiently as possible is the next best thing. ~~CS
If ~we~ work as a group, ~I~ should be able to handle it from there! ~~CS

[apiarycryptonaut]

Th4t sounds good 4nd... s4fe for sure, Perrix!
I'll keep to running!
Bec4use I don't need... to re4lly fight, right?
No, th4t would be... very b4d, I think.
I'll just run 4nd... w4tch, 4bsolutely, yes yes.

[callouslystalwart]

Well even ~I~ can't be everywhere at all times... ~~CS
But ~I~ suppose there's no rules in the game that every player need fight, no. ~~CS

1/2

[soundtricks]

oh my god Kusbir who let you in on the survival party

2/2

[soundtricks]

more importantly, who let you in on the survival party
without knowing how to fucking SURVIVE♫♪

[callouslystalwart]

Kusbir is quite useful in other ways. ~~CS

[soundtricks]

she's a nice kid
but 'useful' ain't really in the descriptors I'd use for what I know of 'er

[callouslystalwart]

If ~we're~ dealing with imps ~I'd~ much rather have you at ~my~ side. ~~CS
If ~we're~ dealing with riddles ~I'd~ take Kusbir any night. ~~CS
It seems that ~we'll~ be dealing with both in fairly equal measure in this game. ~~CS

[soundtricks]

no offense
but between you and me, ain't a riddle yet I ain't solved by beating the answer outta someone

[callouslystalwart]

Do these monsters seem particularly intelligent to you? ~~CS

[soundtricks]

not really
but who knows
this is a game right♫
so these are low-level monsters
the longer we play, the harder it's gonna get
it's common sense

[callouslystalwart]

Point. ~~CS
Still, ~we~ can't plan entirely based on 'what-if's. ~~CS
She will be useful. ~~CS

[apiarycryptonaut]

You don't even notice the point as it sails miles over your head. You know exactly what you're talking about!

Oh, well, I think... bec4use I'm not de4d?
Th4t me4ns I h4ven't... f4iled surviving yet, no.
Which is 4 good... thing, 4bsolutely, I think.
I think I c4n... keep surviving for sure!
Bec4use it's like 4... d4ily puzzle, m4ybe, th4t... ch4nges 4ll the time!

[soundtricks]

take note of the 'yet' there
this ain't a fucking ~PUZZLE~, Kusbir
this is live or die
don't fuck it up

[apiarycryptonaut]

I won't, I promise!

[soundtricks]

how can you even promise that
you don't even know how quadrants work♪

[apiarycryptonaut]

Trust me ple4se Zur4he?
I promise, re4lly, yes.
I re4lly, re4lly re4lly... re4lly promise, I do.
I won't mess up... You c4n't either, ok4y?

[soundtricks]

I'm not planning on messing up
it's kind of why I'm playing this game to begin with
after all, ~some~ of us were actually doing pretty good at surviving the real world