LFM [@R.Greenhilt: Video]

[greatcleavage]

Good afternoon. My name is Roy Greenhilt.

[Seven words -- no, no, he doesn't have to keep himself to the word limit of a Sending spell with this strange device, even though he's given to understand its transmission functions are most analogous to that spell.]

[Don't mind that brief pause. He's just going to be here acting like he knows what he's doing.]

As many of you are no doubt aware, there are numerous exploratory missions set out to benefit the quarantine and ensure the survival of its people. I am seeking others who would be willing to join a party dedicated to routinely undertaking these missions, as well as various other freelance opportunities that may present themselves. I'm an experienced adventurer and party leader, so I'd like to put those skills to use here for the betterment of the quarantine.

I generally prefer in-person interviews but I recognize we're all a bit busy adjusting to our new circumstances, particularly after the storms that just rolled through and a recent concern about attacks on the quarantine, so I'm willing to be flexible. My own duties aren't to be put aside on a whim either! [Roy offers a grin to the camera which is a little stale, the joke lame enough that it proves he's not quite comfortable with this whole thing.]

Please get in touch with me at your earliest convenience if you're interested in joining.

Comments

[greatcleavage]

[Optimism?]

[Oh no. Optimism is the belief that things will go well. Optimism would be thinking that so long as they stick to a common goal, they won't have any troubles. That's the exact opposite of what Roy believes. No, they will have problems, as a guarantee -- but they have within them the power to resolve those problems. That's merely belief in the power of hard work to overcome difficulty.]

Considering we're all holding instant communication in our pockets and belt pouches, I don't think you have to worry about losing track of me.

[dust_of_life]

[Roy might be surprised--and disgusted--by how many people Fatima has ghosted in her time. But that's a story for another day.]

Cool.

[toolatetochangethename]

Yeah, I guess.

I mean, it's not like they were on VistaCorp's payroll.

[OR WERE THEY!?! Nah. ]

I can also shrink really small. [Because, hey, nothing like a weird first impression.]

[greatcleavage]

[The shrinking part isn't too weird. Reduce is a spell, after all.]

Well, I'd appreciate more of the story behind all of this, I have to say.

[staystrong]

History? Okay. I've been fighting the undead for the last five years.

[That's basically all her world is now: fighting walkers and trying to survive and/or build a community, as futile as all that might be. For beings that moved so slow the walking dead sure did cause a lot of damage.]

I learned to shoot a gun when I was eight.

[She could demonstrate her weapon skills, but it's not like she's some modern day Robin Hood. Her aim is pretty good, but nothing special.]

[greatcleavage]

Ahh. That would explain it. ['Zombie horde' is a pretty standard trope, after all.] I'm guessing you have some decent survival skills to go along with that, then?

[staystrong]

You could say that, yeah.

[Way to be casual about it, man.]

I'm still alive.

[greatcleavage]

All right... what about other skills? Technological familiarity, for example? [Roy is well aware this is one venue in which a girl less than half his age could easily surpass him, if she comes from a world more familiar with the devices and gadgets here.]

[staystrong]

Uh... I have a few. I can drive a car and work a lot of basic machinery. Don't know much about computers, programming, or any of that.

[They didn't exactly have the internet anymore.]

[greatcleavage]

Hmm, that's actually reasonably helpful. It's better than I can do, anyway. I'm guessing by the same token you don't have any skill or familiarity with magic.

[toolatetochangethename]

Okay, sure. Former employer was ripping people off. I just, you know, unripped them off.

With extreme prejudice.

[The kind of prejudice that ended up with sports cars in swimming pools.]

[greatcleavage]

Oh, okay. No, you don't need to worry, I have experience working with Chaotic Good people and I have found them to be highly valuable team members. That's not a disqualifier.

[He's not going to ask about Thieves' Guild membership, though. Having already gone through that plotline quite laboriously, he isn't expecting a repeat.]

[toolatetochangethename]

You sure? Because Baskin Robbins, man, they were not cool with it.

[Mango fruit blast be damned.]

[greatcleavage]

...but 'robbing' is practically in the name. It sounds like an adventuring party for lizardfolk who sunbathe between heists.

[toolatetochangethename]

Well, now I'll never be able to imagine the CEOs as anything else.

[So, thanks for that?]

They sell ice cream and shit.

Uh. Mostly ice cream.

[greatcleavage]

Oh, it's a conglomerate named after its founders, then? [That's the new impression, though he's starting to worry this is going to become a game of 20 Questions.]

[toolatetochangethename]

Look, I don't know. I don't research their entire stock history. I was just trying to get a job.

[If he had researched them, though, maybe he would have known that Baskin Robbins always finds out!]

I didn't steal from them, though, if that's what you're asking. I've gone straight. [Just don't ask him how he got the suit.]

[greatcleavage]

No, no, it's just an unusual name is all. [A very evocative one, the problem being that it apparently evokes all the wrong images.]

So to sum up thus far, thieving skills and ability to cast Reduce Person on self -- what else do you bring to a team?

[staystrong]

Until I got here, I didn't even think magic was real.

[She's still having a hard time dealing with this issue - especially when talking to people like this guy, who just makes it all seem so ridiculous and unreal.]

[greatcleavage]

That's fine, I have no experience with all this advanced gadgetry either. [He figures the situations are pretty analogous.] I'm going to assume that includes more esoteric disciplines such as psionics, as well.

[staystrong]

What such as what?

[She just stares blankly at the screen.]

Uh. Probably.

[greatcleavage]

That's sufficient answer in and of itself, yes. So fighting skills with an emphasis on ranged weapons -- sneak attack damage? [He's going to keep doing this sort of thing while he tries to pin down her class.]

[staystrong]

Sneak attack d--- You hit them or you don't.

[Why this.]

[greatcleavage]

[Because he's trying to understand! Okay, so apparently not a rogue (or a ninja or a scout, assuming she's properly understood his general term of 'sneak attack' to apply to all extra damage dice added on an attack if certain conditions are met).]

...Say, have you ever actually had any formal weapons training?

[toolatetochangethename]

No, yeah, I get that. [He does now, at any rate.]

Cast Reduce...what now?

[This guy was weird. But, team stuff? ] .

Well, I mean, obviously my rapier wit.