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It's occurred to me that since our membership shifts and our backgrounds vary so much, it might be good to compare what we're capable of. More to the point, I was thinking we might be able to help each other pick up relevant skills, if not hone the ones we already have.

If people are looking to train or think they could help others, why don't we discuss that here? I know at least a few of us don't have backgrounds in combat, for example. On our first day here I met someone who wasn't familiar with firearms but might get good use out of the skill, for another.

In my case, I have experience training others and can help with hand-to-hand combat. I can work with people ranging from average human strength to well above it. I've got some skill with swords and knives, but I wouldn't compare that to someone who specializes in them, and that's something I'd like to work on. In terms of non-combative skills, if someone wants to work on something like cooking, I'm reasonably helpful there.

Let's see how we can help each other improve.

[ooc: Please feel free to thread-hop/jack here, that's what this is for!]

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[moneyballer]

[ya ok robo-buddha]

I mean, we're all stuck here, right?

[cue canned laughter]

Might as well~!

[iomnic]

I am getting the distinct feeling you are not being serious.

[moneyballer]

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the help or whatever else you're tryin' to do here, but let's be real.

None of us asked to be on this team.

[iomnic]

I fail to see your point. Yes, no one here asked for this. But that is life.

It is also a part of life for you to choose how you navigate through it. Are you offering to be someone for people to talk to, because you want to? Or because you simply think there is nothing else you can do?

[moneyballer]

[Ugh, preachy.

Asher wrinkles his nose a bit. While Zenyatta is right, something about that comment definitely rubbed him the wrong way.]

So the fact that we were basically kidnapped means nothing to you.

I don't know about wherever the hell your from, but being taken from home and forced to work for an organization we next to nothing about? That's punishable by law.

Hella.

[iomnic]

[Yes, he is preachy, you're right.]

Did I imply it meant nothing?

Please enlighten me as to what I am missing by allowing myself to become upset at the situation we find ourselves in. Am I missing the feelings of righteous anger at being kidnapped? Do I fail to feel distraught at being told that we, as members of ALASTAIR, must intrude upon other cultures and alter their actions forcibly in order to "preserve a timeline" that may simply have been destined to end? Should I allow myself to fall into a state of feeling useless, simply because I cannot escape this place, just as you cannot either as well?

I feel all of these things already, Asher. You are not the only one who does.

My point is that we are here, with only our own teammates to rely on. If you are going to offer to be someone others can rely on, be hella certain you can handle it.

[moneyballer]

[This isn't the first time he's heard a lecture of this sort, and it won't be the last, not with all the things he has yet to learn. He fumes on his end silently, but not without the understanding that Zenyatta's words are the truth.

There are so many questions running through Asher's mind at the moment, but most notably, can he handle it? Being far from home and having little busy work to distract himself with, he's come frightfully to terms with the fact that so far, it doesn't seem like he's all that great at anything useful.

And that's a dangerous place to be.]

And what if I don't think I can?

[Sent reluctantly.]

I'm not made for places like these.

[But unfortunately, he's stuck here. Life's a bitch.]

This is all I can do for now, and I...! I meant what I said before.

I'm okay with listening.

[Even though he still needs to get better at that. At the very least, he is trying.]

[iomnic]

Then you will do fine. I do not mean to belittle any purpose you may have found. I simply want you aware of the depth of your offer.

If you search yourself, and find that the answer within is that you truly wish to help others, then I think you will do fine with this.

Please also do not think that because you are not capable of much now, you will not be capable of more later. You have grown already so much from the man you used to be when you arrived here. Your potential is only limited by your own dedication.

You can become so much more.

[moneyballer]

[Asher is unused to this kind of kindly talk from any sort of mentor figure, seeing as Annalise Keating is hardly as gentle or encouraging as Zenyatta. Both are good at what they do, however, and having a variety of people to learn from will be of use to him.

Maybe it will even save him from that horrible fate, that terrible thing that has yet to come.]

I hope you're right.

[Because god, is he afraid.

What if no matter how hard he tries, he will never be good enough?]

[iomnic]

I have often been told that I am.

But do not think on this too much. Our time here is young yet.

[moneyballer]

[He doesn't respond because he doesn't know what to say.

For right now, he'll do his best to believe.]