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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!]

Comments

[kikoku]

[Well in that case it's fine if it's vague, he supposes....]

You really don't worry about things much, do you?
[It's this weird combination of high energy and absolute chill]

[boneafide]

IF I WORRIED ABOUT EVERYTHING I SAID OR DID ALL THE TIME, I'D BE DEAD!!

NYEH HEH HEH!! IT'S A JOKE, GET IT? BECAUSE I'M NOT DEAD.

[kikoku]

...
See I thought it was a joke because you're a skeleton.

[boneafide]

WHY WOULD THAT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT? IT'S NOT LIKE A MADE A BONE JOKE.

[kikoku]

because...

[He's sure he's had a conversation like this with Papyrus before and he can't believe it's happening again.]

Humans usually associate skeletons with death because a human corpse will eventually decompose into one, you know.

[boneafide]

[ To Papyrus' credit, he's actually taking this a lot better this time than the last time someone actually said "humans die and decompose into skeletons" because that time was full of violent, sad denial. ]

OH YES, I KNOW THAT HUMANS ARE GROWING SKELETONS INSIDE OF THEM SO THAT LATER THEY CAN BECOME SKELETONS TOO. BUT IT'S REALLY WEIRD TO ASSOCIATE THAT WITH DEATH!! I MEAN, I'M NOT DEAD. IT'S JUST ANOTHER PART OF LIFE!!

[kikoku]

[I mean, there is still some level of denial here. But that's fine, still progress.[

... Are you saying that where you come from, humans die and become skeletons like you? Like, you were a human before?

Because for the most part, human skeletons aren't alive.
[Not counting Brook, who has already been discussed.]

[boneafide]

OH, NO NO, NO. I'M SAYING HUMANS, IN AN ATTEMPT TO COPY SKELETONS BECAUSE OF OUR POWERFUL AND WISE HISTORY, HAVE STARTED GROWING SKELETONS INSIDE THEMSELVES SINCE BIRTH SO THAT THEY CAN BECOME SKELETONS AFTER THEIR FLESHY FORMS ARE USED UP!

[ feel free to say what the fuck, law. ]

[kikoku]

[He's saying what the fuck in his heart.]

Papyrus
[How does he explain to a guy like this.]

no
people are both with a full skeleton
they're functional, human bodies wouldn't work without them
[Law can't not try to explain this, as a doctor.]

[boneafide]

NOW YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO FLATTER ME!!

[Don't even try, Law. Just... not worth it.]

[kikoku]

[................]

That wasn't what I was doing at all
Why would you think that?

[boneafide]

WHY ELSE WOULD YOU SAY HUMANS WON'T WORK WITHOUT SKELETONS?? WHEN I KNOW THEY DEFINITELY CAN.

[kikoku]

[He could try to explain, again, that human skeletons are different than Papyrus skeletons but he's very tired and it's becoming obvious that logic is nothing in the face of however the fuck this particular skeleton's brain works.]

Alright, then the next time I run into you and Ban-ya in person I'll remove his skeleton and see how he manages without it.
[Picking on Ban because he's the one person Law wouldn't feel bad about temporarily crippling. He'll put the skeleton back, he swears.]

[boneafide]

WHO'S BAN-YA?

[ Look, he knows Ban. No one calls him "Ban-ya," you damn fool. ]

[kikoku]

[LISTEN everyone else has figured out who he means before, ok??]

Ban
Who else could I have meant?

[boneafide]

OH, I WASN'T SURE.

OKAY BUT IF YOU REMOVE ME FROM BAN, WHAT'S THAT GOING TO PROVE? THAT HE CAN'T PICK UP AFTER HIMSELF??

[ things law probably didn't want to think about: papyrus considers himself "ban's skeleton." ]

[kikoku]

[Well... He's glad for this confirmation that Ban has friends, he guesses?? As for the misunderstanding...]

You'll see if/when it happens.
Don't think too much about it.

[boneafide]

OKAY, SURE!!