deadly arts and crafts day

[load_aim_shoot]

Who: anyone with knowledge of or interest in making weapons from scratch
What: characters meeting up to exchange knowledge and make stuff
When: Some time soon after the town meeting about the forest talkers
Where: the Community Hall

Content Warnings: discussion of weapons designed to kill people and the best ways to do that

Other Notes: So! I'm not going to be replying to the comments here like a normal in-character post, because if I did that would be too many threads for me at once and I'd get overwhelmed pretty quickly. But there was enough interest in Raju's proposal at the town meeting that it seemed useful to have a central post for people to go to know what their character might learn, so this is that! This post can work as either an in-character place to thread things out, or as an out of character place to summarize what they're getting up to here, or both.

After the meeting, Raju writes his first notice on the message board in determinedly neat cursive, pinned in the middle of the board on top of whatever obviously less important message is already hanging there, helpfully titled:

Defensive Measures for Possible Attack

In light of the threat the forest talkers present, it's imperative we be able to construct weapons ourselves to supplement the limited amount of ammunition available. If you can make anything from the materials available in Milton and are willing to teach others, come to the Community Hall at noon for one of the next two days. Bring your own raw materials.

Any character who can't be out in the sunlight or wouldn't be around at that time, feel free to connect with any other character who'd be there and say your character scribbled a reply on Raju's note asking to meet someone separately, or whatever.

Feel free to either write an in-character top level for others to tag into, or to write an OOC comment summarising what other characters might learn from yours. I'll put a general outline for OOC comments for anyone who wants one below:


<b>First Impressions:</b> For any characters meeting yours here for the first time. How would they introduce themselves? What general impression might other characters meeting yours here come away with? <b>Weapon(s):</b> What kind of thing is your character teaching others to make? <b>Teaching Weapon Use</b>: Is your character willing to teach others, either here or at some later point, to use the weapon effectively? <b>Raw Materials:</b> What is your character bringing to arts and crafts day? What will other characters need to hunt/scavenge for/etc in order to construct the weapon on their own in the future? <b>Construction:</b> What time setting and time period (if applicable) are their methods from? If other people want to play out their character making these weapons later, what's a basic outline of what they'll be doing? <b>Anything else:</b> Anything else you want other people to know about your character's involvement in Arts And Crafts Day? Any notable topics they might talk about? Etc.

Comments

Benton Fraser | OOC

[maintiensledroit]

First Impressions: Fraser probably shows up looking exactly like this.

Weapon(s): Fraser can show people how to make bolas, bows and arrows, and traps.

Teaching Weapon Use: He's willing to teach people how to:
- throw a knife, hatchet, or bola
- use a compound bow, simple wooden bow, or crossbow (if one is around)
- fire, clean, and handle rifles or handguns, along with gun safety

Raw Materials: Cord and weights for bolas, strips of tanned leather, sinew, feathers, rifle

Construction: Fraser is familiar with traditional indigenous methods for making weapons as well as more modern techniques, up to 1994.

Anything else: Fraser will enjoy being around so many other handy people! He enjoys teaching and will pay attention to every small detail to ensure his students learn thoroughly. Diefenbaker will also be there, mostly lying near the fire and staying out of the way.

[wingbound]

Levi's interested in all sorts of bows, traps and bolases (bolasi?). Show him your magic, Fraser. He's more or less familiar with the rest himself, though he could probably use some pointers for the modern rifles/handguns as well.

[guidemyway]

Please each Ruby how to make bolas. This is a power she needs.

Ruby is also here to pet Diefenbaker because he's doing a great job helping out.

[maintiensledroit]

He IS doing a good job, thank you for noticing, Ruby!

And of course Fraser will be happy to share his bolas expertise!

Re: Benton Fraser | OOC

[solitarysoul]

Levi's interested in learning how to thrown weapons
Also i dont think he'd know what a bola is so he'll be very interested in that