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[thechoiceisyours]

So uh... Hey everyone. Again.

[He could probably get a better opening line, but whatever. Moving on.]

I know like, a bunch of people just arrived so... Welcome, I guess. We're still working on the newbie's guide to waking up in a cave-city run by gods, but until then like, if you have any questions I can try and help? Also uh, it's probably safe at this point and we're just being paranoid, but you may want to avoid eating any meat products you find here. For reasons.

[MOVING ON.]

Also uh, sort of related, but I was thinking that maybe before next month we should really... Plan some way to help out? I mean, people just sort of show up and half the time there's monsters too, and... Maybe some sort of organized thing for helping the new people not get like, eaten or whatever would be a good idea.

[This is not exactly his area of expertise, so if other people want to take charge on this he's more than happy to let them, but otherwise he'll try and figure something out. It really seems like something important to get established.]

In uh, a rare moment of good news though, the whole coffee thing worked out. So if you want coffee there's some at Delight's bar now, though you'll have to like... Be kind of patient with me and the others being possibly terrible baristas. Still kind of getting the hang of the whole thing.

[But surely coffee itself is well worth any less-than-practiced customer service; they're at least pretty good at making coffee, including somewhat elaborate drinks, and as far as Chris is aware they're all trying. That's what counts, right?

Right?]

I think that's about it, except for that like... If anyone's curious, the handheld games from the arena this month are just normal games. I thought maybe they'd be some sort of weird alien-versions of them, but I guess not; I took one apart and it was all the expected stuff inside it.

That said I'm totally betting I can beat anyone's high scores.

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[watashinonamaewa]

[ Well. She doesn't really know what coffee is. And her high score is pretty good for her standards, ok. But more importantly: ]

Has anyone come up with any ideas on that new arrival situation? I might have a few.

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[thechoiceisyours]

Not really; if you've got ideas, that's awesome.

[Because this really is the most important part of the whole post, all things considered.]

[watashinonamaewa]

[ See? That's what she thought too. Same wave-length or what, bruh? ]

Traps, for one. We could use the experienced as live-bait or escorts, also. Or organize larger teams to work out the new arrivals in controlled groups.

[ She sounds like she could go on for a minute. ]

Where should I start?

[thechoiceisyours]

[Totally.]

Traps and bait like, people to draw off monsters? That might work, especially since some people here are like, really good at dealing with them.

Start wherever, any ideas are more than I'm really coming up with.

[watashinonamaewa]

Yes. While I don't have as much experience with the monsters yet, but I trusted that others do.

I am experienced in survival strategies though. Give me some time to put together some tactics and I'll link you to them?

[thechoiceisyours]

Same here. I'm not uh... I mean, I guess I have experience, but I'm not exactly the monster hunter type.

[Unless he absolutely has to be.]

Yeah, definitely; that'd be awesome. I'll work on some ideas too, and maybe someone else replying will come up with something?

[watashinonamaewa]

Right. Well, I've hunted creatures before. Just not these ones.

[ You don't sound entirely confident, bruh. ]

Do you need any... uh, training?

[thechoiceisyours]

I uh... The wendigos are from my home, but that's about the extent of my monster-hunting.

[He is so not confident, and pauses a moment at that last part.]

I'm um... Not totally sure it'd help, but what sort of training?

[watashinonamaewa]

[ She hasn't had the pleasure of encountering a wendigo. According to everyone else, she really shouldn't make plans to. ]

Predicting their moves. Knowing when it's time to run. And knowing how to hide.

[ Most people wouldn't be proud of her tactics. But most people don't successfully survive over three hundred years. ]

Staying alive sounds simple to a lot of humans. I promise it isn't if you don't know what you're doing.

[thechoiceisyours]

[Since Chris' tactics--and the best tactics for dealing with wendigos anyway--consist mostly of running and hiding already, he definitely wouldn't judge on that. Though he does feel a flare of annoyance at her last comment, even if it's not directly at her; it's just becoming a bit of a sore subject to him.]

Yeah, uh, not liking to deal with monsters doesn't mean I've like... Never done it before.

[Sorry Cibo, he's just a little overly sensitive and starting to wonder if he gives off a 'lecture me on danger as if I've never left my house before' vibe.]

[watashinonamaewa]

[ It's not just you, Chris. Cibo subconsciously treats all humans like they need protection. It's exactly her sole mission in life. ]

Oh. No, I didn't mean you specifically. It was generalized. Sorry about that. What I meant is that some people don't think they need it when they know almost nothing, which gets them into trouble that they don't understand how to handle.

But if you already have experience, then I'm sure some good practice would help keep our senses sharp.

[thechoiceisyours]

[Okay well now he feels like a jerk, slightly embarrassed by letting his temper get away from him.]

Oh.

Um, yeah, that's... Yeah.

[Sorry, she's totally right.]

Have you um... Talked to Maketh about her guard patrol thing? Offering the sort of uh, training you're talking about is a good idea, and like... Maybe a joint sort of effort would work really well?

[The more cohesive they all are in being organized the better, probably.]