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@Draken@lovejoy I think Draken has a good point, we should figure out how we're fighting together. Ziotea is definitely a frontliner, but she does have the capacity for some ranged nastiness in a pinch. I imagine she and others in her group might have trained so she could throw them around with her ether, in a pinch, and they knew how to handle it and stick landings. She'd need to warn them, obviously, unless they could just sense her power gathering. I wouldn't be surprised if most could, and they learned to do it without her needing to actually say in many cases -- particularly if they asked (I figure just calling her name might be enough, maybe a simple phrase like "get me" or "push" -- something not too obvious for opponents that havent' encountered the group before). Might be best to restrict this to just a couple members that she has a closer rapport with, actually.

...Of course practicing this initially was probably rather...uh...unsafe. They're pretty lucky she never blew anyone up by mistake.... <.<

We'd need a way to carry water or to melt snow and ice so we have something to drink. There's also ways to mix water with other things (like salt) to lower the freezing point. So it's possible. There's also warming suits, so there is a technological basis for keeping it not frozen.

From what I know of Rodion, he would be more support. Madrys the wolf would be in the fray, though.

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@deathbringer *hugs* hope the move goes well.

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Confession: it was more than once, and this is back before everyone had cell phones with cameras. I made them sit there and stay still while I drew. ^.^;;

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@BrokenPromise I'm Shy but not shy; will that do? =P

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@Lovejoy fair enough.

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@Lovejoy I figu8red his workshop was set in a place that already handled forging things. He won't have been the only one ever, but yeah, not many. But it makes sense to have a forge for weapon and armor repair.

Didn't think Seraph was all that much older than Phoenix. And maybe not daily. One day a week, perhaps, for a couple hours? Something limited but present. But not always in a specific and highly structured class, that's all. More during chore periods and self-study (and possibly socialization)

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as clarification: I'm concerned the age they start would damage cohesiveness later on.

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@Mae Grab a friend.
make them sit and put their hand how you want. Take a picture.
I did that once.

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@Lovejoy My understanding was the workshop was in a greater metalworks, since it would be something many people could benefit from, instead of just the one. Seems singularly wasteful to create a full set of tools and so on for each individual that wants to use them, but perhaps that's not an issue?

Does bootcamp handle children, or do they start with teens? Because starting with children and forming units means that you're far more likely to have the adolescent phase split them up, instead of having adolescents forming their new bonds as fledgling adults with the desired group of people.

But then, I think you said warbands aren't formed until a couple years in? So that might help a bit, instead of at nine.

I had figured it sorta like college dorms, with freedom restricted (not allowed out of the warband's compound outside of whatever hours, most of your hours are assigned to a given area) but that there are times, on a daily basis, when they're out and about. It'd be harder to bond with people outside their warbands , and certainly combat training would cement those ties. But it's not only those people and teachers save for the once-a-week outing which has no time for socialization.

Especially if teachers go across multiple warbands -- and it does seem some do, especially the infirmary folks.

I'd figured rigid schedules, and there's the people you're always with, but you have knowledge of and contact with the other groups informally during, say, a couple hours' free time when you have individual work to do, be it practice or written assignments, but also time to socialize a little. Work in a specific area -- be it library stuff, metalworks, infirmary, any of the things that feel like they'd have a single facility instead of a bunch of smaller ones with more limited resources, would allow exposure to other groups and other staff. Any sort of pull out class for a specific skill would be cross-band as well. So Rodion might have his work area in a section of the metalworks, and he probably has some tools that are just his, and it might even be divided off into a bunch of cubicles, but certain things he will need to do in the main area and will need to share certain machinery with other people before taking stuff back to his space. It's simpler to have some small number of gymnasiums and shooting ranges and cycle groups through them at different times than give each one a separate one. That's sorta what I saw.

No idea if that even works. ^.^;;

If nothing else, it raises questions why Marcus was bothering Phoenix people while they were on cleaning detail in their own compound. I'd figured that was a seminary chapel.

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@Lovejoy I mean more that it wouldn't create functional warbands. Maybe that's why so many don't make it....

This is really different from what I'd thought the place was like, but nothing that can't be worked with. I'd suggest maybe not locked up, but...highly encouraged to spend their time in those compounds?

that or it's a time-honored tradition to sneak out. Probably this, actually. ^.^