nysalogs | A Guarded Surprise

Who: King Richard (

tummyflowers) & Magnus Burnsides (

ruffboi) & The Royal Guard!
What: Magnus and Richard have concocted a plan to train the new trainees. It's worked so well, why not try it on the other newbies?
When: This week
Where: Throughout Olympia, along several patrol routes
Warning(s): idk, maybe language and blood?

[It starts with an idea. Every great moment does, when two minds come together and realize that they can accomplish great deeds together. This is what had happened to Richard and Magnus some days ago. Now it was time for them to put that brainstorming effort to work. Since being assigned responsibility of the armory, Richard had been lending a hand in helping outfit and train some of the new recruits drawn in from the Olympian natives. They'd been young and keen lads who didn't entirely seem to grasp Richard's lessons, but they were still trying their hardest. And finally, after all the drills and strange parables of heroic valor, they were off on their first real patrols throughout the city. Richard had kindly volunteered to accompany them, even though he was very likely less equipped to do the job than they were.

Only once they were in the heart of the city did their real training begin, because Richard had enlisted the help of the swolest man he knew, a musclebound ginger with a brawny, hairy chest and an axe to match. He'd play the part of the violent criminal and give a chance to give the recruits some real hands on experience. Richard couldn't be more proud!]

OPEN PROMPT

[After some success(??) with the recruits, the two decide that it wouldn't be such a bad idea to help their fellow refugees who are equally new to the guards. It's a bit of a boring job, so something like this would surely spice things up and provide some motivation. So using his access to the patrol schedule, Richard has gone out to the city to join some of his fellow guards on their patrols all while a silent, lurking figure waits in the shadows... ready to strike.]

(tl;dr: fellow guards can have Richard show up on their normal patrols, only for Magnus to jump out and attack them! They're more than welcome to fight back and even beat up the poor guy! And yell at Richard too! It's for morale, right?)

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[The other guard is horrified to see both of the other guards on the ground and looks desperately to Richard for help, but Richard has already pulled out his electronic device and is casually scrolling through recent posts and comments on the feed. So he's no help.

The third guard swallows nervously, draws his sword, and approaches more cautiously. "Y-You're under arrest for assaulting a royal guard," he managed to squeak out. "Surrender now o-or we will use force!]

[So, Magnus isn't going to draw his weapon against these trainees - it's not necessary, not against some useless NPCs, but it definitely makes it harder to intimidate a kid who won't even attack. Still, he's going to try.]

I pick force!

[And he runs at the third guard, shield still out to block any attempts to use the sword, pivots so his shoulder crashes into his side, hoists him up over his back, and tosses him into the second guard.]

Oh, do watch yourselves, lads!

[Richard calls this out helpfully while presumably deciding to record it?

The second and third guard are sprawled out on the ground, but the first one who'd had a knife to his throat is more incensed than the others. He did piss down his leg, but he's turned that shame into rage. He charges Magnus whilst his back is turned, screaming profanities and swinging his sword with clear intent to kill.]

[Fortunately, the surprise is sort of cut out of the surprise attack when he runs screaming at him, a mistake Magnus himself has made many times. He puts a little of that rogue training to good use, ducking and rolling to the side to avoid the attack, and then springing to his feet and charging right back at him again.

He still doesn't take the axe from his back. Instead, he charges at him, with his shield up. The guard makes a valiant attempt, but he's still able to block the next swing of a sword on his shield, since these are just some worthless NPCs. After knocking the sword away, he swings his fist and socks the guard in the jaw.

And, now that everyone has been (mostly non-lethaly) dispatched, he begins to slow clap.]

Not bad, boys. Not bad. You passed the test.

[The men, battered and bruised, all look too confused to understand what exactly is going on. Eventually, their eyes turn to the completely uninjured Richard who looks a tad bit too enthused about all of this.]

Fantastic work, boys! I think with a bit more teamwork, you could have taken him down no problem! [Richard taps his nose conspiratorially.] Give it time, you'll get a nose for this sort of thing!

["A test!?" one of the guardsmen shouts incredulously. "I think he broke my nose!"]

Ah.

If you fight a real ruffian, he'll break more than your nose. Next time, you'll know.

[See? This was a good training exercise all along! Magnus is not responsible for any broken noses. Anyway, he certainly looks like he's had his nose broken a few times in his life. It's not a big deal.]

Ah, see? A lesson well learned!

["Are you fucking kidding me!?" yells the second guard, who had been the first to charge. "He should be arrested for assaulting a guard!"]

Oh, well, assault is a bit of a strong word, don't you think? More of a helpful and instructive kerfuffle.

[Ruffling one of the nearby guards' sweet heads.]

And there's more where that came from! From now on, whenever you're on duty, you should be on your guard, because I might just be sneaking up behind you!

[This is a new stage to the training exercise that he just added, but he thinks it's pretty good.]

[One of the guards is so pissed off and so incredulously upset that he pulls off his helmet, throws it on the ground, and screams some native obscenity at both of them. The other two are a bit more sheepish about the whole thing.]

Well. I don't think he was really fit for the job anyway. But you two! Well done! [Richard taps his nose.] Keep an eye out, boys! We'll be watching!

[The two remaining guards skulk away, neither of them very happy about how this went - especially the one with mussed up hair!]

So. [Watching the guards walk away, as well as the angry one who has quit sulk off.]

You know, I think that went really well! I thought maybe there'd be a few hiccups, but nope, smooth as butter.

[Richard was a tiny bit worried about it, but Magnus alleviates his fears right away. He immediately perks up.]

That was fantastic. I really think that did the trick. Did you see their faces! They were all "bwwwaaah!" They won't be so easily shaken next time!

Yeah! Exactly! And we managed to find one guard who wasn't fit for the job.

[He's getting more excited by Richard's encouragement of his excitement.]

Hey, you know, I bet there are also refugees they never really vetted...

[Richard's eyes widen as realization dawns on him.]

By God, you're right. I mean, they didn't even vet me and I was easily the most qualified. [Richard begins stroking his beard thoughtfully.] We really should do something about that...

Yeah. As soon as I met you, that was my suspicion. That they didn't vet the guards at all.

[Scratching his chin.] Right, okay. We should take this act to the rest of the guards. We can't have people like those three protecting Olympia!

It could be a bit tricky. I mean, I'd have to go back to the armory and get the duty roster to know exactly when and where they'll all be.

[Actually wait, that's not tricky at all. He's basically in charge of the armory!]

... I know what we have to do!

Yeah? What you got for me?

[While Richard's figuring this out, he's just going to casually pick up any leftover pieces of armor he knocked off the guards.]

We're going to look at that roster... [And here he takes a step closer, taking his tone a tad lower for true conspiracy voice.] And find our fellow refugees in the guard... for surprise training inspection!

Perfect! Yeah, that works. Some of them might know me so they'll be less likely to buy me as a random attacker, but if I sneak up on them, that should do the trick.

[Or maybe he just wants to fight some people. He might just want to fight some people.]

[Later it will occur to him that a helmet would have been great for concealing his identity but... that's a problem for more intelligent people.]

Excellent. You stay put and I'll be back in a jiffy!

A Guarded Surprise

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