A Guarded Surprise

[tummyflowers]

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?)

Comments

[tummyflowers]

Oh yes. And you have aced it, my friend! Honestly, I feel like I learned something.

[And that's saying a lot! Richard almost never learns anything.]

[ruffboi]

[Yeah, he's not a small man at all. So he's impressed but also a little jealous.]

Yeah, you're a pass. No one's got my back up against a wall in a long time. Though you had the advantage of surprise. [No, he didn't, it was literally a sneak attack.]

[personalwar]

[ Well, if anyone asks, 76 can say that his enhancements are good for surprising random people who've decided he needs to be "tested." What an upside.

He glances between the two of them, the red slit on his visor almost seeming to exude judgment. ]

Probably not the best way to test people. Someone else could react a whole lot worse than I did.

[ They could end up with a gun, sword, or other weapon brandished at them if they weren't careful. ]

[tummyflowers]

Oh, trust us, we've seen a lot of people react a whole lot worse than you did. All around embarrassing stuff. I think someone may have even peed himself at one point.

[It was honestly just nice to run into someone who followed all the rules and expectations right off the bat. And he didn't even use a dog as cover!]

[ruffboi]

Yeah, that's the thing. I'm kind of very strong.

[Probably not the time to be bragging about it, especially since he just got shoved against the wall by this old man.]

Don't get me wrong, you're strong too, but seeing as I could take pretty much any guard if I wanted to, I'm the perfect guy for this job.

[personalwar]

[ It's the younger of the two who seems to understand 76's meaning with that warning, and so he focuses his attention more specifically on him for the moment.

This isn't a contest about who's the strongest, but he has to wonder. ]

How can you be so sure? That you could take each and every one.

[ That sort of arrogance is what gets you killed. ]

[tummyflowers]

[Hmm... that's a good point. He'd already seen Magnus get won over by a cute puppy, which maybe didn't make Magnus quite as infallible as he once thought. He looks to his brawny friend for confirmation.]

[ruffboi]

Well, I'm very good at fighting. I've fought guards in plenty of towns and cities and haven't died yet, so I don't see why Olympia is any exception.

Also -- [He just flexes.]

[personalwar]

[ It's not visible, but 76 definitely rolls his eyes behind the visor. He would figure that someone claiming to have so much experience would have a little more common sense than this. ]

Seems like there are better ways to spend your time.

[ But whatever, it isn't his job to police these two. ]

We done?

[ Because he should probably be getting back to work... ]

[tummyflowers]

I think that about sums it up. Magnus?

[Richard has seen all he needs to see.]

[ruffboi]

Hmm.

[Giving 76 a skeptical once over. Leaning in and tapping him on the chest with a finger.]

You stay on your guard, buddy. Got it? But yeah, we're done.

[personalwar]

[ This is now the second time that this kid has invaded his personal space without permission, and 76 isn't happy about it.

He reaches out to shove at his chest, pushing him back. ]

You don't need to tell me that.

[ Just let him do his job, already. ]

[tummyflowers]

Good show, then! Off we go, Magnus! I know just the person to go after next!

[Oblivious to 76's very justified annoyance, Richard is ready to go inflict their hideous idea on others.]