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[Ugh. Journal broadcasts to the entire community. He has never enjoyed this and never will. But shit needs to get done. So. Law’s just going to take a moment to procrastinate about the whole announcement business (UGH, did he mention he hates this), pull a brief face, and then flip open his journal to begin broadcasting.]

Hello, I’m Trafalgar Law, head of the Battle Dome Clinic. There are two clinics in Luceti, the one I just mentioned, and the one in the village proper, run by Litchi Faye Ling. If you are injured, have a pre-existing condition that needs treatment, or just want a check up, we are always available to help. As well, we are always looking for volunteers for both clinics, especially trained healers, nurses, and doctors. So if you’re interested in contributing, please speak to Doctor Faye-Ling or myself.

While we’re on this topic, there are other services we’ve put together in Luceti to ease the transition of adapting to community life. We have a Welcome Center, next to the Bakery and across from the Town Clinic, to help New Feathers get settled in. If you find yourself in trouble, or just feel unsafe in the village, there is also a safe house program run from there. Please speak to Miss Rydia about the particulars. And if you just need a friendly ear to talk things out, the SOS Brigade is available to listen and aid you with your problems.

[… that’s the intro. Now, getting into the meat of this.]

Unfortunately, one of the facts of life in this village is that we occasionally see quite a bit of combat. Mostly in the drafts that happen every couple months. I will say it now, if you are called up for one of those, there is no getting out of it by any means. The Malnosso are completely indiscriminate about their ‘volunteers’.

So if you are new, and especially if you have limited combat skills or are a non combatant altogether, it is something to start thinking of now. There is a school of combat run by Miss Buffy Summers, in which you will be matched with an appropriate teacher and trained in combat. There is also a group run by Miss Suki, geared towards teaching girls the arts of self defence, the Kyoshi Warriors. I highly recommend that non combatants or people who need their fighting skills honed at least check one of these groups out. It could mean all the difference.

Given this fact of life here, Doctor Faye-Ling, Raine Sage, and myself, have decided to put together a course for combat related first aid. No experience is necessary to take this class – we will take anyone of any skill level. We’ll be meeting every Wednesday and Sunday, from 3pm to 9 pm, in one of the Battle Dome Simulation chambers. However, for those interested, these lessons will be intensive and they are not for the squeamish. There’s a lot to go over and we will be practicing on simulated holographic injuries. Please take that into consideration before signing up. Thank you.

[((OOC: Lessons are detailed in this post here and are assumed handwaved unless players have something they really want played out. If your characters want to attend these lessons, but, for whatever reason, don't reply, please click on the above link and comment to the entry so I can keep track of who's in class. Thanks.))]

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[And you are on that list of rare people who call Law by one of his titles. It's nice to hear once in a while.]

... mmhm. No problem. Door's open if you need it.

Aa... other than the stress relief that goes on in the chambers? [Gotta say this about the simulations. They are an excellent way to harmlessly vent some otherwise absolutely destructive aggression.] No, it's not a bad use at all. Depending on how this goes, we could use this for other teaching as well. The possibilities are wide.

[Robert's one of the few people who will basically use formal titles until otherwise told. Law will pretty much have to ask him to stop if he wants him to.]

The... s-simulatory capacities of the Dome are... n-nearly unrivalled, even by technology of Terra itself... I th-think it would certainly be usable in a s-scientific context, were we to... apply it that way.

[He will never ask. Ever.]

Running experiments, huh? What did you have in mind?

[The good thing, of course, about using the Battle Dome is the simulation capabilities. The bad thing about doing it in the Dome is that the Malnosso can monitor and keep track of everything that goes on in the chambers.]

[He's considered that himself, which is why anything very important wouldn't be going anywhere near a Battle Dome simulation. But in the meantime...]

Well, it could... b-be a fascinating way to simulate, say, e-effects on terrain, or model p-potential ways to construct new buildings before actually building them, or... s-similar applications. Experiments c-could range from weather simulation to s-studying organisms that only occur here by modelling th-them...

[Making an interested noise.]

Sounds fascinating. [Though he ultimately likes to see things proved in the realm of flesh and blood and not photons and data bits. There's usually no substitute for the real thing.] I'd be interested in seeing what you ultimately decide to test.

[If only to be aware of what others in the scientific community are doing.]

[In that sense, Robert would agree. Models can only work so well, especially with limited technology (or understanding of its workings), and don't always simulate a system properly... Better than nothing, though, and less invasive too.]

... If... I d-do come to any solid conclusions, Doctor Law, then I w-will certainly inform you...

... And I, er, l-look forward to the sessions.

[Law would be a good candidate for S.H.E.L.L., actually. ~~Provided things aren't too hideously awkward.~~]

I appreciate that. See you Wednesday at three, then.

[~~It will be as awkward as other people make it if he's invited. Law is generally laid back - it takes things of a particular type to annoy him.~~]