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[sime-channel.livejournal.com]

Suzi and all of her gear is situated for day three of interviews. She's got her list of who has yet to talk to her out, and is ready and waiting.

Today she's got trin tea already made. It tastes terrible, but it's better than the headaches.

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[unwraith.livejournal.com]

"Hajene Darley." He smiles, though he's 'all business' this time as he gives her a respectful nod. "Are you interviewing, or should I come
back some other time?"

[sime-channel.livejournal.com]

"I'm interviewing. Go ahead and have a seat." she says with a smile.

[unwraith.livejournal.com]

He sits across from her, hands resting on the tabletop. "Ready when you are, then."

[sime-channel.livejournal.com]

"Okay. What is your full name, including any and all titles?" she says, pen poised above the page.

[unwraith.livejournal.com]

"Michael Riovas, Captain, of the Black Sword, officer in service to
Aerete's planetary government," he answers.

[sime-channel.livejournal.com]

"Mmkay. The next one is What is your trade?" Suzi continues with a nod.

[unwraith.livejournal.com]

"Spaceship pilot, military officer, general science and weapons development, previously. On the Sword, I serve as its overall commander for both military and exploratory missions."

[sime-channel.livejournal.com]

"Okie doke." Suzi continues to write down the answers, "What weapons can you wield successfully?"

[unwraith.livejournal.com]

"Firearms; handguns, rifles,military issue machine guns, some forms of energy-based weapons, artillery, explosives, chemical weapons including tear gas, for defensive or offensive purposes, force fields, knives, longsword and katana."

[sime-channel.livejournal.com]

"Mmkay." It's her noise of I have heard you and am writing, "Are you a magic user? If so, what type of magic?"

[unwraith.livejournal.com]

"No. I'm a telepath, both thoughtsensing and projective, and have enhanced physical healing, but those are genetic traits, rather than supernatural, unless there's something I don't know." He chuckles wryly.

[sime-channel.livejournal.com]

"Mmkay...What are the bar rules?" She's actually gotten some weird versions of these...

[unwraith.livejournal.com]

"No violence to the patrons, the staff, or the premises, within the bar. No bringing past grudges, 'business', into Milliways, and one's jurisdiction also stops at the door if one's in law enforcement or government. Security enforce rules here. No public nudity or sexual activities in the main bar area."

[taishar_malkier]

Suzi, Lan has met; only once, but that's enough to remember her face.

Even without the tentacles to jog the memory.

The sign by her table, at least, isn't sparkly. And at some point during the evening, accordingly, he makes his way over.

[sime-channel.livejournal.com]

"Good evening!" she chirps, "Are you here for an interview?"

[taishar_malkier]

"I suppose I am." Lan's deep voice is pretty much the antithesis of chirping; his nager is calm. "If I am right that that is the correct procedure."

[sime-channel.livejournal.com]

"Mmmhmmm." Suzi informs him, waving him to a seat, "It lets me gather information for my bosses so that they can decide who they want to hire. I remember your nager, but not your name. The first question is What is your full name, including any and all titles?, though, so that's alright."

[taishar_malkier]

Lan sits, in the chair that gives him the best view of the room. That's automatic.

"Lan Mandragoran," he says gravely. "Gaidin would be my title. Warder, to be less formal."

[sime-channel.livejournal.com]

Suzi nods, and writes that down, "What is your trade? Please state it in words that people with totally different backgrounds can understand it?"

[taishar_malkier]

"I am a Warder."

"That means I am sword and shield to an Aes Sedai -- a woman of my world who is trained in the use of the One Power, magic some call it here, and the ways of their sisterhood. A Warder is guard and partner, in peace and especially in battle."

It feels so very strange to be talking about himself. Almost wrong, as if he's selling his skills like a common hire-sword. It's not something he normally does, and not something he normally needs to do.

But there are reasons to do it now, and Lan has made certain kinds of adaptability a lifelong habit.

"I began learning the way of the sword and of battle when I was a child, and I have not stopped."

[sime-channel.livejournal.com]

"Thank you." Suzi says, looking up and breaking her full-speed-ahead interview style, "Really. This lets me tell my bosses the things they need to know to protect everyone best." Then she continues, "What weapons can you wield successfully?"

[taishar_malkier]

...Well, there's a long list.

Lan's eyebrows rise infinitesimally, perhaps to convey that.

"The sword, by preference," he says, touching the plain leather hilt of his own lightly. "The bow, short and long. Knife or dagger. Spears. Sling. Axe and polearms, at need -- halberd, moon-tooth, tsuba, and so forth. Fists and feet, of course."

"Anything may be a weapon, in the hands of one who wields it as such."

"Guns," he adds after a moment, and his nager will show the slight reluctance of admission his face and voice give no hint of, "I know in theory, now, but with little practice." None, in fact, though he's read up well on the theory. He has yet to find anyone to ask to teach him, and he's had other priorities.

[sime-channel.livejournal.com]

"Mmkay!" Suzi says cheerfully, "I can't use any weapons, I'm completely helpless in that manner. Are you a magic user? If so, what type of magic?"

[taishar_malkier]

"I am not."

[sime-channel.livejournal.com]

"What are the bar rules?"