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130bladeworks2015-04-19 10:42 pm
prevail) wrote in 130bladeworks2015-04-19 10:42 pm
micromanaging and strategy, you say...
[Robin's been aware that he has his work cut out for him from the getgo. He just had no idea how true that really was. Once he's got books piled in a haphazard semicircle around him, complemented by charts and loose pages of notes, it's so very evident that he has quite a lot to do and not the most accurate of information to work with.
And this might not be so bad if his memory was all there, but it's...not. An accident has assured this much, so Robin has taken it upon himself to cram every bit of knowledge he can into his mind, so that he can fulfill his responsibilities as a saniwa.
One might be given to assume this means that Robin is studying all of these things for some high and important purpose. And he'd argue that it is. As time crawls by he thumbs his way through various historical texts from a slew of authors, jotting down information as he comes across it - whether it agrees or conflicts. Just as he has in days previous, this is the way he spends his downtime.
And as with the days which preceded this, he eventually falls asleep in his pile of books and notes.
What is he studying with such determinations? Why, the swords he's got to work with, of course. Nobody can have a winning strategy without first understanding what one has at one's disposal. Strengths and weaknesses, assets and flaws, it's all right there scrawled on the papers littered around him. The sole exception being the sheet of paper pressed to one side of his face, ink smeared against his cheek]
[ooc: In Robin's original canon he had a tendency to somehow find out or notice all kinds of things about his allies. And he'd write them down in a roster. Some of these things were so deeply embarrassing or private that people were willing to risk their lives to get that roster back when it was stolen in a DLC episode. Gentleswords, he now has a roster with entries about you]
And this might not be so bad if his memory was all there, but it's...not. An accident has assured this much, so Robin has taken it upon himself to cram every bit of knowledge he can into his mind, so that he can fulfill his responsibilities as a saniwa.
One might be given to assume this means that Robin is studying all of these things for some high and important purpose. And he'd argue that it is. As time crawls by he thumbs his way through various historical texts from a slew of authors, jotting down information as he comes across it - whether it agrees or conflicts. Just as he has in days previous, this is the way he spends his downtime.
And as with the days which preceded this, he eventually falls asleep in his pile of books and notes.
What is he studying with such determinations? Why, the swords he's got to work with, of course. Nobody can have a winning strategy without first understanding what one has at one's disposal. Strengths and weaknesses, assets and flaws, it's all right there scrawled on the papers littered around him. The sole exception being the sheet of paper pressed to one side of his face, ink smeared against his cheek]
[ooc: In Robin's original canon he had a tendency to somehow find out or notice all kinds of things about his allies. And he'd write them down in a roster. Some of these things were so deeply embarrassing or private that people were willing to risk their lives to get that roster back when it was stolen in a DLC episode. Gentleswords, he now has a roster with entries about you]
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And then his neck and back are incredibly sore. He's really got to stop falling asleep on heaps of books, one of these days.
Robin sits up slowly, hiding a yawn behind his hand as he looks around for a clock and - oh. He has company.
Company looking at his notes.
Oh dear. He hasn't been able to verify a lot of that information]
Might I have those back?
[Robin gestures at the notes, quite aware that Nakigitsune seems to have been reading them. It's something for which he can only blame himself, since he did leave them scattered about]
I wasn't quite finished.
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Our greatest apologies, Master! Curiosity got the better of us...
[The fox climbs back up on Naki's shoulder as he speaks, watching his sword companion pick up the rest of the mess. Here's your papers back! In a hastily assembled (but vaguely neatish) pile!]
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No, it was my fault for leaving them out. Unfortunately quite a bit of what I have here I still need to further research. I can't attest to any accuracy.
[He's certainly not mad, though perhaps a bit embarrassed. His notes are something of a mess at this stage]
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[Some of the things in those notes didn't seem much like important research, though...]
Could we ask what it is you are researching?
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[No one ever knows what might somehow become relevant, or so Robin thinks]
Ideally I'd also be able to compensate for potential disadvantages in combat, as well.
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[Some of those notes, though....]
Have you found any useful information so far? Facts which may assist in combat.
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[And by a bit he means quite a lot more, because accuracy is exceptionally important, for something like this]