un: orca

[babygotbackstroke]

Hello!

My name is Makoto Tachibana, I’m a recent arrival although this actually isn’t my first time being in another world. So I have some idea what to do with myself, although I’m still learning about this place.

Anyway!

What I’d like to do is offer my services as a swim coach. Or teacher, rather, since I don’t think Camelot had any swim teams or clubs. I’m still looking to see where I’d be able to use a public pool but I figured I could see if anyone wants to learn to swim? I have experience both from at home as a captain of the Iwatobi high swim club and as an assistant coach at the public swim club teach kids. I also did the same on Lunatia, the other world I’d been to before Camelot. I taught there for about six months. Kids and adults that time, although mostly kids.

Kids are generally what I’m used to but you can be any age to learn to swim. Just let me know if you’re interested!

I’ll need to work out the details a bit later in terms of payment and scheduling, this is mostly an interest check for now.

Thank you!

Comments

text; un: kingjj

[kingfuckboy]

[ is absolutely sitting nearby but still gonna sit here and text you back ]

i'm so glad you're doing it here
everyone seemed to love you
and you can do well
i found someone else i know from lunatia

i think i forgot to say??

i think hes gonna let me work for him for now

[babygotbackstroke]

…I’m right next to you.

[It’s followed up with a look. He’s amused though. He humored him.]

What’s the job?

[kingfuckboy]

yes i know
i can see your gorgeous face

[ heh heh ]

a karaoke bar

i can talk to people
and give them drinks

you know

be charming

like i'm good at

[ no ]

[babygotbackstroke]

Hmmm… I don’t know about that. Making people angry isn’t exactly charming.

[kingfuckboy]

[ hey!!! ]

what im not going to make anyone angry!!!
im very charming

wow

WOW

[babygotbackstroke]

Pretty sure I’ve lost count how many times it’s happened both at the pool and the rink in Lunatia and Amegahara.

:)

[kingfuckboy]

awww

well

i love you :)

[ when you can't argue, just do this ]

[babygotbackstroke]

Love you too <3

[kingfuckboy]

i know u do

how about i make u dinner tonite

[babygotbackstroke]

Do we have anything you can make food with? We don't exactly have a lot of cash right now. :(

[kingfuckboy]

sure

my hotel mac and cheese!

it's easy and doesn't require much

i do have a job lined up tho :)

text; un: ensignledo

[ferrytale]

This is a valuable skill given the recurrence of tasks I have observed that require one to operate in or around water. As I am unable to undertake those tasks at my present level, it would be to my advantage to learn from you, if you are an experienced instructor.

[babygotbackstroke]

I haven’t had a chance to look at the quest board, it’s required people to swim a lot?

Yes, I am experience. Not just with kids but adults as well, including one of my teammates. Although he was a bit of a team effort ^_^;;

[ferrytale]

If I remember correctly, there was one that involved underwater breathing potions not long ago, and this month I believe there was a task that involved recovering something from a ship to perform a ritual?

Other quests do not involve the water at all, which I have done, but it is not good to remain unprepared and unskilled.

According to Chamber, my service hours translate to ~17.54 standard years (as measured in this world).

[ and where he comes from, "hours of service" is totally equal to how long someone's been alive since everyone's conscripted right into the military just by being born. you know... perfectly normal, average stuff. ]

[babygotbackstroke]

Oh wow! Well, I don’t think I’ll be able to help with the breathing underwater part. I’m a bit new to my water abilities. But just learning to swim would be a great start!

Service hours?

[ferrytale]

That was worded poorly on my part, I think. The potions were to be distributed to whoever intended to accept the quest. In theory, it would have been potentially viable to use the potion and simply sink to the bottom but Chamber wisely pointed out that one would still need a way to return to the surface afterwards.

In the Galactic Alliance, one's hours of military service are also an acceptable measure of one's age. It is easy to forget that this is not the case elsewhere.

[babygotbackstroke]

So you're... seventeen years old? And you've always been in the military?

[ferrytale]

Correct. In the Galactic Alliance, the primary mission is to seek out and destroy the Hideauze, an alien life form that threatens the existence of humanity.

This is the behavioural objective of the human race; thus, military service is compulsory. Those who cannot fight cannot live.

[babygotbackstroke]

This may be biased and I certainly don't fully understand the circumstances but that sounds awful. Every should have a chance to live, regardless if they can fight or not.

text; un: saxitup

[saxsongs]

Oh? Are you the handsome swimmer Jean was looking for?

[babygotbackstroke]

Oh! lol Yes, I suppose that would be me. He found me!

[saxsongs]

That's great. I'm happy he did.

My name is Ren, I'm his friend from Lunatia.

[babygotbackstroke]

Your name does sound familiar, so I'm sure he's mentioned you before! I'm glad we weren't the only ones to come from Lunatia, but I didn't expect to land in King Arthur's court.

Looks like we're a bit more involved in helping save the place?

[saxsongs]

There are quite a few others here from there as well. I've lost count but I'm pretty sure there's been at least ten more.

It would seem like it. Learning magic will help out a lot, so hopefully you got magic you're comfortable with

[babygotbackstroke]

I wonder if I'll know them, there were certainly a lot of us on Lunatia!

So far, I know I have some elemental magic, not too different from the blessings it seems. Not sure what else I have yet.

[saxsongs]

You might be surprised.

It'll come to you in time. Mine are healing and kinetic, so if you ever catch a flu or something, you can count on me.

Text; un: Koromaru

[whatsamada]

[Hmm...]

I wouldn't mind learning how to swim but I'm wondering how I can pay you later.

[babygotbackstroke]

I'm still learning myself, so I don't know what the payment would be yet either. For now, this is just an interest check! Besides, payment isn't necessarily the most important thing to me as it is helping people learn to swim :)

If need be, I'd just get another job. No biggie!

[whatsamada]

But that wouldn't be fair! You don't need to get another job because I can't pay you!

[babygotbackstroke]

It wouldn't be because you can't pay me. Seriously, don't worry about it. I promise.

[whatsamada]

You sure?

It just doesn't seem fair.

[babygotbackstroke]

What's not fair is being dumped in a lake when not everyone can swim. I know there's helpful animals, but that's still an awfully scary moment.

[And, you know, triggery for some people. Like Makoto, who is afraid of the ocean.]

[whatsamada]

That's a good point. I suppose teaching everyone to swim should be considered for free when there's a lake around.

[But at the same time...?]

I wonder if the school is hiring anyone who can teach everyone to swim.

Text | UN: hijikata

[mayoninofukucho]

Makoto-kun, you made it here! Good to have you.

[This is goddamn surreal, but hey, they're both getting used to the multiverse rodeo by now, aren't they?]

I saw you were told already, but there's maybe a dozen or so people from Prismatica here (not all from that timeline, though, so just a handful of us remember). There's nothing like the moonblessings here, so living is a little easier! That said I haven't seen a pool either (haven't been looking for one, in fairness). Seems like everyone just swims in the lake right now since it got warm enough.

[babygotbackstroke]

Hijikata-san! :D

Not everyone remembers? That's... kind of sad. I'm glad I remember, JJ too.

[Not too long before they arrived here, JJ had proposed so, that would have been incredibly heartbreaking had one of them forgotten. :(]

Ah... I think I'd rather avoid the lake for now. But I'll see what I can find! Thank you, though. How have you been though? How long have you been here?

[mayoninofukucho]

[Makoto and JJ are so lucky they arrived here together! Hijikata has been working his ass off to help restore the flow of time, not least so he can visit Prismatica again. He left two back-from-the-dead women there who couldn't go home to their own worlds, and he misses them.]

I've been OK, thank you. It's been almost half a year for me already.

[Damn, time does fly, doesn't it...]

Staying away from the lake is a good idea, there are many strange creatures in there. So scratch what I said.

...

Did you come directly from Prismatica? Or had you gone home?

[Avalon probably doesn't differentiate between worlds when it comes to pulling in suitable helpers, but this is the first time he sees someone arrive from Prismatica with their memories intact, so he wants confirmation.]

[babygotbackstroke]

Half a year? Geez, guess even this place is going to have those kinds of shenanigans, huh?

I came straight from Prismatica, but they'd just made the announcement about being able to go home. JJ and I had been discussing what we would like to do and how we would go about it. But that's obviously been put on hold now.

[mayoninofukucho]

Oh yeah. People appear from all places and eras with no rhyme or reason, like on Prismatica. We get time loops even within Avalon (several versions of the same events happening). You get used to it after a while.

[It's surreal to think that Makoto and JJ were pulled right from the restoration of Prismatica while Hijikata already went home and back several times, but it's not really out of the ordinary, all things considered.]

It'll be a long time until then for sure, but just in case, if we get time moving again but end up stuck here, I've got my crystal with me, so I can take you guys along. I expect that Merlin will figure something out for everyone, though.

[No pressure, Merlin.]

[babygotbackstroke]

It's a bit to take in, but it happened back on Prismatica too. So I guess it shouldn't be too surprising to see it here given the circumstances of Camelot.

[That's just how these things be, unfortunately!]

I appreciate the kind gesture nonetheless, Hijikata-san. I remember hearing about crystals when it was explained. I wish we had at least gotten them before our arrival here but... well, I'll just have to hope that if things go well, we can return home regardless!

How have you been, anyway? Since you've been longer here than myself, what can you tell me about this place? They have some technology like these phones but no cars or anything, it's weird.

[mayoninofukucho]

[Ultimately Hijikata isn't too worried about everyone getting to go home in the end... if they survive until then, that is. But on the upside there are no god-like monstrous creatures attacking the city at irregular intervals here, that makes it a lot easier.]

Good question. I guess the easiest summary is: this place has developed in isolation for a long time (since the 500s or earlier). They had little contact with the outside world, but some influences did get through (hence the phones and such), but aesthetically they've just been doing their own thing. I guess everything that's bad for nature (cars, factories, etc.) simply wasn't wanted here. They're big on balance and harmony and all that. Also a lot of stuff runs on magic here rather than e.g. electricity.

text; un: resolver

[gunmettle]

Whoa there, back up.
What do you mean this isn’t your first time being in another world?
This a common occurrence for you?

[babygotbackstroke]

Second time now, yes! So I wouldn't say it's common, and it's not like it's any more enjoyable than the first time. I really miss my family and friends from home, you know? But I guess it's a little easier since this happened once before.

[gunmettle]

Huh. That it's happened more than once at all is worth noting. Thanks for the info.
Sorry to say I won't be taking you up on your offer for swimming lessons.
Me and water don't get along.

voice, un: metalmaster

[melonlord]

...

...

How much? I'm not exactly rolling in money here.

[yes, she could ask a friend, but Toph doesn't really want to.]

voice

[babygotbackstroke]

I’m still trying to work out the money system here, I only just arrived! I just wanted to see how many were interested first but I assure you, it won’t be a lot.

I’ll need to pay rent eventually I’m sure but I’m not interested in charging too much either. People learning to swim is important to me.

Re: voice

[melonlord]

When we all arrive by being dropped in a lake, it's an easy sell.