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Right.

[The feed is muffled for a moment, as if he's covering the input with his fingers. He is. It takes Cullen a few moments of shuffling around before he's got the communication device where it needs to be and the sound starts coming through a little clearer.]

My name is Cullen. I'm rather new around here. Before the, uh. Before this, I was the commander of a small army- prior to that, I served as a templar for over a decade. [A pause. Different worlds, different military factions, so it warrants a short explanation.] -the Templar Order is... it's like a holy order tasked with protecting others from the harmful effects of magic.

[Well, actually... ugh, close enough, also not really the point of this message. Moving on.]

Anyway, I've spent the past few weeks here familiarizing myself with the situation that everyone is in and in light of recent events, I'd like to offer my help. I'm not sure how the chain of command works here, but if I can be of assistance, then I'd be happy to.

[He moves to shut the feed off, but then as an afterthought-]

-also, can someone tell me where the training grounds are? If you have that sort of thing here? I feel like I've been wandering around in circles.

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Do you know who I would talk to about that?

[And- well.]

I apologize, I do not know what a gym is.

[She'll flip back a few posts before responding with a link to a comm number]

I think she's in charge. I'd get in touch with her.

And the gyms are the large rooms with access to the pools. There's a lot of exercise equipment in them as well. People use them to train or practice fighting and stuff like that.

Thank you.

I see. Are there weapons there to practice with?

It's pretty much whatever you have with you. Security might have more, or a different department. Gunnery maybe. I'm with the agriculture department, so you'd have to ask someone else about that.

Hm. I need a shield, but I will ask someone from the other departments.

What does the agriculture department do, if you don't mind me asking?

We grow the food so people can eat and we keep the oxygen in the air so people can breathe.

Certainly a noble task.

The oxygen?

The stuff we need to live and that plants produce. We're in a sealed metal ship in the middle of space, we recycle the carbon dioxide we get from our breathing and use it for the plants since they need it to grow. Luckily it's pretty automated and easy to learn about otherwise we'd all have died from lack of fresh air by now.

[Oh god, she's doing science. When did she start doing science? Somewhere GLaDOS is laughing at her.]

Oh. That's interesting.

[AKA he has no idea what the fuck she's talking about because getting things from breathing? Using it for plants? Um, okay.

But he understands the gist that what they do ensures that there is continued survival and he's thankful for that at least.]

It seems much more complicated than I would have thought.

It's really not that bad when you get used to it. You can learn a lot of interesting stuff here from computers to cooking to fighting, if you find the right people.

[She also has a really good memory so that helps.]

Computers?

I think that my knowledge has grown more in this past week than it has in the past several years of my life. This place has so much information, and I still feel as if I know nothing about it.

Larger versions of what we're using right now, would be a good start off explanation. You can use them for all sorts of stuff. But I'd stick to the basics first.

Don't worry, you'll get the hang of it. It just takes practice. And we certainly have the time here.

I'm Chell by the way. Slightly more familiar with technology then it seems you are so if you need a hand I can at least point you in the right direction if I don't know myself.

Thank you Chell.

I'll let you know if I have any questions that amount to more than 'what is everything'.

No problem.

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