Meet and Greet [Open]

[lifetogain]

Characters: Rufus and anyone who wants to say hello
Content: A bit of exploring and introductions
Setting: Here and there on the Silvana
Time: Shortly after Rufus's first journal post

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Gun deck

[peachesnotplums]

Well, all the guns checked out fine, and Hinamori just had one more to go. It hadn't taken that long, either, so once she was done giving the last one a look-over, she'd have a lot of free time on her hands. Of course, that posed the question of what to do with the rest of the day... maybe she could have a late lunch or something.

[lifetogain]

Her voice brought Rufus back to the present conversation again - his mind has started to wander off into contemplating about what exactly one could do with a creature that bred exponentially, and what the best way to get rid of it would be. Getting distracted like that was not a good habit. He shrugged slightly. "Well, that's something. I suppose the ship's officers handle matters like those, mostly?"

[peachesnotplums]

"Mmm, we do a lot of work too," said Hinamori. "They generally take care of planning how to accomplish things and get rid of problems."

[lifetogain]

"Not a bad way of doing things," Rufus remarked. "Provided you can trust those working under you, of course." Not something he did easily, but he had been facing the necessity of delegation rather frequently lately.

[peachesnotplums]

"Well, I think we're generally pretty alright," said Hinamori cheerfully. "There are some people who I'm not sure about, but... I think that's the same with everything, isn't it?"

[lifetogain]

Rufus nodded. "You have to know who you can trust with what, as well. For instance, I'm fairly certain nobody on this ship is going to try and kill me in my sleep. But I wouldn't let most of them do my accounts. It's something of a balancing act."

[peachesnotplums]

"Oh! Well, yeah, that makes sense," said Hinamori with a nod. "I mean, I'm not going to tell everyone about everything in my personal life."

[lifetogain]

"Nor would I," Rufus agreed, thinking privately that that was something of an understatement. "Knowing who you can trust with what task is a sign of a good leader."

[peachesnotplums]

"Yeah, I'd think so," said Hinamori with a nod. "I... probably wouldn't be the best at that since I'm a little scatterbrained at times, haha."

[lifetogain]

"Well, like most skills, it takes practice," Rufus said. "Though being able to remember what you've learned about people helps." He didn't add that he had been finding it increasingly difficult to keep everything straight as well, lately.

[peachesnotplums]

"I'll keep that in mind, then!" said Hinamori cheerfully. "I... do try to do that, of course, but it's not always easy."

[lifetogain]

"Few things of value in life are," Rufus said with an amused quirk of his eyebrow. "The work is usually worth it, though."

[peachesnotplums]

"I'll definitely agree there," said Hinamori. "I wouldn't be half as good at magic as I am if I hadn't worked at it."

She'd always had talent, but... it seemed like a lot of people had been born grades ahead of her. It was funny how that worked... she wasn't bitter about it, because she enjoyed work, but still.