Magic + Support Reserves, Outside the Dorms, Wednesday After Classes

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"Hey, welcome back," Tara said, her hands were in the pockets of her jeans, and she looked fairly comfortable as she started talking. "So, uh, we figured this week we'd do something sort of goofy and fun and summer camp-y to take our minds off how cold it is and the snow and everything. We're having a scavenger hunt."

She paused for a moment to pass out sheets of paper with the list of things to look for on them. "So what you do," she explained, "Is, you have an hour to go around the island, either alone or in pairs. You can use whatever powers you may have, if that makes it easier. Mostly, though, this is about being innovative and really seeing what's around you. At the end of the hour, whoever comes back with the most things from the list wins."

Raven had her cloak wrapped around her, as usual, with the hood up, shadowing her face. "You are, of course, allowed to make creative interpretations of what each item is," she said. "You are not bound to literal interpretations of the list."

"Just be careful, okay?" Karla added. "There's ice and snow everywhere. Also? If someone gets gremlin bit, we can't guarantee we won't take pictures."

"There's not that much snow and ice, though," Dolf interjected, who had seen it a lot worse in his time. "So that is no excuse if you miss all of them. And look around really well! All the things you see today might save your life or someone else's tomorrow!"

Because it wouldn't be him if he didn't throw in a fretty warning. He coughed, cleared his throat, and added, "And good luck, everyone. We'll be waiting."

[OOC: Preplayed with the amazing trigons_child, glacial_witch and swordsandsoccer.]

The Pool, Wednesday Afternoon

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With all his classes done by Tuesday, Ender had rather a lot of time on his hands. Not that he minded it - Karla's books and Ben's datapad were still giving him plenty of things to focus on, especially now that he'd started cross-referencing some things with Formic research on the way. (He was a nerd, yes, but at least he had a goal in mind.)

That didn't mean it wasn't nice to keep to schedule. Outside of his daily trip to the gym, the pool filled up the physical part of his daily schedule, and it was always nice to be back here.

He dove deep under the water as soon as he came in, pushing himself down until he was so deep that gravity almost-- almost seemed to cease to exist. He stayed there for as long as he could, cherishing the quiet, the calming effect it had on his thoughts.

He came back up for air, and started his laps. He'd be fit and ready to get back to work in an hour or so, but right now he was going to enjoy the exercise.

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Third Floor Common Room; Wednesday Evening [ 01/12 ].

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Wednesdays had always been a busy day for Alexander, what with classes, reserves, and work, but it was not over yet. He had been given an assignment from Deadpool that evening and, as pointless as it seemed, he figured he would, at the very least, give it a try.

Which mean that he had made some popcorn, got some ice cream, and planned to spend the evening in front of the television, on the channel dubbed "the CW" to manfully sit through the programs of that night.

Which apparently meant....a spy show and cheerleaders.

This...was going to be interesting, yes.

But at least it wasn't Rumor Gal.

[[ yes, common room is open. yes, my roommate is an evil woman ]]