Just Outside the Main Gate, Friday Morning

[bitchprince]

He'd been assessing people resources for most of the previous day. Since there had yet to be word from Lady Zoe, Arthur took the opportunity today to scope out how much space there would be for a barricade - if one could even be feasible.

This brought him to the area just outside the gates, wearing full armor and backed by Merlin-the-idiot-sorcerer, his eyes shooting towards the road in front of them from time to time.

[[ open, especially to merlin, and zombie-ok as well! ]]

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[weetuskenraider]

"Do we have time to ask for permission?" Tahiri asked dubiously. (Thank you, Anakin Solo, for that posthumous bad influence.) "I know the zombies move slow, but red tape can be such a pain and more people could get eaten by the time we get the okay."

[bitchprince]

"We don't want our efforts to intervene with what Lady Zoe has planned," Arthur said, businesslike, even if he quite frankly was somewhat of the same persuasion as Tahiri in this. Protocol demanded otherwise. "I'm sure it won't take long."

Arthur was unaware of how red tape procedures had worsened over the years.

[weetuskenraider]

"Did you ask how long?" Tahiri pointed out. "I mean, there are animals working in the school office."

Red tape here might be worse than in Camelot, but it probably wasn't nearly as bad as it was in the good old galaxy far far away, either.

[bitchprince]

"I haven't gotten to speak with her," he said, neutrally. "Have you seen any of the island's knights, by any chance?"

[weetuskenraider]

"Not today," Tahiri said tersely. "It's been a little hectic. And seriously, if you haven't asked by now you probably won't get an answer back before the entire school is crawling with zombies."

[bitchprince]

"A little too hectic." She was, regrettably, probably right. "We should draw up a provisional barricade while we're here," Arthur decided. His eyes flicked back to what usable debris he'd noticed upon arrival.

[weetuskenraider]

"What do you need moved?" Tahiri asked immediately, jumping on the prospect of something to do.

[bitchprince]

"I think I've spotted some wooden boards around here," he replied, and nodded at one side of the area. "Find what other debris you can, and line it up here. I'll do the same on the other side."

[weetuskenraider]

It was, Tahiri reflected, a bit of a shame that on her own she couldn't rip trees out of the ground. But that would be awful for the trees, too.

"On it," she said; instinctively, she was already reaching out to move planks roughly into position with the Force. Oh, and maybe a boulder or two, too. She could manage those.

[bitchprince]

To his credit, all that Arthur did at this point was double-take. Everyone on this island was a wizard. He'd gotten the picture. So he didn't say a word at all, and rather moved to his own end to lift a few rocks. They could at least keep the creatures at a distance for a short while.

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri headed over to Arthur's side of the barricade after she was pretty well satisfied that her end was shaping up nicely, and the others who'd come to help had it well in hand.

"I think things are coming along here. Do you want someone to scout? I've done it before."

[bitchprince]

"I've already sent someone to see about the North Gate," he replied, casting a look at her, "But it won't hurt to get a good picture of the perimeter."

[weetuskenraider]

She nodded briefly. "I can do that," she said, a little more -- not deference, exactly, but something approaching respect for authority in her voice.

[bitchprince]

"Get back to me as soon as you can," Arthur added, "If there's any zombies out there, I'd like to know about it." He'd be doing it himself if his attention wasn't all over this bloody place right now.

[weetuskenraider]

She didn't mention that it'd be easier if he had a phone, or a comlink, or something. Even if she wanted to.

"I will," Tahiri promised, and didn't waste any time taking off at a run.