Lawn of the Dorms | Late, Late, Late Night (2am EST)

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It was a quiet night. Just after midnight, a steady rain had started falling, drenching the island quickly and showing no sign of slowing. A few hours later, at 2am, the peace of the night was broken when the fire alarm started blaring. It would shrilly blare, stop and then repeat the same shrill blare two seconds later. And it was not going to stop until the all clear was given.

Thus, all the students had to carry their tired selves from their snuggly significant others or their snuggly beds to go wait IN THE RAIN on the dorm lawn. The fire department was making sure all the students were a safe distance away from the school so there were no awnings to hide under. All the students would be stuck out in the steady rain.

The fire department headed into the building but this could take awhile. Enjoy your fire drill, kids!

[IT'S FIRE DRILL TIEMS! Just remember it's raining but it's warm. Have fun! See here for fire drill details! And take a look here for our previous fire drill!]

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[weetuskenraider]

"Annoyed," Tahiri bit out. "It's usually me with the bad timing, not the other way around."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"You want my coat?" Triela offered. Even though it was already soaked through it might help. Maybe.

[weetuskenraider]

"It's just rain, but thanks," Tahiri answered, managing -- well, not a smile, but her expression softened briefly. "There are lots worse things to be soaked in."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"True," Triela agreed with a small smile. "Water doesn't really stain, after all."

[weetuskenraider]

"Or smell awful," Tahiri added, "or eat through your clothes or try to stick you to the ground . . ."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Triela made a face. "Which is good. Because otherwise I'd be a lot less calm about this."

[weetuskenraider]

"I've never seen you not calm," Tahiri realized. Which was more than she could say about herself at the moment.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"The Conditioning helps with that," Triela admitted. "And the truth is I probably wouldn't lose it even if my clothes were ruined. Though I wouldn't be happy about it."

[weetuskenraider]

"Conditioning?" She didn't think she'd ever heard Triela mention it before, at least not that she remembered. She wasn't sure she liked the sound of it, either.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"You don't just replace a lot of someone's body with cybernetics without making some other changes too," Triela explained. "I'm on a number of drugs which serve to integrate the artificial parts with my nervous system."

She smiled slightly, coldly. "And you don't build an enhanced assassin without some sort of controls in place."

[weetuskenraider]

"Oh," Tahiri said simply, less bothered by the 'assassin' part (look who she was dating, after all) than by the enhancements. "That . . . makes sense, I suppose."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"You have to guarantee loyalty somehow."

[weetuskenraider]

That . . . made the back of Tahiri's neck crawl in a way that wasn't quite the same as her danger sense, but closer than she liked. "I guess you do."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"And by the same token you want your operatives to be calm under pressure." It wasn't such a bad thing, really.

[weetuskenraider]

"That," Tahiri said, thinking of what she'd done in the salle earlier, "I can definitely agree with. Force knows it's hard to keep your cool sometimes."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Which is part of the point," Triela agreed. "I'm able to keep my cool in a firefight."

[weetuskenraider]

That was different, at least; the Yuuzhan Vong weren't any more geared toward that than most humanoid species were. "That's why you're good at what you do," Tahiri guessed.

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"It helps," Triela agreed.

[weetuskenraider]

"Sorry. I didn't mean to suggest you weren't good at it anyway." She hissed sharply through her teeth in annoyance. "I'm having an off day. Sorry."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Not a problem," Triela shook her head. "I know I'm good."

[weetuskenraider]

"You are," Tahiri conceded with a brief smile. "From what I've seen, at least."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"You too," Triela laughed.

[weetuskenraider]

The smile cracked just a tiny bit wider. "I'm not that good. I still need a lot of practice. But thanks."

[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"Practice can never hurt." Triela grinned. "Even when you're good."

[weetuskenraider]

"Is there such a thing as too much practice, do you think?" Tahiri asked, half out of idle curiosity and half because she suspected someone might get on her case for doing nothing but.