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Behind the Dorms, Tuesday Afternoon

"Today, our strategies will be focused on subterfuge," Arthur called, as soon as everyone had gathered. "There may be times when we are best served by creating an ambush. Today, we'll be taking our first steps to put one of those together. For the sake of ease, we will be focusing on the preserve."

He nodded at the treeline none too far away from them. "I want half of you to go into the woods and find good locations to hide. The treetops, for those of you thusly inclined, and holes, bushes and the like for those of you who aren't. The rest of you will go in after them to find their hiding places before they can ambush you. Both of these skills will be necessary. With any luck, we can graduate to the town next time."

"Those of you who wish to discuss last week's escape routes can come to Leto, Zack or myself, and we'll share your findings next week. Likewise for those of you in need of combat training. You know where we are."

He crossed his arms. "Well, what are you waiting for?"

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"Nooo, but thanks! I'm just getting two big ice cream cakes to share with anyone who shows up, and a present for Tony from me." She grinned. "I know not everyone knows him, but you're welcome to show up for the cake anyway. Parties are fun, and Tony won't mind." Dinah cocked her head, having heard Radio the night before, but not taking it any more seriously than usual. "Things going okay?"

She nodded quickly.

"I kind of... spazzed, I guess, about something yesterday morning. Leto came to visit and he explained."

She glanced across the way to Arthur.

"I have to go apologize for walking out of Monday's sword lesson."

Dinah frowned, then looked rueful. "Good luck with that. Are you okay now?" She'd heard about Leto going by and 'kissing it better' but assumed it was a metaphor. "Arthur can be unnerving if you're not used to him, I know."

Fiona shook her head.

"It wasn't Arthur. It was Merlin. He said something and it just kind of set me off. How he was there to watch over his lord's 'safety' or something."

She waved it off.

"Arthur'll tell me I'm a skittish girl and that'll probably be it."

She trusted Leto's judgment of the situation, after all, since he knew them better than she did. And he always seemed to certain.

"Oh, yes. That's just Merlin." Dinah shook her head. "He takes that really seriously, when Arthur lets him. He's the one that has to patch up Arthur if he gets hurt, so he tends to worry a lot." She smiled. "Did your brother and dad leave okay and everything?"

"That's pretty much what Leto said," Fiona admitted with a nod, "and yeah, they left all right. My dad actually took a bus so no one would notice him."

She laughed, just a little.

"It was the first time I ever got to spend time with him when something wasn't trying to kill us. He's... like a real dad."

Dinah chortled at the idea of Lucifer on a bus, then grinned. "Awww. That's-- that's really nice. Especially that you got to spend time with him like that over Father's Day for the first time." So. Weird.

She blinked.

"Father's Day?"

No, she'd never heard of the holiday. It hadn't been covered in any of her books and it wasn't the sort of thing she'd look into.

"You didn't know?" Dinah smile turned a little bittersweet. "It's kind of a Hallmark holiday. I mean, the card industry sort of invented it so you'd have to buy a card or flowers or a present for your dad on the day that's supposed to be 'his.' It's kind of a nice idea, though. A Sunday in June where you're supposed to at least give your father a call."

"Oh."

She looked away, not really feeling anything but the emptiness was good enough to make her expression soft.

"He probably knew. It was good to see him either way."

"I'd expect so, yeah." Dinah had given Alfred a call. And Uncle Jim. She hadn't given her former foster father more than a passing thought of total rejection, remembering Father's Days in the past. "Nice that Eliot could be here too. I hope he had a good time? He sure booked out of the bar fast after his performance."

She laughed.

"Yeah, he's kind of nervous sometimes. He's stronger now than he used to be, but yeah. He recorded a song with Peyton. I think he has a crush on her."

Which, oddly enough, she didn't mind.

"Awwww," Dinah said. Peyton had had a rough semester. Having someone appreciate her was probably a pretty nice development. "That's cool. I want a copy! When it gets done, I mean."

"I'll tell her if you don't get to," she told Dinah with a soft smile.

"Are you going to go anywhere for the next-week-break?" Dinah asked, tilting her head and smiling back.

"I was thinking of signing up for the trip to Arrakis," she said with a nod.

"What about you?"

"Definitely going!" Dinah said with glee. "Zack and I had way too much fun climbing the hologram yesterday. Um." She grinned. "Did you see us jumping out of the mouth?"

Yeah, those two had no sense of self-preservation together.

"Yeah," she said. She'd been pretty useless for class yesterday, mostly just sitting in the sand and watching the others.

"...it looked really weird."

"It was a blast. We're definitely riding one when we get there," Dinah said, bouncing up on her toes. "And I'm going home to New Gotham for the 4th of July weekend. I might be here Friday morning when the new kids get here, but I think my portal leaves pretty soon after that."

"Do you know if they do anything here for the 4th of July?" she asked curiously, thinking of Ringo's and the giant cleanup that'd been part of last years celebration. It wasn't exactly a good holiday memory.

"No idea, but with the new kids here, I wouldn't be surprised. Maybe fireworks?" Dinah looked thoughtful. "We are awfully close to D.C. Maybe people will want to take a trip there for anything going on. That could be fun."

"I'll figure out something. Or just stay in my room and bask in the knowledge that I don't have to clean anything July 5th."

"Your last job had a lot of that on the 4th, hunh?" Dinah grinned. "Yay for new law office job with no cleaning!"

Her face scrunched up before she laughed.

"It was gross."

Dinah grinned, stretching out her arms. "I'm glad the worst I have to deal with at the flower shop is dirt. Babysitting always meant way more gross stuff. So did working at Burger King. Bleah."

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