Magical Reserve - Preserve Next to The Cabins, Wednesday

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With tea and biscuits--oh hush, he was a proper Irish English boy--ready for members and guests, Merlin was cheerfully waiting for everyone to arrive.

"Hello! Today, Karla and I have a bit of a new exercise for us all to try today," He informed everyone with a sort of manic cheer that came from hoping to god this ended well.

Karla stepped forward with the blithe carelessness that came from having no clue that anything could possibly go wrong with her plan. "Kiss kiss everyone. So, more than anything else, there needs to be trust between us as a group. Without it, we'll be disorganized, inefficient, and the other members of the Reserves won't trust us, either. Which, in a crisis, could lead to disaster. So, I thought today we could focus on building that trust together. And for that we have--" she paused for a moment to let the anticipation build "--magical trustfalls!" She beamed at them, certain they'd be as enthusiatic as she was about the idea.

"Yay!" Merlin offered with a strangled little cheer. "Karla and I will demonstrate."

Or something.

"Karla?"

"That's right!" Karla said, giving Merlin a reassuring smile. One that had a lot of teeth in it. She practically skipped around behind him. "In case you're not sure what a trustfall is, Merlin is going to close his eyes and fall backwards, expecting me to catch him before he hits the ground. I'm going to do so, but only with magic." She clasped her arms behind her back. "Ready Merlin?" she chirped. "You trust me, right?"

It wasn't reassuring at all! But he nodded dutifully and closed his eyes. "Of course."

Really.

Taking a breath, he fell backwards.

Karla took the easiest path. Using Craft, she solidified the air behind him, the same way she would if she were airwalking. Merlin hadn't tipped back more than a few inches before the air caught him. "Now, there are a ton of different things I could have done. I could have called in a big pile of soft things for him to land on, or put a shield behind him, or just floated something over to catch him."

Merlin blinked a few times and looked around at the nothing holding him up. "Whatever it is you believe might work best. And if you don't think you can use magic, your hands are perfectly fine."

"Or if you think your magic isn't suitable, you can always brainstorm with a partner about ways you could possibly make it suitable," Karla added. "I've found that a lot of working with magic involves improvising." She looked over and gave Merlin her best unsure-but-game grin. "My turn now?"

Merlin nodded and waved toward the rest of the group. "Pair off and get started then!"

Comments

Arrive/Mingle

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Mmm. Tea.

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[bitchprince]

Arthur didn't have tea. Arthur was near the back, a little busy keeping his face into stern-and-serious mode when the immature part of him really wanted to point out how ridiculous the entire thing looked.

Of course, Arthur also enjoyed teambuilding with his knights by beating the stuffing out of them, so his opinion was probably best considered with a grain of salt.

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[trigons_child]

Raven was there, still drained by her nightmare that morning.

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[glacial_queen]

...And there was that odd psychic scent that Karla had noticed this morning. As soon as should could do so in a manner that could be even slightly termed 'casual,' Karla walked over to Rachel. "You okay?" she asked in an undertone.

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[puppy_fair]

Zack had swung by today, and was munching on a biscuit while he attempted to puzzle out how exactly he'd be able to stop someone from falling using the Materia he had on hand.

He sincerely doubted that anybody wanted to have their fall cushioned by a fireball or a large shard of ice, after all. And he didn't have anything on him that could inflict Stop status just yet.

Maybe he'd just hang around in case anybody needed healing afterward, potions and Cure materia at ready.

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[hes-aphantom.livejournal.com]

Danny had handwavily heard about this group, and had decided that it couldn't hurt to check them out.

Even though his powers had bestowed by science, they could still be sort of considered magic, right?

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[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Liir was there... and he was wondering if this was a very good idea at all.

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[stylin-wizard.livejournal.com]

Having chatted with Tara about the Magical Reserves over the weekend, Alex decided she should check it out. She found herself wondering if her wand had still been "human," what she would've thought about it.

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[thatsamilkshake]

Francine was there, sitting quietly, taking notes, and not really making eye contact. And maybe bittering a little about the topic.

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah had some time before she was supposed to meet Tahiri for practice, so decided to head for the Magic Reserves meeting. Also, cookies. Even if she couldn't have as many as usual.

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[life_inshadow]

Tea! Tea was good.

Tara ... wasn't so certain about the trust falls. But she could totally drink tea, even if it made her feel all British.

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[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

Diana was there, Samuel in her arms, morbid curiosity on her mind.

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[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Leda was not quite her usual bouncy self today. Her expression was a flat deadpan that could have meant anything. When Elves want to hide their feelings, they're as stoic as a statue.

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[finding-x-dream.livejournal.com]

Agnes sipped at her tea and tried not to look nervous. Her magic didn't WORK like that.

Trustfalls!

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Pair off and try it!

Re: Trustfalls!

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Taking a breath, Merlin nodded at Karla to continue their bit of the demonstration. "Ready?"

Re: Trustfalls!

[glacial_queen]

Karla nodded. "Ready," she added unnecessarily. Talking was a good way to keep her from putting up shields around her any way, thus defeating the entire purpose of the exercise.

She turned around, closed her eyes, and let herself fall backwards.

Re: Trustfalls!

[trigons_child]

Her empathic gifts would not be useful for breaking one's fall, but Raven knew of a way she could. She just hoped it would not alarm people when she did it.

Re: Trustfalls!

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah looked around for someone to trust. Or to for someone to drop her on her head.

Re: Trustfalls!

[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

Do you really trust the girl standing there with a cat in her arms, glaring at the world? Well, if you do, Diana was right there. Glaring.

Re: Trustfalls!

[finding-x-dream.livejournal.com]

Agnes sipped slowly at her tea and stared into the bottom of the cup, trying to read the future in her tea leaves and see how badly she was going to mess up. Oh, well. The only way to do it was to try, right? Maybe she wouldn't end up with a partner.

Talk to the Leaders

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

When they tag in!

Re: Talk to the Leaders

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Merlin was, of course, there if anyone had a question.

Re: Talk to the Leaders

[glacial_queen]

Karla was there, just as bouncy as the week before. This time less from nerves and more from amusement. Coffee still played a role, though.

OOC

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Laaaa.