Magical Reserve - Preserve Next to The Cabins, Wednesday

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

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!"

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Trustfalls!

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Pair off and try it!

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[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

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

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[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.

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[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

It took him a moment to get the magic to do what he wanted, but he managed to stop her about... halfway down.

"Alright?"

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[glacial_queen]

"Yes?" Karla squeaked. "Fine."

Certainly not terrified at all. "That was...exciting?"

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[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"Sorry," Merlin said with a wince.

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[glacial_queen]

"S'okay, you caught me. That's what counts," she gave him her best unsure-but-game grin. "Wanna try it again? See if you can get it faster?"

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[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.

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[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Liir went for the easiest person.

"Do you think we might... that is, I'd feel comfortable with you if you're all right with me."

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[trigons_child]

Easy? As if!

Raven nodded, pleased. "Of course," she said. "Would you like to fall first? Or shall I? I have never done any exercise like this before."

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[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"I have," he admitted with a brief smile, "and I can go first if it'll make you feel more comfortable with it."

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[trigons_child]

"Very well," Raven said. "But I must warn you, please do not be alarmed by anything you might see. It will not harm you, I give you my word."

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[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Liir was a little confused, but he nodded, closing his eyes as he turned to give her his back.

"Let me know when you're ready."

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[trigons_child]

Raven actually took several steps further back, so that she would not be able to physically catch Liir herself. She needed the room to do what she intended. "I am ready," she said.

As Liir began to fall backwards, she stretched out her arms, sending her Soul-Self toward him. In a split second the shadowy raven wings had gently caught Liir, stopping his fall. She was able to give her Soul-Self solid form for moments like this, though most often it was intangible.


[*totally mods Liir falling* -- let me know if that's not OK and I will delete. :) ]

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

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

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[life_inshadow]

"I don't know if I can do this," Tara cautioned the tall girl standing near her. "Sh-should we try?"

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Sure!" Dinah smiled at the new girl, and said, "I'm Dinah. I've got telekinesis, not magic, but I've been practicing over a year now. I saw you here last week, right?" She grinned. "Want me to go first, falling?"

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[life_inshadow]

"Yep, I'm Tara," Tara said with a tiny smile. "And ... would it be okay if I fell first? I want to see how it feels before I try anything."

She added, "I'm a witch, but I'll have to use telekinesis to do this. You're just, um, bigger than a pencil."

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah laughed, and said, "Just a bit bigger. And no worries, I can catch you, I pick up Tahiri and move her around all the time." She got into position, smile peeking out. "Whenever you're ready."

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[life_inshadow]

Tara laughed too, and that made this that much easier. "Then here goes nothing." Closing her eyes, she let herself drop toward Dinah's telekinetic grasp

... hopefully toward Dinah's grasp. If not, ow?

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[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.

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[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Eh, why not. Leda wasn't in the best of moods herself. "Caught first? Or catch?"

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[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

"Catch first." Diana said, ready to shift the possibilities.

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[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"Right." Leda turned her back to Diana. She was ready to land right in case Diana didn't catch her. And plotting in case she didn't as well. "Ready?"

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[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.