fandomhighdorms | Magical Reserve - Preserve Next to The Cabins, Wednesday

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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When they tag in!

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

Danny walked up. "Um. Hi. I'm Danny, and I'm new." No duh, Daniel. "So what's the purpose of this?"

"It's a bit of defense for us all when the island decides to be a bit cruel."

"Any sort of test to get in, or you just show up and participate in your training exercises?"

"Well, this one is for people with--er--magical talents. We have one for fighters as well!"

"So, uh, do you take people whose powers might not technically be magic?" Awkward Danny was awkward. "Because mine kind of might be and might not be. I'm not sure how you guys would classify them."

"...what are they then?"

And that shattering noise was Danny breaking that particular promise to his parents, again. "I'm half ghost," he said. "It was an accident with an experiment in my parents' lab. So I have ghost powers." He shrugged. "I don't know if that qualifies as magic or not."

Merlin... didn't either. And was still a bit fuzzy on the details of ghosts. He'd need to text Tony.

"You can always stick around even if not. Dinah doesn't technically have magic either."

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Raven had met Karla last week, but not Merlin. It was appropriate for her to introduce herself to the leaders, so she approached Merlin. "Hello," she said. "I am Rachel. I am an empath."

"Hello, Rachel." Merlin... might not be exactly certain what that was, but he was willing to go with it! "Welcome to the group!"

"Thank you," Raven said. "I am looking forward to strengthening my abilities so that I might help others."

"What is it you... do exactly?"

"I am an empath," Raven said again. "I am able to sense the emotions of others and dispel such things as rage or hatred. I am also able to heal physical injuries by absorbing the pain."

"Oh." That was... "Doesn't that hurt you if you're absorbing it?"

What? If he was in that much pain, he certainly wouldn't wish it on another.

Raven shrugged. "It is a minor discomfort compared to the suffering I may relieve in others."

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Alex figured she should introduce herself to at least one of the leaders, if not both. "Hey," she said, as she approached. "I saw one of the posters and figured I should come check this out. I'm Alex," she added.

Better late than never, right?

"Hello, Alex," Merlin replied with a smile. "Are you here to join as well?"

"Yes," Alex nodded. "I'm hoping I can help in some way."

"Are you a witch then?"

Sadly, he couldn't read usernames.

"I'm a wizard, actually. Well, a wizard in training, to be exact," Alex answered.

"Really?" See, this was far too exciting. "Everyone called girls witches before."

"Oh, we have witches too, where I'm from," Alex explained. "I just happen to come from a family of wizards," she added. Her dad used to be one but her uncle ended up with the powers.