Behind the Dorms, Tuesday Afternoon

[future_sandworm]

Leto had actually made some plans for this meeting, in case Arthur and Zack would still be asleep, although if they had been, there would certainly have been a lot fewer people showing up.

Those plans were now pointless, however. There was no way he would put people through defining the goals of defensive tactics today. Clearly those who had spend their weekend in another reality were a little too emotional to deal with that now. Leto knew that from experience; he had spent the previous day being bitched at (hello Arthur!) or hugged and cried on. It was obvious that people needed some kind of emotional outlet today.

Also, it seemed like some people had trust issues after having run into alternate vampire versions of themselves. That could prove dangerous in a fighting situation.

"Good afternoon," he greeted everyone gathered. "Today we will work on what I believe is referred to in this time as team-building. Without loyalty and trust - both of leaders and of fellow warriors - a military unit is nothing. Where that trust is strong and army may rise about their actual level of fighting skill."

"Often this loyalty has been nurtured by shared pain and suffering. A guerilla group might have faced persecution together for a long time. Many forms of military training forces the warriors to endure severe hardships together in order to achieve something similar."

Leto smiled. "Today, I decided for a more playful and gentle approach. We will start with a shared meal. Eating together is a sign of friendship in many cultures. First, you need to divide the food." He gestured at a blanket on the ground with a large fruit bowl in the middle. "It needs to be divided equally, but for every fruit you take, you need to tell the group something significant about yourself."

"When the food has been divided, you may eat, but you may not feed yourself, only other people."

He watched the people gathered. "Any questions?"

[Wait for OCD! OCD is up!]

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Arrive and mingle!

[future_sandworm]

You may talk to people.

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah was there, and when Leto first said 'team-building' she thought of sietch orgies and froze; but when he said food she immediately relaxed and beamed. Yay, food. Food she could do.

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[glacial_queen]

"Hug?" Karla asked, ducking around people and making a bee-line for Dinah. She wasn't exactly crying, but...she hadn't seen Dinah since other-Dinah had burst into flame. It wasn't until last night, listening to the radio, that she was able to breathe properly again, sure Dinah was all right.

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Hug!" Glomp! "Should've found you sooner! Just really really unfocused yesterday," Dinah said, squeezing Karla tight. "I am so, so, so sorry you saw that."

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[glacial_queen]

There was clinging. Oh, the clinging. "It's okay," Karla said. "I didn't exactly go looking, either." She'd been too afraid of what she might find, honestly. "And you did what you had to do. I understand. Especially since I don't know if I could have taken care of it the other way."

*Have you told Leto?* she sent.

Still clinging, it should be noted.

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah was really okay with that. She stroked Karla's hair. Half of it. That I saw him die. That he was a vampire. That I had to save you, not him. But he doesn't know he attacked you, or that we're the ones that killed the other him. She sighed. "Just couldn't do it yet," she muttered.

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[glacial_queen]

"Couldn't yet, either. I'm glad I'm going home for a few days," Karla said, resting her head on Dinah's shoulder. *I had a dream we were sparring in the salle and I stabbed him. Doesn't much make we want to practice.* "I'll feel better after some time away, you know?" she said aloud. *If we don't tell him before I go, will you wait?*

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[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

Savannah was there and looking around to see who all was there.

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[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela didn't bother suppressing an eyeroll. This was rather ridiculously unprofessional. You didn't take a break from training just because you'd had a bad week.

How did these clowns get put in charge of a fighting unit in the first place. (Never mind that they'd organized it and she hadn't, or that they had a much better grasp of leadership than she did...)

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[glacial_queen]

Karla had also shown up again. Eating sounded like a great idea. She'd ask if it would be okay to participate.

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[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

Fiona came, of course... it was practically required after last week. And she wanted to see her friends, of course. Hearing the exercise, though, made her wince and wonder if she shouldn't leave.

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[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

Firekeeper and Blind Seer... well. It was Tuesday afternoon, where else would they be?

Blind Seer was wondering if he had to take part in the exercise. For one, he couldn't speak in a way that most would understand. And two... he didn't eat fruit.

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[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

Gabrielle hadn't developed any trust issues that way this past week. Maybe she was one of the lucky ones. At any rate, she could totally get behind this exercise today.

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[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle was thinking she could be down with this exercise up until Leto got to the very last part about how you could only feed other people, and her nose wrinkled. She had two very capable hands, was capable of feeding herself, and so did everyone else, and she sometimes didn't even like people to use the same straw as her with a drink, and years of dealing with Nana gave her an unreasonable fear of drool, and...

Yeah. Feeding people, weird. And if there were grapes in there, she was going to insist until she was blue in the face that Leto done this with a particularly dirty angle in mind.

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[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"You look about as excited about this whole thing as I am," Triela grinned over at Turtle.

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[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle gave a wry smile back and moved her hands in the suggestion of a bubble around her. "Space," she said. "I like my space, and have two perfectly good hands and haven't needed someone to feed me since I was maybe five, you know, so. But it's not a bad idea for a trust exercise. A step away from trust falls, anyway, which aren't very fair, because some of us just aren't good at catching."

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[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

"I think it's a silly exercise all around," Triela griped. "Just because people had a bad weekend is no reason to take things easy."

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[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

That pulled Turtle's grin a little more. "We could go hit up the shooting range after this omg handwavily *looks at clock* so it doesn't feel like a complete waste if you want."

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[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela's disgusted look faded slightly. "I think that's a good idea." Much better than... stupid feeding each other.

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[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

After last week, returning seemed the thing to do. And team-building had been exactly what he and Ino had talked over...not that he saw her there yet. Griff stayed off to the side, listening to Leto's instructions.

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Dinah said, hands stuck in her jeans pockets. "How're you doing?"

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[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

"Good," he nodded, because it wasn't like he couldn't deal with this, right? "You?"

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Not so much." Dinah smiled though, and nudged his arm with her elbow. "Getting better. A bit."

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[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

She was brave to admit it. "Yeah. Hear it takes time." And maybe a decent night light.

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[findingelena.livejournal.com]

Elena wasn't usually a member of this group, but she needed to talk to both Artur and Zac, and this seemed the easiest way to find both of them.

She lingered around the edges, hoping nobody would mind if she joined. Feeding other people sounded very ... soothing, after her weekend.