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fandomhighdorms2009-08-04 04:21 pm
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Behind the Dorms, Tuesday Afternoon
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!]
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?"
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Even if she thought that was a good thing.
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Then she sighed and held out a gloved hand, palm up.
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"Even though it isn't your ritual, it's important to many people. I know Dinah's probably happy to be eating something like fruit. It's a reminder and a communion all at once." She cocked her head. "What rituals do you have?"
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"Tea. Tea and cake." That was as close to a ritual that didn't involve shooting people as Triela tended to get.
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She could always get more in Dhemlan.
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That didn't stop her from taking the box, though.
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Inside the box was a small mountain of cloth teabags, neatly ordered and smelling wonderful
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[Night!]
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[Sleep sweet!]
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"Did something happen to Claes?" Karla asked quietly. "Something that lead her to the breaking point?"
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"Triela's Hilshire died. He came to find her and was attacked. After that, the other you had some kind of break-down. Losing Hilshire broke something within her. Once she put herself back together, she was able to take less of the drugs. Like Claes." She looked earnestly at Triela. "Is this making any sense at all?"
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That... actually made a lot of sense. "Of course she did," she said quietly. "A lot of our loyalty is linked through our handlers. If something happened, and we survived the shock..."
"How did she survive that?" Either Claes or that other Triela....
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"Makes sense," she said tightly. "Almost all of it depends on the handler. If you survived..." she couldn't even say it, so she swallowed instead. "If you survived you could almost start over. Maybe imprint less heavily on someone else..."
She was breathing rapidly and her face was palefrom the effort of keeping it together. She was glad she hadn't eaten much.
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She forced her breathing to slow. "It's just the Conditioning. It's been a long time since I got like this over it though." Triela had a pretty good grasp of how far she could push things without adverse reactions.
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