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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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Re: Feed other people
"All evidence of misconduct must be destroyed," she said solemnly. "Not everyone falls in line so easily. We're the enforcers."
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He held out his hand for the lime, smiling faintly.
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Wait, that was bad. Wasn't she supposed to be avoiding him? Shit. She should make some excuse, take off. Or maybe she should sit here, be nice, share her lime, and then get back to avoiding him.
Okay. That seemed like a plan.
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A wiggly little force of nature who was peeling the last of the rind from the lime slice, offering her a sudden, playful sort of grin, and then reaching forward to press it against her lips, yes.
Because he was a dork like that.
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"Do you miss monster-runs?" Elena asked.
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He remembered the gator guts very vividly, yes. He'd been made to clean them up in detention that weekend.
Ew.
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A pause and a thoughtful frown.
"They didn't really fade when they died, either. They burned. Into dust."
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"I don't think so." This was... hard to talk about, to say the least. "Their memories were still there. They still had feelings, and friendships. I think it was more that something else moved in along with them. But I could be wrong. I don't think they had anything like a spirit in there. It was..."
There wasn't a word for it. Zack would have to improvise.
"It was hollow."
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"Do you think it all got sorted out, once the vampire was staked?" she asked. "All the bits got put back together?"
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"I don't think so. It..." Deep breath. "It felt a whole lot more like all the remaining bits were getting ripped apart."
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"Maybe ... maybe they had to be ... torn apart so ... so the vampire parts could be destroyed and all the rest could find the Lifestream," she said, uncertainly.
She didn't believe it, either.
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It was easier to say that. It would always be easier to say that.