Magical Reserve - Preserve Next to the Cabins, Wednesday

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A nice selection of baked goods (from J, GoB, fear not) and coffee were set out.

Tony had a cup of coffee in his left hand and a few muffin crumbs remained on his t-shirt when he stepped up to address the group. "Hey," he said. "Welcome to Magic Reserves. We're here to learn to work together using our abilities to defend the island. Even if you don't call what you do 'magic', you're welcome to practice with us." He glanced over at his fellow magic reserve leaders. "I think we're going to start with introductions, which I know we're doing like a million times this week, but you gotta start somewhere. My name's Tony. I'm from Vancouver in modern day Canada and I'm a wizard."

Karla, armed with a coffee in one hand and a pastry in the other, stepped forward and waved. "Kiss kiss," she said with a grin. "I'm Karla. I'm from the Territory of Glacia in the Realm of Kaeleer--it's okay that none of you have heard of it--and I'm a witch. That means I can use Craft for a lot of things, but I'm also a Healer and a Black Widow. I can explain what that means later, but rest assured, I will not murder you."

She took a sip of her coffee. "Probably."

Merlin smiled, shaking his head at her. "I'm Merlin. I'm from Camelot and--rather far back in the past it would seem. Though I assure you I'm getting rather good at cellular telephones!"

If you considered poorly spelled messages and smileys to be the height of modernization. Hey, Earl Grey tea was still something wild and new for the boy.

"I'm a wizard, like Tony. We hope you all find this to be a place where you can work on your abilities in safety, with the help of your friends and classmates. We do have two other groups, the fighters--who met yesterday--and the support--who meet on Friday. You may wish to visit them as well to see if your talents apply for their purposes as well."

Karla looked at Merlin and smiled, nodding in agreement. "He's exactly right. There's no rule limiting the number of reserves you can join--I'm in all three! We all work together, especially in times of crisis, and if you have the ability and the desire to help in more than one group, then we're not going to hold you back."

Once the introductions were over, Karla stepped forward with a few more things to say. "Now that the ice has been melted--" oh, Karla "--let's talk about powers. First of all, we want to know what you'd like to see us focus on during some of our meetings. Sure, we're the leaders, but we wouldn't have a reserve without you. So we'd like your input. We're not going to do much good trying to defend the island if we accidentally ignore the way certain people's powers work. So, feedback from you is always appreciated and if you have some ideas about topics you'd like to see us cover, now's a great time to share them."

She let them mull that over for a few minutes then continued. "Now, I come from a world where almost everyone has some Craft." Not entirely accurate, but it would do since she had no desire to get into a discussion about the politics of Kaeleer. "But that isn't true for everyone. Some people come from worlds where magic isn't recognized. Others come from worlds where magic is feared and reviled. And yet still others come from places where it just isn't understood and anyone with powers is marked as 'different' or 'outsiders.' We're all lucky to be here in a school where none of those are true, but there are people here--with powers and without--who may have a hard time transitioning to a place where not only is magic recognized, but appreciated!"

"That's where we come to our second duty. Not only are we here to help protect the island, but we're also here to teach. We teach one another to become stronger, more comfortable, and more innovative with our powers, and we teach others come to terms that yes, we have powers, which gives us a certain amount of responsibility, but it doesn't mean we need to be doormats about it! We deserve the same amount of respect they'd give anyone else and they have to learn to deal with that, because we're not going anywhere!"

Nodding in agreement, Merlin cleared his throat before adding. "Please feel free to talk to any of us if there is ever something you need."

He was just special enough to promise for them, of course.

Tony grinned at Karla and Merlin "What they said. I'm from a place where most people don't believe in magic, so it's weird for me to even tell people I'm a wizard. But this is a place where you don't have to hide who you are. If you have questions or concerns or if you want to learn, or teach, please speak up. And... if I keep talking, we may end up singing Kumbaya, so I'll shut up and open the floor for general discussion."

Karla shuddered. "Anything to avoid group-singing," she laughed. People, get talking!

[Co-written with the most excellent glacial_witch and bigdamndestiny.]

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Arrive/Mingle - Sept. 2

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With muffins!

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[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

Diana didn't have muffins, but she did have a cat.

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[bitchprince]

Arthur had his habitual spot, but he spent rather a lot more of his time watching Merlin.

...He probably wasn't going to keel over of plague again, but.

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[brat_inslayage]

Kennedy had been invited to come check it out, so here she was. Checking it out. The group, not the-- yeah, like you'd believe that? Fine. It was both. Sheesh. But actually mostly the group.

Anyway. Here, hanging out, wondering if that kid with the ears really was that Merlin, thinking all this magic stuff still sounded crazy, although the whole "coming-out" aspect to their introduction was kinda cute.

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[trigons_child]

Raven was there, shields firmly in place, though she was reaching out to sense the emotions of the other students, comparing the subtle differences.

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[life_inshadow]

Tara found a muffin and a place at the edge of the group. She supposed she was glad not to be a new kid anymore.

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[furnaceface]

Jonothon had found his way to this meeting at Karla's suggestion, though he was very pointedly avoiding the muffins.

And eye-contact. It was a thing.

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[thatsamilkshake]

Usually, Francine would have brought cookies. Yesterday... not so much a baking day. Muffins FTW. Even if she was still working up to anything like a real appetite.

...On the plus side, of plague, it means you get back home and can fit into the Skinny Jeans that hang in the back of the closet to remind you that you'll never fit into them again?

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[glacial_queen]

Karla was here, obviously, still looking pretty happy. Last night's successful show was going to keep her on cloud nine for a little while longer--even if there were storms on the horizon.

Besides, her ghosts had been awesome.

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah was there, grinning at the presentation, and nibbling on the food.

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[stylin-wizard.livejournal.com]

Alex helped herself to a muffin and some coffee, wondering how many new people would show.

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[heartflames.livejournal.com]

Eleanor helped herself to a muffin and then made her own tea in a little kettle she had brought along. Sometimes being a fire mage had its advantages.

(ooc: and she'll be happy to make tea for anyone else too!)

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[azuldragon.livejournal.com]

Azula wasn't wearing her armor this time she was just here to observe. She was curious about these magic users and what they were capable off. She had some idea from her talk with Karla but she was curious to learn more.

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[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Leda grabbed two muffins and some coffee. She was really hungry today for some reason.

She also looked around to see who was new. Or who just might be interesting to talk to.

Intros - Sept. 2

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'Cause you aren't tired of telling people your name yet, are you? It's only Wednesday!

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[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

Diana rolled her eyes at having to introduce herself again. "Diana Hansen, I do a lot of stuff."

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[trigons_child]

"My name is Raven," Raven said shyly, probably confusing anyone who still just knew her as Rachel. "I am an empath and a healer. I am also able to transport myself over great distances and between dimensions." It was getting so much easier to be honest about her powers. Just not about the demon part.

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[life_inshadow]

"I'm Tara Maclay, sophomore, I'm a Wiccan. Witch." She was getting redder as she realized modded, omg people were looking at her. "Um, I do ... protection spells, locating spells, I have some telekinesis."

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[furnaceface]

Jonothon. Hated. Introductions. But he was going to square his shoulders and soldier bravely onward, because... Possibly because he was expecting something to explode in his face, and he just wanted to get it the hell over with.

//I'm Jonothon Starsmore. A mutant. And, beyond the obvious,// because it was possibly difficult to miss that there was a goth-looking kid talking directly into your brain, //I've more or less got control over a chamber of pure psionic energy. Think of it like fire that can either burn, throw things around, or blow things up.//

Or don't think about it at all. Or tell the mutie to go back home. Or whatever the hell you want. Jono might someday get over the paranoia. That someday was still a fair distance off.

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[thatsamilkshake]

This felt so weird. Actually introducing herself like she belonged here instead of hanging in the back and Hi, yeah, I'm Merlin's girlfriend, I made the cookies if somebody talked to her.

"I'm Francine. I, um. I guess I see stuff. Sometimes. Not exactly useful for defending the island," she finished apologetically. Then added, "Mostly I do the Support thing with Morgana, on Fridays."

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Dinah Lance, not a magician, but I have telekinesis and touch-telepathy, and thanks to practicing with Karla, I can now walk on air. Sort of," Dinah qualified it with a grin. "So you guys should know this group is great for helping you figure out how to do 'magic' stuff with whatever you've got to use."

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[stylin-wizard.livejournal.com]

"I'm Alex Russo and I'm a junior," she began, "and I'm a wizard-in-training." Yeah, that was pretty much self-explanatory.

Discussion - Sept. 2

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IC Open Forum for Magic Reserves

Talk to the Leaders - Sept. 2

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As you do.

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[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Merlin was there, of course! And enjoying some tea and biscuits that he had no hand in baking.

Perhaps they had pine nut biscuits...

OOC

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I <3 my new fairy icon.

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[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Awww! It's cuuute.