Behind the Dorms, Tuesday After classes

[bitchprince]

"Today," Arthur said, scraping his throat with all the repressed joy any British royal with a stick up their ass could manage upon being reunited with their army, "We will be returning to a very basic element of our strategy. Which is being able to anticipate on what your fellow soldier will do. To that effect, we are going to guide you through a few very simple hand-to-hand drills, to be executed by you all as a group. Please take a good look to your left and right to see who is closest, so you can keep an eye on their step."

Zack nodded, his arms crossed over his chest as he surveyed the group.

"Basically, we're telling you where to go and how to get there, and it's up to you guys to keep in time with the rest and make this work." A pause. "And if you don't, I guess we'll have to poke at you until your form improves."

"Or smack you 'round the ears with a beach umbrella," Arthur added, letting a bit more glee shine through. "Anyway, you should all know how it goes-- so please follow Zack and I as we demonstrate both a basic attack and a basic defensive drill. Mind your footwork."

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Arrive & Mingle

[bitchprince]

Arthur's presence means you're out of luck if you're looking for any food other than bread, though.

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[brat_inslayage]

No cookies? Oh well. Kennedy'd eaten anyway.

Really not getting why they had to do this as a group, though. Unsurprisingly. Why were they watching each other's step and all that?

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[intraspective]

Ino perched up in a tree, on a low hanging branch, and contemplated the lesson.

It sounded, really, a lot more like Centurion's infantry class than anything else. Extra practice was nice?

Especially without the running with the weights. Ugh.

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

Jennifer looked up at Ino and raised an eyebrow.

"Lording yourself over us again?" she joked.

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[bitchy_smurf]

It's probably better for all concerned that Illyria was unaware of Zack's hidden cookies not dirty that's what the swords are for. She'd only have tried eating the plastic bags too.

She was here, though 'mingling' would be a completely incorrect description.

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

Firekeeper was here, as was Blind Seer. The former... had a vaguely unsettled look about her, and every so often would glance around as if she expected someone to suddenly appear.

Perhaps because that was exactly what she did expect.

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[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

Lion-o didn't see any cookies out and debated sending Snarf back to Café Fina to fetch some. That's why he was looking around with a confused look on his face.

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[weetuskenraider]

Ah, footwork -- Tahiri's old nemesis. Okay, not nemesis exactly, but she was considering this the Force's way of reminding her that she needed to do more footwork practice before Corran gave her grief about it next time she saw him.

The drill was familiar in concept, though.

But where were the cookies?!?

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[asgardcreated.livejournal.com]

Oh, yay. Back to basic training. Witness Jon's enthusiasm for this.

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[gotyourmateria.livejournal.com]

Yuffie had done this lots of time. Usually following meant they ended up nearly getting killed every. single. time.

Just once, couldn't someone lead her groups into a cave full of materia, free for the taking?

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

Gabrielle's disappointment at the lack of cookies did not translate into a lack of enthusiasm at the prospect of the drill. She was a bit uneasy about the whole army aspect of it, but it wasn't as if they were expecting her to finish up the drill and then immediately march out onto the battlefield or anything. Even if she did look damned good in Roman leather armor, thank you very much.

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[momslilassassin]

Ben memorized the steps quickly, figuring that the purpose of the exercise was unit cohesion and not, say, an armed and kind of silly looking dance troupe.

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[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela scowled. There hadn't been an invasion yet, as far as she knew, that would benefit from rigid coordination like this.

Though, in all honesty, Triela had a hard time seeing why she should coordinate this closely with anyone. But she was there. And she'd play along.

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[intraspective]

"Smile," Ino called down from her tree. "Frowning will so not help the exercise."

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah was there, mostly recovered from the weekend now, and hey, why not practice some more. She knew this stuff. But other people didn't. Fair was fair.

Re: Arrive & Mingle

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

Jennifer was there, hoping to learn something new, this week.

Drill!

[bitchprince]

Everyone, go about your handwavable as needed drills together! Coordinate! Try not to fall over anyone's feet! Or leave an OOC note if you'd like one of the guys to come by and correct you.

Talk to the Guys

[bitchprince]

Once they have pinged in!

Re: Talk to the Guys

[puppy_fair]

Zack was there, and it was entirely possible that he'd smuggled exactly 99 cookies to the meeting in little ziploc baggies in his very, very deep pockets.

And he'd share, too, if you asked him while Arthur wasn't looking!

Re: Talk to the Guys

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Zaaaaaack. You liiiiiiived." Dinah was looking for a hug. And cookies if any ended up being obvious!

Re: Talk to the Guys

[intraspective]

"My head hurts," Ino complained at Zack. "Be dorky and make me laugh."

That was totally a hello!

Re: Talk to the Guys

[bitchprince]

Arthur was there, and looking exactly like he always was - minus maybe a few degrees of frostiness. He was pleased to be back, all in all.

Behind the Dorms, Tuesday After classes

[future_sandworm]

Leto was here too, noting that people seemed to have survived the weekend.

OOC

[bitchprince]

So. Much. Sleep.

Re: OOC

[weetuskenraider]

Exactly 99. HEE. XD