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puppy_fair ([personal profile] puppy_fair) wrote in [community profile] fandomhighdorms2009-10-20 09:39 am

Behind the Dorms, Tuesday Afternoon

Zack was a little more laid-back then usual today when he stepped up to address the members of the reserves. His arms were clasped behind his back, and he was all but standing at attention when he spoke.

"Today, we're going to discuss something a little more specific than usual," he stated, looking around at the group. "Search and rescue missions, in case somebody goes missing during a raid or invasion. I know, we can't get too greatly into detail, considering it's difficult to tell these things if you don't know the nature of your enemy, but I'd like to get into some generalizations, if we can. Basic stuff, like staying in groups, using our phones to keep in contact with a main party, maybe the support reserves, at specific times in case we go missing too. If there are people with better noses or tracking abilities, that's awesome. If anyone knows of anyone from the magic reserve with a sixth sense for finding people, that's great, too."

"It is also useful to review our maps once more," Arthur cut in. "I would suggest that you split off and scout out specific sections of the island in groups of two or three, so that when we have the need of a specific knowledge of a particular area, we'll have someone aware of the details. Which is not to say," he said, after a pause, "That we don't want all of you knowing the island's specifics to the best of your ability. Should a search and rescue mission be needed, we must waste the least amount of time on figuring out where on God's green Earth we are."

Beat.

"If any of you would like to volunteer to scout out the closest few acres of mainland, we could possibly use that knowledge to our advantage as well."

Zack nodded, and then swayed almost uncomfortably on his heels before he added, "and when we're done discussing that, I've noticed that a few of you have been kinda making faces and grumbling at the activities and discussions that we do here at the Tuesday reserves. If you guys have anything that you would like to see us doing more or less of, please, let us know, and we'll try to work it in. Leto, Arthur, and I all have very different experiences, so we understand that you guys probably do, too."

"Keep in mind that our suggestions may not always seem to make sense to you, but we do know what we're doing," Arthur added, "And for the purposes of this reserve, we'd like to assume you do as well in your own way."

That was... encouraging, Arthur.

[And open!]
bitchy_smurf: (smile)

Re: Discuss! Search and Rescue!

[personal profile] bitchy_smurf 2009-10-20 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Illyria's pale blue lips quirked for just a second in something resembling humour. "Impressive." Not on any normal scale, but these creatures weren't any normal rodents.

Re: Discuss! Search and Rescue!

[personal profile] bitchprince 2009-10-20 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"They should know better than to look into my personal business," he said, then glanced back towards Illyria. "Have you been to the mainland at all?"
bitchy_smurf: (eww)

Re: Discuss! Search and Rescue!

[personal profile] bitchy_smurf 2009-10-20 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not outside of the--" If he was looking for a way to gauge how offended he should be by her distaste, her current expression and tone indicated that comparatively speaking her companions in the reserves smelled like a field of lilac bushes. "--bus station."

Re: Discuss! Search and Rescue!

[personal profile] bitchprince 2009-10-20 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"...Let's not speak of the bus station."

No.

"However," Arthur continued, "It may be useful if you could-- scent--" Arthur, she's not a hunting dog, "The nearby area for anything out of the ordinary."
bitchy_smurf: (appraising)

Re: Discuss! Search and Rescue!

[personal profile] bitchy_smurf 2009-10-20 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Illyria nodded once. "I know humans and most demons; if I didn't recognize a creature's traces by that, I would still know that something unfamiliar was present."