Magic Reserves, Wenesday Afternoon, The Preserve

[glacial_queen]

When people began arriving at the meeting today, they would see that things were a bit different than usual today. For one thing, the snack table has it's usual assortment of warm beverages, but was missing the normal variety of snacks and there were a handwavey number of wooden chests piled off to the side, each one sporting a heavy iron padlock on the front.

"Greetings," Karla said, looking a bit more composed than she had at the last meeting. "We've got a fair bit to do today, so we should probably get started quickly. First, we have a talk from Tara, who was kind enough to volunteer this week," she paused to give Tara a grateful smile, "and then, we have an activity."

Merlin nodded and stepped forward. "Inside these chests is... pie." Oh, it was so spooky and magical sounding. "But, as you see, they're rather firmly locked up. So, the exercise today will be to get the contents of the box--unharmed--using whatever skills you have at your
disposal."

Mmm, pie. "Fresh-baked," Tony added. "And if you get one out, it's all yours."

Karla was really regretting that the three of them hadn't had enough time to bake the pies themselves, but hopefully J,GoB pies would be an acceptable substitute. "So, let's give Tara our attention--and a pie of her own for volunteering--and then we'll see how well your pie-retrieving skills are."

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[glacial_queen]

Be sad at the lack of tasty snacks.

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[bitchprince]

Arthur wasn't particularly saddened. He didn't come to these meetings for the food, after all. Instead, he was, as per usual, lurking and paying rapt attention.

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[furnaceface]

Jonothon could get to the pie easily enough with a well-placed dose of psionic energy.

He just wasn't going to, because, for one, he didn't eat. And for another, that would involve pulling down the bandages.

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[glacial_queen]

Karla had actually thought about Jono while she'd been out getting pie. Not wanting to make too much of a big deal out of it, she sidled up to him and called in a smaller version of the same chests, complete with padlock. "No pie," she said, offering it to him. "So if you wanted to try..."

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[furnaceface]

Jonothon blinked as he held out his hands to accept the chest. For him? Really?

//Yer didn't have to, luv...//

Actually, he was kind of touched that she had.

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[glacial_queen]

"But I wanted to, Jono," Karla said, giving him a smile. "We mostly use food because it's a quick and easy way to motivate teenagers, but that doesn't mean you should get left out. Besides, it was only one more quick stop on the way to J, GoB. Easy-peasy."

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[furnaceface]

//Well... Thanks, then.// He eyed the chest for a moment more, rubbing at the back of his neck with one hand as he contemplated the lock. It would still be easy to do away with it. And it would still involve him pulling the bandages down.

And at the same time, she'd gone out of her way to include him, and it would be rude not to.

//... Yer don't have any aversion to flames at all, before I go about opening this?//

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

No cookies, but yay, promise of pie! After being good and listening to Tara's talk, of course.

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[puppy_fair]

Zack looked... kinda like he'd been running for hours and hours and hours yesterday and possibly on into the wee hours of the morning even if he'd been told he could stop at midnight.

He stopped yawning when he heard that there was pie in those chests. Oooooooo. That made up for the lack of cookies at yesterday's reserves meeting!

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Hey, you," Dinah said, wandering over to grin at Zack. "When did Arthur say you could stop, yesterday?"

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[puppy_fair]

"Oh, midnight," Zack replied, with a yawn and a stretch and a lopsided grin. "But by the time I'd finished up, it was... Three? Four? I kinda just wandered into my room and fell over, by then."

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Dude! So not fair! Why did you even... Okay, he's sorta in charge, but still." There would be words if Arthur ever tried to order her to run around 'til midnight without a really good reason. Dinah reached over to sling an arm around Zack if he didn't fall on her. "You should so still be napping."

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[puppy_fair]

"But if I nap through the day, I'll never be up for class tomorrow," Zack all but whined, leaning against her. "And anyhow, it seemed like a neat challenge. And I didn't have to keep running past midnight. I just kinda did."

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[brat_inslayage]

Boredom and restlessness usually meant Kennedy had to go find something to do, and every now and then on Wednesdays that meant checking out the magic reserves to see if the crazy talk (sorry, magic users, that's what it still was to her) made any more sense this week.

It might, at that. Well, she'd be paying attention, at least. She wasn't Arthur, so she wasn't lurking, but she did take her semi-usual observer's spot off to one side.

Also, pie, a bonus that meant she'd be doing an extra couple of laps of the island tomorrow, but a bonus nonetheless. You know, if she could get to it. Which because someone fails at reading comprehension wasn't going to happen.

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[wantstodirect]

Tony noticed that Kennedy wasn't getting into any of the chests. "You know," he said, almost as an aside, "teamwork's really important for the Reserves. If you don't have the ability to do something, it's not cheating to find someone who does and ask for help."

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[brat_inslayage]

"Dude." Kennedy laughed and held her hands up. "I'm just here for the educational experience. So not magicky."

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[trigons_child]

Raven was there...but for the most part being very very very quiet and avoidy-like.

Yes, this was not terribly unusual for her.

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[furnaceface]

Oh, she was not going to get off the hook quite so easily.

It took Jono a few moments to find the nerve, but there he was, making his way up to her with his hands in his pockets and his eyebrows furrowed a little. Man on a mission, that Jono.

//We need to talk.//

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[trigons_child]

Raven shook her head and dropped her gaze. "I am sorry," she said, forcing the words from a tightening throat. Of everyone she'd hurt, this was the worst of all.

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[furnaceface]

//It was you, then,// Jono replied, his voice more a sigh than words, at that. //I'd been wondering.//

His own toes were suddenly quite interesting, now.

//I just... why? It doesn't seem like something you'd do.//

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[trigons_child]

"I did not realize what I was doing," Raven said. "But it was wrong and...I hope you can one day forgive me."

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[life_inshadow]

Given what else was scheduled for the day, Tara didn't miss the snacks.

Tara + public speaking was already an unlikely combination. Tara + public speaking + food was absolutely certain to lead to disaster. She'd be over here, reviewing her notes and hoping nothing would go wrong.

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[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

Diana was greatly saddened by the lack of snacks. What was she supposed to give Samuel now?

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[thatsamilkshake]

Francine was both sad at the lack of tasty snacks, and frustrated as usual by the fact that she didn't have anything that would be useful for the exercise. Aside from the ability to walk into town and buy a crowbar at the hardware store.

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[stylin-wizard.livejournal.com]

Alex was there, a little bummed by the lack of tasty snacks. She'd eventually get over it, though.