Behind The Dorms, Tuesday Afternoon

[bitchprince]

Arthur had made sure to set up behind the dorms with a reasonable level of visibility. It was, after all, the first meeting since the welcome picnic, and they had to make themselves obvious to the newbies should one or two be drawn to the gathering.

"Good afternoon, people. I am Arthur Pendragon, and these are Zack Fair and Leto Atreides."

He had even let Zack supply the cookies this time. He figured it wouldn't hurt to charm a few, either.

"For those of you who have only just arrived on Fandom, welcome to the Fighting Reserves. Here is where we practice and plan for any invasions with the help of sinew, steel, and other materials from worlds beyond our ken. If you're looking for another way to contribute, Magic Reserves meets on Monday in the Preserve, and Support Services meets on Friday in the park."

That, apparently, were the administrative messages.

"Now, this is the week of the introduction, as most of you know. So if you're new, or you'd like to give the newcomers an update on your abilities, please, let us know who you are and what you can do. Everyone else," and he rubbed his hands as he considered the area severely, "please share your experiences with Fandom invasions, how we handled them, and maybe one or two ideas about how to better handle them next time round."

"Newbies," he continued, "Please keep in mind that the island likes to keep us on our toes, so whatever has invaded in the past will likely not be what invades next. That doesn't mean we can't prepare. Now, get to it."

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Arrive/Mingle

[bitchprince]

Partake of cookies and sandwiches.

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[intraspective]

Apologizing when she didn't think she was wrong (though Ino would concede poorly behaved) wasn't happening.

But Ino was there, up in her tree, and nibbling on the cookies.

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[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

Jennifer was there, feeling a little out of place.

It was a lot easier to deal with the machismo when she was near seven feet tall and green.

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[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

Fiona ignored the food, but she was curious as to who might have decided to come today.

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[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri was helping herself to the cookies, and despite not being quite as readily inclined to fighting as some other Jedi around here she was disappointed that it was an introduction day. (She should have known, honestly, but . . .)

After last night's radio shock, then finding out she was in a class with Leia, she kind of wanted something to hit.

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[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela still wasn't entirely comfortable in her new wardrobe, but the best way to get over that was to move in it. The Reserves were generally a pretty good place to get some sort of physical activity in, so she'd decided to show up.

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[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

Gabrielle's brain was still running at a thousand miles per hour (shh, this made sense even if she shouldn't be familiar with the terminology) after Monomyth, but that didn't stop her from showing up, leaning on her staff, and helping herself to cookies.

Maybe she'd figure out a way to make these over an open fire. Why should Xena be the only one to invent things in their time and never get properly credited for it, anyway?

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[brat_inslayage]

Okay, seriously? This semester Kennedy had both her classes on Wednesday, which meant she had a really long weekend and, as always, a lot of energy to burn. Reserves were a highlight of her week, and the lack of any actual activity today meant that she was just going to have to find ways to burn that energy off later.

...sigh.

Not that this was going to stop her from leaning against the wall, thumbs hooked into her belt loops, doing her best to put on a demeanor of being one of the veteran kids around here.

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[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

Firekeeper made a bit of a face at the prospect of more introductions, but at least there was food. That mollified her somewhat.

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[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

He'd been invited, so Jacob showed up for the reserves. He was actually wearing shoes and a shirt, it was impressive.

And the first thing that'd get his attention today would be the sandwiches and cookies. Werewolves had to keep up their strength.

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[svetocha-blooms.livejournal.com]

Kennedy had told her about the Reserves. While Dru still wasn't sure she believed that island wide invasions actually happened, she figured it'd be useful to attend. Maybe she'd learn something.

She grabbed a sandwich and waited to see what was up.

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

After her audition, Dinah headed to the next distraction. It'd be cool to meet a few more of the new kids, get a handle on what they were like, before anything attacked.

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[bamf-tastic.livejournal.com]

Kurt grabbed some cookies and hung around at the back of the group. He wasn't much of a fighter, true, but... well, he ought to learn to be.

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[bigbadgunn.livejournal.com]

Gunn stood in the back of the group, taking a good hard look at the crowd and measuring them up.

At least today he could be assured no one would ask him to take his shirt off.

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[bitchy_smurf]

Illyria took her own sweet time getting down to the meeting, largely because she'd come back from Los Angeles with a case-full of new weapons and couldn't decide which of them was shiniest most useful to bring to the first reserves meeting of the year.

In the end she settled on a longsword about half as long as she was, whose wrist-guard made a useful place to balance her sandwich, now.

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[heromaniac]

Momoko was totally mingling while munching on cookies. An entire holiday without her friends and teammates had her thinking she should actually try the Reserves again. Even if it meant she was sent to babysitting the medics the rear. That was still an important part of the fight.

Basically? She missed being on a team and beating up bad guys.

Introduce Yourself

[bitchprince]

Name, abilities, whatever else you want to share.

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[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

So here was to hoping he wouldn't be the only one having to introduce himself.

"I'm Jacob Black," he spoke up, scrambling for things to say. "I'm Quileute for anyone who cares. And abilities..."

He could turn into a wolf, healed pretty fast and could stand in the cold with his shirt off. "I'm pretty strong, but I don't do magic or anything like that."

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[svetocha-blooms.livejournal.com]

Dru was really starting to hate introductions.

"I'm Dru Anderson. As far as abilities go, I'm pretty good with basic fighting and have no trouble handling most small weapons."

There was also the little thing about having the 'the Touch' but Dru was keeping that close until she had a better handle on things.

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[brat_inslayage]

Well, if they weren't actually going to do anything, might as well, right?

"Hey." Kennedy tilted her chin up in a vague nod of greeting. "Name's Kennedy, and I'm not new. I'm a junior, I'm from New York, no magic or anything like that." No, just that same frustratingly minuscule (and dwindling with every month) chance of maybe ending up with Slayer powers.

But the last thing she wanted to do was let on in front of a bunch of fighters, especially Arthur, how much that bothered her so she shrugged one shoulder carelessly. "But I've got ten years of training in fighting. Unarmed, swords, crossbows and I'm damn good with those." She paused, quirked one eyebrow very slightly, and without offering further explanation added, "Stakes."

There, the implication was out there without her actually having said the words. That wasn't against the rules.

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[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Blysse Norwood," Firekeeper introduced herself. "My arrows have yet to be outrun," she bragged, "and my Fang," she held up the hunting dagger she kept on her belt, "is sharp. I can also use a sword, some. And my nose and ears is better than most." Wolves? Not really modest, no.

"He," she nodded at Blind Seer, "is Blind Seer. If you not know much of wolves, know this: he have fangs, and claws, and is no pet."

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[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

Leave it to Gabrielle to step up.

"Hi, everyone," she said cheerfully, waving the hand that wasn't gripping her staff. "I'm Gabrielle of Poteidaia. I generally prefer to work out problems without violence as much as possible, but," she said with a firm nod and a knowing look, "sometimes people just won't be persuaded, in which case I'm a firm believer in being able to defend yourself."

She gave the staff a twirl, then planted the butt on the ground and leaned against it again. "Now, I know a lot of you will disagree with me on this, and I'm fine with that because I do happen to spend all my time out of school traveling with a warrior who's about the best there is at cracking heads and swinging swords, but I don't believe in lethal force, and I won't use it."

Beat, and if Mat was around he'd get a pointed glance.

"Giant vegetables don't count. Or sewer alligators. People, on the other hand."

Fandom Invasions

[bitchprince]

Share your stories, hints and tips.

Re: Fandom Invasions

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

"If you're going to go into the sewers, make sure you're not wearing something you like," she mentioned.

Talk to the Guys

[bitchprince]

When they ping in!

Re: Talk to the Guys

[bitchprince]

Arthur was there, of course, keeping an eye open for any newbies that might be lurking about.

OOC

[bitchprince]

Murrr. Boring article about the Africa Cup.