Behind the Dorms, Tuesday Afternoon

[puppy_fair]

Today, they were back to sandwiches. Call it a punishment for last week's teddy bears.

Arthur spoke first. "A little less than a year ago, the island was invaded by zombies," he started. "They took our people and turned them into their own. It was a close call. In order to protect the students, we built a barricade around the school by the gates and watched it day and night. Today, we are going to look into how defensible the school really is."

"I wasn't here for the zombies," Zack noted, and the expression on his face probably spoke volumes about how thankful he was to have missed that, "but in a situation like that, my guess is that you'd have to prepare for a heavy ground attack, where the enemy's strength lies more in sheer numbers than in speed or tactics. Not all enemies are going to be like that, and not all enemies are necessarily going to attack from the ground, either. An opponent that can fly, or even one that burrows or teleports from place to place is completely likely, around here."

Zack looked back at Arthur. Letting him choose today's activity meant that maybe next week, he'd be allowed to bring the cookies back. Look, the cookies were important.

"I want you all to pick a partner, or two if you'd prefer. Go down to the gates. One of you will move further back into town, then attempt to enter. The other must fend them off. Use whatever materials are at your disposal, then tell us what you've learned."

[OCD on the way up! And I swear this always said so...]

Comments

Arrive! Mingle!

[puppy_fair]

Partake of the delicious moddable sandwiches!

Which aren't cookies. But not for lack of Zack trying.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[bigbadgunn.livejournal.com]

Gunn was taking his time picking out a sandwich to eat. Hey, just because he lived on the streets doesn't mean he can't be picky.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

Worf did not partake of any sandwiches, thank you very much.

And no, he also wasn't revisiting the whole debacle of the zombies when he had turned into a kitten.

Not at all.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[intraspective]

Sandwiches were okay, she supposed, nibbling one and up in her tree while she made faces at zombie talk.

Ew. She was still glad she'd missed that one. Ewwww.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

Jennifer was there, and she definitely partook of the sandwiches.

She was glad she hadn't had to deal with zombies. But part of her wondered if she'd ever encounter them back in her own world.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[bitchy_smurf]

As usual, Illyria wasn't entirely sure whether the sandwiches were necessary for her continued functioning, but their consumption was vaguely entertaining, and thus she could be found doing so.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[brat_inslayage]

Oh, hey, sandwiches. Kennedy might just eat half of them herself if nobody stopped her -- a week as a hedgehog had not done an appetite like hers any favors at all.

She was also standing around, looking casual and like she had not at all spent a week as a tiny and adorable four-pawed creature. Don't bring it up to her. Just don't, okay?

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

You know, ordinarily Gabrielle had more of an appetite than this, and might be threatening to finish off whatever sandwiches Kennedy didn't demolish. Today, though, she was quiet, more subdued than usual, picking slowly and halfheartedly at the sandwich in her hand. To a careful observer, the signs of fresh rope burns on her wrists and a still-healing knife nick on the side of her throat might be evident -- wasn't like her outfit did much to cover those up, even with the cloak she had on over said not-very-modest skirt and quite frankly hideous top.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah was there, nibbling and trying to decide if she wanted to be a zombie attacker.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Cookies or sandwiches, Jake would eat either and he grabbed two to begin with.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

Mat grabbed a couple of sandwiches and looked around for someone to chat with.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[momslilassassin]

Ugh, zombies. The memories of them made Ben forgo the sandwiches. He was mostly here to see if Tahiri was going to come, anyway.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri did show up, several minutes late and with her hair still somewhat damp from a very, very long shower. She'd needed it, both to wash off several days' worth of grime that she was so not asking about and to warm up.

She was really pretty over this whole disappearing act of hers by now, and taking it out on the sandwich she'd grabbed.

Raid and defend the gates!

[puppy_fair]

Pick a partner! Choose someone to head down to town, and someone to protect the gates, and then have at it!

Don't kill one another, though. We're not really zombies, here.

Re: Raid and defend the gates!

[bigbadgunn.livejournal.com]

Gunn shifted on his feet a bit as he looked around to see who might make a good opponent for the exercise.

Re: Raid and defend the gates!

[intraspective]

Ino bounced out of her tree with idle ease, landing lightly on the ground, and glancing around for a partner.

Report!

[puppy_fair]

So, now that your raid has been either a success or a failure, let us know how it went!

Are there any positions at the gate that are stronger than others? Any that leave us at a serious tactical disadvantage? What do you suppose we can do about that?

Talk to the Guys!

[puppy_fair]

When they tag in, of course.

Re: Talk to the Guys!

[puppy_fair]

Zack didn't even have cookies in his pockets today. What was up with that?

... He might have eaten them as emergency rations over the weekend blizzard. Oops!

Re: Talk to the Guys!

[bitchprince]

Arthur was fiendishly clever in his battle against cookies everywhere.

That, or he was just lucky today. Anyway, he was there.

OOC

[puppy_fair]

And now, I head off to fend hungry people away from the counter at the tacky fast-food joint restaurant in which I work.

Give me pretty shirtlessness for when I get home!

Re: OOC

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

Ta-da!

Re: OOC

[bitchy_smurf]

*gives*

Re: OOC

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Shirtless

Re: OOC

[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

Shirtless yay!