Meeting O' The Reserve Leaders, Sixth Floor Common Area, Sunday Afternoon

[bitchprince]

Arthur had handwavily sent out notice to all the leaders of the various reserves to meet here during the afternoon. He'd gotten JGoB's to dump some sandwiches and their ilk in the common room, and he fully expected Zack to come and cater to those gathered with his nearly unending reserve of cookies.

They had more important things to do than just have tea, after all.

"Thank you all for coming," he started, once everyone had arrived. "This meeting has been a long time coming. The reserves have grown across the board. It is, hence, of great importance that we coordinate our efforts, especially now that Fandom has seen fit to bless us with another invasion recently. I suggest we discuss how that was handled, what we can do better in the future, and how to spread our efforts out across the reserves themselves."

Pause.

"Also, feel free to partake of the food."

He had to be a good host, after all.

[[ open for the reserve team leaders! ... plus one OCD for anyone milling about who isn't. a reserve team leader, that is. ]]

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Arrive/Mingle

[bitchprince]

Talk individually, eat, and so on.

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[puppy_fair]

Of course Zack was there! Mingling, wondering if he should have brought more or fewer cookies.

Cookies kind of seemed like the one trend that was universal through the three groups, after all.

This did not stop him from depositing a package of chocolate chip from JGoB on the table beside the sandwiches, no.

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[future_sandworm]

"I have a question for you, Zack," Leto grinned. "Will you explain to me the importance of cookies?"

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[puppy_fair]

Zack needed to take a moment to laugh before pointedly reaching and picking one out of the package and holding it to Leto.

"Do I really have to explain, man, when the cookie does all the speaking for itself?"

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[future_sandworm]

And of course Leto was here too. He had picked up a sandwich and waited for the others to gather.

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[nevertobequeen.livejournal.com]

Morgana was there, happily nibbling away on some of the cookies as she waited for everyone to arrive.

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[future_sandworm]

Leto smiled in greeting to Morgana. "So, we finally managed to arrange this meeting."

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[nevertobequeen.livejournal.com]

"Yes, it's about time. It will be good to get everyone in the same spot for once," Morgana said with a smile.

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[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

There were cookies and sandwiches. Oh, yes. Merlin was all over this.

He was a simple man.

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[wantstodirect]

Tony loaded up a plate with cookies and sandwiches, found a can of pop in the fridge and sat down to eat. Important things first, of course!

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine was Francine. That meant there was a cookie in her hand, and probably the remnants of the previous one in her mouth.

She was, however, avoiding the chocolate chips. Ergh.

Re: Arrive/Mingle

[glacial_queen]

Karla was here though her mun was at a Lunacon meeting and wouldn't be around till later, nibbling on a sandwich and thinking about how to help the Reserves.

Discuss: Gremlins!

[bitchprince]

"I think we can all agree that our efforts were far too scattered during the gremlin invasion," Arthur began, poking at a map of Fandom.

Yes, the map the fighting reserves had made themselves. Hush. "We managed to get fighters out here, here and here, but we didn't take the carnage within the dorms themselves into account. The fighting reserves already have a rudimentary phone tree, but we need to better coordinate our efforts and make sure that every member of every reserve has each other's contacts on hand, as well as a possible first contact for every reserve..."

Pause.

"Anyone else have any thoughts or ideas?"

Re: Discuss: Gremlins!

[puppy_fair]

Zack pursed his lips, thinking that one over, and then he gave his shoulders a shrug.

"Someone from the Support or even the Magic groups might be better than the physical fighters are at getting the word out," he pointed out. "We need our hands for our weapons, and even the people with powers need some sort of focus, right? But if it was possible to make certain that the Support services in particular have every contact they can possibly get between the three groups, maybe they could get the word out, instead of us having to struggle to while we're under direct attack?"

He shrugged again. "If that doesn't work, maybe there's somebody in one of the groups with some kind of telepathic power who can help us coordinate who goes where, and when."

Re: Discuss: Gremlins!

[future_sandworm]

"I agree," Leto said. "Communication is essential and one of the areas where we are currently not well organised."

Re: Discuss: Gremlins!

[bitchprince]

"I have been trying to keep pushing messages through the phone lines when possible," Arthur filled in, "But Zack's right. We can't simply carry it on our own backs. We simply don't have enough time. Maybe Support Services should set up some kind of... phone... center."

Discuss: Teamwork!

[bitchprince]

"Furthermore, we need to stage a team drill eventually," Arthur began, "Perhaps a simulated invasion, also to help us learn how to coordinate better such as during the gremlin attack. Likewise, I'd once again like to encourage you all to be present at the various reserves, and to share out our topics for the week so we can stretch them out."

He glanced around. "We also need to work to understand each other's talents better," he said, "So maybe we can exchange speakers one week."

Anyone else?

Re: Discuss: Teamwork!

[glacial_queen]

"Maybe have some of each Reserves show up for other meetings, too? Not just the leaders?" Karla suggested. "And we should maybe practice some two people drills? Get mages and fighters used to working in tandem?"

Discuss: Anything Else

[bitchprince]

The floor, she be open.

Re: Discuss: Anything Else

[glacial_queen]

Karla cleared her throat uncomfortably and stood. "I don't know if anyone else has thought of this, but...most of you are seniors. Only Zack and I are underclassmen. Have you started thinking about who will take over after graduation?"

She bit her lip, looking around at the faces of people she considered friends. "I don't want to think of you guys leaving, but...you are. And so we should think about this. Like a matter of succession, so the Reserves always have some kind of stable leadership."

Re: Discuss: Anything Else

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

"We could approach people we think who have shown themselves to be dedicated to what we're doing and ask if they would like to help out?" Merlin suggested, already thinking about people for the Magic Reserve who might be good candidates.

Re: Discuss: Anything Else

[glacial_queen]

Karla nodded. "Right. I just meant...maybe people wanted to start keeping an eye out now. It's one thing if one or two people are leaving; the rest will be there to explain things. But of eight Reserve leaders, six are graduating." Karla looked a little sad at that.

Talk to Arthur

[bitchprince]

Because it's easier than me pinging into my own mingle thread.

Do... Other Stuff

[bitchprince]

If you're not a reserve team leader and you need to be in the common area for some reason.

OOC

[bitchprince]

"It was actually a mixture of oatmeal and like chocolate. So they mixed that up and you could sort of smell it through--"
"He kept licking it of as well. Colin, stop licking your face!"

That is an OCD more massive than I had originally anticipated.