Magic Reserves, Preserve by the Cabins, Wednesday Afternoon

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The meeting today was in its usual place instead of the dreaded Danger Shop. There were even donuts! Because those made the past weekend melt away.

"Hello, everyone! Today we'll be trying a new exercise to work on communication," Merlin said, clutching a plate of non-crazy blue man making donuts close.

"Communication is very important," Karla added, shooting Merlin a glare that said, Share! He wasn't the only one who'd had a bad weekend and, dammit, she hadn't even turned into anyone! "We saw that in the last invasion, particularly. Whether it's information about our enemies' weaknesses, coordination, or just letting people know where you're going and when you expect to be back, keeping everyone informed and in the loop can make a big difference."

Tony had actually had a good weekend. Coincidentally (or not), it had been spent away from Fandom. "We're going to play a game to practice communication. It's called Telephone, and some of you guys might know it already. We'll give you a phrase and you have to pass it to the person closest to you, who passes it to the next person, et cetera, et cetera. The big rule today is that you can't speak out loud during this game."

[Wait for OCD. Go for it!]

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Arrive and Mingle - 03/10/10

[wantstodirect]

See if you can pry the doughnuts away from Merlin.

Re: Arrive and Mingle - 03/10/10

[stylin-wizard.livejournal.com]

Alex was totally going to pry a doughnut away from Merlin. She was sneaky when it came to sweets.

Re: Arrive and Mingle - 03/10/10

[bitchprince]

Arthur had his ways of prying away doughnuts from Merlin, were he so inclined.

Since he wasn't, he simply shot the man an amused look before returning his attention to the rest of the meeting.

Re: Arrive and Mingle - 03/10/10

[life_inshadow]

Tara could let Merlin have the donuts; she was just happy it was finally sunny enough to meet outside again. She sat on a tree stump and listened to the instructions.

Re: Arrive and Mingle - 03/10/10

[brat_inslayage]

The doughnuts were not so much a concern right now; Kennedy waited until the explanations were over and, looking more serious than usual, made her way over. "Hey," she said quietly, reaching out to touch Tara's arm. "Can you take a rain check on the usual workday goodies delivery this week?"

Re: Arrive and Mingle - 03/10/10

[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

Savannah was here, and was pondering how to get a doughnut.

Re: Arrive and Mingle - 03/10/10

[trigons_child]

Raven was there, picking up a little on who had been changed over the weekend and making sure they weren't too distressed by it.

Re: Arrive and Mingle - 03/10/10

[brat_inslayage]

Kennedy, her mind still on the still being played out, I totally have the chronology of this all written out, don't judge me conversation with Dru, was ignoring the doughnuts today, and not paying much attention to the exercise; she was more interested in keeping an eye out for a couple of specific people. There were Things that needed to be done, and she'd have readily ignored anyone who told her it shouldn't be possible to look that serious and eager at the same time.

Re: Arrive and Mingle - 03/10/10

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"You're looking less concentrated than usual," Dinah teased Kennedy, taking a bite of one of the doughnuts. Way better than celery. "What, too complicated?"

Re: Arrive and Mingle - 03/10/10

[oops-mbad.livejournal.com]

Diana decided she wouldn't bother to try to fight for a doughnut and settled fr trying to keep her cat from climbing up a tree. (She didn't feel like getting him out of it when he got stuck.)

Re: Arrive and Mingle - 03/10/10

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine had her ways of prying doughnuts away from Merlin too, though her remaining weapons that she'd actually use were mostly big eyes and tickling. She had other plans for him today, though.

Re: Arrive and Mingle - 03/10/10

[furnaceface]

Jono raised an eyebrow at the exercise today, but was actually somewhat amused about the whole thing. Not only was this a game of telephone that he could play, it was one that he could excel at.

Huh.

Telephone - Round One

[wantstodirect]

"Lizard warriors kidnapped VP Deadpool at dawn. Send snickerdoodles."

Re: Telephone - Round One

[trigons_child]

Raven...had no idea what to do. She didn't think simply writing down the message was what they wanted, because that was too easy, so she tried to draw it. She'd taken an art class, but her painting skills were definitely better than her drawing skills. But she tried.

If anyone looked closely at the "cookies," they would see there were tiny people on them. Because that's what the code word for snickerdoodles was as far as she understood. She used her gifts to project a sense of urgency and danger to go with it.

Re: Telephone - Round One

[furnaceface]

Jono just kind of stared at the picture. And stared some more.

//Deadpool's been attacked by samurai tyrannosaurs who fart cookies,// he reported. Perhaps unsurprisingly, telepathically.

Telephone - Round Two

[wantstodirect]

"Giant gummi dinosaurs raging through town. We need beer and backup."

Telephone - Round Three

[wantstodirect]

"Giant purple people eater in the Preserve. Says it's gone vegan."

Telephone - Round Four

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If we get this far, go ahead and start your own threads.

Talk to the Leaders

[wantstodirect]

Who are not hairy blue people. Today. (No offense, bamf_tastic or potential character omsag.)

Re: Talk to the Leaders

[bigdamndestiny.livejournal.com]

Or Kurt!

...Marvel liked blue furry people.

But Merlin was indeed there. He might stab someone for the donuts, mind.

Re: Talk to the Leaders

[thatsamilkshake]

Hopefully he wouldn't try the stabbing thing while someone was attempting to ninja-hug him, with neither preamble nor the dance of avoiding eye contact. It might not work out too well for Francine. (Or the doughnuts.)

Re: Talk to the Leaders

[glacial_queen]

Karla had hair and was in blue, but, yeah, not the same thing.

Re: Talk to the Leaders

[wantstodirect]

And the mun didn't forget Kurt first time around. Blame the image inducer, anyway.

Tony'd acquired a doughnut somehow. Mmm, sugary.

OOC

[wantstodirect]

Use charades, write in the dirt, mod paper, whatever works for you and your RP fun. Telepaths obviously get a break on this one.

As for playing order, first in can grab a thread and then everyone else tag off it as you get there. You can use the sign-in (Arrive/Mingle) order if you want something more formal to work from.

Let me know if there's any questions and we can change up the rules if it's not working for RP. We're totally making this up as we go along, but the point here is to have fun.

...I may be saying obvious things or leaving out not-obvious ones. Waiting for the coffee to fully kick in...

Re: OOC

[life_inshadow]

So no whispering? I'm used to Telephone as a game meaning whispering, but it sounds like that's out.

Silly question may be silly.