Behind the Dorms, Tuesday Afternoon

[raspberryturk]

"Today, we're going to be speaking a bit more on the various invasions we've handled these past few years," Arthur began, "And for that purpose, I've invited Reno over to cover the ones he suffered through that most of you didn't." You know. FYI. He crossed his arms. "Many of us remember the vampires," he continued, "Slightly less of us remember the zombies. Fandom likes to keep us on our toes by bringing different kinds of invaders to our shores. Next week, at a yet to be specified time, we will commence a battle drill to practice. This week, we study the past one last time."

He nodded at his compatriots.

Reno gave a quick nod before stepping up to the fore to share his... wealth of experience. Yes.

"Looks like I missed a few invasions since the time I graduated, yo," Reno offered, looking around the group with a quirk of a grin. "But the ones I do remember, they weren't no more pleasant than what you rookies got under your belts. Some of you might even remember the zombies, yo. Some kinda Voodoo psycho got onto the island and raised a bunch'a the dead, who proceeded to go around makin' a whole lot more of us... well. Dead." A beat. "Dead ain't no fun." Thank you for that, Reno. "Important thing to remember there was that they had strength in numbers, an' they didn't go down, no matter how many arms and legs they dropped, yo. An' knowin' it could'a been temporary, nobody was about to go choppin' off the heads of people they knew while they were still alive."

Somewhere nearby, Zack maybe even cringed a little before Reno pushed on.

"There were harpies, but they were pretty straightforward. They flew, you hit 'em, they went down. Worst issue there was the mess, yo. But before them, there were stone angels. I dunno if any of you saw 'em out in the preserve, playin' ring-around-the-rosie. If you ever get it in your heads to break their eye contact, somehow, through the magical shield that a bunch'a Fandomites put up, they'll come after you, when you ain't lookin', and send you somewhere, somewhen else. Don't sound so bad, until you realize you ain't never gonna see anyone you love again. Don't sound bad, until you watch somebody blow one of the statues to bits, an' then it puts itself back together. We got rid of 'em by leadin' 'em on. Walkin' backwards with our eyes wide open, in pairs. Blinkin' on command. I see some terrifyin' shit, folks, but not a hell of a lot was worse than the sight of one of them with their teeth all up in my face when all I wanted was to fuckin' blink, yo."

No. Really.

"Last one I'm gonna talk about was the time our own Vice Principal tried to take over the island. Tried to turn it into a personal paradise for himself. An' when the Vice Principal is Hades, we're talkin' Hell." The underworld. Same thing. "The island was flooded with monsters. Griffins and minotaurs an' shit, I didn't even know what the hell a centaur was until it was tryin' to stomp my face in. Trouble with Hades was that he knew the island. Took a bunch'a people captive an' took 'em down into his catacombs and stuck 'em all in their worst wakin' nightmares. So, not only did we have monsters rippin' the shit outta the island above, we had to actually take a group down, into his doman, to save our own, yo. Ever try to fight a God?"

He crossed his arms over his chest. "So. Sharin' time, kids. How would you have dealt with any of these invasions? How would you prepare for somethin' like that? Let's get some of them bright ideas out, or, if you were here for any of 'em, let's hear how they could'a been dealt with better. Because hindsight is always twenty-friggin-twenty."

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Arrive! Mingle!

[raspberryturk]

Zack decided to expand on that celery stick thing with a veggie tray and some dip, today.

Enjoy?

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[brat_inslayage]

Oh. Yeah. Kennedy grimaced slightly when the topic of zombies came up, but nothing to put that in perspective quite like finding out the deal behind those stone angels, and then... Hades? Seriously?

Holy crap, without the side of I'm sorry I missed that one today.

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Dinah said, wandering over to yes, check on Kennedy. But trying not to be obvious about it. "How's it going?"

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[brat_inslayage]

Kennedy jerked her chin very slightly upward, diffidently, in acknowledgment. "It's going. Y'know." She paused and gave Dinah an odd look, asking, "What's it to you, anyway?"

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[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

It . . . probably said something about Gabrielle that the zombies and stone angels got a visible reaction out of her in the form of a furrowed brow, the occasional pair of raised eyebrows, a headtilt here or there, and frequent tapping of her finger against her lips, and the mentions of harpies and Hades got more of a resigned sigh.

In her defense, the latter situations were almost common. The former, not really.

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[intraspective]

Ino had compromised.

She was here. Up in her tree. And absolutely out of sight of Zack.

What? It worked. If he couldn't see her, then he couldn't talk to her, and he couldn't note that she was frowning at his little smile.

It was a good thing she'd talked to Raven about him. Man.

And this way she got to listen to Reno talk. That was comforting even if the topic was distinctly not.

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[svetocha-blooms.livejournal.com]

Dru probably should have skipped this meeting. She was off to the side, trying not to think about her own zombie experience.

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[brat_inslayage]

Which was why Kennedy sidled over pretty much immediately when she spotted Dru. "Hey. Holding up?"

Asking if she was okay seemed pretty stupid.

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[svetocha-blooms.livejournal.com]

"Why wouldn't I be?" she asked.

Someone better get the sunscreen out, she's gonna need it.

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah wandered over to check in on Dru too. "Hey," she said, a little awkwardly. "How's it going today?"

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[svetocha-blooms.livejournal.com]

Dru toed her boot into the dirt and shrugged. "It's going, that's about it."

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[bitchy_smurf]

Illyria sniffed the ranch dip dubiously as she listened carefully to the litany of invading beings, not precisely impressed with their magnitude, but vaguely respectful of the fact that this tiny island and its tiny creatures had fought such things off.

All right, vaguely impressed by Hades, even if he was a bit of a johnny-come-lately.

Discuss!

[raspberryturk]

Talk about invasions long gone, and how they could have gone more smoothly, been better prepared for, or just fill in any blanks that Reno might have missed. He does that, sometimes.

In his defense, his brains were rotting out, that one time.

Talk to the Guys!

[raspberryturk]

When they ping in.

Re: Talk to the Guys!

[raspberryturk]

Reno was there, with a stun baton resting on his shoulder, smirking out at the people gathered.

Don't take any 'rookie' comments personally, please. It's a term of endearment, actually.

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[bitchprince]

"So, were you still planning to go for that run?"

Hello, Reno!

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[raspberryturk]

"Damn right," Reno replied, grinning at Arthur lopsidedly. "You think you can keep up?"

There was the red sheet, being waved in front of the bull again.

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[puppy_fair]

Zack was here, too, looking a little less out of sorts than he did last week.

A little. The denial was setting in nicely, and he was even kinda smiling now, see? Totally fine.

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[bitchprince]

Arthur was present, and looking a fair bit chuffed about the meeting so far.

... Not that invasions were anything to be chuffed about, but talking about them would be useful, and, well. He was aching for some action.

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[future_sandworm]

Leto was here too, unlike last week. Of course, he might have been here then too, but being a desert mouse he had been tiny enough to go unnoticed.

OOC

[raspberryturk]

And now I'm going to walk to work in the dark, alone and scared and trying not to blink. D:

Re: OOC

[bitchprince]

*CLINGS*

I'M SORRY.

Also, *shares with the class* I swear Bradley's just getting all his gay out on these Japanese box extras.

Re: OOC

[thatsamilkshake]

Oh no. No, there is always more gay where that came from.

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[chosehumanity]

Like a tree full of monkeys.

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[raspberryturk]

I SURVIVED. SOMEHOW. It was difficult and I actually ran over half the way to the bus stop because some strange dude was standing at the end of his driveway in the dark for no good reason, staring at me.

... But Bradley was good to come home to! :D