Behind the Dorms, Tuesday Afternoon

[puppy_fair]

There was a new person waiting with Zack and Kennedy today. Well, 'with' was too strong a word. She was in the shadow of the dorms, dare we say... lurking?

Like a lurker.

"Welcome to the Reserve," Maladicta said from her lurking limited position in the shadows. "Hopefully many of you are returning, but if this is your first time here, you are just as welcome."

If expected to steal all the non-poisonous cookies and run before the insanity caught you.

"Right, if you haven't been here before, here's the rundown," Kennedy added, with an odd sidelong glance at Maladicta and her... lurkyness. "This place? Kind of has a tendency to get attacked. A lot. So there's a certain element of necessary ass-kicking involved here, and that's our job."

Sorry if you hadn't had that broken to you before now, and by someone with more tact.

"So this is where we keep organized to be ready for whenever the next bad thing comes down. Plus," she added, grinning, "it's pretty fun." She thought so, anyway.

"It is!" What? Zack wasn't about to argue, here. He certainly enjoyed this opportunity to get everybody running around doing weird things for an hour or so every Tuesday! "Today, though, we're going to keep it pretty simple. It's kind of like tradition to do the introduction thing on the first meeting after the Welcome Picnic, since we might have a few new faces and it's always good to know what it is that you're working with in case of an emergency. So today, we're going to do just that. And we're going to make a game out of it! Tell us your name, and then tell us one thing that you've never done on a battlefield before! And if anyone else hasn't done it, too... They drink!"

A mouthful of coffee. What? Did you think this was some kind of drunken party game? Weirdo.

"For example, I'm Zack Fair, SOLDIER 1st Class, and I've never used a gun for anything but practise reasons, before!"

Maladicta was just going to be over here. With her own mug of coffee, pleased as a cat that ate a canary.

"Lance-corporal Maladicta, I have never drunk... wine." Somewhere, the lone werewolf at the Trooper Station was rolling her eyes and not knowing why.

Kennedy was kind of torn between wishing they could do this game with actual booze and realizing that would be a bad idea at a meeting with a bunch of fighters, and looking at her coffee with something approximating resignation.

"Kennedy, Potential Slayer, and I've never..." Actually been on a battlefield before, technically. Or had any kind of field experience whatsoever, before Fandom. Shut up. "Used a weapon that was invented any time before, like, the sixteenth century Earth time before."

Zack blinked at Kennedy, and then into his coffee cup, and then he shrugged. He had no idea when the sixteenth century was.

"Your turn, guys! Your name, a rank if you have one, and something that you've never done before! If it's something that it looks like a lot of you haven't done, and it looks like something we could make use of here, maybe we'll get the chance to remedy that this semester!"

[You know the drill! Reserve meetings are open to all! Co-written with inneedofcoffee and brat_intraining]

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Arrive! Mingle!

[puppy_fair]

Eat cookies! Ones that were bought in town, yes! And drink coffee!

Because that is what you all need. Caffeine!

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

James mingled.

To be fair, the term may differ here on Earth than on his native Midkemia, as the squire stood off ot the side, observing his fellow students and such, nibbling on a (nonpoisonous) cookie.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

Wesley took a cup of coffee because it was necessary for the game, but he was really too British to properly enjoy it. Tea, on the other hand. Tea would've been good.

For the next several minutes he alternated between sipping his coffee and making highly comical I-do-not-like-this faces. He would be all too happy to interrupt the pattern if someone came over to talk.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[notagoose]

Goose didn't take any of the cookies but he did pick up a cup of coffee and was in his usual place at the back of the group.

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[onlymistaken]

Cally had plans for further research into contacting home today, but the sign in the dorms had drawn her like a moth to a flame beacon. Here was a group -- of students -- unafraid and unashamed to defend themselves and each other. She wanted to find out why and how.

The hot beverage was a tasty, if deceptively-scented, bonus. (Because she only sounded like she was born on a BBC soundstage.)

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Cookies and coffee.

Really, even if Alexander didn't have any interest in this reserve stuff at all, he would imagine still coming for the cookies and coffee.

Then again, it never really did take much to please him in the first place.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

Scully was a fan of the caffeine, oh yes. Mulder and she had an iced tea thing, but coffee-- coffee was for all-nighters and stake-outs and keeping you going on loooong road trips. Let her at it.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Like Leda was gonna turn down caffeine. Yes, she knew she was somewhat addicted to caffeine. She as yet had no problem with this though.

She wasn't afraid to load it down with extras though. Right now she was experimenting by flavoring it with honey.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri helped herself to a cup of coffee, but was more interested in the handful of cookies she'd snagged, too. What was with the coffee, anyway?

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[momslilassassin]

Ben had both coffee and cookies and was glancing around for new faces.

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[svetocha-blooms.livejournal.com]

Dru had coffee and was standing in the sunlight studying the new people.

Introduce Yourselves!

[puppy_fair]

Why, is that a game of I Never, tweaked for Reserve purposes?

Then you should know the drill here, too! Ping in with your name and rank and one thing that you've never done on a battlefield, and if other people haven't done it too, they'll take a drink of coffee!

The aim of the game is to learn what it is people want to work on, this semester! Or else to get you all ridiculously hyper. One or the other!

Re: Introduce Yourselves!

[puppy_fair]

"So, I might as well kick this one off, then! Let's go with my example. I'm still Zack Fair, SOLDIER 1st Class, and I've still never used an actual firearm anywhere but in practise!"

He grinned, lifted his cup, and took a swig of coffee.

And promptly burned his tongue, but he wasn't going to let anybody see that, because wow, that would totally mess with his Reserve Leader Cred, here. Right?

Re: Introduce Yourselves!

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"James, squire of Krondor," he started. "And I also have not used a ...gun... in battle."

His statement was followed by an entire cookie.

Re: Introduce Yourselves!

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

Ooh. This could be interesting. And for someone who'd been present on a grand total of one battlefield, Wes had lots to choose from.

"I'm Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, I don't much have a rank any longer, and I've never fought entirely one-on-one before."

Well, that sounded stupid.

Re: Introduce Yourselves!

[onlymistaken]

"My name is Cally," said the girl in question. "I have never been in any sort of battle, save for self-defense simulations and a skirmish with some dangerous animals in the wilderness once."

Re: Introduce Yourselves!

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

"My name is Alexander, Prince of Daventry..." Well, he supposed that was as close to a ranking as he got, and, really, it wasn't such a bad one at all! "One thing I suppose I've never done on a battlefield is, I guess, even been on one. I've had a lot of personal, one-on-one battles, but have never truly marched into a field on an epic scale."

Judging by his voice, he was quite relieved by that, but also intrigued by the possibility that, one day, he might be able to change that statement.

Re: Introduce Yourselves!

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"My name is Dana Scully--" And never mind the former rank. Even if she still missed her badge. "And I've never used an edged weapon in combat."

Guns, flame-throwers, the occasional car, hairspray, mace and pathogens, but knives or swords, no. She was pretty sure, anyway. There had been a *lot* cases.

Re: Introduce Yourselves!

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"I'm Leda and," heavy sigh, "I am the crown princess of Faerie. I've uhm...never killed anyone."

Re: Introduce Yourselves!

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Lady Blysse Norwood, House Kestrel," she introduced herself. "And Blind Seer," with a nod to the pony-sized wolf by her side. She tried to think of something she'd never done in a battlefield... firearms had been mentioned already, so that was out... "I never winned a fight without my Fang," she admitted, somewhat sheepishly as she held up the hunting dagger for all to see.

Re: Introduce Yourselves!

[weetuskenraider]

"Tahiri Veila," spoke up the diminutive girl in the olive drab jumpsuit and bare feet. "I've . . . never had to lead a ground-based team."

It was, by this point, a little hard to come up with new ones.

Re: Introduce Yourselves!

[momslilassassin]

"I'm Ben Skywalker, I'm a Jedi, I have incredibly cold coffee, and--" he tried to think of something new, "Oh! I've never done one of those super long inspirational speech things before going into combat."

Talk to the Leaders!

[puppy_fair]

The most girly of which just so happens to be the only guy. Go figure.

When they ping in, naturally.

Re: Talk to the Leaders!

[puppy_fair]

Where there was sugar and caffeine, there was a Zack, bouncing on his toes!

Well, trying not to bounce on his toes, really. Because bouncing was all unprofessional and stuff, and there might be new people today, and really, he should behave himself, at least on the first day, and-- TimeForAnotherCookieYay!

This was going to be an interesting semester.

OOC!

[puppy_fair]

I am AWAKE! It is EXCITING!

I need in on this coffee thing. It is sounding pretty awesome right now, omg.