Behind the Dorms, Tuesday Afternoon

[puppy_fair]

"Hey, guys!" Zack was in... what was possibly the best mood ever as people gathered behind the dorms for the weekly Reserves meeting and he passed out colored scarves in black and purple. "First off, I want to say good job to everyone who helped fight off those fish on Friday! You totally showed them all who was boss! Twice!" And the world might never know if he was being completely serious, or if he actually thought that he was being clever. "Today we're going to be doing a bit of team-building. Does everyone here know how to play Capture the Flag?"

If you didn't, he was going to look at you strangely.

"To practice teamwork," Maladicta added, giving Zack and his excessive cheer a look out of the corner of her eye. For someone who lived on caffeine, she really wasn't hyper enough to even attempt his level. "If you don't know what it is, we'll be splitting up into two groups based on the color you are assigned and work on defending your own flag while trying to steal the other teams."

And guess who snagged a black scarf. Go on. Guess.

It wasn't Kennedy; she'd snagged a purple one and tied it rakishly around her head like a headband. "Seriously, it's self-explanatory. Flag, capture, duh, right? It's not rocket science." Oh, god, nobody ask her to explain rocket science. Please. "So go, split up and do that thing."

She could've said more about working together, but like she'd ever been trained in that. Pssht.

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Sign In!

[puppy_fair]

Not officially, no. Just to figure out what team you're on. First to ping in gets Black, second gets Purple, third gets Black, fourth gets Purple, and so on. :D

Re: Sign In!

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

James of Krondor

Re: Sign In!

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Alexander of Daventry

Arrive! Mingle!

[puppy_fair]

Grab one of a large variety of coffee-or-tea-like-beverages, but drink them quickly. It will be difficult to capture the flag with a hot drink in one hand. The cookies are probably safer.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

James slowly sipped a cup of tea, absently playing with this black headband. This seemed interesting, this flag game.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Drinking and eating things quickly was something that actually came fairly naturally to Alexander, considering how often he had to mostly gulp something down before Mannanan changed his mind, so he wasn't concerned about having to waste coffee before the game started. He'd never insult Maladicta that way besides.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Leda looked a bit squirmy and uncomfortable. This was because her shoulder itched a lot, and the strap of her sling was chafing a bit.

The coffee helped. A little.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"How's the arm?" he asked, offering to tie her black team regalia.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[onlymistaken]

Drinking coffee quickly. That was an idea.

One that would burn Cally's tongue when she tried it. "Well, that was less than brilliant," she muttered, fingers tapping against her lips as she looked around for a cold drink, or at least a bottle of water.

Re: Arrive! Mingle!

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

As per usual, Katniss snagged three extra cookies, shoving them in her pocket. Even if she ended up crushing them during the game, they'd still be good.

Black Team: Discuss Strategy!

[puppy_fair]

Meet with the other people with black ribbons, explain the game to anyone who doesn't understand it already, and then hide your flag domewhere on the Dorms grounds, and go!

Re: Black Team: Discuss Strategy!

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"We need a plan and a hiding spot," James said, wondering if it was fair to hide it in a place only he knew about.

Purple Team: Discuss Strategy!

[puppy_fair]

Like the Black Team up there did! Talk strategy, explain the 'lose your ribbon and you're out, try to capture the Black Team's flag,' concept of the game, and find a place to hide your pretty purple flag!

Re: Purple Team: Discuss Strategy!

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Alexander certainly hadn't meant to copy Kennedy's style with the scarf, but it did rather seem the most reasonable way to wear it. As he secured it behind his head, he offered his thoughts. "We should perhaps divide our forces; one group can distract the other team while a handful of others try to be more subtle in their attempts to capture the other flag."

Re: Purple Team: Discuss Strategy!

[onlymistaken]

Cally settled for tying her scarf around her arm, since she could just imagine the snarl it would make if it caught in her hair when someone tried to take it from her.

"Perhaps some of the distraction group might appear to be guarding our flag?" Cally suggested. "While in reality they're nowhere near where it's hidden."

Capture the Flag!

[puppy_fair]

Consider this spot a free-for-all, boys and girls. Chase one another, protect your ribbon, protect your flag, make a mad dash to try to get the other team's. Make it messy and have fun!

Re: Capture the Flag!

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

James was not one for guard duty; as soon as he could convince someone to stand guard he would be off for the flag of the purple gang.

Talk to the Leaders!

[puppy_fair]

And wonder just how much coffee these guys must drink on a weekly basis, now. When they tag in!

Re: Talk to the Leaders!

[puppy_fair]

Zack, coming to the realization that there were three leaders and two teams, had come up with a different way to get involved today without tipping the scales one way or the other. He'd taken a black ribbon with purple polka dots on it, and he'd gone and pulled his hair back with it.

He was on both teams this way! Neat, huh?

Now, as soon as he was finished his latte, he'd get right out there on the field and try to snatch people's ribbons, just to keep things interesting.

Re: Talk to the Leaders!

[daventryprince.livejournal.com]

Alexander...had come to speak with Zack about something in particular, but he had to admit, that ribbon was fairly distracting.

"That's...quite a way to wear it,Zack" he commented, and would have felt his own method was insufficient if it weren't for the shortness of his hair. "Very...dashing."

Re: Talk to the Leaders!

[brat_inslayage]

No matter how much coffee Kennedy drank on a weekly basis it probably wasn't as much as Maladicta did, huh?

...she was still on her second double-chocolate mocha of the morning, though, and eyeing Zack's solution to the team-choice question with clear amusement.

Re: Talk to the Leaders!

[thegirl-onfire.livejournal.com]

Of the three leaders, Kennedy seemed the one who was most likely to know the answer to Katniss' question, which was why after the game, she wandered over. "This is a common game here?" she asked curiously. "Or was it invented for this meeting?"

It sort of reminded her of when she was small, and children on the schoolyard would play Hunger Games. It got less fun as they got older, and her friends began losing brothers and sisters to the Games.

Re: Talk to the Leaders!

[inneedofcoffee.livejournal.com]

Zack was very... special. Though he did have the hair for both those ribbons, so who could fault him?

Other than Maladicta. Who was trying not to facepalm from her spot in the shade.

OOC!

[puppy_fair]

This post has been brought to you by chat rooms with tacos in the name, Panda Express, ribbons the colour of PAIN, and by viewers like you.

Re: OOC!

[brat_inslayage]

So I ended up heading toward Del Taco, changing my mind halfway there and going Panda Express-ward, somehow ending up at a Yoshinoya completely in the opposite direction, and then realizing on my way back from Yoshinoya that I'd completely forgotten there was a Chipotle RIGHT. THERE.

I blame you both. *mwah*