Magic Reserves Meeting, Wednesday Afternoon (After Classes)

[glacial_queen]

The Reserves were kind of fidgety today. Karla, at least, was filled with a kind of nervous energy that made it hard to keep still. This would be a nice break from her current state of constant near-exhaustion, if it hadn't come with all kinds of, well, emotional distractions. The kind that made it hard to concentrate.

Mostly--since we're all being honest here--because her libido was racing along faster than a NASCAR driver. And she didn't even get that reference.

"Hi everyone," she said, waving around a table filled with pastries and teas. Sorry, Raven. Comfort food won out over healthy eating today. Especially anything that might be...suggestively shaped. "Sorry for not being around--in a useful shape--for the past few meetings. I got into some trouble that I then dragged a lot of other people into."

Okaaaay. She hadn't meant to quite put it like that.

"Today, we're going to talk about some of our strengths and weakness, either individually or as a group. We want to make sure that our meetings are useful to people and you all have a reason to come back week after week. More than that, we want to make sure you all feel comfortable and capable of handling yourselves in an invasion because, well, we've seen more than enough death recently and have no desire to add your name to the casualty list."

Randomly dark. She must be more distracted than she thought. Maybe someone else should jump in and bail her out bail her out?

"And not just powers," Dolf interjected quickly. He was going to be working this week through a nearly omnipresent blush; it was a miracle he had any blood left at all to do anything else with. "Also how to organise, how to talk to each other. I know some languages, I know how to bandage people and take care of them. Some of them. Sometimes. A lot of people die no matter what you do, sometimes there's nothing you can do, sometimes they get sick and they die, and you never know enough--"

He was rambling. He shut up very quickly.

Distracted? So was Raven as she contemplated the overly honest conversation she'd had after class with Lady Ghanima and Max and tried not to contemplate Karla too much. Well, thinking about how to keep her safe and healthy, that was fine. Any other thoughts, like how her blonde hair was shimmering like gold in the sunlight, not so much. And Tara was also right there and looking so very pretty today. And she was just now really noticing that Dolf was very cute, too. Azar help her if she looked out at the members of the Reserves. If Jono showed up today she was going to be done.

Wait, meeting. Yes. "If there are certain areas where many people feel they could benefit from instruction, we can hold meetings on those topics," she said. "And also pair up people who have a strength to counter someone else's perceived weakness, either for learning purposes or when we are protecting the island."

Tara had, if she was honest, been having a hard time paying attention to what the other leaders said. Her eyes kept falling on the gold of Karla's hair, or how Raven filled out her dress, or how Dolf really had the cutest accent if she thought about it ... Oh. It was her turn to talk.

"Don't be afraid to admit where you're weak," she said. "We can't -- we can't get stronger if we don't start from knowing what we don't know. And we're all young. There's a lot we don't know yet."

Karla was thinking how the smile Raven had given her earlier were making her knees a little weak, but was pretty sure that's not what she was supposed to be talking about. "Right, so yeah. If there's anything you want to talk about--or talk to us about--today's the day to do it. We're all here for you."

It was probably best not to ask how they were volunteering to 'be there' for you. They might answer.

[Written with the fabulous swordsandsoccer, trigons_child, and life_inshadow. Go make out while you wait for the OCD is up an ready!]

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Arrive and Mingle

[glacial_queen]

Wow. Everyone here is so hot. What's with that?

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

The edginess and distraction of yesterday had ramped up to yes, full-blown hormonal rush. Which was just ridiculous. She was way too old for this. Too young for this. Something.

"I hate my life. And that ridiculous things keep happening to me."

Blink.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[brat_inslayage]

No, really, what was Kennedy doing here at these meetings every week despite completely lacking the aptitude for magic, and not really being a support type?

Ordinarily she'd say it was to help sync up with what the fighting reserves were doing, and that was still true, but if you really got down to it the reason she'd showed up the very first time was still applicable today.

The eye candy was awesome.

...what? So she had a cream puff in each hand. She was always hungry. God.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

Gabrielle . . . didn't really feel like being at the meeting today. She didn't really feel like doing much of anything, and Karla's mention of too much death recently got a visible flinch out of her.

If she was noticing people more than usual at all, she certainly didn't seem inclined to act on it; mostly, she was picking halfheartedly at a pastry and hovering about the periphery of the group, much, much quieter and more somber-looking than she tended to be.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[onlymistaken]

What was with that? Not that Cally hadn't been noticing the issue for the last two days, but it was reaching the point of ridiculousness now. Also the point where she was going for the cold drink instead of the hot ones, despite the chilly temperatures, just to... something.

Perhaps to stop herself staring at everyone. Perhaps to avoid the drift of that stare in certain adorably-blushing directions.

Perhaps to stop herself from wondering aloud when she had ever used the word adorable about something that wasn't an infant, whether of the humanoid or animal variety.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Yes because Leda so needed that reminder. Please forgive her if she stared a little too much at Karla's mouth. She was remembering how it felt to kiss her.

And the funny thing? She was partly doing that to avoid staring at everyone else. Because damn Fandom was pretty.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[nothornlessrose.livejournal.com]

Cassidy was here and really trying to do anything but spend too much time looking at anyone. The itch beneath her skin had gotten worse and she was having a hard time shutting out the psychic scents she was picking up on.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[furnaceface]

Jono was here, yes. Jono was here and he was still a bit cranky, thanks to being in such close proximity to so many hormones, and being just generally horrible at pushing back any aspect of his powers that didn't involve flaming, nightmarish death.

So, it was a normal enough day for Jono, really.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[hotmugofstfu.livejournal.com]

Blackagar was eying the food and drinks to check if there was something in them to make everyone so...

Yeah.

He was just going to forgo anything to eat today.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[angelo_wings]

Rinoa was fidgety. And unsure of herself. And really, really turned on.

Today was weird.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[bamf-tastic.livejournal.com]

There were so many pretty girls here!!!

Kurt was torn between running and hiding or else kissing every one of them. Neither of those sounded like very good ideas.

So instead he hopped nervously from foot to foot, and his tail twitched anxiously from side to side.

Strengths and Weaknesses

[glacial_queen]

Go on. Share. Be honest. Nothing bad could happen, right?

Re: Strengths and Weaknesses

[showmetheproof.livejournal.com]

"I'm very good at sewing up gunshot wounds," Scully said, figuring people might want to know this. "Also, knife wounds. Mostly because this kind of thing keeps happening to Mulder. Even though I had to shoot him once. I patched him up that time."

....um? "I'm also a good shot. If you need me to shoot to wound, I'm your girl. Woman. Something."

Re: Strengths and Weaknesses

[onlymistaken]

Cally wasn't expecting anything bad to happen, at least. "I have some medical training," she said, "and my field is communications; I'm good with setting up and adapting electronic systems."

//I'm also a telepath.// She'd meant to say that aloud - but certainly this was the more honest way to convey it, despite the fact that she'd been attempting to avoid doing so without warning out of politeness, after the initial reactions she'd received. //Which can be useful in situations where verbal communication isn't possible, but is proving to be a bit of a weakness at the moment, because you people won't stop thinking about how much you want to have it off with each other!//

So.... on the list of things she'd meant to say aloud, in her head, or ever? That was number 8 googilion seventy-nine schmillion and three.

Re: Strengths and Weaknesses

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

"On a trip home recently I learned that I'm a quick learner, fast on my feet, and that my main strength is that I can be very creative when it comes to using magic in combat. And that dragons, when they take on human form are hot." She blinked. "Okay that last part was irrelevant. What the hell is going on today?"

Re: Strengths and Weaknesses

[furnaceface]

//I'm on fire,// Jono noted, flatly. //I'm on fire, and I'm a telepath. But I generally ignore that telepath bit, because it frightens th'shite out of me, and I'm not much good with th'fire, except that I can blow things up very well with it. Like entire dormitory buildings.//

His eyebrows furrowed a little.

//Th'worst bit about this at th'moment is that I don't even have a mouth to clap my naffin' hands over.//

Re: Strengths and Weaknesses

[hotmugofstfu.livejournal.com]

...oh, damn you all.

I am Inhuman.

At least the note was very confusing?

Re: Strengths and Weaknesses

[angelo_wings]

"My strengths are that I'm a very powerful Sorceress," Rinoa said. "My weakness is that I don't have a lot of control over it. So if I lose myself in it, I could end up taking out lots of people and not coming back. That's why Squall's here. To try to keep that from happening."

What had possessed her to say all of that?

Re: Strengths and Weaknesses

[bamf-tastic.livejournal.com]

"I can teleport!!!" Kurt announced quickly. He demonstrated by 'porting several times, to all sorts of different places. "Like this!" BAMF! "And this!" BAMF! "And this! And... Ummm... don't breathe the smoke. It's kind of toxic. And it's from another dimension. So. ...OH!!!! I can also stick to walls! And I'm totally flexible and stuff!"

He stood on one hand, with his legs bent back so that his feet were almost touching his head, and waved his tail at everyone.

"And I'm totally AWESOME at being cheerful and showing off so I don't get all sad about how much of a freak I am!!! Also, my mom's evil!"

Talk to the Leaders

[glacial_queen]

Who all seem to be extra attractive today.

Re: Talk to the Leaders

[swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com]

Very... attentive.

More attentive than Dolf's poor fifteen-year-old hormones could handle, really, especially when he was the only boy and there were three really cute girls involved, and after his speech, he was feeling guilty again to boot. He fidgeted.

Re: Talk to the Leaders

[trigons_child]

Raven was there, but a tiny bit anxious for the meeting to be over so she could go hide back to her room. Affection and honesty were not a good combination. Not that she usually wasn't honest. Or affectionate. She just didn't want to say anything and embarrass herself.

She was likely doomed.

Re: Talk to the Leaders

[glacial_queen]

Extra-attractive or not, there really was no way of hiding just how much weight Karla had lost and how little of it she'd gotten back. She was just going to sit on a blanket, surrounded by food. Standing took energy.

Re: Talk to the Leaders

[life_inshadow]

Tara was attentive, yes.

Tara was ... attentive to many different people, all for a few seconds at a time before her attention wandered.

She fanned herself a bit, thinking it felt unusually warm for November.

OOC

[glacial_queen]

MAGIC RESERVES ORGY! I AM CALLING IT NOW.

Re: OOC

[trigons_child]

WHOOOOO!