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Magic Reserves Meeting, Wednesday Afternoon (After Classes)
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 andbail 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.
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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
"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.
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Spit out the right word, Jonothon. You can do it!
//Talking.//
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...
Yes.
//I don't want to be alone, either.// He squeezed her hand a little. //And yer more pleasant company than most. By far. I wish I could kiss you back.//
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Sometimes being an empath was awesome.
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//It's just that simple?//
Oh, yes. Ideas.
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Like Kennedy and her tongue stud. That was still making her squirm a little.
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Yeah, no, he was pulling her into his arms, pressing his forehead against hers if only so that he could feel something too, and picturing one hell of a kiss right about now, complete with tongue. And, for good measure, some of that nibbling that he'd attempted to explain to her once upon a time.
The upside to being a telepath imagining a kiss like that in the direction of an empath? Was that he could back up that thinking with a bit of psi-projecting, in turn.
Uh... enjoy!
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She had enough presence of mind to send him the sensation of her kissing him back, more intense than the first time since it was being fueled by what he was making her feel.
There was a bit of a danger of getting caught in an empathic feedback loop now.
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So far, they were both still standing up. It was a miracle!
Let's see how long it lasts, now that Jonothon's hands are going their own ways, with one knotting into a handful of Raven's clothing, and the other wandering its way down her back, with a bit of 'there is no way you can possibly be too close to me right now' pressure pulling her closer to him still.
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She pressed harder against him, turning her head slightly so she could press physical kisses along the top edge of his bandages to go with the empathic ones.
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It was kind of amazing that he had the presence of mind to manage that much, actually.
Clearly, the solution to their jello-leg woes was the as the solution to their out-in-the-open predicament, and oh yes, there were many ideas happening, right then, and Jono wasn't sure he'd survive if they didn't do something about them, at this rate.
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//That sounds amazing right about now,// he replied. In, of course, complete honesty. //Anywhere sounds amazing right about now. You know, you have lovely eyes?//
Ahem.
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Her arms were still around his neck, so it was a simple matter to summon up her Soul-Self to teleport them back to the dorms. She had a fleeting thought of how Ben had complained that the netherverse had been cold and "creepy" when she'd taken him inside her, but they would only be in it for mere seconds, and besides, Jono was very very warm.
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And it probably helped that he wasn't paying any attention to the scenery, per se. And so any cold creepiness, beyond the most basic bit of nagging at the back of his head courtesy of his powers, went pretty much entirely unnoticed.
Was now a bad time to think very strongly about kissing her again? Did Jonothon care?
The novelty of being able to do that was never going to wear off, no.
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So where were they? Oh yes, kissing. There needed to be more of that now.
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His hand had been running down over her back, pulling her closer to him in a rare moment where he didn't care what he was pulling her up against, and now he found himself wondering just how far down that hand of his was allowed to wander.
This was a terrible idea. Horrible. Wasn't it? For a million reasons that he couldn't pick out and didn't give a shite about anyhow, and lord, they were kissing.
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Terrible idea, yes. And even more so if they were to fall upon the bed. Of which there were two. Looking oh-so-inviting with their soft pillows and blankets. Did you see how they were dressed? They were just asking for someone to fall on them.
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Funny, then, how Jonothon and Raven, in turn, seemed to be overdressed for the occasion. Which was an observation which, much like Jono and Raven's location a few moments before, would be a very silly thing for Jono to point out.
Give him time.
Of course, his mind made up not to mention it, that didn't exactly stop him from leaning against her some more, perhaps in an effort to steer her in the direction of one of those well-dressed beds, there.
[It's looking like we're going to have to FTB or else move this sucker soon. ;) What say you?]
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