Magic + Support Reserves, Danger Shop, Wednesday After Classes

[life_inshadow]

Magic & Support Reserves were meeting in the Danger Shop today, where a table of sandwiches and chips -- no cake, not after last week -- was set up near the door. The room as a whole looked like a large, grassy field with a slingshot at one end and a hill at the other. On the hill, smug-looking helmeted pigs nestled inside a complex structure made of ice and wood.

Tara was still frowning at the programming console. "So, uh ... I think whatever the other reserves did in here yesterday got stuck or something," she ventured. "We're ... trying to defeat the round green things. Which are pigs. And there are birds for us to load into the slingshot and use as weapons -- I think they kinda like it -- but if you want to use a different tactic, go for it...?"

If she sounded dubious about the whole business, it was because she still didn't understand the point of this game.

Raven wasn't down with the idea of using birds (projected images or not) as weaponry -- even if they liked it. She regarded the structure with her own puzzled look. "If you have any sort of mystical gift, such as telekinesis, you may of course use that instead," she said. She might have to send her Soul-Self over to knock over the blocks of ice and wood.

"I believe the pigs are supposed to be evil," she added to provide motivation.

Karla was really trying to figure out what the Fighting Reserves had been up to with this simulation. It was just all sorts of weird. "So use the birds--or your powers--to defeat the evil, uhh, pigs and we'll be good," she said, nodding. "Think of ways this can be used in defense of our island, okay?"

"...By throwing birds at an invasion?" Dolf's level of dubiousness was incredibly high. "Do we even have birds we can throw?" Seriously. He was not so sure about this. "Well, it is good to learn about throwing things, at least." He could do that. Even non-magically. "Which can be very useful, and using your environment," see, now we were getting somewhere, "...and, um, using bird eggs to make a good omelette?"

Yes.

[OOC: Written with trigons_child, glacial_witch, and swordsandsoccer, concept shamelessly stolen from brat_intraining and inneedofcoffee.]

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Arrive + Mingle [3/09]

[life_inshadow]

Come! Gawk! Eat sandwiches!

Re: Arrive + Mingle [3/09]

[onlymistaken]

Cally had not made it to yesterday's reserve meeting, so yes. She'd be gawking now.

Gawking with coffee. "The ducks weren't bad enough?"

Re: Arrive + Mingle [3/09]

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

Elphaba looked rather grumpy.

"And why, exactly, are the pigs evil? Because they're green?"

Re: Arrive + Mingle [3/09]

[life_inshadow]

"... I think they're just evil because they're pigs," Tara ventured. "And because they maybe did something to the birds? I, uh ... I don't think anybody was trying to offend people with their color."

She bit her thumbnail and added, "Want me to try to change it?"

Re: Arrive + Mingle [3/09]

[didntchewgrass.livejournal.com]

Elphaba's expression remained sour, but she shook her head. "It just... hit a nerve," she admitted. "I think I just won't participate, all the same."

Re: Arrive + Mingle [3/09]

[life_inshadow]

"Of course you don't have to," Tara said. "...at least have a sandwich?"

Play Angry Birds [3/09]

[life_inshadow]

Mod your own bird weapons, pigs, breaking wood, etc. Using powers is allowed.

Talk to the Leaders [3/09]

[life_inshadow]

If they aren't distracted by the game.

Re: Talk to the Leaders [3/09]

[life_inshadow]

Tara had gathered up a few of the post-weapon birds and was looking them over. She couldn't understand why the catapult didn't hurt them.

Re: Talk to the Leaders [3/09]

[brat_inslayage]

"Hey, hey." Kennedy had a playfully scowly expression on her face as she sauntered over. "How come this looks so familiar, huh?"

Re: Talk to the Leaders [3/09]

[life_inshadow]

"Hey," Tara returned. "No idea. Definitely not because certain people broke it yesterday."

Or because Tara didn't really know what she was doing when she tried to reset it.

Re: Talk to the Leaders [3/09]

[brat_inslayage]

"I didn't break it!" Kennedy objected quickly. "Like I'm good with computers or anything? It's kinda fun, though, huh?"

Re: Talk to the Leaders [3/09]

[life_inshadow]

"Kinda," Tara admitted. "I just ... I worry about the birds. It's so weird that they want to do this. Maybe they're possessed."

Re: Talk to the Leaders [3/09]

[brat_inslayage]

"I think they're kind of into it," Kennedy replied. "Seriously, hell if I know why. I'm not even asking any more."

Her phone dinged, and she pulled it out to check; a moment or two of scanning her email resulted in a slightly crestfallen look. "Aw, man. Dad can't make it this weekend, and Constance is all tied up with something she won't tell me about."

Re: Talk to the Leaders [3/09]

[life_inshadow]

Tara screwed up her face in genuine disappointment. She'd liked Constance. "That's too bad," she said. "We can be parents' weekend orphans together and hide in my room with takeout?"

Re: Talk to the Leaders [3/09]

[swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com]

Dolf was contemplating the birds. Not because they were weird - he'd done enough staring at them for that - but because the medieval part of his mind kind of wanted to know what they'd taste like...

Re: Talk to the Leaders [3/09]

[trigons_child]

Raven had experienced pillow fights and horror movies recently.

Neither had remotely prepared her for the idea of throwing birds at pigs. Human culture was sometimes so baffling.

Re: Talk to the Leaders [3/09]

[brat_inslayage]

Shortly after talking with Tara (though she was probably still giving off a stomach-turningly doofy vibe to an empath) Kennedy headed over Raven's way, and hey, the bird thing was not her fault, all right?

"Yo, Raven. I need to talk to you about something."

Re: Talk to the Leaders [3/09]

[trigons_child]

Raven liked the doofy vibe. She was more than happy to drink some of it down, in a totally not creepy way, really.

"Hello, Kennedy," she said pleasantly. "What is it?"

Oooh, maybe she could ask Kennedy about handcuffs. She'd know that kind of stuff, right?

Re: Talk to the Leaders [3/09]

[brat_inslayage]

...what, did the wide leather band with the D-ring on it, that Kennedy had on her left wrist, hint at anything of the sort?

"Mostly, I wanted to know if you'd be cool with me sort of recruiting you as a sort of teleporting chauffeur for a thing."

Re: Talk to the Leaders [3/09]

[trigons_child]

"Of course," Raven said without hesitation. "I am always willing to use my gifts to help a friend."

And yes, she was eyeing Kennedy's wrist. She'd never really paid a great deal of attention to her accessories before, but now....

Re: Talk to the Leaders [3/09]

[brat_inslayage]

"Cool, 'cause Tara wants her mom to come visit for the weekend, and the express route sounds like the best option..." Kennedy trailed off, noticing what Raven was looking at.

"Whaaaaaaaat?"

Re: Talk to the Leaders [3/09]

[trigons_child]

"Oh, of course, I would be happy to help Tara and bring her mother to the island," Raven said.

Then she had to duck her head to hide her blush. "I was just admiring your bracelet," she said.

Re: Talk to the Leaders [3/09]

[glacial_queen]

Karla was utterly, utterly lost. And planning on finding Kennedy and shaking her down for an explanation later.

OOC [3/09]

[life_inshadow]

Angry Birds on the iPad was my daughter's favorite thing ever until she moved on to the Moron Test.

Which she can't read, but you can get surprisingly far on memory alone.