fandomhighdorms | Magic + Support Reserves, Danger Shop, Wednesday After Classes

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.

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glacial_witch, and

swordsandsoccer, concept shamelessly stolen from

brat_intraining and

inneedofcoffee.]

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"It is not me," Raven protested. Except it was if she was pursuing this.

She glanced around to make sure there were no squirrels lurking but dropped her voice regardless. "Jono likes handcuffs," she confided.

Goodbye, Kennedy's eyebrows; it was nice knowing you before you shot off into the stratosphere.

"And you-- what, wanted my advice on that?"

"I wish to understand why," Raven said. "Have you ever done...anything like that?"

"Yeah, a couple of times, but..." Kennedy shook her head. "It's not really my thing. I get why it's other people's, though. Is that what you wanted to know?"

"I think so, yes," Raven said, flustered. "I just wish to understand...but that is too personal a question. I should not be asking such things."

Kennedy glanced around, then gestured for Raven to follow her over to a little shaded area, where she sat down in the grass.

"It's a control thing," she began to explain. "Like... being completely in it, or letting someone else be completely in control so you don't have to." She bit her lip, searching for the words. "Trusting someone that much, or knowing they trust you. Some people think that's pretty hot."

Raven tilted her head, mulling this over. She definitely liked the idea that it involved trusting her, especially after what had happened earlier that year. That actually meant a great deal to her.

"So the idea of being helpless and allowing the other person to do whatever he or she wants -- some find that stimulating," she said.

Kennedy nodded. "Basically, yeah. I mean, it's a nice idea, right? In general, that is-- knowing there's someone you know is gonna have your back no matter what. Sort of like its own kind of rush. It doesn't really do that in the sweaty sexy way for me, but I get why people love it."

Granted, she might change her mind about that someday, but...

"Thank you," Raven said. Her blush had faded, a little at least. "I think I understand better now."

And quite possibly she was thinking of some ideas for the future.

"Any time." Kennedy was totally smirking now. "Not that this makes us even for the favor I asked you or anything, since you'll have to ask someone else for more specifics."

And the blush came creeping back. "I was not intending to ask anyone for specific...instructions," she said.

There were books at 'Dite's for that, right?

"And as I said, there is no need for us to be 'even,'" she went on. "I am always pleased to be able to aid you or Tara."

Kennedy, being the incorrigible sort of person who enjoyed encouraging other people's blushing, couldn't resist holding up both hands and declaring, "Just not in a way that has anything to do with the other conversation we were having, 'cause the way you said that..."

Raven's eyes grew wide, which was probably exactly what Kennedy wanted. "No, no, of course not!" she said. "I do not require any sort of demonstration."

"And I wasn't asking for one," Kennedy told her-- between snickers, because yes, that had been exactly the reaction she'd been going for. "It's just fun to make you get all flaily."

Because she was a giant brat, basically.

"I should know better when it comes to you," Raven said ruefully. She was getting better at recognizing teasing, but not always.

Kennedy tucked both hands behind her head and grinned. "Like you don't love me that way."

...don't be so smug about that, Kennedy. God.

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