Unconventional Tactics, Tuesday, Period 2

[raspberryturk]

"Yo, Rookies!" If Reno looked a little less mellow than usual, that was totally the imagination of everyone in the class. If he looked like he'd done up a few more buttons than usual on his shirt, too? Well, that much wasn't. Even Reno could respect when it was really freaking awkward to go around half-dressed in front of students who were practically his own age. "We've covered all kinds of fun fightin' crap already, and healin' and all of that, yo. So today we're gonna expand a little on that barricade thing we did the other week, and go into defenses as a whole."

Insert thoughtful pause while Reno struggles not to make a horribly off-color crack about 'protection,' here.

"In the sim where we we set up that barricade and faced off against them griffins, we were really just stratchin' the surface, yo. There are plenty of ways to keep invaders out, beyond just pilin' things up. It's true, some of the best-fortified places have way more time to set up those defenses than we do, yo. Can we really be expected to-" he choked on the word 'erect,' "set up a wall around the whole island or whatever? But there are things we can do. I know my girl Rikku's got experience with puttin' together patrol droids, which ain't a bad first step. Knowin' there's an enemy on the way and gatherin' info about 'em early on is a big help on the way to fendin' them off."

Deep breath. Press onward, Reno!

"Makin' yourself ha-difficult to find is another important step. Camo, magic or tech-based sight-shields, findin' your way into convenient little hidey-holes, they're all gonna save your ass when the heat is on, yo. And then, of course, comes the barricade stuff. The point ain't always to pile so much junk so high that it'll take 'em forever to get in. That kinda strategy don't work against an aerial enemy, does it? But the same idea applies, whether you're layin' out mines, electric fences, or lightin' your barricade on fire for one major last stand."

Okay! He was in the home stretch now! He could do this!

"Discussion class today, yo. Knowin' as much as you do about the island, how would you go about protectin' what you got? Where do your own strengths sit? Talk about what it is you can contribute to fortifyin' the island if somethin' big hits, whether it's early-warning, finding a place to hunker down that'll give you a tactical advantage, or just keepin' shit out."

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Lecture

[raspberryturk]

Take notes, squirm, whatever.

Reno will make you sit in the corner if you try to crawl onto your classmates or something.

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[trigons_child]

Raven had realized something was likely affecting everyone on the island again, since the increase in arousal she was picking up from everyone around her certainly wasn't natural. She was desperately fooling herself trying not to let it affect her, though there were a couple of people she knew she should probably avoid until this all passed.

...oh, Azar, Karla was in this class with her, wasn't she?

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[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

...yeah, in all honesty, Kennedy was mostly curious as to how Raven was handling the whole being-around-Karla thing these days when she happened to glance that way.

In a stunning moment of irony, the fact that she just happened to click her tongue stud kind of loudly against her teeth right then wasn't intended to get a reaction out of Raven; Kennedy just happened to be thinking (a bit more vividly than usual) about someone else in the class at the time.

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[trigons_child]

Raven jumped a little at the click, moreso from the jolt of emotion than the noise itself. She was blocking out most of the background noise of hormones, but she'd made a habit of keeping a tiny thread of power connected to her friends so she might know if they were in trouble, and Kennedy's thoughts had merrily zoomed up that thread. She squirmed a little, glancing over at Kennedy with wide eyes.

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[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

...um. The wide-eyed look on Raven was kind of adorable, wasn't it? The thought occurred to Kennedy while she was indulging a particularly well-articulated fantasy about her girlfriend and holing up in a survival shelter and... well.

"What?" she mouthed.

Wow, bad time to remember making out with Raven up against the wall, Kennedy.

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[trigons_child]

Raven actually gasped audibly as the memory of that kiss hit her as well. It had been a very impressive kiss, after all. Her cheeks turned pink as she ducked her head and tried not to squirm again.

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[intraspective]

Ino?

Was pissed off. She was very deliberately and almost cheerfully whallowing in her pissed off mood as she listened to the lecture.

And glared.

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[awakestheghosts]

Usually seeing that Ino wasn't smiling, Chloe would have been right there to find out if everything was okay. Seeing her glare, however, made her think that perhaps she should stay right over here.

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[intraspective]

It was--probably for the best--though Ino's reaction to Chloe would likely have been a bit more controlled than...

Well.

All the same, Ino certainly wasn't going to say anything right now. Civil tongued and civil minded she was very much not and actually was aware of that.

[Awww, Chloe! <3 ]

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[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela noticed that glare. It made her raise an eyebrow curiously. Someone must have really screwed up to get Ino looking like that.

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[swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com]

Dolf wasn't trying to crawl onto anyone; he'd just gone a heavy shade of red, and knocked his legs together.

Calling up memories of certain woods he'd been in months ago helped. A little.

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[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Triela didn't really know the boy sitting over there, but she suddenly realized he was kind of... cute. Or, she thought that was the correct adjective.

She flashed him an awkward little smile.

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[swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com]

Dolf became suddenly aware of a girl sitting over there. He turned his head and flashed her an equal smile, albeit a little bigger and a little less awkward. Or as un-awkward as he could be while blushing and keeping his bag on his lap.

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[sorella-vecchia.livejournal.com]

Huh. He had a rather nice smile.

Triela's widened slightly. Though she wasn't blushing.

Yet.

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[swordsandsoccer.livejournal.com]

"Hi...?" Dolf ventured at last, holding up a hand in greeting. Normally, he wouldn't be this tentative, but he was still feeling weird.

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[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

Wait, was something going on with everyone else? Kennedy didn't feel all that different herself-- just a little restless, maybe-- but she was pretty sure she hadn't been completely imagining everyone else being kind of weird today. Huh.

Okay, she was a little more distractable than usual, but that wasn't that weird either...

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[life_inshadow]

Tara wasn't feeling like climbing on anyone or anything, don't be silly.

Though she did keep sneaking glances at Kennedy at far more than her usual rate, and sometimes when she glanced, her thoughts ... wandered.

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[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

Kennedy, for her part, was in the habit of sneaking a lot of looks at Tara during class, and the wandering thoughts were about par for the course too.

She was used to that; the question was, with Tara doing a lot more of the sneaking looks back, what was going to happen this week if they actually managed to do that at the same time?

'cause that could be... would it be bad? Don't answer that.

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[life_inshadow]

Not bad, though Tara did stiffen a bit in surprise at first before a smile crept across her face.

The smile grew to a grin, and she mouthed, "Hi."

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[brat-intraining.livejournal.com]

Oh god, that meant Kennedy had to read her lips, which meant focusing on them, which meant distracting thoughts about them, and...

It took her a moment before she grinned slowly in response and mouthed "Hey, you," back.

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[talks-backwards.livejournal.com]

Zatanna was headdesking so regularly she could be used as a metronome. But mentioning the words Zatanna and used in the same sentence wouldn't be too wise at the moment.

At least she wasn't the only one? Well, that could either make things better...or worse.

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[momslilassassin]

Because it wasn't hard difficult enough to concentrate as it was, now Ben also had to deflect Ino's crappy mood.

Fan-kriffing-tastic.

He was paying very close attention to Reno's lecture out of self-preservation.

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[glacial_queen]

Great. Just great.

On the one hand, this was a lesson practically designed to bring memories of Agio flooding back to the fore. Not that they were every really all that far away, but still.

On the other hand, there was one Hell of a distraction handy. Unfortunately, it was a highly inappropriate one and all of her classmates were really pretty. And Raven was here. And Ben. And--oh, hi, Dolf. Have you always been that atrractive? And...

Karla was just going to stare at her notebook like her life depended on it. Agio or unnatural attraction to anything that walked? What a crappy choice

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[vanillajello]

Kate was trying to focus on her notes and not how attractive her classmates seemed to be. So, occasionally she glanced around, but mostly she was jotting stuff down and not paying attention to anyone else.

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[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

Lindsay was trying her best to pay attention to the lecture and concentrate on note taking. Though her notes were rushed and barely readable. She didn't really care what she was writing as long as it provided a distraction from feelings of restlessness and frustration.