Reserves Meeting, Danger Shop, Thursday Afternoon (After Classes)

[glacial_queen]

The members of the Reserves had been handwavily notified to meet in the Danger Shop for today's meeting. Regretfully, this did mean no food or drinks for yet another week, but there was a lot of fancy and expensive equipment in the room and none of the leaders really felt comfortable with the possibility of paying for it if someone accidentally spilled.

Or, worse yet, if something Karla baked touched the machinery. Sparks and melting, people. Sparks and melting.

"Kiss kiss," Karla said, as everyone assembled in the hallway. "Today we're undertaking an exercise that will have all of us working together. If you'll follow us inside?" She opened the doors to the Danger Shop and everyone stepped into...

...yet another hallway. This one should be familiar to most of the students; it was the hallway that led to the library; the library doors stood open and welcoming--though it was possible for the sharp-eyed to notice they looked...flimsier...than usual.

"Sometimes, things can go wrong at this school," Dolf continued. "And it isn't so quickly solved with just one way of looking at things. Some things you have to beat up, some things you have to outsmart. Most of us know what we are good at by now, don't we?"

He smiled encouragingly at those gathered. Well. Sort of encouragingly. He was a little nervous, if you knew where to look.

"Not to say that it's necessarily exclusive by person," Wesley added, as a member of the camp that did both. (Though his credibility was hurt somewhat by how beat-up he looked. Oops.) "You're welcome to try any number of strategies."

"The important thing to keep in mind is teamwork," Karla said. "Working together and making sure--"

Whatever else Karla was going to say was rudely interrupted by three of the doors at the far end of the hallway slamming open--hard enough to embed their knobs into the walls. Out of each door walked a giant, man-shaped creature made of what looked like hardened clay. Seeing the clustered students, the creatures turned towards them and slowly ambled forwards, each footstep ending in hairline cracks in the floor.

Good luck, guys.

[OCD up, please read Important notes! Of course, everything there is OOC knowledge that needs to be figured out ICly. So feel free to whale on these guys for awhile, okay?]

Comments

Arrive and mingle

[glacial_queen]

...In the hallway. Outside of the Danger Shop. That's normal, right?

Re: Arrive and mingle

[trigons_child]

For some odd reason, Raven had a bad feeling about this.

Re: Arrive and mingle

[wwiii]

Warren didn't exactly make a habit of talking to Raven... She kind of made him antsy. Still. But then, at the same time, he also acknowledged that the two of them had been through hell together, time and again. And that she was one of the most important people in Karla's life. And...

Well, the list kind of went on. So, the fact that they were standing in a hallway together kind of seemed like a great reason for him to strike up a fidgety sort of conversation.

"It's never a good sign when these meetings are in the Danger Shop, is it?"

Re: Arrive and mingle

[knight-fatali.livejournal.com]

Seifer had heard about the reserves and decided to check it out. The fact that it was run by Karla and Wes kind of had him worried for a few seconds.

"Is this a normal thing?" he asked no one in particular.

Re: Arrive and mingle

[life_inshadow]

... yeah, Tara wasn't sure she liked where this one was going. She fidgeted with her phone, typing in a call for help just in case she needed to send one.

Re: Arrive and mingle

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

Squall shifted his grip on his gunblade -- not anxiously, because he didn't really get anxious, but just to prepare. The Danger Shop meant that they were probably going to get to have fun.

OMG, Golems!

[glacial_queen]

Don't they look like fun?

React, Plan, Whatever

[glacial_queen]

Three giant clay guys are lumbering towards you. And, as far as their lack of facial expressions go, they still manage to seem rather menacing. Maybe it's the way they keep slamming their fists into things, denting the lockers as they come.

Re: React, Plan, Whatever

[trigons_child]

The creatures weren't alive, so Raven couldn't affect them with her gifts. She could, at least, keep out of the way and watch for people who might be injured and in need of healing.

Re: React, Plan, Whatever

[withasword.livejournal.com]

Yeaahh... Kate wasn't loving the look of those, and she was quick to draw her sword, because even if it wouldn't do them much damage, anything to keep them at a distance from her was a good thing.

Re: React, Plan, Whatever

[wwiii]

Um. Um. That was bad. Those things? Those were definitely bad. With the... slamming. And the being almost unstoppable rock things. What was Warren supposed to do in a situation like this? Flap at them?

Needless to say, he was taking off and circling overhead, trying to come up with a plan from up where they couldn't reach him. That seemed like the best bet at this point.

At least for him.

Re: React, Plan, Whatever

[knight-fatali.livejournal.com]

Seifer tossed a fire spell at one and went at another with Hyperion.

He should have asked Rinoa for stronger spells. He'd fix that later.

Re: React, Plan, Whatever

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

Squall ran forward, slashing out with his gunblade. It was what he was best at, and it would give the people behind him time to run away, or research, or whatever.

Free-For-All

[glacial_queen]

The Danger Shop has nicely recreated as much of the school and surrounding grounds as possible. Therefore, wherever you want to go is considered fair game.

[I'll be putting up several sub-threads, but don't feel limited! If you can think of somewhere else to go, feel free to tack on additional subthreads.]

Library

[glacial_queen]

Haven for books and information, not so great when it comes to weapons. And the doors are still looking pretty flimsy--those guys could probably bash through in a matter of seconds.

Cafeteria

[glacial_queen]

Maybe they're hungry? Or you can use the mystery meat as a weapon!

Gym

[glacial_queen]

Dodgeball anyone?

Outside

[glacial_queen]

Open ground at least. Maybe you can lose them in the Preserve?

Other Places

[glacial_queen]

Have more ideas? Add them here!

Talk to the Leaders

[glacial_queen]

They're here! If in varying stages of mental 'hereness.'

Re: Talk to the Leaders

[glacial_queen]

Karla was watching the simulation closely to make sure no one got too hurt. This was the Danger Shop, true, but why take chances.

...And when she wasn't keeping an eye on the group, she was glancing at Wesley. He was doing an excellent impression of a golem victim himself.

Re: Talk to the Leaders

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

Wesley was off to the side, watching. He felt a bit bad about the fact that there were only, oh, what... two or three people here for martial reserves, if that? So he would probably try to help out at some point.

Ill-advised as it was.

Important notes!

[glacial_queen]

Okay, here's the important stuff!

First of all, golems are immune to magic. Energy blasts, magical attacks, whatever, they are not affected by it. It's just absorbed. They aren't entirely immune to magical effects, however. They can still slip on magical ice, or fall into a hole dug by magic, or respond to illusions, or whatever. So, while Thundaga won't make them blink twice, a magical avalanche of desks or lockers or something may slow them down. You can still use magic, you just have to be creative.

Second, these guys are TOUGH. They can shrug off most blows, bladed weapons do very little damage, most bullets won't even pierce their skin. Also, they can regenerate, so even if you manage to take off an arm, they'll regrow it. They're slow but they're strong--don't let them hug you. Or hit you. Bad plan.

They CAN be defeated! There's just a trick to it--and each golem can only be defeated in a specific way. The important thing is figuring out what that way is.

This is the Danger Shop, so any injury sustained here will be instantly healed as soon as the sim is over. HOWEVER, any injuries will remain active as long as the sim continues, so if you get hurt and don't get it treated/healed/whatever inside the sim, then you might end up having to sit the rest of the activity out, just like if you were hurt for real.

OOC

[glacial_queen]

Feel free to mod the golems, or hit me here for an NPC'd one. There are only three golems, so feel free to mingle threads and make them messy. There's no law that says one person can't lightning bolt a golem, while someone else hits it with a table leg while yet another person climbs up its back! Just be careful of friendly fire, okay?

Also, if there's anything confusing, ask questions here or over aim as booksomewench! I'll be happy to answer!

Re: OOC

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

*applauds the majestic OCD above, holy crap*

THANK YOU FOR DEVISING/POSTING THIS PIECE OF EPICNESS.