Faculty Meeting (Friday after classes)

[bigdamnprincipal]

After the student council cleared out, Zoe got the council room set up for yet another meeting, hoping all the teachers had gotten her handwavey email. Sure, classes had only been in session for a week, but she figured it was a good idea to check the new teachers for shell shock early. There were warm food and drinks set out (not the leftovers from the student council... at least, not totally) but nothing alcoholic. If people wanted to go that route, they would have to bring their own this time.

"Hello there, come on in and have a seat if you'd like," she said. "I thought it might be good for everyone to have a chance to get together without students around, and be inside where it's warm. I hope everyone's had a good first week. If you haven't, well, now you have a room full of people to vent to." It was the little things that helped make this job better.

[Open to all staff and OCD free!]

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[justlurkinghere]

And of course Derek was sticking to the corners of the room. Like the big ol' creeper that he was.

But hey! He was there!

[vdistinctive]

Lurkers of the world hide out in separate corners and stare suspiciously at each other.

At some point in the meeting Eliot made his way over to where Derek was. "Case you're wonderin'," he said, his voice low. "Your uncle did not in fact turn me into a werewolf."

[justlurkinghere]

"I noticed that much," Derek replied dryly. "A real shame that."

[vdistinctive]

He'd noticed. Interesting. "So, what, you could smell it or something if he did?"

Don't worry, Derek, he's only trying to get info to eventually take you out if he had to.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek eyed him for a moment before huffing in mild annoyance. "I'd be able to feel you. Pack can sense each other."

When they're not emotionally traumatized. Or part of a retcon.

[vdistinctive]

Eliot noticed the irritation. He just didn't care. "You have a lot of 'pack' on this island?"

[justlurkinghere]

"Why." Derek was so nice and helpful and suspicious. Possibly sniffing a little more for any traces of wolfsbane.

[vdistinctive]

Eliot hadn't figured out the wolfsbane bit yet, don't worry.

"Need to know who I should worry about scratching me."

[justlurkinghere]

"Don't get into any fights and you'll be fine."

HA.

[vdistinctive]

That got him a glare and a faint growl -- cut short when Eliot remembered he was growling at a werewolf. "As you may recall, that ain't always an option."

[justlurkinghere]

But it was so cute!

"Why do you want to know?"

[vdistinctive]

Because he had to know how to take down anyone and everything in the vicinity, dammit. Eliot huffed a frustrated sigh.

"One of my partners is on the island now, man. I need to know what kinda issues we might run up against, and knowin' which are the nice werewolves could save us a lotta trouble down the line."

And, you know, the taking people down thing.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek rolled his eyes at that. "No one on island as far as I know is out to hurt people."

[vdistinctive]

Eliot just gave him a knowing look. He'd been possessed by a murderous ghost a month ago. An exceptionally stupid murderous ghost, sure, but still. He put nothing past this island.

"I ain't gonna go looking for a fight." Not on the island, anyway.

[justlurkinghere]

"People hunt us like animals. So excuse me if I don't trust you right away."

His issues were special ones.

[vdistinctive]

Eliot actually looked a bit disgusted at that, though he couldn't say it surprised him. Hell, even in his world there were folks who thought it was super awesome to hunt other people for sport, even when they didn't have magic superpowers. "Do I look like a hunter?" He didn't even smell like guns, Derek!

. . . Please ignore the knives he had tucked inconspicuously into his every outfit.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek gave him a look for that. "You're calm about all this. It's unusual."

[vdistinctive]

"You'd rather I was freakin' out?"

[justlurkinghere]

"It'd be less suspicious." Derek sighed despite himself. "Wolfsbane if you're really concerned about unfriendlies. Rowan too."

[vdistinctive]

"Sorry," Eliot said, not sounding the least bit sorry at all. "I don't do freaking out." Too easy for him to end up killing someone he didn't mean to. Yelling, sure. But not freaking out.

He made a mental note of the plants and nodded. "Thanks."

[justlurkinghere]

"I think rowan takes belief unless you build with it." The rules were fuzzy because the writers kept changing them. When they remembered they exited. "Try not to poison me."

[vdistinctive]

"Poisoning ain't my style," Eliot assured him. "I'll make sure to warn ya if I end up building anything outta rowan."

[whoisalicewhite.livejournal.com]

Was this the guy who scratched Eliot? And freaked him out about the full moon? (He wasn't a werewolf now. She'd checked.)

Parker made a snake-eyes-watching-you gesture at Derek, glowering with ill intent.

[justlurkinghere]

And Derek rolled his eyes in response. Because why not have someone else out for his blood?

[whoisalicewhite.livejournal.com]

Someone who just made friends with your teaching partner! ... so maybe she'd change your mind about you. Eventually.

That's right, buddy. Parker had a fork with your name on it.