Scoobying Workshop #7, Afternoon 7/4/2006 (Main Campfire)

[soldtoarmenians]

[Roster]

Xander is...totally not here. There's just his laptop sitting on a log, and Rory standing next to it. When everybody's assembled, she presses a key, and a recording fills the screen.

Xander (soldtoarmenians)	A face that might be... slightly familiar behind the glasses, even-bushier-than-usual eyebrows, giant somewhat plasticky looking nose, and fuzzy mustache, looked out at the viewer, looming above Willow, who appeared to be tied to a chair. Of course, the loominess might be the effect of the camera being low to the floor. A dog's-eye view, possibly. "Muahahahahaha," laughed the villain, with a villainous tone. In an artificially-gruff voice, he added, "Xander couldn't be there today, because I, his Evil Alternate Personality TM...um...Xandino, have taken over his body. I've also kidnappinated Willow. Because I'm evil like that."
Willow (willbedone)	There was a pause as though somebody - we're not mentioning names here - had briefly forgotten her lines. "Oh! Yes!" Willow said, trying to make 'Help me' eyes at the camera. "He's so evil! Extremely! Also? This rope is very scratchy and this is in no way a comfy chair."
Xander (soldtoarmenians)	"And if you meddling kids don't get here in time to rescue her, I'm going to force her to watch..." The Evil Villain lowered his voice to a loud, terrible whisper. "That episode of Wendy the Werewolf Stalker where Wendy and Ryan have the unsexiest sex ever for fifty-five godawful minutes. And I'll tape her eyes open!"
Willow (willbedone)	Willow didn't have to act her look of disgust. Or her attempt to get away. "No! Never! Somehow I will escape from these tight, confining ropes that are holding me down and - " Willow paused, momentarily breaking what amounted to her character. "You had to do this while Peter was out of town? Really?"
Xander (soldtoarmenians)	There was a pause, during which Xand...ino stared at her like he was mentally filing that particular comment away under OMG THINGS I DID NOT WANT TO KNOW WILLOW AND I HAD IN COMMON AND WILL DO MY BEST TO FOREVER ERADICATE FROM MY MEMORY. Then there was a cough that sounded suspiciously like "line...," and the astute observer might note him poking her gently on the shoulder.
Willow (willbedone)	Willow gave him a Look, and continued. "So yes! Please save me, members of the Scoobying class! It doesn't matter which one of you comes FIRST, or that you may have to search all over town and each FLOOR OF THE DORMS for a ROOM that might, you know, belong to somebody who looks like XANDER...ino."
Xander (soldtoarmenians)	"That's Xandino! And that's enough outta you, missy!" Xand..er..dino reached offscreen for something, and returned holding a piece of duct tape. Or possibly several pieces of masking tape stuck together and cleverly painted to look like duct tape. He placed it lightly viciously over her mouth.
Willow (willbedone)	Willow did her best to try to shout "Help!" while trying to make sure she didn't accidentally dislodge the tape in spite of her oh so vicious and cruel new gag.
Xander (soldtoarmenians)	From behind her, there was a loud, "RIBBIT?" The Evil Xandino turned and put a finger to his lips, right under the bushy mustache. "You shut up too, Jerem...mino, and quit yer whining. No, they won't get here in time to rescue her, 'cause they have to do the in-class exercise first. Or Rory'll cry, and they're all too goody goody to make Rory cry. Plus they're not smart enough to team up to track us down, and the fish that keeps moving around on the door will just confuse them, which means none of them will get any of the delicious--" He coughed. "Cidigookidigies whidigich Idigi adigam nidigot tidigellidiging thidigem adigabidigout sidigo thidigere."
(*cough*)	From offscreen again, but this time as if it's right behind the camera, came a loud trumpeting sound. "Oh, don't you start!" Xandino said. "Cut! That's a wrap!"

The screen goes dark.



[Is open! Posted early due to various people's holiday schedules. Final thread is open as well.]

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[soldtoarmenians]

And reply to the previous person for great collapsination or I'll make you watch that episode of Wendy the Werewolf Stalker.

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[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana Lang

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[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Zack Addy.

Assignment

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Hi!" Rory said when the screen went dark. "Um, I'm Rory, for those who don't know. And as you've seen, you need to go rescue Willow. It's urgent, and stuff. But, as any good crimefighter knows, you need to have a team, right? And every person needs to have their position - you can't have random people standing around with no specific purpose."

"Which is why," she grinned, "we have these!" She held up a small plastic box. "I have one for each of you. Inside, you'll find lined paper, graph paper, pens, highlighters, a ruler, a protractor, erasers, and a calculator. You might wonder why you would need a calculator, but I myself have been caught without one and it was a very upsetting time for me."

"With these materials, you're going to form a hypothetical team using any four people at this school, plus yourself. Each person on the team needs a function - a reason for being there. Feel free to give them colors, costumes, Zords et cetera. And during any plan, you need to remember - where would each person on your hypothetical team be? What might go wrong? Would you need extra materials, and where can you get them? Some people might call these kind of OCD concerns, but I think it's an essential part of every team effort, honestly."

She smiled. "So, work by yourselves, but I'm not going to banish you for chatting or anything."

Re: Assignment

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana worked on a team including:

Bel: Can shimmer us wherever we need to go
Pippi: Incredibly strong
Hermione: Incredibly smart
Veronica: amazing detective skills

She drew sketches of costumes for the team, with handy but attractive utility type belts for cell phones and lockpicks and other assorted technical stuff, then made lists of equipment they might need and how and where they could get it. Having someone who could shimmer on the team certainly made things easier in that respect.

Lists of things that could go wrong and how to deal with that came next. It was actually kind of fun to plan out.

Re: Assignment

[multiplez]

Z thought about it for a while, then decided that Rory had said anyone in the school, so Z's team went like this, with accompanying sketches of their costumes:

SPD FANDOM RANGERS
Dr. Tommy Oliver: Pink Ranger. Dr. Oliver will serve as our mentor. He is in pink because, from what I can discern of Ranger history, he wants to collect all the colors.
Conner McKnight: Red Ranger. Red is the traditional color of the leader-type, such as Conner, who has proven leadership skills both on and off the field.
Z Delgado: Yellow Ranger. My ability to replicate herself will be useful both offensively and defensively. I hope. Yellow is my favorite color.
Bridge Carson: Green Ranger. Cadet Carson's psychic abilities will assist the team in tracking down various evildoers. I think he would look good in green.
Xander Bly: Jade Ranger. His magical training may prove useful to the team. Bridge was already in green, so I had to give Bly a different shade of green. This is how the ninjas do it.

She also outlined a team prospectus, taking into account SPD regulations and tech support.

Re: Assignment

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Zack started working on his team list.

Greg Saunders: Stickbug canon fodder.
Tyler Durden: Has knowledge of explosives. Good distraction.
Aeryn Sun: Is scary.
Bridge: Is dating the evil do-er. Could be good leverage provide helpful insight.

The plan that Zack wrote up, while taking every factor into consideration, was incredibly simple. 'Have Aeryn beat up Xandino'.

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[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Bridge gets in to the traditional thinking position, and after a few minutes, has his team:

Dr Tommy Oliver - Pink Ranger - Has years of experience in being a Ranger, and hasn't been Pink yet, anyway.
Conner McKnight - Red Ranger - Has experience leading a Ranger team, has dealt with people with evil/good split personalities before.
Bridge Carson - Green Ranger - I like green. Also I can track people using my psychic abilities.
Z Delgado - Yellow Ranger - Z's ability to replicate herself would mean that she could be a search party all on her own.
Xander Bly - Emerald Ranger - Well, I'm already Green, but he's Green too. There's totally precedent for two Rangers with similar colours on the same team, though. The Wind and Thunder Rangers did that. And he's got magic, which could totally be helpful.

There's totally some sketches of costumes, weapons, and even a Megazord. Shut up.

Re: Assignment

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia quickly set to work figuring out a team that wasn't NECCESSARILY all her usual friends at FH.

Nadia: Sneaky. Good with disguises and locks.
Walter: would be v. upset if not included sneaky, can slice things with wires, scale walls.
Pippi: Super strength = v. useful
Artie: Distraction, distraction, distraction. Also strong.

Now she needed a plan. She diagramed a complex idea (in stickfigures) involving all of them in wigs and glasses, finding where Willow was kept, Artie distracting Xandino and any evil minions while Pippi hit them with chairs and she and Walter untied and snuck Willow away.

Re: Assignment

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

Jamie worked hard on his list.

Willow: Is extra smart. She gets a cape because she would be smart enough not to get it caught on anything. (Even if she is captured)
Artie: Comic Relief.
Aeryn Sun: The Muscle.
Callisto: Probably looks good naked.

Re: Assignment

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair doodled on his paper before narrowing down his team.

Fandom High Peace Corps
Mac - In charge of computers, meals, and coordinated team hair colors.
Jude - In charge of being Canadian.
Anakin - In charge of flying, spinning, negotiation, hair braids, and coolness.
Bel - In charge of making toast and all things that require fire.

Team Uniform: Khaki, Tiedye, Lots of hemp
Team Song: Kumbayah
Team Protest: "Spread the love! Stop the fighty! Killing doesn't make you mighty!"

Re: Assignment

[pure-blooddraco.livejournal.com]

Draco began to work on his team including:

Anakin Skywalker: Has a cool lightsaber.
Veronica Mars: Brains of the outfit. Provides snark.
John Crichton: Does goofy crap to try to distract bad guy.
Aeryn Sun: Saves John when bad guy inevitably tries to kill him.
Draco: Magic and money.

He wasn't really much for costumes but he did include cool rings. Anakin's was yellow, Veronica's was blue, John's was purple, Aeryn's was red and Draco had a green one.

He then wrote up things that might possibly go wrong and how the team would probably fall apart if they had to deal with the angst of John and Aeryn breaking up.

Re: Assignment

[upforachase.livejournal.com]

Cordelia chewed on her lip as she thought about it, and began to write:

Bridge Carson - has that psychic ability stuff, plus is sleeping with the enemy, so hopefully has some insight into his maniacal ways.
Callisto - kicks ass, generally, so she gets to be the muscle
Rory Gilmore - super brainy and good at helping people, so she can come up with the plans.
Veronica Mars - isn't she like, a detective or something? So she can find clues and stuff.
Me - I'm good at doing what people tell me to. And first aid, if Willow needs it which I hope she does.

Then Cordy doodled a little, giving everyone little superhero outfits. And there was a drawing of Willow all tied up & looking mighty uncomfortable.

Enough With the Hypothetical - Work With What You've Got

[soldtoarmenians]

Form teams of two or more out of the resources you actually have at your disposal, and use the VERY SUBTLE CLUES to figure out how to rescue Willow. Make your way across camp and back to the HIGHLY SEKRIT LOCATION!

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[The actual thread for busting in THE COMPLETELY UNLOCKED AND IN FACT CRACKED-OPEN HEAVILY BOLTED DOOR and rescuing Willow won't be up until tomorrow morning, but everything up to that point can go here, including if you so desire staring for great WTF at the painted yellow fish that's in a different spot every time you look away.]

Re: Enough With the Hypothetical - Work With What You've Got

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

When Lana was done with her planning she looked around for someone who wanted to team up with her tomorrow when the Mun gets back up to go rescue Willow.

Re: Enough With the Hypothetical - Work With What You've Got

[multiplez]

Z looked around for Bridge. She already had a teammate, after all. Might as well use him.

Also, she suspected for some reason Bridge might have inside info on 'Xanderino.'

Re: Enough With the Hypothetical - Work With What You've Got

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Z!" Bridge says with a bounce. "Wanna work together? Since we *are* teammates and all?"

Re: Enough With the Hypothetical - Work With What You've Got

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia looked about for someone good to team up with and find Willow.

Re: Enough With the Hypothetical - Work With What You've Got

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

Jamie beat his fist on the wall until he was surrounded by eight Jamies.

"Alright, listen up, Team Jamie. Our fugitive has been on the run for ninety minutes. Average foot speed over uneven ground barring injuries is 4 miles-per-hour. That gives us a radius of six miles. What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area. Checkpoints go up at fifteen miles. Your fugitive's name is Xandino. Our victim's name is still probably Willow. Go get them!"

One of the duplicates just rolled his eyes. "Dude. They totally said where they were."

"He's just always wanted to do that."

Jamie glared at his dupes. "I hate you all. When did I get to be no fun?"

"SOCK PUPPETS!" All the dupes said at the same time.

"You guys suck!"

Re: Enough With the Hypothetical - Work With What You've Got

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Zack looked around for someone to team up with.

Re: Enough With the Hypothetical - Work With What You've Got

[upforachase.livejournal.com]

Cordelia approached Zack. "Hey, wanna go rescue someone I really dislike together?" she asked.

OOC

[soldtoarmenians]

Which... is going before an IC thread that's not up yet, which could in all likelihood DESTROY THE UNIVERSE AS WE KNOW IT. *looks worried*

Re: OOC

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

ZOMG BRIDGEY AND Z OUTED MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

Re: OOC

[multiplez]

ZOMG NO Z WAS DISCREET ABOUT YOU. BUT SHE TOTALLY OUTED TOMMY.

In The Sekrit Evil Lair

[soldtoarmenians]

Yup, there's the Evil Xandino, all right. Still looming over poor helpless Willow. Well, if you can call 'sitting in a chair next to her and feeding her cookies because the tape is half off her mouth while they watch Bitterwoman episodes on her laptop' looming.

Use your crafty teambuilding skills to free her, and claim your reward of tasty just-baked-yesterday chocolate chip cookies.

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[Unfortunately we're Willowless, in reality, due to holiday stuffs. At least for the moment. So there'll be minor Willowmodding by the Evil Xandino, unless/until she has the chance to ping in and play. SP is, you will be unsurprised to hear, great love.]