Magic/Support Reserves Meeting, The Preserve, Wednesday Afternoon

[trigons_child]

Raven was just a little nervous to start the reserves meeting. She'd gotten more used to speaking up in class, but talking in front of a group of people who were all looking at her was a different story. A gentle nudge from Karla had been necessary to get her to step forward and begin to speak

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Talk to the Leaders

[trigons_child]

When they ping in.

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[trigons_child]

Raven was there, of course, relieved she had survived public speaking.

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[hazlehurstmiss]

Emmett was here but on SP until later in the afternoon and trying to decide if his mad skillz at finding free porn on the internet could be translated to anything more helpful. (And trying to imagine a situation on the island where being good at finding free porn could be helpful. It was frighteningly easy.)

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[glacial_witch]

Karla was here and shooting encouraging looks Raven's way. Thumbs up!

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[boywonder03]

Tim smiled at Karla. "Your uncle's an interesting guy."

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[glacial_witch]

Karla glanced up, startled at Tim. "You met him?" she asked. "This weekend?"

No, Karla. In a chatroom last Thursday. Duh!

"Is that interesting as in interesting, or interesting in you can't think a more polite adjective," she added, a bit suspiciously.

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[boywonder03]

"Yeah, at the convention," Tim said. "Interesting interesting. Is he really fifty thousand years old?"

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[glacial_witch]

"He's probably rounding down to the nearest century," Karla said, completely serious, "but yes. Craziest part? He's not even the oldest person I can think of."

That dubious honor went to Draca. Not that Karla would be making an issue of her age anywhere near where the other female could hear.

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[boywonder03]

"Wow," Tim said. "Do all your people live so long?"

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[glacial_witch]

Karla shook her head. "No, no. He's a Guardian--they're special. Most people die of old age at about a hundred twenty or thereabouts. Well, most people of the short-lived races, like me," she amended. "The long-lived races usually see about five thousand or so before they die."

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[boywonder03]

One-twenty was closer to what he was used to. "What does he Guard?" Tim asked.

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[glacial_witch]

"Well, he is the High Lord of Hell," Karla pointed out, chuckling a bit. "One could say he's the Guardian of that Realm. But Guardians...they don't Guard, I think. I'm not quite sure where the title comes from, actually."

She made a mental note to ask Saetan the origin of the term later.

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[boywonder03]

"I told him he should give you another chance to learn cooking," Tim said. "And I promised to eat something you cooked."

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[glacial_witch]

Karla smiled. "You did? Thank you! I baked some muffins!" she offered, pointing to a dozen slightly-charred lumps on the table. "I don't know which was the harder ingredient--buttermilk, because I had to make my own, or the jalapenos, because they were so damn spicy!"

She paused and added, "I had the oven on a leeetle too hot. If you scrape off the burned part, they should be good."

They were mostly burned-part.

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[boywonder03]

"Jalepeño's an interesting choice," Tim said, taking a muffin and attempting to find a non-burned bit. "Where'd you come up with that idea?"

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[glacial_witch]

"It was one of the recipes that Sookie offered," Karla said. "I don't know how they came out, since I tend to avoid really spicy foods, but I know others like them."

The spicy foods, of course. Not the muffins.