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voice & action ✪ now with added filtery goodness

May 31, 2011 11:06

[ buffy has been running on autopilot. smile at the right times, nod in the right moments. make the appropriately inappropriate remarks about over-sugared coffees and pop music at all the wrong times in just the right ways. it isn't hard to do once she sets her mind to it; after all, she had done it in sunnydale for seven years ( Read more... )

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[Filtered] its_troublesome May 31 2011, 20:09:33 UTC

[Oh, this comes at a great time. Shikamaru's been meaning to speak with her ever since his conversation with Albert. A bad cold just got in the way for the past week.]

You're Buffy Summers, then?

[He's positive you are. But you know. Being polite.]

[Filtered] slaying May 31 2011, 20:10:12 UTC

Mmhm. That would be me.

[Filtered] its_troublesome May 31 2011, 20:14:34 UTC

Nara Shikamaru. I'd be interested in talking to you about that combat school, if you have the time.

[Filtered] slaying May 31 2011, 20:31:02 UTC

I've got plenty of it. Time, I mean.

What's on your mind?

[Filtered] its_troublesome May 31 2011, 21:43:17 UTC

It's probably best to be discussed in person. I can explain it better that way. [Hi, I'm a ninja and have a healthy does of paranoia when it comes to the journals.] Is there somewhere I can meet you?

[Filtered] slaying May 31 2011, 23:02:19 UTC

The bar? I'm not working, but I can grab a booth.

[Filtered] its_troublesome May 31 2011, 23:21:31 UTC

Works for me. Meet you there in thirty?

[Filtered] slaying May 31 2011, 23:24:25 UTC

I'll be there.

[ and she will be! though she probably should have said something about expecting the teeny blonde. ]

[Action] its_troublesome June 1 2011, 00:36:36 UTC

[Well he knows she's blonde and he knows she apparently works there. All he has to do is ask the bartender to point her out to locate her when he does arrive. 8|b]

Yo. Sorry if I kept you waiting.

[Action] slaying June 1 2011, 01:36:11 UTC

Hey, don't sweat it. It's not often I get to hang out here and not have people shout orders at me.

[Action] its_troublesome June 1 2011, 02:15:04 UTC

Heh. [He nods to that and slides into the booth.] So about this combat training... you said you're the only one involved with it now?

[Action] slaying June 1 2011, 03:51:13 UTC

Well, I'm the only one coordinating it. There's quite a few teachers, though.

[Action] its_troublesome June 1 2011, 05:24:09 UTC

That's good. I wasn't sure, when I spoke to Albert Silverberg about it.

To cut to the chase, with the change in upper management among our good friends the Malnosso, it's probable that we're not going to have as much to work with on the upcoming drafts as we did before. There's not a lot we can do to plan for that without making things more troublesome for ourselves but prepare to fight as best as we can in case we're dragged out there.

There's two ways to do that. [He raises a finger here.] Teaching people what to do in combat is one thing, and I'm glad someone thought of it. I think it's done a lot to help. But on the last draft I noticed few of them were really capable of working with anyone but their friends, which is dangerous too. You can't always work with people you know.

I came up with an idea to help with that and presented it to Albert. He told me you'd be the best person to talk to about helping me work it out, if you're interested.

[Action] slaying June 1 2011, 13:04:41 UTC

Colour me very interested. [ especially if albert had thumbed her specifically for this sort of interest. it means a lot -- better than any other sort of sorting and filtering service. ]

It's a good point. I think it'll be a little tricky to implement but a massive advantage-us if it can be done.

[Action] its_troublesome June 1 2011, 14:39:00 UTC

[He nods.] It'll take a lot of work to get it going. What I have in mind are short-term teamwork drills. They'd be designed both to teach people how to work together on short notice, and to help them find people they'd do good working with.

Like you said, it'll be tricky. [And hardly ideal. Then again, the way this army works isn't really ideal either.] We'll need volunteers and such, and for some people it'll be about as difficult as picking up a weapon. But I think it could pay off.

[Action] slaying June 1 2011, 22:36:37 UTC

Teamwork doesn't come naturally to a lot of us, no.

[ this she knows and is occasionally guilty of. ] I think we can grandfather it into the rest of the training, though. If you're up to it.

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