Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part I

[bigdamndean]

It might have been the start of the fall semester, but it was definitely still summer in Fandom. The sun was shining and the temperature was already starting to get high, even as the NPC crew set things up for the day

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Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[bigdamndean]

Next to all of the informational tables was another table, filled with friendly faces. At least, one could assume that they were friendly, since this was the table for the reserves and their reservey business.

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[inneedofcoffee]

"The war we'd been in for quite some time just recently ended." Kinda. "Though, at that point, the only thing the soldiers were contributing to was the fertilizing of the battlefields."

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[puppy_fair]

Zack actually winced a little at that one. Nevermind that he'd done a good deal of fertilizing himself, when it came to his raid on Fort Tamblin in Wutai.

"I'm sorry to hear that it was that bad," he offered. "I mean... I'm made to fight, but there's no news that's quite as good to hear as that the war is over, too."

Even if it meant that he just sat around and stagnated and slowly lost his mind.

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[inneedofcoffee]

"Made to fight?" Of course she picked up on that.

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[puppy_fair]

Well, why not!

"Kind of built for it," Zack clarified. "I guess you could say. Everybody in SOLDIER is. That's why we're the go-to people for the bigger stuff, you know? One of us can take down an enemy that two dozen people from ShinRa's other organizations would take heavy casualties on."

Which... wasn't bragging. When Zack bragged, you knew.

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[inneedofcoffee]

That earned him an overly interested look. "You don't smell too off from being human."

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[puppy_fair]

Blink. Blink blink.

"You have a really good nose," Zack offered. "I'm... Not really normal, I guess."

Kind of. Sort of. Being doused in radiation and gene-spliced with an alien entity bent on interplanetary destruction had that effect on a guy.

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[inneedofcoffee]

"Aren't we all?"

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[puppy_fair]

That got Zack to relax a bit, yes.

"I guess we are," he agreed. That's what he'd been telling his new little sibling earlier, too, after all. "It keeps things from getting too boring, right?"

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[inneedofcoffee]

"I think this place is never in danger of being boring."

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[puppy_fair]

"No, that's true," Zack agreed, pursing his lips thoughtfully. "Way too comfortable, maybe. But never boring."

A thought occurred to him, now that the cookies were well and truly out of mind.

"Will we be seeing more of you at the reserves from now on?"

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[inneedofcoffee]

"I think you will," Maladicta replied. "As long as you don't give away any more of these cookies while I'm there."

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[puppy_fair]

"Usually we get the cookies from in town anyhow," Zack replied, falling right back into a momentary pout. "There's not enough time in the week to bake new ones for every meeting. Not if I want to keep up on training, too."

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[inneedofcoffee]

That made so much more sense. "Have you... actually tried one?"

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[puppy_fair]

"No," he admitted. "I didn't want to take any away from the tray, just in case there were lots of new people..."

And besides, he had a whole pocket full of Oreos that he kept forgetting about! Oreos!

Re: Meet the Reserves [Fall 2010]

[inneedofcoffee]

"Perhaps you should try one." Just so you can tell the horror.