Kazoo 19 Red Meeting [open]

[enthunder]

Who: Red Team, people Who Are Basically In Red Team Let's Be Honest, people who are dating a Red Team member (god im so sorry), etc.
Where: Training Gym
When: Month Kazoo, Day 19. After lunch.
What: It's the monthly red team meeting! This is a free-for-all mingle to have everyone check in and get an idea of what everyone else can do. Prompts will involve reviewing the last mission, giving information, and introducing new characters. "but elle, my character wouldn't attend the meeting!" lightning's not their mom they can skive if they want.
Warnings: will be added if necessary

Sometimes Lightning wishes some of the others who've left were still here to handle things. It's what she'd wanted, back when Tony and the others had stepped in: someone to cut away the irritating chaff and give her something to aim at. To make things less complicated.

Now that someone is her, and it means she has to get over herself. No room for hesitation. And so, as lunchtime is winding down, the clink of plates and empty glasses starting to drown out the sounds of a meal, she taps her knife against her own glass for attention. It's not an unfamiliar announcement, at least.

"Red meeting in the training gym in fifteen minutes. Set your SCAs if you think you'll be late. Anyone else... Come along if you want. It's mission talk, more or less."
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Even the format of the meeting is familiar. It's worked so far, even if most of the faces have changed since the last time. Odin stands sentinel, the horned crest of his helmet not quite brushing the lights of the carriage, and does little other than shift occasionally. With him not exerting himself, the drain on her eidolith is just lessened enough that she can keep him manifested for long enough to use him as a training dummy.

"Icebreaker time. Last time I asked how you'd take this guy out. This time's the same, except you can't hit her." Her being Buttercup, a scowling twelve-year-old, looking small beside Odin.

The kid clears her throat, and Lightning sighs. "Right. You tell me a way that hits her, she gets a free hit back. A real one."

Everyone gets a turn to answer or discuss, though she doesn't chase anyone not wearing red for a response.
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While she's mostly happy to let people discuss what they want, she brings several issues up in the course of the meeting:

Several team members overexerted themselves or panicked in the recent mission, and endangered themselves and others. Light doesn't call people out by name, but she definitely makes eye contact with several people around the room. She gets it, she says, but if there's something like that that's gonna keep happening, she wants people to at least tell someone. If it's a fear, a memory, an injury... It doesn't have to be her. Just someone they trust. Preferably as soon as possible.

People are making use of supplies, which is good. She reiterates an offer to help purchase anything important passengers might need for missions, whether components or weaponry, and has a supply list on-hand for passengers to read through. There are weapons and gear available, and she'll fetch anything they might want to try.

[ OOC: Post your own toplevels with new discussion topics! Mingle all you like, I'll have Lightning moderate but this is a discussion for everyone.

For icebreaker 'how I'd take out Odin' responses, use Little One's toplevel! ]

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talking to lightning

[enthunder]

[ if characters are addressing lightning directly/privately, tag here! everything else is free-for-all. ]

[zombiemessiah]

[Murphy makes his usual commentary when he comes in. Just some comment about the country club shirts they're given to wear, that kind of thing, directed at no one in particular but his own sense of fun.]

[But upon reading the supply list, suddenly he finds himself wandering... will this stuff even work on him? So for all that Murphy is bitch and sass he ends up being a little more serious as he goes up to Lightning, idly flicking his finger against his palm as waits for the chance to say something without anyone close by.]

I'm in a little bit of a complicated situation. I sort of exist in a state between alive and dead. [He makes a so-so motion with his hand. Technically dead, but his heart still beats. He can still father children. He just has a few inconvenient cravings.] Bummer, yeah. I don't know how much of this stuff will work on me.

[controlsthedie]

[ Lightning had locked eyes with Thanatos, and Thanatos knows exactly why. He had done both. The first was could have been avoided and shouldn't be a problem unless there was another world that sapped Thanatos of his strength with the sudden need to transport two living people at once.

The panicking on the battlefield... some people do know why. However, Zagreus was fighting elsewhere. Ryo and Persephone were also in another area entirely. So when Lightning is alone, Thanatos walks up to her. ]

About what happened during the final battle... I don't like when people grab me by the wrists.

[ He drops his gaze to the floor and sighs. Saying he dislikes it is putting it mildly. ]

[morganizedchaos]

[It's one of the new purple guys - amazingly, actually shorter than Lightning herself - and he's mostly kept to the sidelines, eyeballing Odin at first. Twenty people is within his tolerance for an hour or so, though, so Ghost mostly just lives up to his name, lurking and listening on the sidelines.

Near the end, he vanishes briefly... To come back with a mug that he practically shoves into Lightning's hands.]

Here. Reward for your hard work.

[It's a chocolate mug cake with a big dollop of whatever ice cream they have sitting around on the top, with a spoon shoved in it.

It has been three days and the primary takeaway of this is that everyone appreciates a mug cake.]

[helborn]

[Casper slips in about midway through the meeting, keeping to the wall of the gym in a space that's not otherwise occupied by someone brooding. He's wearing his purple hoodie, waiting for things to clear a bit. Once Lightning breaks the meeting - or at least the 'strategy and inventory' part of the meeting - he wanders over when she's not being approached by anyone else.]

[He raises his hand briefly in greeting, shoulders hunching a little bit.]

Hey. Thought I'd come over... I'm obviously not on your team, but I might be joining up on some missions depending on what purple needs or if one of the other teams need coverage.

[worthallthis]

Red team is way too prone to lurking on the sidelines. Soldat is trying hard not to do that. Also, they want to help, and the organization they saw during the last mission was... slightly less than the obsessive organization of Purple team.

So they wind up approaching Lightning at some point during the meeting. "Do you have someone handling your food situation?" they ask.

[10billionpercent]

[ Senku is neither red team, or even red team adjacent, but he figures Lightning would be at a red team meeting.

He's not going to interrupt anyone, he's patient, he can wait. He will however see if he can catch her attention when she isn't busy. ]

Have you got a moment? [ He'll ask, but not to worry, he'll get to the point. ]

I wanted to ask you a couple of questions about the mana drives and the other supplies on hand, that Tidus explained how to use to me, but I was looking for a bit more in-depth information.

Target Practice

[knifewithnoname]

[She stands scowling, though the scowl is mostly for show. She doesn't mind this, especially since Priestess Lightning agreed that if she got hit she could hit back. Even better that Priestess Lightning said she could hit them if they came up with a stupid idea that would get her hit.

So she's pretty okay with being a teaching tool. She scowls anyways, as if daring them to hit her.]

[miseris_socios]

[wtf is this robot shit. Ken looks at Little One, then back to Odin, and crosses his arms.]

I’d use my spear to open up one of the armor plates and use Nemesis to shock him in his exposed innards.

Than's ice breaker answer

[controlsthedie]

[ Thanatos closes his eyes and reaches out with his sense. He thinks he can sense the threads he'd need to cut with his sword or scythe. He's not entirely sure, but he's not about to test his powers on fellow passengers. ]

I would cut the threads of Odin and instantly end his life, and if that cannot be done, I would do that to Lightning since she summoned him.

[ Then he sighs, and he can't hide the edge of bitterness from entering his tone. ]

And if my powers of death are nullified again, I shift Buttercup out of the way and let someone else, probably Zagreus, finish the job.

[inquisitor_lavellan]

[ Here's Alley, accompanied by her giant war-dog puppy, Bean. ]

I'd make him focus on only myself, leaving him wide open for attacks from others.

[ Bean whines. ]

...Including my dog.

[ Bean gives a happy bark! ]

[zombiemessiah]

I dunno, he a five-star restaurant guy? [He says to the question, because he can't help himself. If the chance is there, he has to take it.] Play distraction and lure it away while someone else got the girl and someone else killed the big armor person.

[Murphy's fake answer. His preferred answer would be 'with an army'. But that's harder to manage than it used to be. Also what the hell is that thing even?]

An attempt! (Threadjacks/ just grabbing him are a-okay)

[cycledsingularity]

"Psst.." [It's debatable to say that anyone actually invited Mono to this meeting, or if he himself is even consciously attending it on purpose. From the moment he arrived through the ICP he hasn't said a word to anyone, merely keeping to the shadows and ducking out of sight. Such a small thing couldn't possibly be a team member, yet the red hoodie says otherwise.]

"Oi..."

[He knows one thing apparently-- that Buttercup shouldn't be standing so close to the hulking monstrosity. So regardless of whose 'turn' it is, and what brilliant strategy they are offering, this doll-sized kid will sneak close in the background and try to get Buttercup's attention, so he can insistently tug on the sleeve of 'help escort' them to safety. Hurry! Before the bigger big thing notices!]

[bakegarasu]

[Otoha just circles around them for a moment, assessing the situation.]

In armor? Carve him up with a few sword slashes. Can cut through pretty much anything. Out of armor? Get on top of him and find a weak spot to chop at.

[The answer's pretty obvious, duh.]

Topic: Death wants to keep the Red Team alive

[controlsthedie]

I am Thanatos, Death Incarnate. However, I am not here on assignment to collect anyone.

[ He lifts his arm with the manadrive. It's from Lightning's world, and Ryo had purchased one for him. His voice, once steady, grows a little nervous when he switches to talk about something going against his duty of death. ]

I'm going to be helping the healers out with this. Especially after the last mission. So... please don't be afraid if I approach.

[ And if someone wants to talk to Thanatos about something else, feel free to do so here. ]

[zombiemessiah]

I would say that I can't believe I'm in a place where yelling 'Medic!' would make Death come running but I can absolutely believe that.

[That is 100% his luck. He gestures to the mana drive.]

I don't think that stuff will work on me so if something happens I guess I tough it out.

[Worse comes to worse? He'll be very upset with a second death but, y'know, he'll take it over excruciating pain.]

Ken Amada (AU) | OTA

[miseris_socios]

[Ken is lingering in the gym, trying not to be in the middle of any groups but not quite pressing against the wall. He's easy to identify for anyone who was in the battle at the gate during the mission - it's not like there's a ton of kids his age.]

[He's mostly watching people, a little anxious when they come near him. He tucks his hands in his pockets, gripping his Evoker nervously. He's in a weird, antsy mood... part of it is probably how many people there are.]

thief king bakura (au) | ota

[shegypt]

[ Bakura is lounging outside whichever door to the training gym seems less likely to get traffic, messily and casually attacking a piece of fruit from the kitchen. Meeting fellow red team members doesn't interest her, but eavesdropping on people's answer to the Odin question is......interesting.

Floating just beyond her is a neon green....something or other that isn't a ka (it's Eva's Lele). Bakura's fruit is basically a fistful of pulp, but she holds it out to the Pokemon anyway. ] Want some?

[ Float. Float. Bakura shrugs. She hadn't honestly expected the thing to take bribes, but one never knows what one does not attempt. Chomp. ]

Your loss......

[seacub]

I'm not really sure that thing eats, [Emporio admits, watching the exchange. Weather Report isn't around right now, but she might have seen him- and heard Emporio for that matter- while the boy explained rather handily how he could simply disable the entire thing's joints, or feasibly blow the thing into a wall, without actually hitting dear Buttercup.

He may have also pieced out, aloud, that 'changing how the air around him functions is definitely a bad idea if I have to avoid hitting someone though...', which, would have been equally audible.

Apparently that 'Stand' thing- really, how is it Not a Ka?- is kinda freaky!] I don't know for sure though.

[helborn]

There's a guy in a purple hoodie also approaching the meeting. When he spots Bakura, however, he takes a different tactic. He turns entirely black, only the faintest hints of lighter black defining his features. He slips into the shadows, keeping his movements silent as he creeps up behind her.

"Boo."

well I guess SOMEONE has to bring snacks

[morganizedchaos]

[Okay, so, who brought donuts to the Red Team meeting?

(Probably an equally valid question: Who on the train even knows how to make donuts?)

Anyway, they're just simple ones - plain and chocolate, either uniced, with a simple glaze poured over one half (better for holding without getting sticky) or a few with powdered sugar (probably not as good for holding). There's also a basket of donut holes (you have your choice of uniced or powdered sugar here, no takebacks).

Oh, and if you're looking for a culprit, Ghost is quietly lurking in the corner, occasionally telekinesis-ing a powdered sugar donut hole from the basket to eat (or pitch at someone for horrible puns). There's not much evidence, considering the powdered sugar, but there's a bit of chocolate-flour dust stuck to the bottom hem of his purple polo.

Look. There's only so much Baking Mishap you can avoid with telekinesis.]

[zombiemessiah]

Okay, what the hell was that? Thanks for the snack, by the way.

Murphy comes over to Ghost to stand beside of him, not saying anything out loud, just leaning against the wall with his hands in his pockets and one leg kicked up.

Useful talent. We could have used that.

The fall of humanity is rough and if there were obstacles they could have avoided just to get a small item? Man, at least one of those bites should have been worth a little telekenesis.

[bakegarasu]

[Snacks? ... Snacks. Otoha takes a donut hole carefully, looking around and - hm. He pops it in his mouth and wanders over towards Ghost.]

Why?

[You're not even on this team, dude.]

Xue Yang | OTA

[xue_yang]

Xue Yang isn't much of a people person. He doesn't care to socialize or play target practice. He knows what he is capable of and he does what he wants when the times comes. He didn't even stay with Red team when things got crazy. He went and helped a different team which was not his usual. He doesn't really care what team he works with as long as he gets a chance to fight.

But he comes to the meetings because...maybe something useful will come out of it. So he leans against the wall off to one side, watching everything but not making any more to be social.

/sneaks in late

[prototypal]

Steve is, well, lurking. It's a relief not being in charge of anything, but it's also kind of a pain because he's not sure what to do. What exactly he can contribute that other members aren't also doing.

So he's just going to stand out of the way and listen.