Blue Meeting:

[callmegladio]

Who: Gladio + Blue Team and Friends.
Where: Dining carriage. (Change of venue, larger space)
When: Grasshopper 15th after lunch.
What: The first Blue Team meeting with the new Leadership in place.
Warnings: Unknown. Possible cuteness. Snack induced jealousy. Will update if something comes up!

To say that Gladio was nervous would be an understatement. He hadn't been able to get much sleep the night before worrying if this would work out the way he had planned. Would people be receptive to what he asked? Would people even come to this meeting? He had been assured by several people there would be at least some (who could resist lovingly prepared snacks?) but it remained to be seen.

Gladio sat at a table, there was a notepad and a pencil in his hand. He would be taking notes of things he deemed important.

Once people started filtering in, Gladio began to feel somewhat better. Calmer. He watched them milling about with a smile. It was only when he thought there was enough that he rose and gave a call to get people's attention.

"First, I just wanna thank everyone for coming. I know it was short notice, but between the mission and platform day coming up, my hands were tied.

In future I'm going to do my best to have a meeting like this before every big mission, once we get the info. I don't think a little organisation can hurt. And... with that in mind. The reason I wanted to get you all here. I want everyone to get to know each other. And I want to learn more about you all. I'd like, if you're all willing, to assign simple roles within the team to each person for missions. If you don't want to be part of that, just let me know. That's your choice." He smiled wider. "If you do... I'll get to you. If you've any questions, I'm open to them. Piccolo and WangJi are also here to answer your questions and concerns. Not just here and not just for missions, but any you have. We're here for you."

With that his smile became a grin. "Now... I know two of our number have been working hard to make delicious snacks, so do me a favour? Make them happy and dig in! Enjoy them and... chat. Mingle. Get to know your fellow blue. We're a small team, lets make us the best team!"

Comments

[hotheadwarmheart]

Lea sighed. This... wasn't going how he had hoped. But what the heck could he do? He could only push Xion so far; eventually she'd have to walk on her own. But getting her to take those first few steps was like pulling teeth. Why was she so determined to remain invisible? Why was she so determined to remain a Nobody? And how could he get her past it so the rest of the train could see the bright, sweet, stubborn, and sometimes even cheeky young girl that he saw?

He wanted to ask her those things, but this wasn't the time or the place. Finally he said, "Xion, you really... You need to stop looking at everything through an Organization lens. And more than that, you need to stop being afraid not to. But it's pretty obvious you don't wanna be at this meeting, so go ahead and go back to the room if you want. Or wherever. I'll see you back there later. I'm gonna stick around awhile longer."

Lea hated giving up too. But he was starting to seriously run out of ideas. If Xion wasn't going to believe the evidence of her own eyes and ears, or was going to filter everything through a fear-colored lens always waiting for the blade to come down on her, there was only so much he could do.

Thank you for the thread.

[nobodys_puppet]

As bad as things had been at the Organization she had at least understood things there. And even when she found out things were lies, there were still enough other things she understood - even if they were bad things - that she could get her mind around the situation. Sometimes. But first at the school, then here, she had so few anchors that she often seemed to be falling, unable to find roof under her boots. At the school she had two. Him and Roxas. And even they were different than she remembered in some ways. Enough the same to still be them, still be her best friends. Maybe she could have handled the other different if everything else had made sense, but it hadn't.

Then they came here and things made even less sense, and Roxas... didn't remember and then vanished...

She had to see things through the lens of the past, because the present made no sense and kept changing too fast for her to follow. She wondered, sometimes, if things would be easier if she still had Sora's memories. Those flashes had been confusing but there had also been something almost solid there, almost. But they were gone now. All she had left was Axel and what she knew about herself. But he kept telling her that none of that was true. It was all too much, too different. When he said she could go, she knew he wanted her to stay. And she wanted to for him. But after a moment hesitation she gave in and fled. She ran away, back to their room, to hide in her bed, hoping for something that would make sense.