The Barkeep (
forcegalactic) wrote in
melodiesoflife2016-07-12 11:48 am
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
Preparations for a Fierce Battle
Who: Everyone
What: A meeting to discuss the plan of attack against Palitutu
When: July 13th
Where: Old Observatory
Warnings: Threadjacking and discussion is heavily encouraged
[Anyone approaching the Observatory can smell the meeting long before they enter the building. Mordecai and Ellena worked hard the past several days cooking dishes for the Heroes and any guests they brought, resulting in a tiring contests of who could cook the most.
Dishes from Mars. Dishes from Ellana's world. Pastries. Any snack the two of them could find the recipe for. If there were some people that were unsure whether to come to the meeting or not, free food is the strongest argument.
The largest meeting room is prepared with tables and chairs for everyone to sit down, with sofas lining the sides. When everyone settles down and grabs a plate, Mordecai steps onto an area at the end of the room devoid of tables and chairs.]
Alright, alright. We got food in our stomachs, so it's about time we get this started.
Now, we all know why we're here. Palitutu's comin' in less than a month, and we still need to come up with a plan of attack. Seein' how big this team grew, there's gonna be a wide differences in opinions. Last thing we need is all of us disagreein' on what to do at the last minute.
[Like a few days ago. That was a disaster.]
We have plenty of reason to believe that she's not gonna listen to anythin' we say and kill us at the start, so we'll need to prepare our openin' move. There's plenty of ways to fight a WEAPON, but we gotta work together to do it in an efficient manner.
So. Now that I got your attention, what ideas do you have to offer?
What: A meeting to discuss the plan of attack against Palitutu
When: July 13th
Where: Old Observatory
Warnings: Threadjacking and discussion is heavily encouraged
[Anyone approaching the Observatory can smell the meeting long before they enter the building. Mordecai and Ellena worked hard the past several days cooking dishes for the Heroes and any guests they brought, resulting in a tiring contests of who could cook the most.
Dishes from Mars. Dishes from Ellana's world. Pastries. Any snack the two of them could find the recipe for. If there were some people that were unsure whether to come to the meeting or not, free food is the strongest argument.
The largest meeting room is prepared with tables and chairs for everyone to sit down, with sofas lining the sides. When everyone settles down and grabs a plate, Mordecai steps onto an area at the end of the room devoid of tables and chairs.]
Alright, alright. We got food in our stomachs, so it's about time we get this started.
Now, we all know why we're here. Palitutu's comin' in less than a month, and we still need to come up with a plan of attack. Seein' how big this team grew, there's gonna be a wide differences in opinions. Last thing we need is all of us disagreein' on what to do at the last minute.
[Like a few days ago. That was a disaster.]
We have plenty of reason to believe that she's not gonna listen to anythin' we say and kill us at the start, so we'll need to prepare our openin' move. There's plenty of ways to fight a WEAPON, but we gotta work together to do it in an efficient manner.
So. Now that I got your attention, what ideas do you have to offer?
no subject
Either he had blanked her completely, out of no intention to do so, or Sheena really had been using those base ninja skills she had to her advantage.
As she meets his eye contact, Sephiroth blinks down to look at her crystal before rising his attention to her face again. He imagines others have seen this state of mind on him, before on a few occasions but to see it on one of those others is concerning.
Maybe he does care more than he lets on, after all.]
-doing ok?
[The side quest for the sandwich is put on hold, for the time being.]
no subject
If she wasn't feeling so down, she'd be pleased she had done her Grandpa proud.
This state of mind for her isn't normal, so it's perfectly understandable that it catches him off guard. As does his being concerned does to her.
Drawing back slightly in surprise, she nods. ]
Yeah. I'm fine. [ Her go-to answer, Seph. ] How are you doing?
no subject
Not exactly, but Sephiroth would have time for a handful and Sheena is one of those. Both eyebrows rise at her answer and he chances to step a little closer to her. He's much too polite to force himself into her immediate vicinity, to sit next to her, right away but he is intuitive enough not to buy the 'go-to' response.
At the time same, it's not his place to push...]
Trying to fill the gaps, you know...[Hmph.] The usual.
[He's trying to make light of it by poking a little fun at himself.]
no subject
She hadn't gone back to looking at her crystal, so she doesn't miss him moving closer, and she wonders if he has something he needs to talk to her about. Like her actions a few days ago. Well, he doesn't have to say anything about that to her.
She's already said plenty to herself. And she isn't quite finished yet.
Still, she keeps silent, waiting for him to answer her question. A response that has her giving him a solemn look. ]
I hope you succeed in that, Sephiroth. I really do.
[ Didn't quite catch the humor there, obviously. ]
no subject
Not that the damage wasn't done, that yet more citizens had lost family members and friends.
He thinks it's unusual for Sheena to react with such seriousness to an obvious attempt to lighten the mood, but then, it's not as if he's the paladin of social interactions.]
And you?
[The attempt at humor is dropped, completely.]
no subject
Nowadays, she's not exactly sure what to think anymore.
Except, that's the very answer she gives him with a slight shrug of the shoulders. ]
Just thinking about things, that's all.
no subject
[Try as he might, there isn't any dismissing the way that the way the outside corners of almond-shaped eyes seem to harden up as Sephiroth addresses an issue that he also struggles with.]
...until it's not. Until it starts to breed a lethal kind of hesitation.
Right?
[He doesn't mean to force the conversation, yet at the same time he seems to think he might have great deal to relate to the hurdle Sheena might be trying to get over.]
no subject
Acting on certain thoughts can also lead to a kind of lethal hesitation if time is wasted, too.
[ He's not really forcing anything. Sheena's just scared to say anything. ]
no subject
Or similarly if time isn't taken in consideration beforehand...
[In other words; damned if they do, damned if they don't. A concept all too familiar to too many of the Heroes of Light.]
...question is, which is the lesser evil. To live with the regret it might carry, or regret having not taken the chance in the first place?
no subject
Damned if you do, and damned if you don't. No matter how hard you try...
[ She gives him a solemn look. ]
Neither. Both of them are equally painful because they're tied together.
no subject
That's right. Frustrating as it is.
[Sephiroth tilts his head a little to the side, partly in thought, but partly in an attempt to further engage Sheena into coming out of her shell a little bit for him. Her opinions matter, at least to him.]
So it's that regret that we need to curb, or do we stop trying?