18th Tactic

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[phone a; drone and evil jerkwad filter]

...okay, okay, this has been put off long enough. [He's muttering at first, but his next words are louder.] Good morning, Mayfield. This is Caesar. Since we've managed to survive the latest string of atrocities, I figured it might be a good time for another DA meeting. As of now, I'm really not going to bother with special messages anymore. They haven't proven any more secure than the phones and, frankly, are less inclusive and too much of a hassle.

[See: he's too lazy to do that ever again.]

For those of you who are new, the DA is the Defense Association. We still aren't the Resistance and we aren't a secret society. The DA is supposed to focus more on helping one another, since we're all stuck in this mess together. We have people who are willing to teach you how to defend yourself and a few other projects on the table to try and make this place slightly less horrible. [But only slightly.] Anyway, it's open to anyone, anyone can drop by the meeting, or not, whatever. Just try not to be a murderous psychopath when you do.

Moving along, the meeting will be Thursday night. We'll be using the high school gym this time, since the UFO doesn't exactly have heating set up and it's still cold out. It won't only be DA business. There will be an open forum part in the meeting if anyone wants to come along and add their own two potch on, well, anything, I guess.

If anyone has questions that they don't want to ask over the phones, I'm not at my usual house right now, but I can tell you where I am. [Just not publicly. Uh, because. Reasons.] And no, I don't have snacks for the meeting. Don't ask, not unless you're offering to provide some...

[phone b; filtered to DA and Resistance folk]

Hey, I found out who stole the map and papers from my room. Does anyone have further info on some kid named Schrodinger? He's another teleporter and a huge jerk, but that's all I know.

[After the phone calls, Caesar can be found hanging out around 747 Partridge Drive for the rest of the morning. Inevitably, he deigns to make an appearance at school for a class or two, maybe even lunch! He'll sleep through that for the most part, since he still has no plans on learning from that joke of an institution. Nonetheless, he can be found skulking around there or between school and Partridge Drive on his way back to, well, hiding, because let's be honest, that's exactly what he's doing.]

Comments

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Wow, there's really a lot of teleporters in Mayfield, aren't there?

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Way too many. At least the rest of you aren't dangerous...

[waffuport]

You mean there's dangerous ones? I didn't know that.

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Anyone can be dangerous, Viki. They can't all be like you.

[waffuport]

....I can be dangerous too, you know! I've fought in battles and everything.

[commentboxtroll]

Then there you have it. You already knew there were dangerous ones.

[waffuport]

But does that mean the rest are all harmless?

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No. That means the rest can be as harmless or as dangerous as they want to be.

[waffuport]

Ohhh.

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So you get it now?

[waffuport]

I think I do!

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Good. So... [He probably shouldn't even bring this up. She's likely forgotten!] About that stuff I told you last week.

[waffuport]

...

................Oh!

[Totally forgot.]

I realized you're probably not really my cousin! So that part's not a problem.

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My cousin? [................oh, right. That happened, too.] ...right. That part. And the other?

[waffuport]

....Well, ah....if you really mean it, I suppose I don't mind....

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No, that's... You don't have to worry about that. [Wait, what?] You don't? I mean, you wouldn't?

[Not that he meant it, okay! 8|]

[waffuport]

Well...you seemed so serious about it! I should at least give you a chance, right?

[commentboxtroll]

You should really only do that if you like them, too, you know... or...

[You know what, he doesn't know. This isn't something he knows.]

Anyway... I wasn't, so like I said, it's not a thing.

[waffuport]

Oh...really? You're sure..?

[She sounds almost disappointed--in an 'all that thinking for nothing' sort of way.]

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It was kind of a Mayfield thing. [Wow, Viki. Don't sound like that, it's making him uncertain.] I mean, it's not like I'm really that romantic or...

[Was that confession even remotely romantic? Why are people so obsessed with giving each other flowers anyway?!]

People don't just spout off that they love someone. It's too sudden!

[waffuport]

I don't really know much about romance either, come to think of it...

[Disappointment is gone! She is now back to her usual self.]

Really? Is that how it is? I think one of Ace's stories. did something like that though.

[commentboxtroll]

[Good. He was worried for a second...]

I'm pretty sure most of his stories aren't even true.

[Ace's stories are dumb, okay. :|]

[waffuport]

They're really fun to read though! Or to listen to.