Council Meeting # 1!

[runs_on_batteries]

[ooc: I thought this might be easiest for people to tag and talk. So the invitation to the dining car is going to be through the ICP, the actually discussions aren't. I'm listing a few topics as starts, but add your own if you'd like. Please indicate which conversations people should be able to threadjack and which ones they shouldn't.]

[ICP Part: OTA?]

[Mid-morning on Basoon 15, Tony appears on the ICP looking freshly showered and still in his sleeper 1C room.]

Council members, please join me in the dining car. It's time we finally got together and discussed some matters that have come up on board. Ash, that means you too.

[Council Meeting Part: Council Members Only]

[When the council members arrive, they'll find tea and coffee have been freshly made and a freshly baked coffee cake with small plates and a spatula are next to it.]

Welcome everyone! Please, get yourself some refreshments and have a seat. Since Manabu appears to be missing, I've asked Ash to join us as the alternate.

[ooc- in case anyone forgot the council members are: Tony, Feanor, Manabu, Sarai, Dread, and Lightning with Ash as the official alternate.]

Comments

[tinkerheart]

[He won't elaborate on Ash as they barely spoke but he has a few words to say about the other candidate.]

I agree on Renee. She did a great job on the last mission connecting the teams and helped me with refugees after I got caught up in the mudslide. She might need some guidance but she's independent and thinks quickly. It's a good choice.

[Certainly not only children will need encouragement with the fighting lessons. Reigen for one seemed pretty lost down there.]

I'm sure anyone in need, and I don't have only children in mind, would benefit from different approaches to the subject.

My skill is with blades, swords and daggers, those I can teach but we don't know what we will be against next time nor what weapons, if any, we would have at our disposal. It would benefit all to know at least basics from whatever specialty each of us here has.

[He would sneak a couple of questions about your armor, Tony. Just makes sure first Curufin is withing the earshot to hear any answers.]

i can move this to a new response if needed, i just felt she was responding directly to his points

[bombashbunny]

[ Ash listened to him with her full attention, nodding in agreement at the points he made and his ideas. ]

I agree. Renee is intelligent and resourceful. Her powers are also well placed in any group. She has a good heart and tends to be well meaning. She has shown to be willing to listen to a guiding hand.

I do not like to speak of myself for fear of appearing to grandstand, but Renee has shown to be willing to listen to me and trust me. I think that it would not be bad to keep us together, at least to start.

...If she wants to of course. We shouldn't force her to do something she would not like.

[ She took a sip from her coffee. ]

I also agree with respect to training. After the last mission I know I could certainly benefit from training with blades, not just hand to hand combat.

Mayhap another questionnaire is in order to try and assess what skills everyone has? From there we could devise who could train their respective skills.

It's a big group discussion :D It's a little chaotic, so no worries.

[runs_on_batteries]

If you're on board with this, then would you and Ignis present the idea to her? I think if we have the two of you join them it should be enough to keep the Blue team from drowning.

[That sounded pretty well decided to him.]

Do any of the other teams need anything? How were they feeling to you all? I was resistant initially to the idea of training in our teams, but I believe there was wisdom in that.

[faithfulsupport]

The Blue team most certainly did not drown.

[They were fine, he wasn't.]

There is wisdom in training our teams and making sure everyone is better equipped to handle whatever may come our way. With this training, the team is more properly cohesive and thus prepared as a unit.

[A pause]

I will present the idea to Renee and let her decide.

[runs_on_batteries]

Fine. The Blue team got knocked out. Whatever. Same point!

[He gave Ignis a look.]

Stop taking that so personally like we think the Blue team is full of idiots! I realize your teammates did their best. That doesn't change the fact that one of the Blue members were in trouble and it wasn't right.

[faithfulsupport]

[Tony got a blink-and-you'll-miss-it look but then Ignis nodded, the polite crisp professional armor was in place.]

Of course.

[runs_on_batteries]

[The smallest of smirks touched his face at that before he could look away.]