Camping, first day: campfire

by **Byrna Cooper** » Thu May 17, 2012 10:28 pm

When the first, very busy day of the camping trip began to wind down, Bear sat to the task of setting up the campfire.

Gathering the firewood and kindling, she stacked it and built a pit, and soon enough after a couple matches, a warm flame leapt into existence.

Smiling, she sat back, and waited for the rest of the campers to gather.

by **Christine Bowen** » Thu May 17, 2012 10:41 pm

"Time for ghost stories and marshmallows?" Christie asked

by **Byrna Cooper** » Thu May 17, 2012 10:45 pm

"Ghost stories, marshmallows, AND okay guitar playing. And if you all are good, I'll pull out the graham crackers and chocolate as well!"

by **Ryan Gabriel** » Thu May 17, 2012 10:54 pm

"Ah, my favorite part of camping," Ryan said as he walked up to the fire, slipping his arm around Bear as he took a seat.

by **Byrna Cooper** » Thu May 17, 2012 10:57 pm

Bear grinned, giving him a kiss on the cheek as she pushed the embers around to better fuel the fire.

"So, did your day go well?" she asked.

by **Haley Crusek** » Fri May 18, 2012 1:18 am

Haley sat in a camp chair with her knees pulled up to her chest, and stared off into the distance, looking pissed off. She wasn't particularly close to the fire or the rest of the group, but wasn't so far away as to seem antisocial enough to attract the attention of the counselor types.

What a terrible idea it had been coming on this trip...

by **Brigid Plunder** » Fri May 18, 2012 11:31 am

And to make matters worse, that's when Brigid walked up to the campfire with Alex in tow.

They looked... chummy.

by **Haley Crusek** » Fri May 18, 2012 12:36 pm

Oh god fucking damnit... she thought...perhaps a bit too loudly

by **Alex Carpenter** » Fri May 18, 2012 3:52 pm

Alex, in the meantime, was doing his best not to ogle Brigid as they walked up to the campfire. Which wasn't easy, but he was kind of managing to at least not to make it obvious.

Huh? he frowned at the odd thought.

by **Haley Crusek** » Fri May 18, 2012 5:02 pm

Haley got up, went to her tent, and grabbed a light hoodie, pulling it on and sitting back down, the hood up and her knees tucked up to her chest underneath the hoodie. The shadows of the hood and the flickering campfire hid her scowl at least a bit...

by **Brigid Plunder** » Fri May 18, 2012 5:23 pm

"...something wrong?" She asked Alex.

by **Christine Bowen** » Fri May 18, 2012 7:19 pm

"Hiya Haley." Christie called cheerfully "Thanks for helping with the wood!"

by **Haley Crusek** » Fri May 18, 2012 7:45 pm

Haley pondered carefully her response, and merely elected to pull on arm out of her hoodie and flick Christie off.

by **Thomas Bowen** » Fri May 18, 2012 7:57 pm

Tommy came up to the fire next, pulling up a hoodie and sweatpants, and his ever present hat.

With too many words (none really) he picked up a marshmallow stick and began poking the fire experimentally. Looking from Haley to Brigid and Alex, he gave a friendly smile to each.

by **Alex Carpenter** » Fri May 18, 2012 8:03 pm

"Nah, just felt... weird for a minute there," Alex answered Brigid quietly, waving back to Tommy.

by **Victoria Valentine** » Fri May 18, 2012 8:05 pm

"Glad everyone's getting along," Victoria mused as she walked up to the group, taking a seat a little farther back in an unoccupied spot, so she could be farther from the fire but still not cut off from the group.

by **Haley Crusek** » Fri May 18, 2012 8:08 pm

Haley just stared into the fire from the shadows of her hood, scowling.

by **Byrna Cooper** » Fri May 18, 2012 8:10 pm

"It's been a real groovy outing so far," Bear agreed.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Fri May 18, 2012 8:20 pm

"Well alright, then."

She offered a smile and a wave to Victoria.

by **Jason Black** » Fri May 18, 2012 8:40 pm

Jason practically bounced up to the group before sitting down.

"Hey guys!"

...

"Oooh, marshmallows!" he grinned, grabbing a marshmallowed stick and poking it into the fire.

by **Byrna Cooper** » Fri May 18, 2012 8:59 pm

"Careful. All marshmallows wil be eaten, even charred ones. Campsite house rules!"

Bear smirked, pulling up an old acoustic guitar, and began strumming.

by **Haley Crusek** » Fri May 18, 2012 9:04 pm

Good. Music to shut people up.

Haley scowled slightly less once the guitar started strumming.

by **Thomas Bowen** » Fri May 18, 2012 9:10 pm

"Hi, Haley. Enjoying the fire?" Tommy asked, a little oblivious to the ongoing situation.

by **Haley Crusek** » Fri May 18, 2012 9:19 pm

"Hi T-bow," she said after a long pause, just staring into the fire. "Yeah. Fire's nice." she said quietly.

by **Thomas Bowen** » Fri May 18, 2012 9:30 pm

"Want a marshmallow?" he asked, pulling out a slightly browned sample of his craft.

by **Haley Crusek** » Fri May 18, 2012 9:40 pm

"Sure," she smiled weakly, pulling her hand out of her hoodie and accepting the sticky prize.

by **Byrna Cooper** » Fri May 18, 2012 9:49 pm

Bear, meanwhile, began singing some New England campground classics.

"One dark night, when we were all in bed, Ol' Mizz O'Leary put a lantern in the shed.."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Fri May 18, 2012 10:55 pm

Stephanie smirked and joined in the campfire tune with Bear.

by **Kay Haddock** » Sat May 19, 2012 1:27 pm

Kay had been sparse the first day, outside of setting up (though to be honest she mostly benefitted from sharing one with Brigid in that regard) but judging from her wet hair she at least spent some time in the lake. Now she's sitting at the campfire, holding a marshmellow over it, looking glad. And it'd be damn hard to notice that at least part of it is fake.

by **Victoria Valentine** » Sat May 19, 2012 1:45 pm

Victoria, needless to say, was feeling far too dignified to be singing campfire songs. All the same, the general social time seemed to be good for her mood. And so it was with a playful smirk and a wink (when noticed) that she tossed a (non-toasted) marshmallow to bop it off of Kay's forehead.

by **Kay Haddock** » Sat May 19, 2012 1:49 pm

"Hey!" she chuckles, failing to catch the marshmallow that bounces off of her head.

by **Victoria Valentine** » Sat May 19, 2012 1:57 pm

"What? I'm just trying to share!" Victoria said, very-mock innocently.

by **Kay Haddock** » Sat May 19, 2012 2:03 pm

"At least it didn't come pre-melted." she smiles faintly.

by **Victoria Valentine** » Sat May 19, 2012 2:05 pm

"Ew, too sticky. ANd hot. That's not fun. Everyone thinks I'm mean, eesh," Victoria answered, winking at Kay.

by **Kay Haddock** » Sat May 19, 2012 2:09 pm

"You? Mean? That's totally brain-missing."

by **Byrna Cooper** » Sat May 19, 2012 2:37 pm

Soon, Bear's reselling of the deadly, ruinous Chicago Fire in quippy campfire song came to an end.

"Anyone else have a song?" she asked, pulling out some chocolate bars and packages of graham crackers.

by **Christine Bowen** » Sun May 20, 2012 1:36 am

"I have a ghost story." Christie offered.

by **Byrna Cooper** » Sun May 20, 2012 5:22 pm

"Oooo, spooky! The campfire has your attention, Miss Bowen!"

Bear passed Christie a flashlight, for accentuation.

by **Christine Bowen** » Sun May 20, 2012 9:27 pm

"One night, my family was driving home from a camping trip, and we saw a girl on the side of the road. She looked lost...." Christie said, launching in to a personalized version of the Phantom Hitch-hiker.

by **Thomas Bowen** » Sun May 20, 2012 9:45 pm

Tommy grinned, but quickly covered it with a mock gasp.

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