Camping

[daringyoungman]

Dick and Cat wanted to go camping. Dick asked Bonnie. Dick asked around, then somehow the word got out and it was a CAMPING TRIP.

Which he's okay with, really. He doesn't get much chance to hang around with other kids.

They pick a spot a good distance from the bar, near enough to the lake that washing and swimming can happen, not so close to the forest that demon bunnies are a severe threat, and set about pitching a camp for the weekend, or whenever they all get bored...

Comments

Re: Campfire's burning

[sunbaked_baker]

"Maybe you were able to end it successfully, then," Rae mumbles, through her s'more. "But the best stories, you want to remember after they're done."

Maybe it wasn't a very good one.

Re: Campfire's burning

[herr_bookman]

"Maybe," Autor says, focused on toasting this marshmallow successfully. "It's a puzzle, it truly is. I know I'm at the point where I can figure it out, but I've not yet grasped the answer."

He shrugs, turning the skewer. "I wish I could remember this Story. I have the book to read, The Prince and the Raven, but I have the impression that's not the whole of it."

Re: Campfire's burning

[sunbaked_baker]

"The book may just be a clue to the whole of it. Just the beginning," Rae considers, and goes back to leaning against his side.

"You'll figure it out."

Autor is clever like that.

Re: Campfire's burning

[herr_bookman]

Autor wraps his arm around her again, beaming down at her. "Thanks," he says. "I appreciate your vote of confidence in me. I think you're right about the book being the beginning of it. I know that, for example, characters from that story manifested in real life, most notably Princess Tutu."

Re: Campfire's burning

[sunbaked_baker]

"What happens to characters when they're taken out of their story?" Rae wonders, content to lean against him and be hugged.

Re: Campfire's burning

[herr_bookman]

"I'm not sure," Autor says, rubbing her shoulder. He turns his skewer again to brown the opposite side of his marshmallow. "I know that the Monster Raven came out as well, as did the Prince. So there were at least three characters running around."

Re: Campfire's burning

[sunbaked_baker]

"Wouldn't someone notice if a monster raven were around?"

Re: Campfire's burning

[herr_bookman]

"They should have," Autor says, pulling his marshmallow back toasted golden brown. "But he was sealed away, so he was present but not really. I wonder if someone unsealed him and defeated him to end the Story?"

Re: Campfire's burning

[sunbaked_baker]

"You'll find it in your memories, if that's what happened," Rae nods. It sounds likely to her, even if she's not terribly familiar with the story and how stories might enter reality.

Re: Campfire's burning

[herr_bookman]

"So I will," Autor says, squeezing her shoulder before setting his marshmallow on a graham cracker. "I just need to be patient, that's all. And thank you for listening, Rae."

Re: Campfire's burning

[sunbaked_baker]

"You're welcome," she smiles at him. "Good job on that marshmallow, by the way. Looks like it should be about perfect."

Re: Campfire's burning

[herr_bookman]

"Thanks!" Autor says, grinning. He adds chocolate before smushing the s'more together with another graham cracker. "It only took me six tries to get it right."

Re: Campfire's burning

[sunbaked_baker]

"Only six isn't bad," she chuckles, reaching into the other bag of marshmallows to fetch herself another.

Re: Campfire's burning

[herr_bookman]

"What are you talking about? It's terrible," Autor says, laughing softly as he scoops her up into another hug. "I ate all the burned ones, though. Thanks for teaching me how to get it right."

Re: Campfire's burning

[sunbaked_baker]

Rae laughs and hugs him back. "You're very welcome."