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

[street_sparrow]

"Lots of fun." He grins. "Two of my friends were a phoenix and a - pterodactyl, I think, but he still had his head."

Re: Campfire's burning

[herr_bookman]

"Wait, he still had his head?" Autor asks, furrowing his brow. "How does that even work? I bet he looked creepy."

Re: Campfire's burning

[street_sparrow]

"It was where its head should've been, I think. And it did look a bit creepy, but I think he wanted to still be able to talk."

Re: Campfire's burning

[herr_bookman]

"Oh, wow," Autor says, shaking his head. "That's impressive that he was able to keep his head during the transformation. But lucky, too, if he wanted to be able to talk. At least it was only for three days. So you were only a fox for one day?"

Re: Campfire's burning

[street_sparrow]

Gavroche nods. "I wanted to be able to talk as well, so I put it off to the last day to change."

Re: Campfire's burning

[herr_bookman]

"Good thinking," Autor says, nodding. He lights his second marshmallow on fire on accident, and blows it out with a sigh. "I don't suppose you know how to roast these. I sure don't."

Re: Campfire's burning

[street_sparrow]

"I've only done it a few times. I'd guess it's about putting them in the right place so they get enough heat, but not in the fire?"

Re: Campfire's burning

[herr_bookman]

"Huh, possibly," Autor says, thrusting his skewer near the fire again after affixing another marshmallow. "I can't make heads or tails of it. Did your friends get cake from Bar as well?"

Re: Campfire's burning

[street_sparrow]

"They did", he says with a nod. "At least, the ones I've run into since did. Maybe it was just because all the dead from that day are here now."

Re: Campfire's burning

[herr_bookman]

"Maybe," Autor says, browning his marshmallow carefully. "Do you have any plans to memorialize the date with them?"

Re: Campfire's burning

[street_sparrow]

"We probably ought to", he says with a nod. "But I haven't even seen some of them for a while. I should go and see if I can dig Grantaire out of his room."

Re: Campfire's burning

[herr_bookman]

"Most definitely," Autor says, brightening. "Isolating oneself is generally a bad thing. You should go and see him."

Re: Campfire's burning

[street_sparrow]

Gavroche grins.

"Occasionally he surfaces. I think when the rats stop bringing food to him there. Or he might see the others more often."

Re: Campfire's burning

[herr_bookman]

"Well, go see if you can dig him out, and maybe throw a party for your friends," Autor says, beaming.

Re: Campfire's burning

[street_sparrow]

"...you know, I should. For all of us, in one of the rooms at the House."

Re: Campfire's burning

[herr_bookman]

"There you go," Autor says, losing another marshmallow to the fire. "Oh, shoot. You can throw a party here or there, and truly memorialize the sacrifices you all made."

[street_sparrow]

"Yes, we can. And knowing them, get very, very drunk." He eyes the sad remains of Autor's marshmallow. "I wonder if the demon bunnies like burnt sugar."

[herr_bookman]

"They probably like it better than I do," Autor says, flicking his charred, crispy marshmallow into the dirt. "Will you provide alcohol or will they bring their own?"

[street_sparrow]

"Oh, I should think they'll bring their own. Except Enjolras, he doesn't go so much in for that."

[herr_bookman]

"Well, this should be a fun party regardless," Autor says, cheerfully affixing another marshmallow to his stick. "And if people get maudlin, well, you can deal with that, too."

[street_sparrow]

"Comes with the day", Gavroche says with a nod. "And if anyone gets too maudlin, the others will mock them out of it."

All done with love.

[herr_bookman]

"I'm jealous that you have such a tight-knit group of friends," Autor says, smiling a little. "But happy for you, too."

[street_sparrow]

"I was just the kid on the outskirts back then, they were the really close-knit ones", he says easily. "Except me and Courfeyrac. But we're not a closed group, even now."

[herr_bookman]

"I'll keep that in mind," Autor says, pulling his marshmallow back to inspect it before it burns. "I'm close to Joly and Bossuet, but I don't know the others well at all."

[street_sparrow]

"It's a start", Gavroche says cheerfully. "The others will probably get roped into this theatre of yours, one way or another."