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[ruin_mania]

[Good evening, explorers! After departing from Cair Paradisa, the path was south at first, but turned west fairly early on. Skirting well south of Eldritch Forest, the travelers had camped near the edge of the Amber Steppe, not quite within sight of the forest that marks the Totem Coast. The grasses are parched brown by the heat, though greener patches mark the presence of water. It's near one of these - a small, bubbling stream leading west that Raine has chosen to follow as it will almost certainly run into the river marked on her map - that the travelers have made their camp.

The carts and wagons are arranged in a defensive circle, though the campers are free to set up their tents outside them as well as inside wher ethe rest of them are. There are small cooking fires scattered around as well as a large bonfire in the center for socializing.

Play music? Sing? Teach those poor non-Earth kids how to make s'mores? Or just sit around and socialize with others.

Or hide in your tent and ignore everyone, if you really want to.]

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[ectobabble]

[s'mores. oh heck yes. Ray came SO prepared for this. no, really, he brought a small trunk on wheels. and now he's setting up a s'more-making station with enough marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate bars to - well, feed a whole expedition.

once he's got it all set up, he'll sit next to it with a few fallen branches he's been gathering over the course of the day, whittling down the perfect roasting sticks.]

So, hey, who wants a s'more?

[persequor]

Wants a what?

[ectobabble]

A s'more! It's a dessert. You make it by roasting a marshmallow over the fire, then putting it with some chocolate between these graham crackers here. They're really good. The marshmallow melts the chocolate, and the crackers keep it from going everywhere. Well.

Mostly. [he grins and holds out a stick] You wanna give it a try?

[persequor]

[ Seven hells. Does he breathe? She takes it delicately. ]

All right.

[ectobabble]

[breathing is for people who don't get excited about EVERYTHING even remotely related to expeditions and discoveries and adventure, Arya! he plucks a marshmallow out of the bag and holds it out]

Just stick it on the end, make sure it's on there good. But don't push it down too far, because then the stick catches on fire, and you don't really want that. You just want to toast the marshmallow.

[whichwayyoulean]

[No damnit his one weakness.

Well, that and lots of money and power.

BUT MOSTLY THIS.

The sudden appearance of marshmallows is enough to make the Once-ler come out of his attempts at solitude and wander over]

Hey, someone actually decided to pack these things.

[As if he hasn't got about a billion bags of marshmallows hidden in his wagon]

[ectobabble]

Hey, it's a camping trip! It wouldn't be a good one without s'mores! [he grins] Your wagon's really great, by the way. How long did it take you to build?

[uh oh sugar and engineering...]

[whichwayyoulean]

It's a shame Henry didn't tag along, he'd be having kittens about now. [Aww yes, pride for his work] Thanks. And it took me a couple of weeks. It's pretty basic, compared to the one I had back home. I had to comprise a few things for extra space.

[What could POSSIBLY go wrong?]

[ectobabble]

Henry? I don't think I know him. [he smiles, holding out a freshly carved stick. here you go, science bro!]

Couple weeks? [he whistles] All by yourself, too. That's impressive. Would'ja mind if I had a look inside once it's light out again?

[fly_little_bird]

[peeeer] What's that?

[ectobabble]

Oh, hey, Rue! This is the stuff you need to make s'mores. C'mon over, I'll show you how. [he shifts over to make room for her] You ever had a marshmallow?

[fly_little_bird]

[She sits down next to him with a smile, shaking her head.]

No. What's a S'more?

[ectobabble]

It's a dessert! Here, try a marshmallow by itself, first, they're totally different that way. [and he'll hold out the bag. Stay-Puft, OF COURSE]

[psych0p0mps]

The real question here is why you are using the singular.

don't think I didn't originally see that animaniacs reference

[ectobabble]

[he laughs] Seriously! I never understood why some people say they can only have one.

i would have left it in but i pressed enter or something and thought i'd lost the comment dsklafj

[psych0p0mps]

Well, if they do, that's more for us!

[With that, she plops down beside him, picking up one of the sticks to examine it. Appreciably smooth, good job!]

[wizard_redfive]

[Dairine might not be feeling her best outside the Powered Zone, but nothing gets between her and s'mores. NOTHING.

And as it so happens, she already has her own stick (which she's currently using to poke around in the fire). It's a bit too long and thin for ideal marshmallow roasting, but should work nonetheless.]

Me.

[ectobabble]

Hey, you got it. Heads up! [and he'll toss her a bag of marshmallows, grinning]

[wizard_redfive]

[She catches the bag with relative ease. After breaking off the burnt end of her stick (a simple task for one so thin), Dairine skewers two marshmallows and holds them over the fire.

That she does all this with little to no conversation is a pretty big hint towards her current state of mind.]

[kidwiththeleash]

I would, if that is alright!

[Last (and the very first!) time she had one, it was delicious, if not a little bit messy.]

[ectobabble]

It's totally alright! I brought enough for everyone. [and he'll start making her a roasting stick] My name's Ray, what's yours?

[kidwiththeleash]

[Okay, this trip was going to be pretty awesome, depite her first concerns. She moves to sit next to him.] I'm Sir Integra Hellsing.

[Wait... that just won't do. It's still hard to drop the title, but she is working on it.] But... Integra is okay too. Nice to meet you, Ray.

[hellshaped]

[RAY........

Hellboy plunks himself down next to Ray, eying the trunk.]

Eagle Scout, right?

[ectobabble]

Hey, Hellboy! [Ray beams, glad as ever to see his large red friend] Yeah, how'd you guess?

[hellshaped]

[He flashes his weird toothy smile, nodding at the trunk.]

You just look really prepared.