paradisabeyond | (no subject)

[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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A full kitchen for one.

No way. How would you get running water out here?

All you need is a water tank and a good pump. It's easy.

That'd be heavy. I guess that's what the wagon is for, though.

[Hey, speaking of which...]

Wait, wasn't that your wagon that got all turned around right at the start? What was up with that, anyway?

I was trying to escape my captors.

[Purses her lips, bemused.] Captors?

My friends thought it'd be super fun to kidnap me onto this trip.

[Of course, Aradia interprets this as a metaphorical kidnapping. You know, when you kind of drag someone out to do stuff even though they say they don't want to, but they don't really resist and usually they wind up having fun in spite of themselves! See also: 90% of her interactions with Sollux. So she just grins.]

And are you having super fun?

[And now the Once-ler's tendency to be sarcastic about most things won't help him at all]

Oh yes. The most super of super-funs. Woo. Hoo.

[Fortunately she is not oblivious to sarcasm, and gives him a wry smile.]

Oh, come on. You have your swanky tent and everything!

Yes, I do, but I'd rather be in my tower away from everyone.

[headtilt] Why?

[~~i mean if there are UNLESSes everywhere, she probably assumes it's a weird wallpaper design or something~~]

Because of my own personal reasons.