Terre Haute expedition: Camping Day 1

[lord_wizard]

[It's been a more or less uneventful day of travel for the expedition team. Not unexpected for the first leg of such a trip, and with any luck, it will stay that way.

As the sun starts to get low in the sky, Felix signals the group with a sharp whistle to stop, shortly after he feels the change. They've entered the Dead Zone. That sudden loss of power for anyone used to that sort of thing. Not an easy thing to adjust to, at first.]

"We've crossed into the border of the Dead Zone now. We should stop here for the night. Those of you with experience, help set up camp as needed. And I recommend a few of you working out a watch schedule. You never can tell what might be out here."

SET UP | CAMPFIRE | IN THE NIGHT

Comments

[hellofist]

[Suddenly, the need for private conversations with Ezio is becoming more and more obvious. What did you do young man?.]

Just small break. Don't be a baby.

[She leans over and kiss Steph's jaw anyway, though. There, all better.]

[assassino]

Take advantage of good medicine whenever you can, that is what I say.

[Too stubborn of bring it up, of course.]

[secondchances]

I'm not a baby. [She says with the tiniest pout until she gets a kiss :') okay, all better.]

Good medicine not being leeches and bleeding.

[hellofist]

If it works, it's good.

[It does sound kind of gross but honestly if it fixes people then why not?]

[assassino]

It does work. Leeches eat away dead and dying flesh, and leave the living. A good thing to do, to save a man from a flesh wound.

[secondchances]

Bleeding, though? Not so much.

[hellofist]

Can lose lots of blood, before death. Maybe it... gets bad stuff out?

[assassino]

That is the idea, my dear Cassandra.

[secondchances]

Which is wrong, by the way. Cutting someone when they're sick doesn't get out the sickness. [Rolls her eyes at Ezio. Dude how many times does she have to explain...]

[hellofist]

Bet it's hard... to tell, if it works. People probably die, first.

[Since, you know, they're bleeding out and everything.]

[assassino]

Stephanie is not a doctor, and so she cannot prove anything.

[secondchances]

I've watched documentaries!

[hellofist]

That... doesn't count. At all.

[assassino]

[He casually wraps an arm around Cass's hips from where he sits. Too lazy to stand up to put an arm around her shoulders.]

You see? Even Cassandra knows it does not count.

Perhaps you understand the body less than you think you do!

[secondchances]

I understand more than you. You guys suck. [Pouty. And watchin u Ezio]

[hellofist]

[In the interest of not making Ezio aggravate his injury more, Cass scoots closer to him so he won't have to stretch quite as far to get his arm around her.]

We don't. You like us.

[Watchin u watchin, Stephanie.]

[assassino]

[He keeps his arm around her, more comfortable with her closer.]

You love us, even.

[secondchances]

Very much. [She's just feeling jelly now :( where are her cuddles?? This is unfair!]

I guess, anyway.

[hellofist]

[Cassandra's Ezio cuddle time is severely lacking in comparison to her Stephanie cuddling time, so for now she's perfectly fine where she is. Jealousy is dumb anyway, if Steph wanted to share it's not like there's much space between them.

And in response to that, Steph gets the biggest pout ever.]

You guess?

[assassino]

[He runs a hand along Cass's upper thigh. He misses his girlfriend, but this is all just innocent touching, of course.]

How cruel of Stephanie, hmm?

[secondchances]

[Watching pointedly!!! And she's fine over here. All alone ; ( ]

Please. I'm just kidding.

[hellofist]

[She knows well enough by now to know Ezio is devoted to his girlfriend and a quick glance at him shows this doesn't mean anything it shouldn't, so she just lets his hand do what it's doing.

Besides, it feels kind of nice.]

Shouldn't kid about that. Love isn't a joke.

[assassino]

I know you are joking.

[He uses his free hand to beckon her closer.]

Come sit on my lap, I want to embrace you but do not want to get up.

[secondchances]

I joke because I love you with all my heart! So I'm allowed to tease about it.

[She looks at Ezio, then Cass. SITTING ON EZIO'S LAP, HUH... something Steph would probably do in private, but not so much now.

So Steph just lays on her back across Cass' lap and Ezio's lap :) All hers.]

Hey, you guys make decent pillows.

[hellofist]

[Once Stephanie is settled, Cass reaches down to run her fingers through her hair.]

Not all heart. Part of it... loves Tim, too.

[After checking to make sure she won't hurt him, Cass relaxes a little bit more against Ezio so she can be more comfortable too.]

Not wrong, though. This is good.