We run, we jump, we swim and play...

[eyeofwildtiger]

Characters: Open to all!
Content: Camping time!
Location: Nature Deck
Time of Day: Morning, a couple of days after 90's Kid's funeral-thingie
Warnings: Depends on if the campers behave.


After last week, Kotetsu figured everyone needed some cheering up. Thankfully, the satellite had done most of the work for him. He had been given a councilor's apparel and, dang it, he was taking it to heart.

There was a campfire ablaze near the lake, with hot dogs and marshmallows at the ready nearby. A couple of tables were set up for arts and crafts, so the kids could make birdhouses or dreamcatchers. He'd even managed to set up a small archery field. (The tips were suction cups. No need for any more tragedies.)

Whenever anyone signed in, he greeted them with an enthusiastic "Welcome to Camp S.O.L.!", then directed them towards the activities. Finally, he pointed out where the boys and girls tents were located, with a warning that he better not find anyone in the wrong tent.

((OOC: Open posting! Tag about~ And continue the lyrics, if you know 'em!))

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Campfire!

[optimistickey]

Sora was more than willing to now get into the spirit of things since everything weas now looking up, what with 90s Kid mysteriously coming back. Even if the uniforms were...kinda dumb, that was made up by the snacks and all the new outdoor activities that usually even the nature deck couldn't handle.

While there were lots of things he wanted to try, for now he just sat himself down by the campfire, with all the trappings for smores ready to go. This whole setup reminded him of traveling with Donald and Goofy, and their frequent camping out on the road in various worlds. This wasn't the same, but it was close.

And maybe some of the others here had scary stories to share...

Re: Campfire!

[skysmirror]

As far as Xion was concerned, it certainly was easier to enjoy what was going on this week now that she knew everyone was okay. The uniform had taken some getting used to, but it wasn't bad and since this was the first time an alternative to her usual outfit that vaguely resembled something she was used to was welcome.

After spending some time at the archery area, she wandered over to the campfire and noticed Sora there. She offered him a smile and a wave in greeting, then focused on the snacks--they didn't look like anything she'd seen before. "What's all that?"

[optimistickey]

Sora had been focusing on putting his smores together when he noticed Xion coming over to join him. He waved back, smiling.

He looked down at the materials he'd gathered. Had she never had the chance to make this kind of snack before? Maybe not, considering. "It's stuff for smores! You roast a marshmallow over the fire, and then eat it with chocolate and graham crackers."

[skysmirror]

The only snack Xion had ever tried before coming here was sea-salt ice cream; that is, unless you counted what she knew from Sora's memories. When he explained the s'mores, the idea seemed familiar. Whatever the case, it looked good, if messy.

"So you make kind of a sandwich with everything?"

[optimistickey]

They were messy, but that was also part of the fun of them. He recalled instances of Donald getting marshmallow stuck in his feathers and squawking about it, and smiled a little at the memory.

"Yeah! I'll show you." He handed her some of the crackers, chocolate, and a marshmallow, and stuck his own marshmallow on the end of a metal stick. Sora held it over the fire, and turned back to her. "You let it get hot so that it gets all melty, then use it to make a sandwich with the chocolate in the middle and the crackers like bread."

[skysmirror]

Messiness being fun wasn't a concept Xion was used to, so she'd have to take his word for it. She did remember laughing with Axel and Roxas whenever one of them hadn't managed to catch all the drips from melting ice cream.

"Like this?" She stuck the marshmallow he'd given her on the end of another metal skewer she'd found. Balancing her graham crackers and chocolate on a paper plate on her lap, she held her marshmallow over the fire. It wasn't too long before it started to get brown, even a little black. She quickly shifted it away from the fire.

[optimistickey]

"Yup, just like that," Sora said with a nod. His own marshmallow finished toasting, so he carefully pulled it off the stick and squished it between his crackers and chocolate. He didn't like his getting too black, but sometimes you lost track of how quickly those things cooked.

Once his sandwich was ready, he took a big bite out of it, although immediately the stickiness of the marshmallow and chocolate made things more difficult for him. He didn't seem to care. "'S good!"

[skysmirror]

Xion didn't have any previous experience to let her know how well-done she liked her marshmallows, but she knew that black was usually not a good color on food. Burned or spoiled food was never any good. Hearing Sora's affirmation that she'd gotten the marshmallow cooked right was a relief.

She watched as he put his s'more together, then did likewise. When she bit into it, her eyes widened in surprise at the taste. It was good, even if the stickiness made it difficult to chew. "You're right."

[optimistickey]

Sora grinned back, happy to see Xion enjoying it. He always loved sharing stuff that made him happy, especially with people who never seemed to have tried it yet. "Toldja!"

He took another bite, not caring at all about the marshmallow that was getting on his hands. "So I guess you've never gotten to go camping before, huh?"

[skysmirror]

"Not like this, no." Xion shook her head. "Sometimes missions would take a long time, so we'd be away from the castle overnight, but that was a different kind of camping."

There hadn't been anything like s'mores, for one thing. Sora certainly was generous in sharing the things he liked--it would be nice to return the favor, but she'd tried so few things that she wasn't sure if she could show him anything new. Finally giving up on trying to clean all the traces of sticky marshmallow from her hands, she turned to him and asked, "So what else do you do when you're camping like this?"

[optimistickey]

That didn't sound like it was as much fun...at least, Xion didn't make it sound all that exciting. "I guess that would be more serious." Really, most of his camping experiences had been on a quest, too, when he was traveling with Donald and Goofy. But they still found the time to have fun when they camped out. And he'd also done it a little bit at home.

"Well, you usually stay up real late around the fire like this, and you tell stories! And during the day you just do stuff around the area...go swimming or boating or hiking, or just explore the woods, or play games with your friends."

[skysmirror]

All of Xion's camping experiences before this had been solo; if she'd been with her friends, they might have been more fun. As it was, they hadn't been that eventful or exciting. "Well, it was kind of part of our work."

She smiled at his description of camping activities. "All those sound like fun. I never really did learn to swim, and we really never had time to just enjoy looking around any of the worlds we visited."

Recon missions had been the closest they got to hiking/exploring she'd tried. If only they'd been able to see more of each place, or actually talk to the people there.

[optimistickey]

Sora never did like hearing about that kind of work...if only because much of it had been to the detriment of his friends, himself, and Xion, even if it was about battling Heartless. "Camping is a lot more fun with friends. Even when traveling...just to stop and see things, for a bit."

"I can teach you how to swim sometime, if you want," Sora offered. At least they had the pool here for that, and didn't have to worry about using the time machine. And he'd practically grown up learning to swim; it was part of living on an island, after all. "It's not that hard."

Re: Campfire!

[beforethemoon]

Isa sat down next to Sora by the campfire, grabbed a sitck and started roasting a marshmallow over the fire.

"Lea's dad would take him and me camping at least once a year."

[optimistickey]

Sora waved to Isa as he sat down. At least it seemed he wouldn't have to convince Isa about the goodness of smores, too. Although he could just want to have the roasted marshmallow by itself, too.

"Really?" He hadn't heard much about Lea or Isa's past or their family, so he was curious to know more. "What'd you guys do when you went camping?"

[beforethemoon]

"What anyone does, really." Isa replied as he watched the marshmallow's progress. "Go boating, go fishing, tell ghost stories around the campfire. Of course, Lea's stories were always terrible."

[beforetheflame]

"Hold it right there!" Lea exclaimed, pointing his marshmallow on a stick toward Isa, as he walked toward where Isa and Sora were sitting. Giving a pout, "That's where you're wrong! I tell the best ghost stories!"

[optimistickey]

"That sounds like it was fun," he replied. It did make him happy to hear of Lea and Isa having fun like that...that sort of thing stuck with you through your life.

Leave it to Lea to bust in at just the right moment. Sora smirked back at him.

"Is that so? What kinda stories do you have?"

[thirteenth_brat]

Roxas walked up just behind Lea. He hadn't heard Isa's remark about Lea's ghost stories, but he had heard Lea's indignant response. He didn't respond right away, though. Lea was just leaving himself wide open for more ribbing.

'This ought to be good,' he thought as he took a seat.

[beforethemoon]

Isa didn't respond either. He sat back and waited for Lea's response as well. He knew this was gonna be good.

[beforetheflame]

"Horror, terror, nightmare visions! Things that happen in soap operas!" Lea said that last one with a smirk, "I know them all. Ask me to tell you one and I will leave you shivering in fright, scared for your life till light comes back in the darkest hour of night!" He emphasized and melodramatics, waving his marshmallow stick about. After all, ghost story telling was serious business! Only a professional like he should be in charge of them.

"Isa here just isn't easily scared like others," Lea winked as he jabbed his thumb toward him, "Maybe I told him so many he's immune to fear."

[optimistickey]

Well, it wasn't like Sora could resist an invitation like that. He rested his chin on his hand and raised an eyebrow at Lea. "Okay then, tell one now!"

[thirteenth_brat]

If certain things about Lea stayed the same in his future, then Roxas was reasonably certain this ghost story was going to suck. Logically, one didn't start out good at something and get bad at it and Axel's ghost stories ended up being funny rather than scary. It wasn't for lack of effort on Axel's part, though.

Still, he stayed quiet and let Sora do the egging on. He had planned to tease Lea more about the clothes, initially, but bad ghost stories were a fun prospect. Lea was just too easy to tease.

[beforethemoon]

"Yes, Lea, by all means. Tell us a ghost story." Isa's replied flatly. He knew how this was going to end, and maybe he'd get a laugh out of Sora and Roxas's reactions to how bad it was.

[beforetheflame]

"Alright, you asked for it, the most scariest story...." Lea leaned in with eerie smirk, the shadows went over his eyes as he spoke, "It was a dark and stormy night. A door slammed. The maid screamed. Suddenly, a pirate ship appeared on the horizon! While millions of people were starving, the king lived in luxury. The king told the people a story, it went like this-
It was a dark and stormy night. A door slammed. The maid screamed. Suddenly, a pirate ship appeared on the horizon! While millions of people were starving, the king lived in luxury. The king told the people a story, it went like this-
It was a dark and stormy night. A door slammed. The maid screamed. Suddenly, a pirate ship appeared on the horizon! While millions of people were starving, the king lived in luxury. The king told the people a story, it went like this-"

And he will continue doing this till someone stops him. DEAR KING MICKEY WITH A KEYBLADE, WILL SOMEONE PLEASE STOP HIM.