Squirrel Campfire - Thursday Evening

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

Thunderstorms and rain were two things Demyx loved, and naturally he was outside for them. He sat on the ground, leaning back against one of the log benches, and strummed his sitar idly. He should be thinking of something to use for his mandatory story-telling in a few weeks in Campfire Stories and Songs, but for now he just wanted to enjoy the rain...and the company of anyone who wanted to join him.

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[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"You and the rain," Pip said, standing in the *handwaved* overhang at the Squirrel cabin.

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

"I like rain," Demyx said breezily, not taking offense to the comment. "Don't you?"

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras returned from running around like a loon in enjoying the rain and plunked down near the unlit squirrel campfire. Her clothes were drenched and somewhat muddy, her hair was plastered to her head, and she had dirt and blades of grass stuck to her bare feet. She also looked rather euphoric.

"Evening you two. Isn't this brilliant?" she said to Pip and Demyx, gesturing to the falling rain.

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[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"Demyx certainly thinks it is," Pip said, walking out into the rain and sitting down next to them. "I take it you're enjoying the evening."

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

Demyx grinned at both of them, sitting up and letting his instrument vanish into nothingness. "Glad to see you like the rain too, Seras! You should play in the rain more often, Pip." Completely disregarding personal space, Demyx patted Pip's knee. "It's fun."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras grinned at them both.

"I absolutely am enjoying my evening," she said, "I never appreciated the rain in England, but after two days of practically wilting in that heat, I'll never take it for granted again."

She laughed, then cupped a hand to her mouth and yelled up "Thank you!" to whatever weather deities might be listening.

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Pip grinned. "Be sure to make an offering to Zeus. Otherwise he'll take the rain away."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras raised an eyebrow.

"Are you joking or being serious. I wouldn't ask ordinairily, but...well, Fandom."

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

"Zeus? You mean...like...that guy Hercules' father??" Demyx stared at Pip. "Have you ever been to the Olympus Colliseum??"

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

"...I was going to say I was joking, but apparently maybe?" Pip said. "And no, I haven't. Though I have been to Greece."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras shrugged.

"Just to be on the safe side, maybe we should do an offering type thing," she said, "Er...What does this Zeus guy like?"

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

Alphonse normally wasn't one to run out into the rain willingly, but what with having nothing to do and all, he was up for doing just that. So, here he was, with the hood of his coat very much so over his head, walked past the campfire and noticed people. "'lo," he greeted.

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

"Hi, Al! Why do you hide from the rain?" Demyx asked curiously, tilting his head to the side.

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

"Hide?" Alphonse spread out his arms. "I'm soaking wet. Kind of hard to hide at this rate."

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

"But you have the hood up," Demyx pointed out. "Why not just accept it and enjoy the rain?"

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

"Oh," Alphonse made an awkward cross face and looked slightly up. "Well, I was trying not to get entirely too soaked. And my hair takes forever to dry." He was completely oblivious to how girly that sounded.

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

"But you said that you're soaked anyway," Demyx pressed on. "So why can't you have fun with it?"

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

"If you insist..." Alphonse reluctantly pulled the hood off his head, realizing he'll probably regret this later. He shivered slightly at the coolness of the rain hitting his head. "Speaking of the rain," he started, looking curiously at Demyx. "Seras told me you can do water magic?"

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

Demyx nodded, grinning brightly. "Sure can. One of the few things I can do."

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

"Really?" Hey, just because he insisted over and over that he couldn't do magic, didn't mean he wasn't allowed to be interested. "What can you do with it?"

[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

"Umm...well, mostly I use it if I have to defend myself. But in smaller cases I use it to summon my instrument, or if I need to get dry fast, or something like that." Demyx shrugged, a geyser of water shooting ten feet high in between them, then dissolving as the water came back down.

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

Alphonse jumped back with a very audible 'eep!', staring very hard at the area where the geyser shot out from. "... Did you just do that?"

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras smiled and waved at Al.

"Hey!" she said, "We're off to Caritas (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomtownies/877458.html?thread=34690450#t34690450) to worship Freya and give thanks for rain. And booze. Wanna come?"

[kitty--fetish.livejournal.com]

"Caritas? Um, sure, I don't see why not."

[union-jane.livejournal.com]

Seras grinned.

"Brilliant. Let's go!"