Platypus Campfire, Saturday evening

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

Jim was practicing shooting free throws. The fire was his basket. Marshmallows were his basketballs. He was well aware that he was basically just chucking sugar into the fire to melt, surely making a horrible mess of some sort inside all of that wood. He was curious what it would look like when all was said and done, though, so he kept shooting.

[OOC: Open like a campfire. Which it is.]

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[keds-champion.livejournal.com]

Pam was bored, so she wandered outside and studied Jim for a moment before asking, "Are you actually wasting sugar?"

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

Gavin came upon the scene, stopped and watched for awhile. "I think you're making a mess."

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"No, I'm practicing my shot so it's not a waste," Jim said, making another shot.

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"Nope. Practice makes perfect. I'm making perfect," Jim said. "Want one?"

[keds-champion.livejournal.com]

"Yes, but there's marshmallows at stake here," she pointed out, walking over and snagging one of them.

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"Practicing...for what?" he asked and shook his head.

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"Hello, Pam," Gavin greeted. "How're you?"

[keds-champion.livejournal.com]

"Good!" Pam said, and it was true. "How're you? Did you find anyone to actually give you a cookie?"

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"You're a thief," Jim said, trying to grab that marshmallow away.

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"Tiny, cylindrical basketball," Jim said, shooting a fadeaway jumper.

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"I bought my own," he said proudly. "And ten bars of chocolate!"

[keds-champion.livejournal.com]

"May I please have this marshmallow?" she asked, quickly moving out of arm's reach.

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"What's a basketball?" he asked. He figured a sport but he hadn't heard of a sport that involved fire and food before.

[keds-champion.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure you needed all that sugar," Pam said solemnly.

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"No. But if you shoot that at the fire and make the shot, you can have the next one," Jim said.

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"I also found the beach," he said but didn't mention the getting lost. "It's not like a lake."

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"When it's not being played with marshmallows and fire, it's a sport where you try to get a ball inside a hoop," Jim explained. "It's pretty fun."

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"Oh." He tried to pretend he'd known that. He failed. "You play a lot?"

[keds-champion.livejournal.com]

"...no, here it's different because it's an ocean," she said slowly.

[keds-champion.livejournal.com]

"I just have to get it in the fire?" she asked.

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"Not since I've been here. I was on the varsity team back home, though," Jim said. "I mean, I was riding the bench, but I made the team in my sophomore year."

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"Yep. Simple as that," Jim said.

[keds-champion.livejournal.com]

Pam threw the marshmallow and it landed in the fire.

"That was surprisingly easy."

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"Why are you wasting food though?" he asked.

[sixstandingby.livejournal.com]

"I know," he said, grinning. "I just wanted to tell you it's not a lake."