Kraken Campfire: Evening

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

Mel has returned from patrol and has pulled out her supply of junkfood and drinks as she sits by the fire wondering about that strange dream she had the other night.

Versions of her were ridculing her for dating Zuko.

Extremely weird.

To take her mind off it she was throwing Twinkies into the fire to see if they'd explode.

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[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

After doing radio, Peter came back up to the cabin. "Good evening, Mel," he said, eyeing the Twinkies. "Trying to get the fire to change colour?"

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"Just seeing if the creamy center is explosive at all," Mel replied. "So far I'd have to say 'No'.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter chuckled and took a seat on the log. "If sugar were explosive, I'd wonder why the school didn't blow up sooner."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"I was hoping for a secret explosive ingredient," Mel replied with a grin. "So what's up with you Petey?"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

He raised an eyebrow. "Petey?"

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"Yep. I like it. Makes you sound cuter and less formal," Mel said with a teasing nod. "I'm sure your girlfriend would approve."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"She might," Peter said, covering his eyes with his hand as he chuckled. "But I remain much more of a Peter."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"Not to me," Mel said shaking her head. "From thus forth you shall be known as 'Sweetie Petey'."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter stared at Mel trying to decide if that was better or worse than English Pony.

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

Mel grinned back and threw another Twinkie on the fire.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"And how are you this evening, Miss Fray," Peter asked, stealing a Twinkie before they all went in the fire. "You seem chipper."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"Can't complain too much," Mel said with a shrug. "Just kind of hanging out. You?"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Willow and I are going camping tomorrow," Peter said. "Hopefully we'll not accidentally throw anything in the fire and learn it explodes."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"Well then you won't have any fun!" Mel said. "You've got to have explosions."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Would fireworks do?" Peter asked, amused.

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"Oh sure," Mel said rolling her eyes comically. "If you want to do it the easy way."

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

Naminé was watching Mel with her head tilted to the side.

"Performance art?" she asked finally. "Or have you decided the Twinkies must die?"

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"They don't explode," Mel said with a pout. "I was hoping for more pyrotechnics."

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

"Ahhh." Naminé smiled and took a seat. "Have you experimented with different snack foods? Considering the preservatives in some of them, I'd be surprised if one didn't eventually explode."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"I haven't branched out onto other snackfoods yet," Mel replied. "I think further testing is warranted."

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

Naminé laughed. "Do you have other snack foods handy? Perhaps ones with artificial colors will net better results. The longer the ingredients list, the greater the possibilities."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"I've got some handwavy snacks," Mel replied gesturing to the stash. "But the chocolate just melts and then burns."

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

"Now that's just a waste of good chocolate," Naminé laughed. And began browsing through the handwavey pile of snacks.

"These are apparently peanuts from the circus, except they're a shade of orange I don't believe I've seen before, and they have the consistency of insulation. Should we try them?"

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"Knock yourself out," Mel said leaning back against a log. "Though they'll probably just flame up like the marshmellows."

[palestshadow.livejournal.com]

Naminé tossed a few of the not-so-very-peanuts into the fire with a shrug. "Well, that was sadly anti-climactic. I would have thought that perhaps the fire would reject them. Which would speak greatly against actually eating them, to my mind."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"They were too fresh," Mel replied. "You need to let them get stale for a day or two before eating them."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Oh, that is a damn waste of sugary cream-filled goodness," Anders said sadly, pausing on his way by.

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"It's a science experiment," Mel replied as she threw in another Twinkie. "Very important."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Science experiment, huh? What's the theory?" Anders dug a ball of lint from his pocket and tossed that into the fire, just to feel sort of like he fit in.

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"That the creamy center will explode upon finding a heat source," Mel sighed. "So far: No boom."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"Maybe that's too much fire and they're burning up before they can explode. Gimme one?" asked Anders, pulling out his lighter. "Xander helped run off some crazy one-horned alien dude with flaming Twinkies once but I don't remember if they exploded."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

Mel tossed Anders a Twinkie. "Don't tell Xander I'm doing this though, okay? He'll never forgive me."

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

Anders held the non-Twinkie-holding hand up. "Sometimes you just gotta have your secrets. I totally understand. Not a word."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"That and I'd get an hour long lecture on the destruction of the perfect foodstuffs," Mel replied.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"An hour if you're lucky." Anders whistled and shuddered theatrically at the idea, then flicked open his Zippo and started setting the end of the Twinkie on fire. "This is like serious blasphemy to him."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"I know. I'm such a rebel for doing this," Mel snickered.

[cantgetnorelief.livejournal.com]

"You're a teenager. In Fandom," Anders replied. "You have like twice the obligation to be a rebel."

[cantjossme.livejournal.com]

"I do?" Mel smirked. "Now I feel like I've been slacking off."