Little Dipper Campfire, After Dark

[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

Anyone passing by would hear a great deal of swearing in Chinese, but probably wouldn't be able to see much in the dark.

Inara had (rather reluctantly) discovered that starting a campfire was much more complicated than it looked, particularly when one had never done it before.

Any help would probably be vastly appreciated.

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[weefeetbigboots.livejournal.com]

Kaylee wandered out, watching for a second before cheerfully asking, "Need some help?"

[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

"Yes, please," she said gratefully, kicking just a bit of dirt onto the fire. Or what would have been the fire. "It looked so easy before."

[weefeetbigboots.livejournal.com]

Kaylee moved over, trying to see what Inara was using to start it. "Don't do too much of this at home, huh?"

[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

Inara was using a collection of damp grasses, leaves, and very large sticks. "We don't have many campfires, unfortunately."

[weefeetbigboots.livejournal.com]

"You're stuff's wet, to start with," Kaylee pointed out, smiling a little as she knelt to poke at the assembled foliage. "Y'need kindling, not big sticks an' wet grass."

[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

"What makes good kindling, then?" Inara asked, always happy to learn useful information. "Where did you learn how to do this?"

[solo_sword]

Jaina had been venturing out of her cabin, not necessarily headed toward her roommate's, but it didn't take a Jedi long to figure out who the frustrated one was. "Having fun yet?" Jaina said, almost cheerfully.

[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

"I'm not above braiding your hair to the bed, just so you know."

[solo_sword]

"I still don't have enough hair to manage that," Jaina smirked. "Having trouble?"

[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

"I have certain skills," she said, mostly joking. "They just don't seem to extend to this, so yes. How's the new cabin?"

[solo_sword]

"Mostly quiet, though the campfire seems to attract a lot of rookies," she said. You know, after starting a campfire once. "How's it going over here?"

[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

"I like not being one of the new people," she decided, "although the ones I've met are all very nice."

[weefeetbigboots.livejournal.com]

Hey, look, someone Kaylee didn't know. "Hi! Are you in this cabin too an' I've managed to miss you?" Look, it was possible. She hadn't known the alien guy lived there until yesterday.

[solo_sword]

"No," she said. "I'm over in Andromeda. I came to terrorize my roommate for a while. I'm Jaina."

[weefeetbigboots.livejournal.com]

"I'm Kaylee," she said, grinning. "Nice t'meet you. Are you new, too?"

[solo_sword]

"I'm practically a vet now," she said, and thought that was sort of fitting. "I've been here a full year now. I'm rarely bored."

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

"Greetings," Worf said to the stranger. "You are not a member of this cabin but you are welcome to stay."

[solo_sword]

Jaina raised her eyebrows. "Well, I was visiting a friend, but thanks for your permission."

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

"It was an invitation," Worf said stiffly. "I was not trying to give permission. I apologize if that's how it sounded."

[solo_sword]

"Oh," she said, frowning. She probably shouldn't assume things like that, but she was sort of used to it. "Then thanks. I guess just a 'hey, come hang out with us' isn't part of your normal vocabulary?"

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

Worf watched for a moment. "Do you require assistance? Perhaps more firewood?"

[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

"Would you happen to have a blowtorch?" She asked, blowing her hair out of her eyes. "I've given up on finesse at this point."

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

"I have a phaser," Worf stated gravely. "But it is in the weapons locker and cannot be removed for this sort of thing."

[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

"What is a phaser?"

[sonofmogh.livejournal.com]

"An energy based weapon. Plasma is sent through a phaser emitter resulting in a discharge of nadion particles," Worf replied. "Like a laser. Only better."