The Sirius Campfire, Saturday night

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

Gladys had lit the fire and was sitting near it, attention on the genet.

The spotted critter was crouched low, intent on ending in some brutal, vicious, and messy way the life of the gummy worm that was its prey.

It stalked forward a step, stopped, stalked forward, stopped, paused, butt in the air and tail wiggling, then pounced, wrestling the chewy worm into submission.

[ooc: Sirius campfire is seriously open]

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn had been moping her way around the campgrounds seriously missing Luke, but her attention was caught by the critters enacting Wild Kingdom, so she wandered over. "Hey."

Then she consciously realized to whom--what?--she was speaking, and blinked. "Er. Hi. I'm Dawn. Are you a new student?"

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"I Am A New Student But I Am Not New To The Island. My Name Is Gladys."

The genet ignored Dawn completely as it rolled onto its back, kicking its hind legs to viciously disembowel the worm.

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Welcome to the island, a bit belatedly, then. What's that?" She asked, pointing at the genet, "And should it be eating that?"

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"Thank You," she replied. "It Is A Genet That Will Not Leave." She paused. "I Do Not Know If It Should Be Eating It. Is Candy Bad For Animals?"

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"For some animals, yes, but maybe that's specifically chocolate," she replied, thinking of stuff she'd looked up while watching Scout. "Is the, er, Genet yours?"

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

Deciding to err on the side of caution, Gladys reached out one huge hand, plucked up the genet - which immediately started trying to disembowel her arm - and took the gum work away. "I Am Responsible For It, But I Do Not Know If It Is Mine."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"How come?" Dawn started drawing random pictures in the dirt with a stick.

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"It Was Drowning And I Pulled It Out Of The Water." It had turned its attention from disembowelling to chewing, and was gnawing on one of Gladys' fingers with needle sharp teeth. "Now It Will Not Leave And So I Am Responsible For It."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

She grinned. "So it's adopted you? That's neat."

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

She considered the genet, who looked up at her, trilled, then jumped off her hand to chase a bug around the campfire. "It Sleeps All Day And Is Very Awake All Night. It Is Good That I Do Not Sleep."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"You don't sleep? Is something wrong?"

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"No. I Am A Golem. Golems Do Not Sleep." There was a crunching noise as the genet snapped the bug out of the sky, then it flopped down to gnaw on it.

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"A--" Everything Dawn knew about golems cycled through her head. Unfortunately, that didn't take long. "What's a golem? Why don't you sleep? Do you get power some other way?"

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"I Am A Golem," she replied. "A Golem Is Made From Clay And Powered By The Words In Our Heads. Golems Do Not Sleep Or Eat Or Drink Or Grow Tired Or Run Out Of Energy."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Um, wow. "Can you be hurt or killed? Whose words? Do they have to be specific words, or good words, or a spell? What are your thoughts on vampires?"

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"It Is Very Hard To Damage A Golem And We Can Repair Ourselves As Needed. The Words Are Magic Words And Are Placed In Our Heads When We Are Created. Mine Have Been In My Head Since I Was Made One Thousand And Fifty Four Years Ago. When I Was Purchased And Became A Free Golem My Receipt Was Also Put In My Head." Her eyes flickered. "Vampires Cannot Hurt A Golem But The Undead Do Not Like Us. If They Are Black Ribboners They Are Fine. If They Are Not, And Try And Eat Someone, I Would Stop Them."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Wow squared. Maybe the Watchers' Council should recruit some of these golems? "What's a black ribboner?"

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"A Member Of The Uberwald League Of Temperance. They Are Vampires Who Have Sworn Off Of Human Blood. They Call It Going Cold Bat," she added helpfully.

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"The Uberwald League of--" She was back to staring. "Where are you from? Do they have extra ribbons?"

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"I Came Here From Ankh-Morpork," she replied. "And I Do Not Know. They Also Have Meetings Which Is Where They Are Given Their Black Ribbons."

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

She was soooooo starting a vampire temperance league when she saw Spike or Angel again. Maybe with hats and capes. "Do you miss Ankh-Morpok?"

The pronounciation was a bit off, but the idea was there.

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"No." The genet came trotting over, dropped some bug legs at Gladys feet, and sprawled on the ground next to her.

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Awwwwwwwwwwwwww."

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

Gladys' eyes flickered, and she looked from the genet to Dawn. "Awwwwww?"

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"The genet. She left you a present. That's cute, so I awwwed."

[cheminthehead.livejournal.com]

"Oh." She considered the genet, then reached out and very carefully scratched it between the ears with the very tip of a finger. It trilled, arching up against her...then turned around and bit her hand.