Elegant Emu Campfire [Monday Evening]

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

After his one and only class today, Lee had come back to the cabins and crashed for a little while before getting tired of that and wandering out to the campfire.

He got it started pretty quickly before leaning back against a log and lounging lazily. Sure, he could have done this in the cabin but there was no fire or sky or anything like that.

It was easy to forget about things he should be thinking of, plans he should be making when they were in Australia and the weather so was nice.

[Tis open!]

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[always-damp.livejournal.com]

Toby was having a problem remembering which cabin was his. It had some weird name he couldn't remember, but in his search he spotted Lee and promptly forgot his purpose. "How safe is napping in front of an open flame?" Toby asked as he plopped down to do just that.

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"As long as the fire's controlled and you're not actually covered in gasoline, you should be fine," he said, smiling at Toby.

[always-damp.livejournal.com]

"Huh, did you start it with gasoline?" Toby wondered.

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"No," he laughed. "I started it with some kindling and matches. I don't have any gasoline to use."

[always-damp.livejournal.com]

"Oh wow," Toby said, amazed by Lee's skill. "You're such a guy's guy."

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"It's pretty easy," Lee told him, nodding. "I'll show you sometime. How's cabins going for you?"

[ecirpnellehada.livejournal.com]

"So you're an Elegant Emu, now?" Adah asked, the only thing to announce joining the Eel where he sat, except perhaps the typical uneven drag of her steps. Imagine that, though: interaction in a public sphere. It was a bit easier to do when the terrain between them was mostly on the same level.

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"I go by many names," he said, smiling at her. "Elegant and Emu are merely just two."

[ecirpnellehada.livejournal.com]

"And Eel," Adah, of course, had to point out, head nodding slightly, trying not to laugh too hard at Elegant. "I'm noticing an 'E' theme; shall I continue? Enigmatic. Effervescent. Excrement. I would say erudite, but that, clearly, would be me."

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"Hey!" He frowned, having caught one word. "Excrement?"

[ecirpnellehada.livejournal.com]

"I wondered if you'd catch that one," Adah mused, grinning at him lightly, lopsidely, and maybe even a little fondly.

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"I did so take it back, meanie," he said oh so toughly.

[always-damp.livejournal.com]

Toby cocked his head and smiled at Adah. "Hey Lee's girlfriend!" He was very cheery because he liked Lee and therefore he liked Adah, even if she gave his body to that unfortunate Hispanic boy. And no. No shirt here.

[ecirpnellehada.livejournal.com]

Adah took a moment...just a moment, but a fairly lengthly one...to stare at the guy for a moment, trying to come to terms with just what to do with the fact that, apparently, she was known only as 'Lee's girlfriend.' This was, of course, unacceptable. That much she knew. It was just how to respond to it that she wasn't so certain of.

Especially since there was also a part of her that was thinking that at least people knew she was his girlfriend.

"Hi," she finally settled on, blinking and giving him an odd look. "And it's Adah."

At least she actually said something? There was always that.

[always-damp.livejournal.com]

"Right, Adah," Toby so knew that. "Are you glad to be back in the cabins? Which one are you in, like Purple Pixies Majesty?" He really liked making up cabin names.

[ecirpnellehada.livejournal.com]

Whoever he was, this friend of the Eel's was talkative. Fantastic.

"Fighting Fox, actually," she answered. "The seniors' cabin. And I'm glad for them if only because there aren't any stairs, but I miss the privacy of my own room."

[withoutverona]

Romeo gave a slight wave to Adah, then said, //Good evening, my lady// in Japanese just to show he had been studying.

Granted, his vocabulary still stopped at greetings, tourist expressions, and flirtatious slang, but Adah did not need to know that.

[ecirpnellehada.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile, Adah had barely even touched her Japanese since before she graduated, but her mind had always been like a sponge for languages, and she remembered quite a bit of it. Especially a simple greeting such as that and, smiling softly, she nodded her head in response, returning it although in her preferred wordless way that she doubted Romeo would mind. Then she cocked her head, blinking her wide eyes in an inquiry as to how he was doing this evening.

[withoutverona]

"Well enough. I just finished bird-sitting a friend of mine who seems to be a pet these days," Romeo said, switching to his first language. "I had two classes today, so much of it was taken up with that. And how have you been?"

[ecirpnellehada.livejournal.com]

Adah shrugged her shoulder, her expression relatively impassive, before she responded, although in French. If she remembered properly, the two of them were quite fluent in it, and talking so much didn't seem so bad if it was in a language not everyone knew. The Eel, in particular, if only because she was curious to see if her talking to another boy in a strange language gave rise to any comments.

//"I have been spending most of my time in the clinic, and doing research on the existence of souls. That's all, though. Mostly, it is all just get antsy for leaving for medical school very shortly here."//

[withoutverona]

After an afternoon watching the races, the Reno chocobo seemed inclined to nap unless the mun gets online and says something different, so Romeo was inclined to let him. He wandered out of the cabin and over to the first campfire with people, still carrying the box of Liir's cookies.

"This is a nice fire," he observed, settling in against a tree.

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"Think so?" He greeted Romeo with a smile. "I can do better. Actually, no I can't so I'm glad you like it."

[withoutverona]

"I could do no better," Romeo said. "There's not much call for fires at home."

He considered. "I do have a lighter, but that does no good if the thing's not together properly."

[stupid-toasters.livejournal.com]

"I got by with some matches and kindling," he explained. "Benefit of a few camping trips back home."

[withoutverona]

"Were you a scout?" Romeo asked idly. "I never was. We'd have bonfires on the beach at odd times, but that's different."