Adorable Panda Campfire, Tuesday Morning

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The campfire was exactly where Ella thought it would be when she stepped out of the cabin.

These days, that counted as a miracle, and Ella was grateful for it as she settled on a stump near the firepit, planning to boil some water for tea and perhaps make some toast.

Then she realized each individual piece of firewood had been individually wrapped in layers of bubblewrap, as had each teabag, the matches, and each slide of bread.

"This might take longer than I expected," she noted aloud.

[OOC: Open campfire.]

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Hannibal...hadn't meant to end up here.

Before saying anything to the girl at the campfire, he looked around and said to no one in particular, "This isn't where I meant to go. What the hell."

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"It's the Adorable Panda campfire," Ella told the (rather rude, in her opinion) boy. "I felt lucky that I did find it so easily."

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"Adorable Panda?" He blinked. "I was...headed into town and now I'm here. I didn't even get drunk last night. Hi, hello, sorry about that. I didn't mean to end up here and it confused me."

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"Adorable Panda," Ella echoed. Just because the name wasn't really bad enough if you only said it once. "I think the island's been doing that. Yesterday I was trying to get to the beach and I ended up back in the school building more times than I can count."

She waved. "I'm Ella, by the way. You're welcome to some breakfast if you want to unwrap it."

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"Hannibal King," he said, getting over his confusion to peer at the wrapped breakfast. "That's...new."

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"It's some kind of plastic something," Ella said, holding up a neatly wrapped teabag so he could see. "It must have taken hours, whoever did it. They got every teabag in the box."

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"It's bubble wrap," he laughed. "I used to love that stuff as a kid. Give it to a kid now and they'll be busy for hours."

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"Wrapping and unwrapping things?" Ella was confused.

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"No, popping the bubbles," he said and demonstrated by using his thumb to pop one of the bubbles on the wrapped tea.

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Ella had to grin. "We don't have that at home," she said, probably unnecessarily, as she fumbled for a sheet of wrap she had pulled off a piece of firewood.

Pop! Pop! Pop!

"This is hypnotic."

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"See what I mean?" Hannibal said, smiling at her. "And you're a natural, look at that. I wouldn't even be able to tell that you're a first time popper."

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"Well, I always have learned fast," Ella supplied modestly. "And I had a good teacher."

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Hannibal made a show of looking over both shoulders before he pointed at himself. "Mean me? Little ole me?"

He waved a hand. "Shucks, tweren't nothing."

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"But if you hadn't wondered by, all this bubble wrap would have gone unpopped," Ella said, mock-earnestly. "I would have thwarted its destiny through my own ignorance."

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"Then, I accept your thanks," he said, bowing as much as he could while sitting down. "I'm always happy to introduce people to the wonders of bubble wrap. And now you won't do anything else the rest of the day."

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"I have to go to class at some point," Ella said, shaking her head. "But it's on not getting killed, so you would think wrapping myself in this stuff would count for credit."

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"It's protective," he agreed, popping a few more bubbles. "I wouldn't recommend wearing it into a fight but, if you did, I think it might distract whoever you might be fighting enough to get a few good shots in."

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"That, and I could tear off bits and toss them over my shoulder as I ran away," Ella suggested. "They'd have to pop them, it's irresistible, so I could escape."

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"Oooh, nice plan," Hannibal said, nodding. "One I didn't even think of. See, you're a natural. Almost better than me, I bet."

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Ella made a dismissive motion with her hand. "What about you? Do you have classes to go to, or can you devote the day to bubble wrap?"

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John had been trying to return to his alcove when he found himself outside. "Huh. Guess my stuff's not the only stuff in bubble wrap." He scrapped his mental plans to get Gavin back. Sorta.

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"I had one yesterday," he said, "and one tomorrow. Today is free for bubble wrap. Or anything else I might be able to do if I don't get lost. That's really gonna get confusing."

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"Morning!" she greeted. "My alcove was fine, but someone made sure breakfast would be very well-protected," Ella said, gesturing to the tea and toast. "Perhaps the island was worried I'd burn myself on the fire."

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"No more beach?" Hannibal asked, smirking at John.

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"Huh, maybe it thought I shouldn't try to save myself from tooth decay," John wondered. "You known for burning yourself?"