Main Campfire [Tuesday, Evening]

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy had spent most of the past four days avoiding people. Something that was probably a good move on her part, and for everyone, considering that she wasn't the most openly friendly sort to begin with, and that would really only be compounded by jetlag and getting sent away to this fucking place. Boring as Bristol was, she couldn't say this was somewhere she particularly wanted to be either.

A few days on, she'd begun to see the attraction of certain parts. In this case, the attraction of getting to sit out by a roaring fire, poke idly at the embers at the edge with a stick, and watch them glow and fizzle with the air.

This was actually not bad, and for the moment even quiet.

And occasionally, she sat back to swig from a plastic water bottle she was keeping away from the flames. Chances were, it didn't actually have water in it.

[[Open like a big open campfire.]]

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[trigons_child]

"Rachel," she said shyly, "but you are correct, I am a new student."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"Chuck," he said. "Definitely not a new student. Where you from, Rachel?"

[trigons_child]

"A place you have probably never heard of," Raven said. "It is called Azarath."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"You're right; never heard of it," Chuck said with a slight smile. "But that's okay. I've been around here long enough to know a lot of people from places I've never heard of."

[trigons_child]

"Where are you from?" Raven asked. "And how long have you been here? I am still getting used to Fandom."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"I've been here since last summer, so almost a year," Chuck said. "I'm from New York City originally."

[trigons_child]

"New York City," Raven repeated, smiling. "I have visited there briefly."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"Oh yeah? How'd you like it?" Chuck asked.

[trigons_child]

"It was overwhelming," Raven admitted. "So loud and bright and so crowded. Azarath is very different. I am not used to being around so many people."

[rocksthescarf.livejournal.com]

"Fair enough," Chuck said, laughing a little. "I prefer the crowd myself but I grew up there so..."

[trigons_child]

"I need to learn to tolerate the crowds," Raven said, half to herself. "That is one of the reasons I am here, to learn how to live amongst others."