Chester A. Arthur Campfire, Thursday Evening

[icecoldfrost]

Emma was bored. Staying in the cabin for more than a few hours was making her twitch; she'd the close quarters made things too loud, even when she was at her most focused. After being on her own for over a year, and just Hank for company for the last month or so, so many people was making her almost physically ill.

Which is why she was lounging out by the campfire in defiance of the glitter that still occasionally drifted down from the sky. Sunglasses on her face and idly flipping through a magazine while she sucked on a popsicle she'd found somewhere, letting her mind streach and wander about as she relaxed the tight hold she'd been keeping over herself since this morning.

Bored. For a school supposedly full of people with powers, so far, most of them were startlingly dull. Emma was starting to despair.

Maybe some of their thoughts would be more entertaining than the students themselves seemed to be.

[Open as campfires be!]

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[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

Fiona was feeling somewhat better after a bit of violence and it had come to be second nature to head for a fire when she saw one next to a cabin, regardless of which one it was near. When she saw the other girl, she gave a respectful nod before sitting down and watching the fire.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

Hey, someone was at his campfire. That just meant he didn't have to go far tonight. He ventured outside took a seat and gave the other girl a lazy wave.

"Hey there."

[puppy_fair]

It wasn't that Zack was lost. Oh, no, not in the least. It was a relatively small campground, after all. And he'd been here for a few days, now.

No, it was more that Zack was boooored, and being cooped up in his own cabin alcove was driving him batty. That was what had him out and braving the glitter showers this evening, all the way out and around some other cabin's campfire.

He was... decidedly sparkly by the time he'd found his way there.

"Shiny," he decided, as he zeroed in on the first fire he'd seen.

[icecoldfrost]

The corners of Emma's mouth twitched with amusement as she recognized the girl that had spat with Ms. Mode during class.

"Edge," she drawled, curious to see what sort of reaction she'd get. "How did the rest of your classes go today?"

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

An eyebrow twitched but she didn't really mind; it wasn't a bad name. It was just curious that the girl tried to antagonize her right from the get go. As such, much as she did with Eliot, she did the opposite of the obvious.

"Emma," she replied, as she had settled into the class environment a little better.

"I didn't have any other classes today, but I went to the salle and had a very good time. Yourself?"

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

Taking a seat at the campfire, Griff pulled his hood up over his hair. "Falling sparkles weren't what I expected when I heard the weather in the states was mental."

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

"It isn't usually like this," came the voice from not far on his right.

"At least not in California."

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I spent some time in San Diego completely sparkle-free," he replied with a smile. "I'm getting the idea this island's not all that like the rest of Maryland."

[icecoldfrost]

"Hey," she echoed, glancing up from her magazine. He looked vaguely familiar - one of the people from her cabin. "Willing to risk the glitter for some fresh air?"

[icecoldfrost]

Emma didn't even blink. "Yes, yes you are," she informed him as she took another lick of her popsicle. "Much like a disco ball."

"Try spinning. I want to see if you make anyone dizzy."

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"I think I look all right in glitter," he said, shaking some out of his hair. "Makes me shine more than I already do. And I haven't been out to a campfire yet so win-win."

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

"Judging by my studies, no, it's not," she agreed, running her tongue over her teeth thoughtfully. She tucked a curl back behind her ear.

"Fiona. And you are?"

[icecoldfrost]

"If you think this is bad, darling, be glad it's not a nor'easter," Emma answered. "A glitter blizzard with hurricane winds would be even worse."

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

"Griff. You're in Buddy Movie, right?" he confirmed that he remembered her from the introductions.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"That glitter really likes you," Hannibal said, snickering.

[puppy_fair]

"You mean, aside from me?" Zack laughed a little as he made his way over to take a seat near the fire. "They told me this place did weird things from time to time. I wasn't really expecting anything quite like this, though."

A beat.

"If I end up kissing boys because of this, I'm going back to Midgar."

He'd been educated about boykissy.

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

"Real weather I can deal with," Griff told her. He'd jump away if he had to. "But this?" He wiped his hand over his knee and sprinkled the sparkles over the ground.

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"New kid with a neat accent!" Hannibal greeted.

[cutsthestrings.livejournal.com]

She nodded.

"I'm 'Twin', according to our professor. Nice to meet you, Griff."

[puppy_fair]

"I think I just have really bad luck trying to figure out where the glitter clouds are," Zack mused, making a half-assed attempt at dusting himself off. There was a poof of glitter, sure, but when all was said and done, it didn't make a heck of a lot of difference. "I'm going to be trying to get rid of this stuff for the rest of my life, I think."

[icecoldfrost]

"No more insane gnomes with delusions of sanity?" Emma asked. "Good for you."

"The glitter drove me inside for a bit, but I dislike being cooped up for long." Emma tipped her face up towards what was left of the sunlight, smiling slightly. "One can only read deliberately bad romances for so long before going completely stir-crazy."

[youcantfollow.livejournal.com]

"Old kid with generic American accent," Griff replied as pleasantly as possible.

[icecoldfrost]

"It does flatter those of us who know how to carry it off," Emma agreed, looking amused as the puffs of glitter that came off as she shook. "I've only been here four days, and this is my second campfire. What's your excuse?"

[decoder-rings.livejournal.com]

"Hey hey hey, I am not old," he said easily. "I look damn good for an eighteen year old and I prefer to think of my accent as classic."

[icecoldfrost]

This time, Emma did blink.

"What?"

Someone hadn't heard about boykissy yet.