Near the Main Campfire - Wednesday afternoon - 5/20

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As there was a lovely grassy area between the main campfire and the gym and the weather was reasonably comfortable, Fiona brought out the blanket Robert had gotten for her during their trip and spread it on the ground for a bit of very mild sunbathing. It was more just to enjoy the grass and the light breeze and her book than to actually tan her skin, but all and all, it was a comfortable set up and it seemed, to her, a lovely way to spend the partially sunny afternoon.

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Jack, of course, was the Only Jack that he needed to worry about.

"So you liking it here? Aside from the sunbathing, that is." And the rain, and the snow, and the..

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She raised an eyebrow just a little but answered.

"I like it here very well. It's much different than what I'm used to but that's certainly not bad."

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"Oh? What are you used to?" He grinned. "This is a heck of a lot different than home, that's for sure."

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"Not nearly so many people, to start with," she said, "at least that I end up talking to. The rest is hard to explain."

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"So, you'd rather be talking to fewer people? I could go, if you want." He wasn't offended, exactly.

He pauses. "Everything is hard to explain."

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She gave him a flat look.

"No. I just-- really, I wasn't able to. Here, though, I can. Which is different."

She turned on her side and gestured to the grass. He could sit.

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He sat. He wasn't rude, really, just... Jack.

"There's a lot of people here. They're good. I tell you my roommate's a frog?" He loved that, and the expressions he saw after that? Priceless.

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"Do you mean Robin?" she asked, curious to know if there might be two different frogs.

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"You've met him! Great guy. You hear him sing?"

[Leaving for dinner soon, back in a bit]

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She shook her head.

"It was a quick introduction. He's very nice, though."

So many people she'd met that she'd call 'nice'. It was wonderful that she'd get to know them well enough to say more, hopefully.

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"He's cool. Best roommate I've had." Not that he'd had a lot, but still.


[Back! For a bit. Poker night!]

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"Have you had many roommates?" she asked.

She herself had never shared a room, one of the few 'luxuries' she'd had at home.

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"I've had a couple. I've lived with Robin now for... Jeez." He sat back a little. "It's been forever!"

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"So you've been here a while then?"

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"Year or two. You get used to it." He paused. 'No, you don't. But...it's interesting."

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"I've gotten used to other things," she had to admit as she leaned on the book.

"So, Jack, what brought you here?"

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"My dad." He grinned. "Literally. Dropped me off. Seems my grades were a bit...less than they could be, and with him on the road all the time, it was just easier for a boarding school. So here I am."

He shrugged. "And you?"

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"My mother sent me here," she said with a shrug, starting to get used to that.

"My twin brother went elsewhere."

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"Twin brother? Oh, hell, don't tell me. Nemesis Island?" Jack started mentally cursing.

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Blink blink blink.

"Paxington Institute," she answered instead.

"Why would he-- what?"

Eliot wasn't her nemesis!

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"There was a thing, there was another island, and it had a goatee because it was evil. Not really, but it was like Evil Fandom Island, and it was bad," he said, a bit heated. "Not a good thing."

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"...the island had a goatee?"

That's what he said.

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"Almost. There was an Evil Radio Pirate--who's the current radio pirate--and evil squirrels--or at least more evil--just like the Evil Twins of everyone here. And there was fighting."

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Fiona had absolutely nothing to say to that except the growl of "My brother is NOT EVIL."

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"Okay! He's not evil!" He backed away a bit. "You said he didn't go to that Nemesis place, so he's fine. He's good!"