The edge of the campgrounds, early Thursday morning

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah had left a message for Priestly, and was now warming up and stretching on the edge of the campground-- and trying not to squee too loudly about the moose. A tiny little stampede of them was rushing across the path.

Maybe they could race them through the preserve? Moose running?



[ooc: for the running partner, but open before he gets here]

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[lovemykilt]

Priestly jogged up, tilting his head to figure out what the mass of little stampeding things was.

"Hey, Dinah."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Priestly, hey! Did you see these?" She pointed to the little Canadian moose, still delighted. "Illegal antlered aliens!"

[lovemykilt]

Priestly stumbled to a slow halt next to her as he stared down at the moose. If he were an anime character, his eyes would take up two-thirds of his face and the light reflection would be wobbling. He was smitten.

". . . They're Canadian!"

That, somehow, only made them more awesome.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"They are!" Dinah's glee echoed his with an icon as much like anime as possible. "The hats are just. Awesome. Mountie moose!"

[lovemykilt]

"Can we keep them?"

Priestly sounded all of five.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"I wish!" Dinah got a scheming look on her face. "Professor Atreides got to keep her hat by telling it that it could stay...."

[lovemykilt]

Priestly took a couple careful steps closer and held out his hand, asking for permission to pet them.

And was promptly swarmed by friendly moose.

"You all get to stay!"

Hey, it was worth a shot, right?

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"All of you!" Dinah immediately jumped on the bandwagon. "You can hang out with the teal deer!"

[lovemykilt]

"And come to campfires and eat s'mores!"

[nevertobequeen.livejournal.com]

For all that she'd been warned of the evils of Fandom, Morgana had yet to find anything that was really that terrifying. Between the sparkling rain and the tiny, friendly moose, she was beginning to wonder if everyone had been exaggerating, and she was pondering that very thing as she went out for an early walk. She hadn't been expecting to come across anyone else at this hour, so finding Dinah was a pleasant surprise. "Good morning," she said, smiling.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Morgana, hi!" Dinah bounced up for a stretch to smile, then grinned as more moose went gallumphing by. "Can you believe these? Just when I think I'm used to this place."

[nevertobequeen.livejournal.com]

"If only more animals could be so adorable," Morgana replied with a laugh. "What brings you out so early?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Going for a run with my friend Priestly. Have you met him yet?" Dinah checked. "Cute, green eyes, hair done up like," she made a gesture, trying to think how it'd be described to someone who didn't know 'mohawk', "Shark fin, or a blade?"

[nevertobequeen.livejournal.com]

"Oh yes, the boy with the tall hair," Morgana said. "We haven't spoken, but he's difficult to miss."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah grinned. "He really is. He has fun challenging Arthur about political stuff-- okay, maybe not fun," she corrected herself. "But he can't stop himself. We've been buds since the first day we got here. Are you meeting a lot of other new people?"

[nevertobequeen.livejournal.com]

"Quite a lot, yes. It's rather unavoidable, with so many people around. I finally met my roommate - she arrived late, but I believe she's gotten settled in without too much trouble."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Cool, what floor are you guys on?" Dinah asked, tilting her head."You're taking all of this a lot easier than Arthur did. Does. More like Merlin's taken to it, mostly." She grinned. "Except for maybe one or two food experiments."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

After finally falling asleep, Rose woke herself up way earlier than she wanted and forced herself to go for a run, words about protection and lives echoing in her ears.

Not that she had really even started to pick up the pace when she slowed again to nod at the other girl stretching. "Same idea, huh?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, good way to start the day." Dinah looked up from touching her toes, and grinned. "Hi! I'm Dinah. Dinah Lance. I think I saw you around at a couple campfires, but I didn't catch your name."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Rose Hathaway," she said, coming to a stop by Dinah. "Good to meet you."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"You're in my Criminal Justice class too," Dinah remembered, nodding. "I looove that class. Are you going into that as a career as well?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Oh yeah," she agreed. "It's not bad - for a class." She shook her head. "Not really. I'm a bodyguard."

So much easier than explaining the Guardian gig.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Oh, cool." Dinah said, stretching out one arm, tilting her head at the new girl. Pretty, matter-of-fact, didn't seem too phased; and probably from somewhere not too different from the US, if she was planning that as a career. "I always think of bodyguards at big guys, but there have to be female ones too... So you have to know what to look for, in order to protect your assignment, right?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose nodded. Darkness, fast movement, bloodshot eyes. The looking for it was easy. "It's something we train for, yeah. I'll swear my oath in eleven months assuming all goes well."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Oath? And wow, aren't you young for that?" Dinah asked, then paused. "And if I'm asking too many questions, just let me know." She grinned. "Investigator. I just like finding stuff out."