Main Campfire, Saturday Evening

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He wasn't going to admit that it was boredom that drove him out of his alcove and to the main campfire. He wasn't bored. He was just...without anything to do. Boredom he could have solved by sleeping. Nothing to do meant he wanted something to do and thus, he took himself to the main campfire. Despite the warmth, he lit the fire anyway. If anything, he could light his cigarettes on it.

Though, even he was intelligent enough to realize that was a really dumb idea and would only be tried if he got himself drunk. The snag in that idea was that he had no alcohol with him. Sad, really. He could have done with a nice bender.

Instead, he was just going to lay against a log and smoke for awhile. If he were some deep poet type, he'd call it stargazing. Since he wasn't that type, he was calling it relaxation. It worked for him.

[i declare this campfire open!]

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[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

Jennifer waved at the girl she didn't know.

"Hi," she said.

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy looked the girl over curiously a moment, and nodded a sort of greeting. "Alright." It served as a greeting, and a vague sort of question at the same time.

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"I'm Jennifer," she said. "Did I see you on the bus in during the first day?"

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy nodded after a moment. "Probably," she repleid.

"I wasn't at my most awake then, so..." She hadn't really recognised that Jennifer was another one of them. "I'm Effy."

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"That's a nice name," Jennifer said. "Is it short for something?"

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"It's less shit than Elizabeth," Effy said, shrugging. "Which is what it's short for. Never really been a fan of it."

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"Oh," Jennifer said. "I'm a Jen girl, myself. I don't really like 'Jenny'. But 'Effy', that's... it's unique."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"I like to think I'm a little unique." Oh, she was certainly that. She smirked a little at Jennifer. "Life would be really dull if I wan't."

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"Exactly," Jennifer said. "Contributing to the world in your own way, that's... life, you know?"

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"So, what's your contribution?" Effy asked after a moment, cocking her head curiously.

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I'm going to be a lawyer," Jennifer said.

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Another one. Huh. "Seems to be a popular choice," Effy said after a moment. Not that she could see why.

"Got a reason?" she asked.

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"I don't like seeing injustice," Jennifer said, sort of side-stepping her real reasons.

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"One of those self-sacrificing types," she figured. "That's sweet."

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"All I have to give is myself," Jennifer said. "Might as well do my best."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

That... was kind of sickeningly nice and exceptionally clichéd, in Effy's opinion, and she arched skepticaal eyebrows.

"And you're for real?"

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"I'm for real," Jennifer said. "I figure, I can make up for people who are more hesitant."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Think you'll be making up for a lotta people," Effy told her. "Good luck with that."

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," Jennifer said. "I'll need all the luck I can get."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"You don't think you can do it without?" Effy asked. Luck wasn't really something she believed in. Saying it was more a habit engrained from other people.

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"Well, I'll be able to get there," Jennifer said. "But luck never hurt."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Never found it does much good, either," Effy said, shrugging.

Such a little ray of sunshine.

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"That's some pretty rough stuff you're saying," Jennifer said. "I'm guessing you've had pretty rotten luck?"

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Or, Effy was just a natural pessimist.

Possibly a little of both.

She shrugged. "It's just the truth. Nothing more."

[not-jaded-yet.livejournal.com]

"Well, here's hoping things turn out better for you," Jennifer said.