Wormhole X-Treme Campfire, Monday evening

[momslilassassin]

Ben, not surprisingly to anyone who knew him, was hungry.

He'd managed to get the fire started without incident and was now cheerfully burning cooking some hot dogs and staring into the flames.

Meeting new people would be fun--that's why he'd put out extra food and had given the bugs some silent encouragement to bite people at a different fire--but Ben was hoping they'd come to him.

He glanced over at the nearby cabins hopefully, then made a face, dropped his completely charred hot dog into the fire, and tried again.

Ben was a terrible cook.

[OOC: So very open.]

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[weetuskenraider]

"Wow, I'm so shocked that you're hungry, really," Tahiri observed as she came out of Wendy the Werewolf Stalker cabin next door and, without asking, found a spot next to him and sat down.

So she wasn't a new person. She'd tell him he'd just have to deal with that.

[momslilassassin]

"The ice cream I picked up in town didn't last long," he said, smiling at her and nudging her shoulder. "Hi."

[weetuskenraider]

"It never does, with you." She nudged him back. "Hi yourself. Are you planning on eating those or using them as torches?"

[momslilassassin]

"A little of both," Ben declared. "I bought plenty."

And that way when they caught fire, he could pretend he'd planned that.

[noearsyet.livejournal.com]

George wasn't over the immense wtfery of his class today, but that didn't stop him from being hungry. An' it certainly didn't stop him from being drawn to the fire in front of his own cabin.

"Are those sausages?" he asked. He'd get to hellos.

[weetuskenraider]

And she wouldn't buy it for a second.

"Because if we're ever in a situation where we need light and there's no working glowrods around, we'll be sure to have hot dogs on hand."

[momslilassassin]

"Of course," Ben said, nodding. "Or lightsabers."

[momslilassassin]

It was going to take a second for Ben's brain to process that this wasn't a younger version of his cousin Jacen.

But before that happened, Ben's face was going to drain of all color. "Kriffing hells," he muttered as his heart pounded almost painfully in his chest.

[weetuskenraider]

"That could get messy after a while. Think you can make me one a little less crispy?" she teased.

[momslilassassin]

"I think that can be arranged," Ben said, reaching for a new, undestroyed hot dog. "I haven't really missed the cabins, but the food is good."

When he didn't burn it.

[weetuskenraider]

Tahiri belatedly realized she hadn"t gotten around to warning Ben about George yet, and she growled a Tusken curse under her breath.

"George," she said, carefully neutral. "Hi."

[noearsyet.livejournal.com]

It hadn't been that rude a question. Or so George thought before he glanced over at the other boy.

"'M not him," he said quickly. "Jacen or Zack or whoever." He was going with Jacen. No one seemed to be thrilled to see that one.

[weetuskenraider]

Which was why Tahiri was going to be keeping an eye on the hot dog. "Company's not bad either."

[noearsyet.livejournal.com]

"Tahiri," he replied lightly, giving her a smile. "I've been tryin' not t'be obnoxious jus' for ye, lass."

[weetinyreese.livejournal.com]

Kyle decided not to ask if he could join this particular campfire, being assured yesterday that it was okay for anyone to sit down. "What are those?" he asked of the hotdogs.

[momslilassassin]

"Jacen," Ben said when he could finally talk again. "And I know."

Now. Ben was just going to bluster his way through this if he could. "So you've met Jaina, then?"

[weetuskenraider]

"Thanks, I think, but you don't have to do that just for me," she said a bit uncertainly. And then it hit her. "You, um, live in this cabin too?"

[noearsyet.livejournal.com]

"Aye, on the first day," George said, wondering what inspired that reaction about the kid - and if he really wanted to know. "She an' th' lass over there-" he nodded towards Tahiri "-looked about as pole-axed as ye."

[glacial_queen]

After her visit to Nine Hells' campfire, Karla continued her quest to find campfire that weren't her own, and people to harass share s'mores with. Seeing both friendly faces and newbies made Wormhole X-treme her next stop. "Kiss kiss!" she called. "I come bearing tasty things!"

So long as she wasn't cooking them, anyway.

[noearsyet.livejournal.com]

"An' if I don't do it for ye, what'll be m'reason t'stay out of trouble?" he teased lightly. He was going to make her think of him as George and not not-Jacen if he had to stand on his head to do it.

"I do or tha's what they tell me," he agreed.

[momslilassassin]

He smiled. "It'll do. Who's in your cabin?"

[noearsyet.livejournal.com]

"Sausages, I b'lieve," George said easily.

And the boy didn't seem to recognise him so that was a plus.

[weetuskenraider]

"Oh boy," Tahiri muttered to herself, "this is going to be fun."

She'd get over the appearance thing, mostly, given some time, but for now she still looked a little uncomfortable. (The headstand might be funny, though.) "I'm not the person you want to ask about staying out of trouble," she said, attempting a smile.

It didn't go so well.

[momslilassassin]

Ben really had no one to blame for this surprise but himself. He tried to smile. "You remind me of someone I knew a long time ago."

[weetuskenraider]

"It'll do?" Tahiri echoed, sticking her elbow out to get him in the ribs. "It'll do? Firekeeper and Blind Seer are there, and Triela, and Karla, and Emma, and a couple of other people I haven't seen around yet."

You know, when she hadn't been hiding.