Galaxy Quest campfire - Tuesday evening - 7/14

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After the disastrous discussion she'd had with Arthur at the reserves, Fiona had made her way back to her cabin and tried to relax a bit with a book. Books, however, had brought up the discussion in her mind and after slicing off half of her bedsheet with one of the pages, she'd decided that a fire might be the way to go.

...it would keep her away from her things at any rate.

Which was why she was out at the campfire, a bag of marshmallows on one side and a few sticks laid out next to them. She couldn't eat them but she'd decided to take a page from Ender and offer them for those who might want to. Oddly enough, just the items made her feel better.

[open as campfires are]

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[saikyou-no.livejournal.com]

"Fiona," Kenshin said, as he wandered by. "...Are you okay?"

He noticed these things, even if he wasn't as good as he would be as an adult.

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The glare she gave him could have sliced something all on it's own if she hadn't immediately dampened it and grumbled at the fire.

"Would you turn down your choice of military texts and the assistance of someone who's read them and been made to analyze them since she was five years old?"

...that's a 'no', Kenshin.

[saikyou-no.livejournal.com]

Blink.

"No."

Shishou would kill him.

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"Then Arthur's an idiot," was her answer to that as she crossed her arms and laid them on her knees to stare at the fire.

"A stubborn, foolish, suicidal, chauvinist idiot."

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He'd seen her flee the reserves earlier, so it was a little surprising to Griff to spot Fiona by a campfire. In his experience, flight didn't lead to wanting to be social. It was intriguing.

"Planning to light some marshmallows on fire?"

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She turned her head like a bird, quick and sharp, towards his voice, softening a little. Kenshin had helped a lot.

"Not really. It's for other people if they want them."

Now that he was here, though, Fiona really just wanted Griff. Sitting next to her. Quite possibly holding her hand.

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He picked up a marshmallow and took a seat by her. "They're fun to burn," he said, having tried that before. "Even if it makes eating them less...well, desirous."

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"Griff!" Claudia squealed. "Hi!"

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"Claud, hey!" Griff smiled, pleased to see her even without the satellite dish. "Looking for some charbroiled sugar?"

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

Valentine could never really pass up sitting by a campfire already going on outside her cabin, especially as she was returning to it, so she was soon to join Fiona and looking over the sticks she'd laid out.

"You're just all set up, aren't you?" she noted.

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"Well, I set up," she said with a wry smile, "but it's not really my thing. Picked up the trick from someone else."

Val's brother, actually.

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"Just marshmallows?" Valentine asked. "Or are the chocolate and graham crackers to complete the whole thing hiding out somewhere?"

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"Hiiii Fiona," Maron said, kneeling down to hold her hands out to the fire. "How are you?"

She wriggled her fingers against the heat, and grinned at the fire.

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So much better since Kenshin had come after her.

"All right. You?"

All right seemed a good, safe option.

[gods-gymnast.livejournal.com]

Maron gave a bit of a shrug at that.

"I'm always good," she said, though that wasn't true. "Did you hear? Apparently there's an angel on Fandom now."

[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

"JUNK FOOD!"

Hello to you too, Claudia.

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She held the bag up for Claudia to grab.

"All yours unless someone else wants it."

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"YAY!" Claudia cheered, grabbing the bag and sticking three marshmallows onto a stick. "Best dinner ever."

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"I take it you're a fan?" Valentine couldn't help noting.

[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

"Omigod, I love camp food," Claudia said. "Camping, no, stuff on sticks, yes, please."

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Diana plopped down on the ground and grabbed a stick and a marshmallow. "Am I the only one who wants to add lighter fluid to the equation?"

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"You can," she said without much concern, "as I'm not roasting anything."

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"Where is the lighter fluid then?" Diana asked, glancing around.

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"Well," Valentine said with a grin, "not anymore."

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Dianna grinned back. "Do you have lighter fluid?"