Main Campfire, Friday Afternoon

[vanillajello]

This time, there were marshmallows. Two bags of them, even, so there would be no bitching this time around. Well, at least not about the marshmallows.

There was also a fire.

And Bobby was there too, because Kate thought seeing people would keep him from getting too bored. Kate had also acquired a little red ball for him to play with, although ”playing” seemed to constitute of poking the ball back and forth.

And of course, Kate was there, sipping from a bottle of Coke.


[Ooopen, as these things tend to be.]

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[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan was out for a walk with Penelope who was *still* a piglet. Honestly, it was starting to concern Joan since it had been a week. If it didn't clear up by Monday, she was going to seek out some help.

Of course, spotting a penguin by a campfire was enough to make her stop.

"Let me guess," she said to the girl sitting there. "That's usually a student."

[vanillajello]

"Yes," Kate nodded with a smile. "It's my roommate Bobby. And is that," she gestured towards the piglet, "by any chance the girl that works at Caritas, the one with the awesome name I can't seem to remember right now?"

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Penelope, yes," Joan said.

The girl, er, piglet in question scampered over to sniff at the penguin.

"And I'm Joan. I think we have creative writing together."

[vanillajello]

"Oh, I thought you looked familiar!" Kate smiled. "I'm Kate. And usually half asleep in class."

The penguin didn't seem to mind. It poked the ball in the piglet's direction.

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"It's hard to talk in classes sometimes," Joan said. "You're one of the newer folks, right?"

Penelope nudged the ball back with her snout.

[vanillajello]

"Yeah, I'm part of the latest batch of newbies. Although you couldn't necessarily tell with everything that's already happened," she commented, watching the animal people play.

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Oh, really? What all has happened?" Joan asked.

[vanillajello]

"Well, apart from the singing, which happened to pretty much everyone, both me and my roomie have already turned into animals. And I had been here only two day when it happened to me."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Wow, you got quite the Fandom welcome," she said. "I've been here almost a year and haven't been turned into an animal yet."

Hopefully she didn't just jinx herself.

"The singing thing wasn't so bad though."

[vanillajello]

"You're not even the only oldie who has never been an animal," Kate said, remembering her conversation with Hannibal earlier. "I don't know why we had to, and so soon... But yeah, the singing wasn't so bad, after the initial shock."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"At least it's prepared you for anything else that might happen?" Joan said, trying to find the bright side.

[vanillajello]

"Oh, it definitely has," Kate said with a little smile. "Also, everyone else's horror stories of how things could be much, much worse have helped. At least I was an animal and not a... thing."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan nodded. "I've heard about people turning into objects. Then again, some people's belongings turned into people."

She shook her head. "You just never know what this island will throw at you next."

[vanillajello]

"I've noticed," Kate smirked. "I'm trying not to worry about it too much. When stuff happens, it happens."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"That's the best attitude to have around here," Joan said. "Where are you from? And when?"

[vanillajello]

"I'm from Overland Park in Kansas, and from 2009." A beat, followed by a little grin. "And I hope I will at some point get used to people asking me when I'm from. And you?"

[gods-gymnast.livejournal.com]

"Hi!" Maron said, grinning. "And is that a student or a pet, so I can gush appropriately?"

That being Bobby of course.

[vanillajello]

"It's a student," Kate informed her with a grin. "Bobby Drake's his name."

[gods-gymnast.livejournal.com]

"I'll keep my gushing to a minimum then," Maron laughed. "As I wouldn't want to offend him horrible, even if he is rather cute."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan chuckled. "You will. I'm from Arcadia, Maryland. Also this year. And I don't have any superpowers."

[vanillajello]

"I think it's too late to worry about that," Kate laughed. "He's been called adorable by many people while he's been like this."

[gods-gymnast.livejournal.com]

That deserved another laugh.

"He'll have no dignity left then!" she said, neatly settling herself down. "Has he been like that long?"

[vanillajello]

"I don't have any superpowers either." A beat. "And actually, if I've met anyone here who does, they haven't told me about it."

The penguin seemed to twitch, only a little bit, at that statement.

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Liir took me flying on his broom yesterday," Joan shared. "And I've met other people with various abilities."

[vanillajello]

"Since Sunday. That's why he has the ball now, he started to seem a bit bored," Kate explained.