Main Campfire, Monday Evening

[puppy_fair]

Okay, so today had admittedly not been the most productive day that Zack had ever had. He'd skipped work today after having the meaning of Memorial Day explained to him by the gym teacher, and then he'd handwavily headed down to the graveyard. Angeal wasn't there, no, but it was about as close as he was going to get, and the time to just sit quietly and pay his respects had been good for him.

Now, to wrap the day up, he'd grabbed some marshmallows, bars of chocolate, and graham crackers, and he was working on getting a decently sized fire going.

Okay, so Zack's idea of a 'decently sized' fire was possibly not what most sane people considered to be one. He'd heaped the logs on kind of ridiculously high, and then he'd lit that sucker with a Fira spell. The result had singed his eyebrows a little at first, but hey, all the better for making s'mores, right?

... Once he blew out the marshmallow fire.

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[longislandiceme]

One day, he'd have enough control that he'd be able to stand in the middle of a fire and not feel a thing. For now, though, heat was not his favorite thing ever.

"I was thinking of maybe asking someone if they'd help me out with that," Bobby admitted.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Good luck with that," Sookie said, keeping her face perfectly straight as she perched beside him.

[longislandiceme]

"I was thinking of asking Bruce," Bobby replied, not missing a beat. "Or maybe silent-guy-who-looks-like-Dan."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Blackagar. He can't talk and he's never seen a s'more before, I think," she replied thoughtfully. "And Bruce thinks the fire's going to take off and he's gonna have to call the fire department."

[longislandiceme]

"We have a fire department?"

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I didn't think we had enough fires for that," Sookie remarked.

[longislandiceme]

"Of course, we have a huge police department and, like, no crime, so I guess it makes sense," Bobby shrugged.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Maybe it's all secret crime," she said thoughtfully. "But yeah, anyway, I'm pretty sure neither of those guys is gonna help you with your marshmallows. What're you gonna do?"

[longislandiceme]

"Well, my big brother's here," he gestured at Zack with a marshmallow. "That might fall under the brotherly scope."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"It'll end up burned. Look at the fire," she pointed out.

[longislandiceme]

"Hmmm," Bobby mused. "Ben seems like a pretty helpful guy," he pointed out. "And he's got telekinesis, so he could totally rescue any accidentally-dropped marshmallows."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"But his player just went to bed he's far away," she said sadly. "Maybe I could get him to do mine, too. Why get all hot when I don't have to? Oh, wait." She plucked out a marshmallow from the bag, shot a tiny bolt of lightning from her fingertip, and blew on it to cool the now-toasted marshmallow. "I can just do that."

[longislandiceme]

"Well now," Bobby smirked. "That is pretty impressive. So now I guess the question is whether you're willing to share the fruits of your labor with a certain completely adorable boyfriend?"

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"I do have an adorable boyfriend. I was just discussing your adorableness and the merits of your mussable hair the other day, in fact," she said, already snagging a marshmallow for him. "But what'll you give me for my troubles?"

[longislandiceme]

"Oh reeeeeeally? With who?" Bobby said, smirk widening slightly at Sookie's words. "Hmmm," he tapped his chin thoughtfully, and then proceeded to dig through his pockets. "I've got... A Canadian dime, a mint, and a ticket stub from the Steel Person 2 movie."

That was totally a completely fair offer, yes.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"I...am not sure what I'd do with any of that but the mint," she said, "and I'm already eating a s'more. I reject your offer. And it was with Rinoa," she said helpfully.

[longislandiceme]

"You could buy bacon with the dime," Bobby suggested. "Canadian bacon."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"But only a little bitty bit of it," she noted. "Bacon -- even Canadian bacon -- doesn't cost just a dime!"

[longislandiceme]

"We could time travel to the early 1900s!" Bobby suggested. Because this was completely reasonable.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Hmm. Can we buy other things while there?" she wondered. "I've always wanted a big hat from the turn of the century."

[longislandiceme]

"We totally can," Bobby nodded. "I want a monocle."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"Classy," she remarked. "Okay. I will take the dime and a promise of time travel in exchange for one toasted marshmallow. If you want me to get chocolate or graham crackers, you'll have to do better."

[longislandiceme]

Great, now he had to find someone who could take them to early 20th century Canada. How could he possibly manage that?

"How about a movie ticket? A non-used one, I mean?"

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"To see a movie? By myself?" she asked, just a little poutily.

[longislandiceme]

"Of course not by yourself," Bobby scoffed.