Main Campfire | Evening | Saturday | June 12

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The cabins were starting to get to Alex. Sure, he and Griff often got into fistfights or bitch fights or any other type of fights but he'd only had to deal with one person when he was in a pissy mood. And Griff wasn't one to nag or be nosy so it'd been a copacetic situation.

Now, just to stop feeling like the walls were closing in on him, Alex had bolted out of his cabin and towards the campfire with the intention of smoking enough cigarettes to calm himself down. His mood was just fine, for once, but he was not built for cabin living.

At least the sun was going down and taking the temperature with it. Alex found a spot near the campfire, relaxed back against a log and stretched out, already lighting up a smoke and taking advantage of being outside to indulge in his favorite vice.

See, he already felt better.

[Campfire's hasn't lost that lovin' feelin' but it definitely has that open feelin'!]

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[icecoldfrost]

"I wasn't sure what I'd heard, besides you, until I heard on the radio that you'd been at the clinic," she admitted. "But it was sudden, sharp, and loud."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, it kinda sucked on my end too," Rose admitted. "Sorry it was loud and stuff. I - didn't know other people could hear it. No one else has seen it so I figured it'd be the same."

[icecoldfrost]

"Seen?" Emma blinked. "Seen what?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Um," she took a breath. This admitting it thing had not gotten easier. "Ghosts. They're ghosts. That's why I collapsed. I couldn't keep them away."

[icecoldfrost]

"You're seeing ghosts." Some days Emma really hated this place. "Rose, what happened?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose pulled her fingers through her hair. "Long freaking story. Remember back in the winter when I was away for a while and my friend was killed? I've been seeing his ghost for months and lately there've...been a lot more."

[icecoldfrost]

"This is what I get for trying to respect 'privacy' and stay out of my friends' heads," Emma complained. "It makes me a bad friend because I don't know something's wrong."

...don't try and follow her logic, Rose. It will just make your head hurt.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, see, it doesn't work that way," she told Emma, shaking her head. "You'd've just figured I was going crazy too."

[icecoldfrost]

"I know what crazy tastes like. You aren't crazy," Emma sighed. "I would have believed you."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I hope you're not planning on tasting me," Rose said wryly.

[icecoldfrost]

Don't be dirty," she scolded. "You know that's not what I meant."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose rubbed her hands over her face. "Yeah, yeah, I know." She glanced over at Emma. "So...if I ask nicely and buy you drinks sometime, can you maybe help me with this if it's possible?"

It was uncomfortable asking for help, but she could manage it better with these friends at Fandom than anyone else.

[icecoldfrost]

"How about we get raging drunk, hit on some boys, and I'll do whatever I can anyway?" Emma offered. "Really, Rosebud, you don't have to ask."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Sounds like the best plan ever," Rose decided. "So - basically when I concentrate, I can keep the ghosts away. Which makes it kinda a problem for fighting because I'm not sure if I can hold the concentration. We talked about shielding before - do you think it'd work for this?"

[icecoldfrost]

Emma shrugged. "Can't hurt," she pointed out. "You've already got a strong mind, we just need to hone it."

"But it would require you spending time in my brain, and me in yours."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"...define 'spending time'?" Rose said, not sure she was okay with hanging out in someone's brain as much as she did Lissa's.

[icecoldfrost]

"Just when we're practicing," she said, rolling her eyes. "Not like your princess."

Sorry, Rose, you're loud.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose made a face at Emma. "I can deal with that. I already have to deal with her love life. I don't want yours too." She looked apologetic. "Yeah, I know. You hear everyone which would suck way way way more."

[icecoldfrost]

"'Love' life?" Emma muttered. "Don't be obscene, darling."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Deal with it, Emma," she teased. "That's just the way I am. Obscene and dirty-minded."

[icecoldfrost]

"And you enjoy it, too," Emma complained, giving Rose a good-natured push on her shoulder. "But you don't get to start in on my life unless we gossip about yours, first."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Hell yes, I do," Rose agreed, swaying with the push. "I don't know what you're talking about. I have no gossip. None at all."

Right.

[icecoldfrost]

"Liar liar pants on fire," Emma sang. "You've always got good gossip."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

She laughed. "What can I say? I've been totally boring recently. Working guarding Adrian and training and that's about it. It's totally sad, I know."

[icecoldfrost]

This would be Emma's 'I don't believe you, but I won't push it in public' face.

"Riiiight," she drawled. "First order of business? We find some fun for you that does not involve training. It'll be easier to learn how to shield your mind if you're less stressed."