Main Campfire [evening]

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

As Rilla was practically fifteen right now, she felt quite grown-up enough to attempt to light the campfire by herself and managed without setting anything other than the kindling ablaze. In a long-ish skirt and multiple layers, this was a trickier business than you might imagine.

She settled herself onto a comfortable log, stared starry-eyed into the campfire (it reminded her of good times with her family on the shore when they burned all of the debris that washed up over the winter) and began singing a Scottish air from home.

Her voice was surprisingly good for someone who wasn't prone to singing in public, but around a campfire, such a thing was expected along with ghost stories and toasted bread.

She'd provide the bread if someone else had ghost stories.

[OOC: So very open!]

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[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"Prince Edward Island, Canada," Rilla said, "and in 1914. Where and when for you?"

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"Greendale, Colorado, now," she said, and paused. "I mean, now as in the 21st century, not now as in the time when cowboys roamed free. I kind of feel like I need to specify that while we're here for some reason..."

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"Is Greendale terribly close to wherever we are now?" Rilla asked. "...eventually?"

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"Do you know where Denver is? I know being from another country, you might not know all our cities," said Annie, being Understanding and Knowledgeable about these things.

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"Is it sort of in the...middle?" Rilla guessed.

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"Pretty much," she said, kind of proud of her guess. "I keep wondering if maybe I should send something back from now- this time, I mean- just to see what people say, but I'm thinking that would be a bad idea."

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

Rilla nodded, looking understanding. "When I first wrote home about the strangeness here, our housekeeper threatened to send me mustard plasters to draw the fever from my brain."

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

That was a new one. "...Mustard plasters?"

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"Broken up mustard seeds in a packet," Rilla said. "It smells awful."

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"I have never heard of that before," she said thoughtfully. "Does it work?"

She liked learning about people's timelines and powers and everything. She never thought she'd be asking about the healing power of mustard seeds.

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"For fixing a cough, yes," Rilla said. "For making Fandom make sense? Not really."

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"How long have you been here?" Annie asked immediately, wondering if there was a time limit on where everything would stop seeming weird. Interesting, but weird.

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"Oh goodness, a year now," Rilla said, looking surprised to admit that.

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I can't wait a year for this place to make sense," she decided. "I'll have graduated by then. And I am not allowed to understand Fandom and then leave, that's just not going to happen."

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"It took a few months for me to stop staring at everyone in a short skirt," Rilla admitted, "and people who say they can use magic still seem a bit odd."

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"Well, yeah. I'm still not sure I'll believe it till I see it," Annie admitted.

"Short skirts? Really?" Annie was a big fan of the skirt, but she usually wore tights with them so... yay?

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

"Skirts at home go the ground when you're an adult," Rilla said, looking a little sulkily at hers, halfway past her knees.

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"And that's a good thing?" she wondered.

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

Rilla nodded emphatically. "It's how Things Are Done."

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"It's a modesty thing, right? Does that mean you think all of us short-skirt wearers are... loose women?"

Annie would never ever be a loose woman ever. She might not actually know the meaning of 'loose' and was only able to use it through context clues.

[rilla-myrilla.livejournal.com]

Rilla nodded solemnly. "I did at first. I've gotten much more open-minded!"

Not really.