[closed] So here's to drinks in the dark at the end of my road

[reconnaissance]

Date & Time: forward dated: Friday 22nd – Sunday 24th March
Location: a fair way into the Outlands
Characters:
Asami Sato chittybang, Cedric Diggory theboywhodied, Collette whatsupcroc, Ellie Linton reconnaissance, Fi Maxwell burnsinvisibly, Katniss Everdeen accidentalrebellion, Mitsuki Ishikawa drowns, Peter Parker arachnoid, Steph Brown controlledvariable
Summary: Nine teenagers with varying degrees of trauma decide to go camping.
(Actually, eight teenagers get bullied into going camping by Ellie.)
Warnings: Not sure yet; I'll add them as they come up. At the very least some language, and fallout from PTSD.



Ellie had found the place once before on her wandering into the Outlands; a dilapidated old barn, with stone walls and a roof that was, by some miracle, completely intact despite all the evidence of nature clambering up its walls and trying to reclaim it for the land. There's a hill leading down to it, and if you follow that hill down, you meet the woods, a big lake. It's beautiful, she thinks. Nowhere near so wild as Hell, but that was better.

Finding that place had been how it started, before thinking about getting some of the others together had kicked in. A way to unwind, after the body swap. At the very least a chance to get some decent people all together in the same place (and maybe a way to apologise to Asami for pointing a gun at her that one time).


OOC: Party style, adventures everyone.Just go wild, if you want it to be set at a particular time, maybe specify in the subject line? I'm doing some starters just... in case that helps but do whatever you like tbh. YEAH. There's also the ooc plotting post so chuck folks in there and scheme and let the madness and CR unfold.

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[chittybang]

[Asami follows Steph's instruction, digging through what she believes is Steph's inventory, and returns with a sweater. After handing her the garment, she kneels down beside them and listens to Ellie with open ears.]

Hey, everything's okay now. We're all safe.

[Her gaze continues to follow Ellie but she doesn't let it wander as long as she's unclothed.]

[controlledvariable]

[Steph completes the gesture that Ellie makes, fingers light on Ellie's shoulder, a touch that isn't the solid connection of crashing into someone, to keep her grounded.]

Thanks. [For Asami, when the sweater is in reach, and Steph quickly pulls it over Ellie's head, making sure not to leave her tangled for too long. Wet pants come off next, which is a rather tricky maneouver, but Steph manages. Rather than try to wrestle Ellie into new pants, Steph just grabs one of the blankets and covers her up for now, rubbing along Ellie's legs through the fabric to warm her up.]

You can tell me about it later, El, right now I just want you to focus on me and Asami.

[reconnaissance]

Yeah.

( She feels a little like a ragdoll, moving when Steph needs her too, gaze wavering with each motion. It's not until there's the sweater and the blanket wrapped around her that it starts to get easier to focus, drawn away from the clinging cold of the water.

Rubbing her forehead, as if that might force the feeling out of her head, the adrenaline surging up through her system. ) Yeah, okay.

( A few blinks, but at least she can hold her gaze on them both, biting her lip as she finds her focus. ) Uh. Thank you. ( This feels very awkward. ) This wasn't quite what I had in mind when I tackled you.

( Which is to say she is rather embarrassed. )

[chittybang]

[Asami breaks into a small smile, brows curled with relief. She doesn't realize how dark the globs of water-run makeup are underneath her eyes, and her lips are mismatched shades of pink and red.]

You have nothing to apologize for, Ellie. I'm just glad you're okay.

[She swallows her residual fear and looks at Steph.] Thank you so much for helping out.

[controlledvariable]

[Relief is written across the way her expression softens, the way her shoulders relax when she sees Ellie get her focus back. She stops rubbing ELlie's legs, but leavees her hands resting on her thighs, just above her knees, a steady pressure.]

Don't worry about it, now we're even. [To Ellie's "thanks", because more than once Ellie has had to drag Steph out of a nightmare.

Asami gets a smile.] No problem, I think she just wanted a reason for me to carry her around. [She winks at Asami, before looking back at Ellie with a bit of a cheeky grin. Humour has always been one of her preferred coping mechanisms, and she hopes Ellie will appreciate the semblance of normalcy.]

[reconnaissance]

'Cause you're all sentimental, and that. ( Thankful, even if she tries to brush it off, scratching her arm in her awkwardness.

As for Steph, they don't need to be even, but Asami's here, so she won't dispute it, just squeezes Steph's hand very gently. For a moment, before: )

Oh, in your dreams, you dag. ( She grins, punching Steph in the arm. Or at least swinging, because God knows Steph can move fast enough to dodge it, even if the punch isn't particularly hard. ) Don't listen to her, Sami, she's delusional.

( Although, her expression turns thoughtful. ) Could be useful to have a packmule, though.