[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.

Comments

[controlledvariable]

[She hums, thoughtful, but there's more silence for a while, her hands busy with the second braid as she goes over it all in her head, the offer that must be inherent in Collette mention it. She doubts she'd bring it up with someone, if the option wasn't there for them to go I'm coming, and that's where Steph is - a little stuck.

Stephanie Brown is apparently trust worthy enough to be told about this plan, but Batgirl is who would be really useful.]

That's not gonna be an easy trip.

[It's not a criticism. After talking with Collette on the rooftop, she knows better than to underestimate her, to think she won't know how dangerous doing this would be.]

How are you planning to get across the channel?

[whatsupcroc]

( Collette falls back into the silence along with Stephanie, curious if there will be any answer, or if she'd change topics and leave it as an oddity brought up under companionable circumstances. Perhaps a flight of fancy by the girl who could literally sprout wings and soar off into the sunset.

The work on her hair is lulling her while she waits, even while her attention remains on Stephanie. She mmms at what Steph first says.

It's the question that makes Collette's eyes open again. )

Boat. I can think of a dozen different ways to go on my own, but that's not what this is about. Next to relying on magic, our best bet is a boat. I'm not sure where Caesar wants us to go to land yet, that's all.

( She has a feeling that will tell her what sort of boat will be most necessary. )

[controlledvariable]

Makes sense, and a boat is more reliable than magic. [She's done a little digging about the United Earth, but there's not nearly as much information as she'd like, and even taking a boat across will be risky, with so many unknowns.

She wonders what would happen if they die, outside of Exsilium, and outside of a mission. Do they still get their resurrection? It's something to consider, as is thinking about what they might do if they get captured by the United Earth. She'll need to start a list of questions and hit the library and the Hold, see what she dig up from the Initiative folk. The Exiles, too, might be helpful.

But there is another question that she can ask right now.]

Why are you telling me?

[Because she's fairly certain it's an invitation, but... She just wants to hear what Collette has to say about it.]

[whatsupcroc]

'Cause I think you'd be interesting to have along.

( She shrugs, looking off beyond the fire. )

Caesar left the recruiting to me, and I mostly go on gut instinct. Mine tells me you'd be a good choice.

( Glancing back at her, the best she can, Collette smiles. She does do many things on impulse, but a lot of the faith she puts in people is rewarded in some way or another in the end. When it's not, it's not. Collette doesn't believe in failing to try out of fear of negative consequences. )

Is my gut anywhere close to on mark?

[controlledvariable]

[There's a decision to be made, here, and Steph isn't quite sure which direction to go in.]

I hope "interesting" isn't a polite way to say "canon fodder".

[Lightly, joking, as she finishes off the second braid and pins it into place. It's just a way to buy time for a moment, as she decides how much she wants to reveal to Collette. If she says 'yes', it's going to be difficult to keep her identity a secret, especially when she'll be taking along her Batgirl suit.

But first:] Ellie?

[Has she told her, is she coming along? Because Steph won't go without her.]