come_sailaway | JUNE EVENT: CAMP

early on June 10th, Friday's morning announcements end with a request for everyone going on the latest excursion to meet her in the atrium. she seems in noticeably better spirits than she had been last time, and she leads them cheerfully to the tender. once they are all aboard, and the door is securely shut, the interior fills with gas, and, perhaps, their last thought before they slip into unconsciousness is "oh shit, not again."

passengers wake up on a rickety old school bus, driving down a dirt road surrounded by woods. what is it that they notice first? that, no matter what they were wearing before, they are now wearing a camp t-shirt and legitimately horrifyingly short shorts? the overstuffed backpack between their knees? the words "take one down and pass it around" dying on their lips? the fact that Friday is absolutely driving the bus?

or, maybe the fact that it's already slowing down, pulling up in front of a massive wooden sign, saying:

CAMP AION

when they get out of the bus, Friday is the one to divide them up into their cabin groups, and she is the one to give the counselors their very official-looking clipboards and whistles. she explains that they are in charge, and that she will be back to pick them up in a week, and... very little else. she responds to nothing outside of whatever is on her unseen little script, and she gets back on the bus shortly after, leaving them there.

welcome to camp. let's make some summer memories!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

(Ekko wasn't entirely certainly certain himself which the answer was, he had liked powder before. But then Powder had died a long time ago, these weeks with Jinx had been eye-opening though, and made him realize that maybe that wasn't so much the case. From the hunger of the kiss the effect seeing her naked had on him certainly drove how bold he was being now, it was more than just sexual tension. Jinx was brilliant, and talented with engineering, as good if not better than he was. She was bold, outspoken, creative and artistic, all things that Ekko liked as well. So the kiss is genuine, but the desire for more is there as well, both in one. Powder and Jix, Love and lust, a dichotomy blurred as the lines were crossed.

He'd stepped closer as they kissed, wrapping his arms around her, she had to be cold in that wet shirt and so he'd help keep her warm.)

(she does feel the love within this kiss and truly, it does frighten her a bit. because it's the ability she feels she can't really return. jinx, as the zaunites, call her "a loose cannon" and she wonders if that nickname reached up to the top-siders by now. but not only she is that but she is also "a problem" according to sevika. if one tend to loom around her for too much longer, disaster will strike. no matter how careful, how articulate she tries to be with every movement, the results will always end the same way.

so love is something, she believes, she can't reciprocate regardless if she feels the same way. because death follows her, it clings to her -- her love ones or anyone she holds dear will die horrifically whether on purpose or on accident. so the love she feels in their kiss does scare her but... for now, she'll let it slide and won't run. despite her every bone of her body wanting to. if anything, she just tightens her hold on him more -- hoping he won't break or crumble like her world tends to do. )

Edited 2022-06-19 00:05 (UTC)

(Ekko was willing to take the chance, after all he knew his way out of a sticky situation. And there was never a day he couldn't make the most of in one way of another. She was the unexpected, and for most that meant problematic, for Ekko it was the variable to keep things fresh, to keep them exciting. Jinx was a person not a bad penny to be discarded, not that any of them had a cent to lose.

He was sturdier than he was as a kid, no longer frightened, no longer hiding. And she could squeeze as tightly as she wanted because he wouldn't cry out or call for mercy. As she held on he began to move a bit, a slow rhythm as he started singing the song from earlier in the night. What would not be their song.)

(ah...okay, she should stop this before it's a little too loving. so finally, she breaks their kiss slowly -- biting her bottom lip with a quick unease gaze away from him. to make it more awkward and not know what to do with herself nor her hands, she just rubs his shoulders then taking a step back.)

Uh, um. It's... gettin' late.

(is it obvious at this point jinx has no idea how to deal with him being romantic like this? he really shouldn't, honestly. one would sit down with the other and address if there's something hidden going on but jinx isn't the type to address it. she will just flee and ignore this and hopes it never gets brought up in conversation or he ever...confesses. but he won't, she thinks. because there's no way. it's entirely impossible that this is anything more than just..."friends" doing casual sex.)

Is it?

(He hadn't noticed anymore, though it was a little chilly without a shirt and wet. Enough to sober him a little and cool him down as he rubbed the back of his neck as she stepped away. Ekko wasn't sure about how this would work, the revving up to go and uncertainty, but then he felt the hesitation on his end. Questions if they should or shouldn't, and maybe that's what she was working through now.)

I knew we said we could be whatever, but it doesn't change that I liked you for years.

But if it's getting late, I can let you finish up what you were doing. You know where I'm staying if you want to drop by after.

(ah, so there it is. she had a hunch but she really thought that maybe that hunch was wrong and it was just her mind rapidly thinking too much or her paranoia. her face falls slightly dark and inexpressively as her eyes pierce to his browns. jinx is mute but only for a moment as she moves on pass him; well... not entirely. she stops beside him while looking onward to the campsite.)

And that's gonna be your downfall, Little Man. Likin' me is gonna be your biggest regret.

Edited 2022-06-25 02:23 (UTC)

Probably would have agreed with you, until you tried to blow us up.

(Picking up his socks and shoes he didn't bother to put them back on as he walked back. He could tell that she was still working things out, and he was probably just making it worse, making things complicated.)

The only part I regret was giving up before. I won't make that mistake again.

(it's quick and a sharp move but she grabs on his wrist and yanks him close to her. her brows narrowing with a small quirk of her upper lip in a scowl.)

I can still kill you, y'know. And if we gotta go up against each other in the next killin' spree, I'm not gonna hesitate. Don't think 'cuz we're messin' around, I won't.

(Ekko didn't blink, just stared her down. The grin didn't leave his face, he knew what she was doing. And it showed just how confused she was.)

I wouldn't want it any other way. Go ahead, I'll do my best to stay alive until you have the chance to take your shot. And even then, I'll have your best interest in mind. And if that means taking you out, I will.

(her pinks then searches his and something about his grin is a little contagious. as much as she doesn't want to admit, everything about him is contagious. she hates it but it's also very alluring. a small scoff with a smirk slowly creeping up her face then letting go his wrist.)

I'm keepin' the shirt.

(then a sway as she walks over to the deck that's nearby them; humming as she just lets her long hair drag along the earth. she'll have to shower regardless so if it gets muddy, then it just gets muddy.)

(Just make it a game, keep it fun and light, don't get too serious and it won't hurt as much. He couldn't back down not and still say he was serious about how he felt. So it was best to bring her back around, and the grin did just that.)

Good thing I've got a few extra. It's yours.

But like you said it's getting late. You know where to find me though, just tab on the window.

(Because the alarm was very much operative and had proven it works. Still he couldn't help but to watch Jinx as she walked away, eyes fixed on those hips wrapped tightly in that wet t-shirt.)

Yeah, yeah. I'll keep that in mind, Hot Stuff. Likewise with you.

(as she makes her way to the deck, jinx takes a seat at the edge -- letting her bare feet touch the water briefly.)

— Don't let the Chompers come and bite your fingers off while you sleep.

JUNE EVENT: CAMP

CAMP AION

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject