JUNE OPEN LOG

[sailmods]

[but, hey: you shouldn't be left out of the camping fun just because you didn't think to sign up, or you only got here yesterday, or actually you only got here today and you have no idea what's going on! because the camp can come to YOU!

meaning, shortly after seeing the others off, Friday returns to the atrium and begins setting up a few items she's brought from... somewhere, one assumes? a pup tent. two sleeping bags. a tent stove. s'mores accoutrements. there's a fake potted plant that she decided looked enough like a tree. all pushed together in the middle of the atrium.

at her spot behind the desk, she looks visibly pleased with herself. she's doing her best.]

Comments

[ktizo]

I suppose you could think of it that way...

[He chuckles though- he's never heard it described that way before.]

Ah- but we are a peaceful people.

[Were a peaceful people. Now they are naught but ash and memories... but this is hardly the time to bring that up. He tilts his head, curious.]

What is a Trencher?

[Someone who perhaps has no magic to speak of, perhaps? He's not sure, but there seems to be a distinction between the two.]

[ex_heaved685]

[ Vi seriously doubts that anyone anywhere can be 'peaceful'. For every person succeeding, there's another getting ground down to the bone in exchange for that good fortune. But likewise... not the time or place.

Vi grins with all her teeth showing, not a pretty thing, but mischievous and a touch self-loathing. ]

People from the Undercity. Ask anyone Topside and we're all slum living deranged criminals that deserve what we get. Which is... nothing. Cute, right?

[ Sore spot? Where? ]

[ktizo]

[Hythlodaeus does frown a little at that.]

What a terrible attitude for them to have. I have never heard anything like it, truly...

[Shaking his head, his smile soon returns, though it's softer now.]

I never asked for your name. Mine is Hythlodaeus- 'tis a pleasure to meet you.

[ex_heaved685]

[ Vi laughs at that, the intensity of the moment passing. ]

Yeah, that's what we keep telling them. But things never change, so...

[ Vi sighs heavy, scratching the back of her neck. ]

It just frustrating to see another way so clearly, but it's impossible to reach, you know?

[ After a moment, she tips her s'mores in Hythlodaeus direction like a salute. ]

I'm Vi. Nice to meet you here for what it's worth, Stardust.

[ktizo]

It is truly beyond my comprehension, how one could treat their brethren in such a way. You have my sincerest hope that things do change, somehow.

[There's nothing else he can do for her, sadly. His smile widens a little at the nickname.]

Stardust? Heheh... what makes you choose that name?

[ex_heaved685]

Thanks... But I wouldn't worry about it too much. It's my mess to deal with. And nothing we can do about it here.

[ Vi grins at the next questions. ]

Do you hate it? Stuff that comes off stars is stardust, right?

[ Shockingly... Vi knows shit about stars, actually. ]

[ktizo]

Right you are... heh. I like it.

[Though as far as he knows, everyone here is from one star or another. But he won't protest it.]

I have never had such a nickname before.

[But he seems pleased with it, anyway. He'd try to think of one for Vi, but- well, he's not used to handing out nicknames, and it would feel forced. And Vi is a nice name, anyway.]