I8DT: Should Have Brought Marshmallows

by **Claire McKenna** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:29 pm

Claire walks up to one of the fire pits in the outdoor rec area. She sits down and takes out some paper, kindling and a lighter. She starts building a fire.

Once the fire has gotten a decent size, she takes her violin out of her bag. She hesitates for a moment, then she snaps the neck in half with her foot and tosses the pieces into the fire.

by **Daniel Uriel** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:56 pm

"Man, here I thought random bonfires on the quad were my thing," Daniel mused, looking down from about ten feet up as he watched the fire growing.

by **Claire McKenna** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 11:58 pm

"Your thing? Please," Claire says, "Bonfires are public domain."

by **Daniel Uriel** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:00 am

"Good point. Guess I can't be stingy," Daniel said, floating to the ground. "Expensive bonfire, though," he observed, looking at the burning... well, too small to be a guitar. Violin or something. No one played the ukelele, anyway.

by **Claire McKenna** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:02 am

"About all it's good for," Claire says, "I never play anyway."

by **Daniel Uriel** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:11 am

"Riiight," Daniel said. "So what are we dedicating this bonfire to tonight?"

by **Claire McKenna** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:14 am

"My parents," Claire says, poking the fire with a stick.

by **Daniel Uriel** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:22 am

"Ah," he said, nodding. "That makes more sense, then."

"Well, mind me sharing your pyre, then?" he asked, shrugging off his backpack.

by **Claire McKenna** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:24 am

"Doesn't bug me any," Claire says.

by **Daniel Uriel** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:28 am

"Good," he said. He reached into his bag and pulled out an Accolyte uniform. It needed mending, true, but wasn't exactly in a state that it needed to be replaced. All the same, he looked it over, hesitated for a moment, then threw it in. It took a moment for the fire to overcome the unstable molecules, but a touch of his power finally set the thing ablaze along with the other stuff.

by **Claire McKenna** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:30 am

Claire takes a seat by the fire and pulls out a bottle of cheap vodka. Pulling out the stopper she takes a swig and then offers it to Daniel.

by **Daniel Uriel** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:33 am

"Thanks. I needed that," he said, after taking a pull and handing it back as he sat down.

by **Claire McKenna** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:38 am

"No problem," Claire says, taking another swig, "Nice night."

by **Daniel Uriel** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:51 am

"Yeah," he admitted. "Kind of nice for things to be calm for about five minutes."

by **Claire McKenna** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:53 am

Claire nods, "As calm as it gets around here anyway."

by **Daniel Uriel** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:01 am

"Yeah, that doesn't say much, does it," Daniel mused. "Ah well. Calm enough for a fire, anyway."

by **Claire McKenna** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:03 am

"Why did you come here?" Claire asks.

by **Daniel Uriel** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:05 am

"Here?" he asked, gesturing to the fire. "Or here?" he asked, gesturing back toward the rest of the campus.

by **Claire McKenna** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:06 am

"The more general one," Claire says, "I don't care why you're here right this moment. No judgements around the fire. No sob stories either."

by **Daniel Uriel** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:11 am

He shrugged at that. "Well, I could say I got ordered here, but I guess that'd only be half true," he admitted. "Could've gone back to Genosha when the job was done. So... partly for love. Part because... hm. I don't really know if I trust people back home anymore."

by **Claire McKenna** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:12 am

"That kind of sucks," Claire says.

by **Daniel Uriel** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:03 am

"It happens. What sucks is when you don't have anyone you can trust anywhere." He considered it a minute. "They don't always have to like you, thank God. Which helps, since I'm kind of an asshole."

by **Claire McKenna** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:44 am

"Trust is tricky," Claire says, taking a swig from her bottle of vodka, "It's not always about trusting someone. In fact, a lot of the time it isn't."

"Can you trust yourself? That's the real thing," Claire says, a little bitterly, "Someone who doesn't trust themselves, doesn't trust anyone. They look at the world and can't help but see themselves in it."

by **Daniel Uriel** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:46 am

"Depends on how you look at things. If people can trust you, it can help you trust yourself, and that makes it easier to trust people," Daniel reasoned. He looked her over for a minute. "So... obvious question, then... why don't you trust yourself?"

by **Claire McKenna** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:51 am

"Because I know myself better then anyone," Claire says, "And I always let people down."

"What about you?" Claire says, passing Daniel the bottle.

by **Daniel Uriel** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:54 am

"Because I can kill people without hesitation if I think that it's necessary," he answered simply, taking the bottle and taking another swig of it.

by **Claire McKenna** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:02 am

"Hopefully, you don't find it necessary a whole lot," Claire says.

by **Daniel Uriel** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:03 am

"Waaaaay too many times," Daniel said, taking the bottle back and taking a longer drink from it as he stared at the fire.

by **Claire McKenna** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:04 am

"Suckage," Claire says.

by **Daniel Uriel** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:07 am

"Yeah, tell me about it," Daniel said. "But there's always someone new that needs to get put down to keep the world turning." He passed the bottle back to her. "So what's your excuse?"

by **Claire McKenna** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:13 am

Claire took a drink, "I don't have one."

by **Daniel Uriel** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:17 am

"SO this is the part where I say that then you should just try not to let people down, and you tell me how I don't understand and that it isn't that simple, right?"

by **Claire McKenna** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:19 am

"Pretty much," Claire says, "I'm basically broken. No helping me."

by **Daniel Uriel** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:40 am

"Very tragic," Daniel said. "I have a girl friend, by the way, so I can't be the white knight who comes and tries to fix you, but I can give you some names if you want."

by **Claire McKenna** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:38 pm

Claire just laughs, "Oh, that's the last thing I need."

by **Daniel Uriel** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:39 pm

"Oh. Well, if that's the case, I know some people who can be assholes to you, if that'd make you feel better," he said with a shrug, smirking at her.

by **Claire McKenna** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:48 pm

Claire smirks back, "I think I'm good. Thanks."

by **Daniel Uriel** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:32 pm

Daniel smirked. "So you actually believe the tragic 'cut yourself to watch it bleed' talk? It's not just a ploy for attention?"

by **Claire McKenna** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:57 pm

"What can I say? I'm a hopeless romantic."

by **Daniel Uriel** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:09 pm

"Well, the hopeless romantic would be waiting for the person to come along who makes everything different, and makes your life turn around, and... something else. Shit. What am I forgetting here?"

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