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[guppy_sandhu]

There's a campout being set up out back!

Or at least starting to get set up; one of the tents just sort of fell over, the fire isn't yet lit, and the camp gadgets are still a pile of sticks.

Looks like a job for some MilliScouts...


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Food!

[guppy_sandhu]

If you want to eat hot food tonight, better get that fire lit...

Re: Food!

[herr_bookman]

Autor spends a little time gathering kindling before getting out his lighter. He crouches by the pile of sticks and paper, igniting his lighter and starting the fire. He glances around for anyone who wants to make s'mores.

Re: Food!

[sunbaked_baker]

Rae is breaking chocolate bars in half so they'll fit nicely onto graham cracker halves. She looks up as Autor gets the fire going - she had no luck lighting it earlier - and grins. "We've got fire! Thanks, Autor!"

Re: Food!

[herr_bookman]

"You're very welcome, Rae," Autor says, poking at the newly-born fire with a stick. He blows out the end of it and trails the smoke everywhere. "Making s'mores?"

Re: Food!

[like_quicksilver]

Starting fires is something Gyda's good at. Granted, her method would still be considered old fashioned by some, but striking metal and stone still works to create a spark if one knows now. She manages to strike some sparks onto kindling, gently blowing on them to get a small flame going, before setting it in the kindling.

A few more breaths and it's a proper fire.

Re: Food!

[sunbaked_baker]

Rae applauds, smiling. She had had no luck lighting it earlier.

"We've got all the makings for kebabs for supper, I think," she says, bringing over a handful of skewers. "They're really fun to make over a campfire."

Most importantly, for Rae, campfire kebabs are easy to customize to one's particular dietary needs. There are plenty of veggies that are good grilled - zucchini, squash, sweet potato, onion, button mushrooms, sweet peppers - with haloumi for the vegetarians, as well as cubes of beef and chicken for the omnivores of the group.

Re: Food!

[like_quicksilver]

Gyda couldn't help but smile at the applause. Everything about modern life was a game of catch-up, so it was exciting to see that some skills weren't completely useless.

She didn't really know what kebabs were, but she'd read of the term and looking at the cubes of vegetables and meat, the rest was easy enough. "We've cooked over a fire, but not from metal skewers."

She picked up a piece of haloumi, smelling it then giving it a taste. "This tastes almost like goat cheese, but it's hard, not soft."

Tents

[guppy_sandhu]

The tents are currently looking a little bit... horizontal.

Re: Tents

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy is by one of the tents, attempting to work out which end of the pole is end A and which one is end B.

Re: Tents

[herr_bookman]

"Hi, Guppy," Autor says as he approaches, his feet bare. "Working on tents? Need any help?"

Re: Tents

[guppy_sandhu]

"Yes please." Guppy says, staring at the assembly in bewilderment. "It sort of fell down."

[tattling]

Franklin's super excited to go camping again. (Last time didn't work out too well -- Dad had to rescue them and, well, basically no Scout-related group in his New York will accept him anymore. It's not his fault monsters attacked! Thankfully Milliways doesn't have that problem.)

Oh Franklin you naive summer child.

"Hi! Y'want help?"

Gadgets

[guppy_sandhu]

Every good camp needs camp gadgets. Sadly at the moment, they're just a pile of sticks and string.

Re: Gadgets

[isawit]

Selina is poking at the sticks trying to figure out what they are.

Re: Gadgets

[fry_sandhu]

"They're for building wash stands." Fry says.

Campfire singing

[guppy_sandhu]

Someone got the fire going, yay!

Here's the place to sing your campfire songs, or chip in the next verse.

Re: Campfire singing

[fry_sandhu]

"A Pizza Hut, a Pizza Hut
Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut
A Pizza Hut, a Pizza Hut
Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut
McDonalds, Mcdonalds!
Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut!
McDonalds, Mcdonalds!
Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut!"

Re: Campfire singing

[coral_sandhu]

"A trilobite, a trilobite
A fire full of fish and a trilobite
A trilobite, a trilobite
A fire full of fish and a trilobite
A shark, a shark!
A fire full of fish and a trilobite!
A shark, a shark!
A fire full of fish and a trilobite!"

Re: Campfire singing

[sunbaked_baker]

Rae stands up to lead the others in the words and movements of a song she thought rather funny. It's a cheerful, upbeat tune for its subject matter, with rhymed phrases echoed by the others -

"Ohhhh I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor - a boa constrictor - a boa constrictor!
Oh I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor, and I don't like it one bit!"

Rae lifts one foot and shakes it in mock desperation.

"Oh no! (Oh no!) He's swallowed my toe! (He's swallowed my toe!)"

Then she bends her knees and struggles as though she were wading in quick sand, or had been caught by a giant snake's maw.

"Oh jeeze! (Oh jeeze!) He's gotten my knees! (Gotten my knees!)"
"Oh my! (Oh my!) He's got to my thigh! (Got to my thigh!)"
"Oh I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor - a boa constrictor - a boa constrictor!
Oh I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor, and I don't like it one bit!"

Her arms snap to her sides and she struggles like an upright worm, wiggling back and forth.

"Oh fiddle! (Oh fiddle!) He's up to my middle! (Up to my middle!)"

The song's notes go higher as the comic, full-body struggling rises in desperation.

"Aw heck! (Aw heck!) He's got to my neck! (He's got to my neck!)"

"Oh dread!" she calls, eyes wide, "He's got to my mrrphhmmmrrrrrrrgh..."

And a moment or so later... "Oh I've been eaten by a boa constrictor, a boa constrictor, a boa constrictor. I've been eaten by a boa constrictor, and I didn't like it ONE BIT!"

Re: Campfire singing

[coral_sandhu]

That's a new one! Coral is giggling away.

Goodnight Campers

[guppy_sandhu]

It's bedtime! Hope you aren't scared of the dark...

Re: Goodnight Campers

[coral_sandhu]

Torch, check. Pillow, check. Frozen sleeping bag, check. Ready for bed!

Re: Goodnight Campers

[like_quicksilver]

"Selina said you needed some bunkmates." Gyda had her own bedroll over her shoulder, consisting not of a sleeping bag, butt a small mat and blanket. Her bedclothes are slightly more modern in a form of pants and pink t-shirt.

Re: Goodnight Campers

[sunbaked_baker]

Rae isn't quite at ease, being out in the woods past sunset. The noise level is surprisingly high with the summertime insects buzzing and chirruping unseen in the darkness. At any moment, one expects there to be eyes out there. Or the twig-snapping sound of approaching footsteps. Or a warning growl...

Rae huddles in her sleeping back, clutching her flashlight, and tries to sleep.

Re: Goodnight Campers

[coral_sandhu]

"Rae? Are you awake?"