Open to all!

[dateme]

Who: Inui (dateme) & ALL OF YOU
When: Day 3, eclipse/evening
Where: Boneyard
What: IT'S TIME FOR A POW-WOW aka we built a fire

[ So it's been a rough couple of days (literally, just two). But between nearly being blown up, marching through the desert, and generally just never wanting to see desert again, there is one good thing Inui (and Lance) have discovered: those Coral plants? Can be cracked open and eaten!

So as the sun vanishes behind the rocky formations or the moon(s), fellow interlopers might notice a distinct & nutty aroma wafting through the boneyard. Tracing it to it's source isn't hard though: Inui and Lance have started up a rather sizeable camp fire from the remains of some of the bones near the vague center of the massive grave. There they've cracked open large stalks from the coral and are roasting the mealy insides over the flames.

They've stockpiled quite a bit and have yet to cook all of it, so anyone and everyone is free to stop by and either help or take up a stalk of their own! Heck, maybe there's already people gathered there!

Whatever the case, it's a good way to kill some time, right? Maybe you've got a ghost story or a survival plan you want to share with the group? No really does anyone have a plan we could really use a plan ]


[ ooc; THIS POST IS OPEN TO EVERYONE AND EVERYONE! Feel free to make your own starters/sections, threadjack like crazy, and just generally get to mingling. The cooked Coral stalks taste like almonds and shouldn't be poisonous!.

HAVE FUN ]

Comments

[anewhope]

[ He shakes his head. Clark hasn't felt hungry, not yet, still caught in the grip of what took place. ]

I'll help myself later. How about you?

[ex_bossily211]

I don't trust the plants here. Not after one nearly killed me my first day here.

[Her nose wrinkles up and she makes a disgusted face, giving a quick shake of her head.]

Besides, I don't have powers like you do. I don't need to eat.

[anewhope]

I . . . don't think that's how it works.

[ At least. He's fairly sure they would all need to eat. ]

[ex_bossily211]

[Softly laughing, she shrugs.]

I'll eat eventually. I'm just more concerned about you right now, that's all.

[anewhope]

I'll be all right. That's one of my special powers too.

[ Until recently, but no one needs to know that. But Clark gets where she's coming from so he amends his statement. ]

I promise.

[ex_bossily211]

[She glances up at him with a wry smile, and hops up to her feet.]

I'll get us something. No arguing.

[anewhope]

[ His answering smile is slow but no less fond. ]

Yes ma'am.

[ex_bossily211]

[Smirking in his general direction, she heads off to get some of the cooked plant, and returns a short while later with enough for them both. Handing it over to him, she gives him a look that says mother henning is about to happen.]

I don't think it's poisoned, so it should be safe.

[anewhope]

[ Clark gingerly turns it over in his hands. His in-vulnerabilities should still be in place. And he highly doubts their captors would let them survive only to starve. ]

I think it's worth the risk.

[ex_bossily211]

[Her nose wrinkles up as she looks it over. She's clearly not convinced. But very slowly, she brings the plant up toward her mouth and takes an apprehensive nibble. ]

It tastes like finally reaching rock bottom.

[anewhope]

[ He smiles despite himself. ]

Really? I don't think it's all too bad.

[ Granted, Clark had been dead not long ago. ]

[ex_bossily211]

[That earns a long stare, until she finally gives in and starts munching on the rest of what's in her hands. She knows that they need to eat to stay alive out here.]

If you don't think it's that bad, I'm subjecting you to being my soufflé taster once we reach civilization.

[anewhope]

[ Clark finally takes a bite of the coral. The taste doesn't really register. ]

I have low standards for rock bottom. But I'd love to try your soufflé.

[ex_bossily211]

[She smiles up at him, pleased with his response.]

Has anyone ever told you that you're ridiculously charming?

[anewhope]

Just one other person.

[ Most people don't know him well enough to notice. ]

[ex_bossily211]

And who was that? Your mum? Girlfriend, perhaps?

[It's easy to tease him a bit, even as she fishes for information.]

[anewhope]

I wouldn't put it past my mother though I don't think she ever did.

[ He glances at her. ] But I was talking about someone else. Her name is Lois. She had a way with words.

[ex_bossily211]

[His answer makes her nod, as she tries to read into what he says but finds that she doesn't want to be too presumptuous.]

Whoever she is, she sounds brilliant.

[anewhope]

She always is.

[ In his hands, not long ago, was a ring. A promise. He never got to tell her. She knew, because he put it into quiet, trembling words before the end, but there had been so much more, so much love he wished to pour into his breath. ]

[ex_bossily211]

You remind me so much of someone.

[It's said quietly, after she's observed him for a few drawn out moments. A sad smile stretches its way across her face, and in that instant she feels a deep pain at the fact that she's separated from the Doctor. He hasn't even tried to find her here, which means he likely isn't able to.]

A good someone, don't worry.

[anewhope]

I'm not worried.

[ He smiles at her, unperturbed. His somber mood is still present, but no longer cast overheard. ]

Who is this someone?

[ex_bossily211]

My best friend.

[She answers him softly, glancing down at the last bit of food remaining in her hands.]

His name's the Doctor. And before you ask, he's an alien from a planet that doesn't even exist anymore, and I have no idea why he picked that name.

[anewhope]

[ Clark freezes, his expression faintly terrified. ]

What - What planet was it?

[ex_bossily211]

[His reaction makes her eyes widen.]

Gallifrey. Why?

[It's not really too hard to piece things together, and she scoots a little closer to ask him:]

What planet are you from?

[anewhope]

Krypton.

[ Hope, brief as it is, dies all too quickly. Though Clark should be relieved. The last Kryptonians were not kind to Earth. ]

It was destroyed long ago.