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[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

[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.

[ex_bossily211]

[Hearing that makes her heart ache, just because of the fact there's more than one man she knows now that shares a similar story.]

His planet was too. I think it weighs on him, being the last of his kind. It's why I travel with him whenever I'm able. So he doesn't have to be alone. He told me once that every lonely monster needs a companion.

[She becomes a little anxious after saying that and knits her hands together. He's most definitely alone, with her being stuck here, and she isn't sure what sort of man that will make him without someone to keep an eye on him. Especially given what had happened the last she saw him.]

[anewhope]

[ Clark exhales softly. The fire flickers in the face of his memories. The last of his kind. Krypton was gone and so was he. Every hope his parents had, every dream . . . he had failed them all. ]

It would weigh on anyone. Krypton was lost when I was born. I never knew my people.

[ex_bossily211]

[It would be easy to keep a somber mood going, but she feels a need to try and make it light again. It won't to to have either of them staying sad.]

You were raised somewhere else. They count as your people too. You breathed the same air, you had a life there. And now you've got a place here, too. I'm not about to let you be alone.

[She smiles then, letting him take it as a playful threat if he likes.]

[anewhope]

[ He shakes his head. ]

Earth was my world.

[ She was my world. Clark lapses into silence once more. The existence of other aliens is surprising. Other aliens who have lost their world? . . . Clark couldn't believe they survived the emptiness. ]

But I don't know if this place will be.

[ex_bossily211]

With any luck, we'll find a way to leave. I don't want to wear this suit for the rest of my life.

[She already misses her dresses and jewelry.]

Besides that, I'm not sure if my hair is meant for this sort of climate. It's so...desert-y.

[anewhope]

It would be hard to wash out the sand.

[ Though the lack of water for anything will certainly be a contentious issue. ]

But I think solutions will come to us.

[ex_bossily211]

That's what I have you here for, isn't it? Brushing the sand out of my hair?

[She glances up at him with her best serious expression, but can't keep it for long and winds up bursting out laughing.

[anewhope]

[ He follows along casually. ]

And other things too, I hope.

[ex_bossily211]

I think I'd like to have you around for a number of things, don't worry.

[It's just some light flirting, no harm done.]