"Umm… okay?" Pine looked at Callie with newfound respect. She may not be the easiest to get along with, but she accepted him and that was enough.
Roleplay, anyone?
What was her question again ? )
Kirsten' eyes were closed, but she heard the gist of Pine and Callie's conversation. Well mostly one word, actually… Pinesie. It was perfect.
She could hear River and Mr. Nikolas walking around, but she shut it out. She wanted to sleep, though she knew it wouldn't be restful.
And finally, she drifted off.
(yeet)
(oh my god yeet!!! @Turzelle , lol thanks yeah)
(@Lil-Owl, he question was 'Do some people wanna go back with me quick?" i think)
Cassie gasped and woke with a start. Her breathing came out in short, rapid breaths.
"Yeah, sure. I'll go." Mr. Nikolas agreed in a heavy outward breath, scratching his scalp.
She pulled away from Pine and leaned against the tree.
"Woah!! Cassie, are you okay?" Pine asked, startled by her sudden stirring. He knew he was obsessing over making sure she was okay, but it reassured him a bit. She could trust him.
Cassie nodded. "J-just a bad dream. I-I'll be fine."
Pine wondered to himself if it was really a bad dream or if she'd heard too much, but pushed his worries aside and nodded curtly.
River's attention flitted briefly from Mr. Nikolas to Cassie, but she sternly pulled her gaze away, silently scolding herself. This is none of your business, River, you can help each other survive, but they don't want you to butt into heir personal issues. You can't just make friends with everyone, there are rules. She nodded at the teacher, helping him to lift the piece of metal as she led the way back to her makeshift shelter, stomach growling. I need to make a new fishing rod, she thought to herself. This one only caught me one fish to last me for all of yesterday. She'd survived for a few days on minimal food, but she needed to keep herself well fed and healthy so that she could be properly equipped for the dangers out here. We're lucky it's spring…
(wait– is is spring or summer? they wouldn't be able to survive in he cold of autumn and winter, right?)
Not unless they were lucky, lol… )
He grunted quietly while he heaved te metal upward, eyes glazing while he focused more on the effort.
(spring break)
(awesome, thanks :)
River's strong arms held the metal sheet with little difficulty for the first few minutes, but she soon found them getting tired. Her head throbbed, thoughts plagued by her sisters' twin screams, and then the pain she'd felt as she'd leaped out of the escape exit, holding on to her Alice's hand, who was golding onto Willow's. When she'd looked back, however, still in free fall, the last thing she'd seen before blacking out was the small, severed arm she was holding, and her sister's terrified face, mouth open mid-scream as the plane had plunged into the raging rapids, minus one arm. River shuddered, trying desperately to banish both the haunting memory and her bitter tears. "Almost there.", she called back to the teacher, shivering a bit in her gray-blue sweater, a gift from Roanne. It matches your eyes!, was what her girlfriend had initially told her, plonking a kiss on her nose.
Alex exhaled a strained breath, "Yeah." He murmured, keeping his icy eyes downwards.
Cassie couldn't believe that she had just had another nightmare. She felt really embarrassed that she had scared Pine. But, what could she do? She'd been having them ever since her parents had died.
Callie was tired, especially after what happened today. People searching, supply finding, hill climbing, and bear running was more activity than normal. She never really got invested in sports. Archery maybe, but that didn’t require much movement. Just arm strength. She contemplated this, thoughts drifting away as she fell asleep with her notebook in hand.
Pine remained distant the rest of the night but never went to sleep, instead pacing the nearby woods and muttering softly to himself.
Cassie couldn't sleep. She watched Pine carefully to make sure that he couldn't see her, then she pulled herself up and tested her leg. It hurt a little, but the swelling had already stopped and she could stand. So she pulled herself up into the higher branches of the tree, looking out at the silent forest below her.
(What’s with people climbing trees?)
(We love climbing trees. It's wonderful.)
(I’m acrophobic, I can’t relate)
(aww you poor soul ;-; climbing trees is fun~)
(Hmm. I used to be afraid of heights too.)
(Once I challenged my little sister to see who could get to the top of this really high tree. Loser had to eat a bitter fruit. She lost. XD)
River acknowledged his wishes to remain silent as the approached the dripping wet plane. It had crashed straight into the river, but has washed up an hour later, laden with the bodies of River's family, bloated with water. "Where d'you want to set it down?", she asked, limping slightly on the ankle she'd sprained after jumping out of the plane.
"Somewhere for a temporary shelter," he answered.
River helped him set it down in between two rocks that they rolled close to each other, as a sort of roof. "We can bring one of my humidifiers in here.", she said, brushing off her hands, her curiosity slowly getting the better of her. "How did you guys arrive here? Was this supposed to be some sort of field trip?", she asked, spotting the mother bear with her cub a little farther into the woods.