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[garotted]

[ alex doesn't spend a lot of time showing her face on the network, in part because she's kind of private, and in part because text is just easier? also it's easy to just look over magnus's shoulder, but anyway..

her hair's pinned up into a messy green bun atop her head, and she's wearing bright pink chanel sunglasses, which are probably familiar to some (like reggie). she stares from behind them for a few moments, but then pushes them up atop her head. for those that have never met her in person, she has surprisingly striking heterochromia, one of her eyes a bright, startling gold.

she is also.. at a campsite?? if the tent in the background is any indication, anyway. ]

Hey, so, just getting an idea here, but how many people out there like doing.. outdoors-y stuff? I mean hiking, canoeing, biking, camping, that kind of thing? Or if you don't do it, would you be into it with a guide that knows what the fuck they're doing?

[ she glances up over the top of the phone, picking a grape up out of a bowl at her side and tossing it over at magnus, lifting her brows like you following where i'm going with this?

she glances back down at the phone again, then, pulling her knees up in the chair. ] While I'm asking apparently random things, Halloween's coming up, and aside from certain people who'll remain nameless eating disgusting amounts of colored wax, who's got plans to do what? A bonfire could be fun. Doing some haunted hayrides and houses, that kind of thing. [ alex isn't normally a group activity type of person, but valhalla's softened her up some, and it could be fun. ]

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[songwrite]

[colored wax??? hmm, not gonna question this.]

Haunted houses!! I bet they're crazy, here. Or, bonfires are good too. [With Drinking though, right?]

[garotted]

[ probably safer not to. ]

Especially with all the insane science crap. You planning to dress up?

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[nightmarist]

Our house is already haunted.

[garotted]

[ points. ] Noah doesn't count.

[quickfingers]

Love you too xoxo

[garotted]

Gross.

[fehus]

gross

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[specialise]

[ once upon a time, raven would never have been able to raise her hand to signal she's got experience with the outdoors. now, it's all she knows. alex has her until she mentions halloween, and then the activities that usually happen because of it. the ark didn't quite keep up with that tradition, although she remembers dressing up as something when she was younger. thankfully, the internet exists here. she does a little bit of googling before she even answers. ]

[ her face scrunches up in thought. ] If it's for Halloween, shouldn't the bonfire be a haunted one?

[ raven, it can remain as a normal one. ]

[garotted]

If Ronan's to be believed, Magnus and I being there makes it haunted by default. Since we're dead.

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[bragnificent]

[ Oh yeah, there's no mistaking those shades. Reggie raises his eyebrow, but doesn't comment on them... yet. He just sips from a soda he's holding. ]

Why're you asking about hiking and shit anyway? I mean, yeah, obviously-- [ That he likes doing outdoors-y stuff, he means ] But it is a pretty random thing to ask. It's getting cold, who's gonna be canoeing?

But like Archie said-- haunted houses are a good start. Parties, obviously. No shortage of shit to get up to.

[ Egging... scaring people... hitting shit with baseball bats... but rather than say all that he just adds a vaguely knowing: ]

Nice shades.

[garotted]

Obviously, because it's not going to be cold year-round? Also, there's other stuff to do in the winter, canoeing was just an example of general outdoorsy stuff. [ a beat. ] What is it you like to do?

[ she adjusts her shades atop her head, a brow lifting. ] They are, aren't they?

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[d33tached]

[D33, at one point, at least, had technically been a wilderness survival instructor - that hadn't gone so well. Neither had nearly starving in the woods. So, while he's not particularly interested in participating in such things in the name of leisure, he will say:]

I suppose I might be interested in learning such skills should instruction be what you are intending to offer.

[garotted]

[ uhh.. ]

Well, instruction wasn't what I was thinking about, though if you need it, I guess I don't mind teaching.

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[versusseeker]

[Hi! Camping, hiking, outdoors-y stuff. Red. Choose Red, please.]

me

[garotted]

Yeah? What do you do?

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[ghoulking]

Is candy corn really that bad? [ is it deserving of that much hatred? ]

[garotted]

[ one of these days, she's going to get over recognizing people from things she's watched at home. ]

I'd say it's Satan's candy, but I wouldn't want to put that evil on Satan.

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[heisenbitch]

Could help out with the Halloween thing.

[garotted]

Help how?

[magneticxman]

[Lorna is smiling, chucking about the continued effects of her brother's post.]

I enjoy outdoors stuff! I actually spent a lot of time in the field when I was in college. So I have an idea what I'm doing, but I'm always interested in learning more.

[garotted]

"In the field"? What is it you were studying?

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[knaval]

I like being outdoors because then I can be Cybertronian and not worry about breaking anything.

[he's Into It.]

I can help get the wood for a bonfire. Like, I can literally tear up a tree and break it up for you. I'm awesome.

[garotted]

[ uh. ]

Thanks, but I don't think we actually need any trees ripped up out of the ground?

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[fehus]

[it's not long before Alex is fielding a lot of responses about both of her suggestions, and Magnus doesn't bother listening in closely on every one, though he has moved closer to put his two cents in every once in a while (aka, argue about football, bicker with Peter, etc). it's a lot easier catching grapes every once in a while in his mouth, once he's lying in the grass beside where she's sitting, his arms behind his head (the grapes he misses just trundle down into his hair, easy retrieval). he ends up dozing for a bit, ultimately, lulled by Alex's lively voice, matter of factly shutting down basic hikers and explaining halloween]

[he rouses an indiscriminate amount of time later, when the responses aren't coming quite so quickly, and grunts, feeling stiff from the position he's slept in on the ground. he rubs his eyes, cracks his neck, stretches in the green, immediately looking up at Alex. his head is near her lap, and if he were bolder, he'd shift into it]

So, what d'you think? [he continues shifting, trying to get comfortable again] Are personal Viking Vilderness Expeditions with Vierro a go?

[garotted]

[ she glances down as he rouses himself, the phone mostly forgotten at her side. as he tries to get comfortable, she rolls her eyes a little and pats the top of her thigh. ] Put your head here already, you can't be comfortable there.

[ she hums out a thoughtful noise a moment later, though, glancing to the phone. ] I think so, yeah. I mean, if you still want to be a part of it. I think this would suit us both a lot better than the other stuff we've been doing, and people love to pay for other people to do the thinking.

[ she leans down to kiss him briefly, gently, still looking thoughtful as she pulls back. ] --And gods know imPorts are popular as fuck.

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[divaricate]

[Wanda's irises are glowing red as she replies to this. Her eyes have been doing that for a few weeks.]

Outdoor stuff is the best kind of stuff. [She may have turned off her positive emotions for now, but she can still admit to what she thinks of as fun when she's in a normal state of mind.]

Also yeah my brother does gross things on the network. Like eating that much candy at once.

[garotted]

[ hey, cool effect. she puts that thought away for later, in case she needs to intimidate someone or something, who knows. ]

Yeah, it's pretty great. I don't miss the city.

[ a beat, lips quirking. ] Peter's your brother? He's definitely something. How sick was he after all that wax?

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[am_i_a_monster]

I like hunting and mountain climbing.

I might wear a costume on Halloween.