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[usedwindything.livejournal.com]

Who: usedwindything and usedtherapy
Where: Ilex Forest
When: 8/20 through 8/26
Summary: WOO HOO CAMPING-TRIP-DINO-HUNT-VACATION-DATE-EXTRAVAGANZA!
Rating: uhh...PG for possible language?
Log:
[To say that John was "looking forward" to his second date with Rose would be a gross understatement. He had barely been able to sleep the night before they left and ended up knocking on Rose's door at five in the morning because he'd finally given up on the notion of sleep entirely. Plus, weren't you supposed to leave early for camping trips?]

[Unsurprisingly, Rose hadn't expected him that early. She'd given him a very bleary look, stepped back into her room to give her clock a bleary look and then asked "...are we leaving 'lready?"]

[Even less surprisingly...she'd fallen right back asleep the minute they had both clambered inside Elliot and gone on their way. But that was okay. Because she had fallen asleep on John's shoulder and he had absolutely no qualms with that at all.]

[And then a few hours later, his excitement wore off and he too fell asleep. Wow, their trip was off to a great start already!]

[Elliot wasn't the fastest pokemon but fortunately, being a ghost, he didn't really need a lot of sleep. So their four day trip ended up taking only two. Once inside the forest, Elliot went back inside his ball for some much needed rest while the two kids shouldered their packs and began walking through the forest, hand-in-hand.]

[Surely this was going to be the best camping-trip-dino-hunt-vacation-date-extravaganza ever! Also possibly the first ever, because seriously, who besides John would come up with something as crazy as this?]

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[usedwindything.livejournal.com]

Heheh, not for a while. But dad and I always...used to do it when I was a kid. [No, his enthusiasm did not die out midsentence right there. That sentence did not start trailing into nothingness after the word 'always'. And no, he isn't missing Dad right now. If you thought any of these were was the case, Rose, you'd be wrong.]

[usedtherapy.livejournal.com]

[[...she doesn't say anything for a few moments to that, instead working on collecting a few more fireflies. Or trying to, at least. Once she feels they have a sufficient supply, she picks the jar up and holds it out to him.]]

...you miss your father. Don't you?

[usedwindything.livejournal.com]

[He takes the jar gladly, staring at it. Apparently he's not crazy about eye contact right now.]

Mmm..yeah, a little bit. [Actually it's more like "quite a bit" but like he's going to admit that.]

[usedtherapy.livejournal.com]

...I miss my mother.

[[She'd like eye contact, but it's okay. She understands why he'd want to avoid it.]]

Do you want to go sit down? That is quite the collection of fireflies we have there. I bet even Dave would be impressed and you know he's hard to impress.

[usedwindything.livejournal.com]

Mm, yeah if you want to, we can sit down. But first... [He pulls a pokéball off his belt and tosses it, releasing a Persian. Kneeling down, John holds the jar out to the cat.] Hey deLeon, think you could poke some holes in the lid of this? Just little ones, alright? With the tips of your claws...that way the fireflies can't crawl out.

[deLeon obliges with a content purr, poking several tiny airholes in the lid with one paw. This earns him a few head pats and scratches behind the ears before John stands up.] Thanks, boy. [Another long purr as the Persian rubs against John's legs.] Did you...want to go back to the tent and sit down or...out here?