A Camping We Will Go....

[anexcitableboy]

Who: Jimmy Darling (anexcitableboy) and Wrath (garbagechild).
Where: Mt. Mortar area
When: July 30
Summary: Jimmy and Wrath are camping and looking for fire Pokemon.
Rating: PG-13, some language probably.
Log:



[It's been a long time since Jimmy's done any real camping. He's always sort of camped, living his life in a caravan, but it's not the same as sleeping under the stars. He's got a tarp up and a fire going and a pot over it, fixing up dinner. This was a nice idea, going on a little trip with Wrath. Even if the weather hasn't been exactly the best.]

[This planet's weird as hell, but he's gotta admit, it's treating him pretty well. He misses Eve, and...well, Maggie if he's being honest. But he's got a house and a job and good friends who don't give a shit about his hands. He's not even wearing his gloves, and he leans back and fishes his cigarettes out of his pocket as the smell of stew begins wafting up from the pot. Lenore and Omi are at his feet, the Cubone already beginning to get restless now that the moon's coming up.]

So tomorrow we head in and try and get ourselves some fire guys!

Comments

[garbagechild]

_{[At that, Wrath sits up, head still craned back to look at the sky.]}

Everything going for me...

_{[He's never heard his life summed up like that before... back home, it was pretty clearly established that he had NOTHING going for him.]}

... I don't know. There's a lot about humans I don't know.

_{[Abruptly, he turns to look at Jimmy, blinking owlishly.]}

What do YOU think I'd be good at?

[anexcitableboy]

All kinds of stuff. You could design and build buildings. You could be an artist. You could be an athlete. I bet you'd like working outside and doing something that was really active.

[Jimmy doubts all that energy will just melt away as Wrath gets older.]

And don't worry about what you don't know. I been basically human my whole life, and there's tons of stuff I don't know.

[garbagechild]

I like being outside.

_{[He says this thoughtfully... then flops against Jimmy again.]}

I dunno. I guess if even YOU don't know everything, I've got plenty of time, right?

[anexcitableboy]

Outside's real nice. I kinda like having a house, though, I never had one before.

[Jimmy wraps an arm companionably around Wrath, pulling him close and hugging him fiercely. He wonders if the poor kid's even used to being hugged and touched nicely. He doesn't remember his own dad ever hitting him, but he's seen enough abuse in the lost monsters he's helped Elsa rescue to know how it can screw a kid up.]

You gotta come see my house sometime. And don't even worry about the stuff you don't know yet - I'll teach you. I don't know everything, but I know a lot. Hey, did you know the short sleeved shirt was invented in nineteen forty two?

[garbagechild]

<sub>[He's not. Like, at all. He'd gotten hugs back 'home'-- but only from Sloth. Nobody else. It's still a weird, alien gesture. A pleasant one, and an absolute treat every time it happens, but not something that he gets on a regular basis by any means.]

[So, unsurprisingly, he is DELIGHTED with the hug, and promptly returns it.]</sub>

Nuh uh!

Is nineteen-forty-two an address?

_{[... He's more familiar with locations than dates, okay.]}

[anexcitableboy]

It can be, but the nineteen forty two I'm talking about is a year. That's all twelve of the months, and when they've all gone by, another year starts. Do you know all the months?

[At this point, Jimmy's not making any assumptions about what Wrath does or doesn't know. Beyond 'probably doesn't know', at least. But he's so damn smart and takes in everything, Jimmy figures he'll learn real easy. Especially if he can just slip lessons into regular conversation, instead of sitting Wrath down and making him learn like he was in school.]

[garbagechild]

_{[Wrath shakes his head, but still looks curious.]}

Nuh uh.

I kind of know what a year is. It's a pretty long time, right?