burning bright

[memeorabilia]

THE CAMPFIRE MEME

-Okay so you're sitting around a sweet-ass bonfire in the countryside
-or on a beach
-or under the fucking water for all I care, fuck science, it's your choice
-There's probably like, s'more making or hotdog roasting too, who the fuck cares
-And cheesy sing-a-long songs
-And possibly even underwear burning or like throwing random things into the fire
-Or even dancing naked around it like the satanic witches you are.
-Since y'all are suckers for romance the bonfire is pretty fucking romantic
-It can also be pretty fucking platonic because let's face it sometimes you want to do shit with friends
-Just roll with the scenario, have fun, and enjoy the fucking bonfire because it really looks fucking awesome

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[purpleandgray]

[ Merlin watches the kids laugh and then sits back, smiling a little as he shoves a new log of wood into the fire. ]

Would you do that to your friend? [ he asks suddenly. ] Hypnotise him like our hero did with the tiger?

What about you?" [ he looks at the kids, who shake their heads. ]

Yeah, me neither.

1/2

[ancient8tracks]

[Felix quiets, rubbing his bicep in thought.]

It's not nice, to make anyone do something they don't want to.

[ancient8tracks]

[A small girl in the back waves her arm.

"What if the hero just asks the tiger nicely to ride him over the mountain?!"

Felix grins.]

A hero with good manners, huh. Great manners.

[purpleandgray]

Hey, don't judge. [ Merlin says with a grin, reaching over to high five with the little girl. ]

I like it. Reason with the good tiger. Lean on its softer side. [ Almost everyone has one. Merlin has a giant one that's pretty hard to hide at times. ]

[ancient8tracks]

[Don't judge. He'll do his involuntary best to obey it.]

Question is, does it work? I bet if you barter it will.

Maybe the hero could promise the tiger at least a steak a week. That's a pretty nice deal.

[purpleandgray]

A steak a week. That's pretty horrible as far as salary goes. [ Better than mind control, though. ]

But it's a start. Maybe throw in a backrub and health benefits, too.

[ancient8tracks]

[Felix grins. Yeah, that all sounds pretty nice.]

I'll trade with him; that doesn't sound half bad.

[But it's late — the parents of those rowdy kids start to lead them all back to their tents, and everything around here becomes quiet, the story woefully incomplete. Felix doesn't mind; he starts unrolling his sleeping bag and tries not to think too much about home and how far away it seems. The fire still burns — one of the elders in the group said letting it go out would be bad, real bad. Monsters bad. And like hell does Felix want to deal with monsters on top of everything else.]

[purpleandgray]

[ Merlin doesn't mind staying awake and keeping the fire burning. He rarely has time to just sit and watch the stars and the smoke spiralling up to the heavens.

He adds a log every now and then, leans his back to a rock behind him and--

There's someone else awake too. His storyteller partner from earlier. He can see the whites of their eyes in the dark. ]

Hey, what's your name? [ he asks while stretching out his legs. ]

[ancient8tracks]

[Smoothing out his sleeping bag, he stops at the sound of the voice —

Thank god. No concrete orders. Questions, questions he can definitely do. He smiles a bit, illuminated by the fire.]

Right, kind of rude not to give out names. And after all the narrating, too.

I'm Felix.

[purpleandgray]

[ Merlin laughs easily. Rudeness is something he was actually raised by, it's just his strange nature that he likes to behave... ]

Nah. Being caught up in a moment is not that bad.

I'm Merlin. Nice to meet you.

[ancient8tracks]

Nice to meet you, too.

[Well, since neither of them are sleeping, and this fire needs watching...

He suppose a little chatter never hurts.]

What brings you here in a big creepy place full of nighttime monsters?

Or do you usually travel with the wandering crowds?