[CT] What Else is There Besides Pooping?

[Tim Tawfeek]

Tim needed help, desperately. He'd only been off the bus for, like, an hour, maybe two, and he was already about tempted to hop on and see if he could hot-wire it. He'd come along because, well, Lux had come, and he felt like he should be all solidarity or whatever, since he was still working on developing that relationship. She had friends though, including Jack who would probably remove Tim's testes if he had a chance. Even then, Tim didn't know what to do.

So he hurried to one of the few people he knew was along for the trip, who just happened to actually be sharing a cabin with him. Still, Tim didn't really want to stay in the room though. There was that Rickey guy, who seemed to, like, keeping giving Tim odd looks or something. He really didn't want to know what was going on there. So he'd waited till just the right time, getting Evan alone.

"Evan, man, you gotta help me here,' he said, trying not to look desperate. "I'm obviously out of my depth because, well, c'mon, this is so not my thing. But, like, Lux is here, so I should be. And I could, I dunno, take her for a walk to find some more bats or something, but argh," he reached up to rub the bridge of his nose. "I just don't know, man, what do you do in the woods? Besides pooping. God knows I need to avoid any and all pooping..."

[Evan Webb]

Evan was so bummed when he found out that Charlie was not going on the camping trip for some bogus medical reason. She was fine. She was functioning well. She could have gone. But no. Now he was in a room with the one person he had tried not to get close to [he was avoiding using the word avoid when it came to him]. Yes, he was a big wuss.

Consolation though, Tim was there and Jack was a cool enough guy...kind of. A bit nuts but he could handle that.

Tim's worry about entertaining Lux had Evan chuckling. The fact that Tim thought it was even a good idea to ask him about dating was absurd. Evan was the equivalent of Jon Snow on Game of Thrones when it came to relationship advice. Him and Charlie have basically been doing the exact same thing when they were friends only now they actually did more than sleep together in bed.

The mention of pooping also amused Evan, as it was wont to do.

"Well...you could go watch the sunset at the pier. And then go find some bats." Evan teased, though that really was the best he could do under the circumstances.

[Tim Tawfeek]

"Wow," said Tim as dryly as possible, staring at the guy he'd thought was his friend until about five seconds ago, "wow, you are obviously a genius at this. I never would've thought of looking at the sunset without your expert advice," he sighed and reached up, pinching his nose. "Seriously man, I can't even, like, get on the internet and look up what you're supposed to do in the woods. Believe me," he looked up at Evan, his expression serious, "I tried."

He sighed and rubbed at his face. "What are you planning on doing here? I mean, there's the whole capture the flag thing, and a bunch of idiots are going Bigfoot hunting or something, but is there something else besides that?"

Tim got up and began pacing now, as if moving could somehow get him closer to an idea. he'd try just about anything at this point.

[Evan Webb]

"Well dang Tim, you're asking the wrong guy!" Evan chuckled, throwing his hands up in defeat. "Do I seriously look like someone who would thrive in the woods?" He asked, gesturing to himself.

Tim's question was met with a shrug. "I'm either gonna sleep in the woods, climb some trees or swim. I wanna try to avoid staying in this cabin for too long. Ricky is giving me the creeps. I'm pretty sure if given the chance, he'd beat me up sooner than he'd play capture the flag with me." He shrugged again.

"Um...are there fireflies in this area? Maybe you could ask her to go find some with you?"

[Tim Tawfeek]

"Dude, c'mon!" said Tim, also waving his hands in the air. Okay, so it was probably grossly unfair to figure that Evan might be able to produce something to do when Tim couldn't figure something out on his own, but hey, nobody said that things had to be fair. Judging from Evan's list of things to do, he didn't think things were very fair either.

"What? Why would Ricky give you the creeps?" asked Tim, turning to look toward his bed. "Do we need to do something? Preferably something that would require foresight and knowledge and not getting anywhere near him, as I'm pretty sure he's bigger than both of us put---wait, did you say fireflies?"

Tim brightened immediately at that, grinning and nodding. "Yeah, yeah! I could totally see that working! That's just the kind of thing she loved! Plus, c'mon, what girl doesn't look freakin' awesome surrounded by lights? You are a life-saver, man! Speaking of: Ricky," Tim reached up to adjust his glasses, obviously ready to pay his friend back as best he could. Besides, they were bros, and bros stuck together. That was the code.

[Evan Webb]

It was ridiculous how grossly unfair Tim was being to even think of asking Evan about these things. But hey, Evan was quite flattered he did anyway. That his friend even considered him to be worthy of asking. Yeah, that was what Evan would continue thinking.

Opening his mouth at Tim's question, Evan wanted to villify the much taller boy but no words came out. It was dumb but Evan felt like he was betraying Charlie somehow by wanting to badmouth her...other maybe love.

When Tim showed interest in the fireflies idea, Evan threw his hands up in victory. "There you go! Yay!" He cheered before chuckling sheepishly at Tim's mention of Ricky.

"Nah. We can deal with that some other time. I'm just gonna avoid him until absolutely necessary. Which hopefully would be never!"

[Tim Tawfeek]

Cool, Evan approved, though of course Evan would approve of Tim's approving his idea. At least he had approval to go through with it... not that Tim really needed it. At any rate, the conversation had moved on, and so would Tim, focusing in on the whole Ricky issue.

"I guess avoidance works," said Tim, adjusting his glasses. He had sort of adopted that very strategy with Charlie, after all. Yeah, sure, he still intended to, like, talk to her at some point in the future. He just kept hoping that if he put it off the problem would just dissipate into nothingness. Okay, sure, not the most healthy way to handle things, but no one said Tim was brilliant at this.

"I'm pretty sure that people have, like, set up traps or something. Like, apparently a few people are really into finding Bigfoot or some junk," Tim shrugged, letting that rest. Evan would totally pick up what Tim was hinting it. It was, after all, most obvious.

[Evan Webb]

Evan chuckled sheepishly at Tim's response, rubbing the back of his neck and sighing. "Yeah. I guess."

The traps mentioned made Evan squint in confusion before it sort of dawned on him what Tim meant. He didn't really say anything apart from an 'Oh' before he shook his head.

"Yeah so how are you enjoying the outdoors so far?" Evan asked with a chuckle, lying back in his bed with his arm under his head.

[Tim Tawfeek]

"Seriously: traps," repeated Tim, nodding. He supposed he should mention who exactly set the traps, but he figured that everyone knew that Frank Cox had come along. He'd heard rumors that someone else had as well, but Tim attempted to swerve away from such things these days. He'd sort of learned his lesson.

He sighed now, leaning back and rolling his eyes to the ceiling. "It's awful," he said, blowing out his cheeks before chuckling and looking at his bud. "I really don't get why people even bother. It's like they said on that one show: we spent all this time perfecting inside, why would we bother going out?"

Tim let out another sigh, adjusting his glasses. "Though I'm hoping there's some bats around here. I don't mind hanging out with them, at least. Plus, it validates my power for, like, five minutes," Tim smiled at Evan wryly, then paused, staring. "Hey, I don't think I actually know what you do, come to think of it. I'm betting it's not psychic, as you haven't hit me yet..."

[Evan Webb]

Evan had to giggle at the traps set out, knowing only one person would be 'daring' enough to do so. He really needed to step up his game and actually speak to Frank. He was pretty sure he would get a kick out of spending time with her.

"Aww, it's not that bad!" Evan commented as he laughed. The ensuing comment made him laugh, though he couldn't help but agree. "I dunno though." He responded. "I mean as much as I love tech, and you know all too well how much I love tech, being outside actually feels...invigorating. Cliched though it is, I feel like we don't give the outdoors as much credit as we should."

Chuckling sheepishly at his comment, Evan nodded his acknowledgment. He raised his eyebrows when Tim asked about his abilities, adding in the last part which he personally thought was unnecessary but it did pique his curiosity. "Uh...it's not telepathy no. It's actually close though. At least...recently I've discovered that it's close. I mean it's weird but I think that I can actually inhabit a person fully." He explained, though still not entirely sure whether it was just a fluke or he could actually really do it.

"And what do you mean hit you yet?"

[Tim Tawfeek]

Tim groaned as Evan insisted that the outside wasn't too bad. He palmed his face for a moment. He did look up when Evan continued though, talking about invigorating and liking the outdoors and such. Tim blinked. "I dunno.... guess I'm gonna find out. Maybe Lux will be super into it or something."

Tim shrugged. He did sort of thrive off the happiness of others and all, especially if those others happened to be named Lux. So he wasn't entirely lying. It was, however, much more interesting to hear Evan's stumbled explanation. Tim listened patiently, intrigued. His eyes even widened slightly.

"Sounds pretty cool to me. All I do is the bat thing," he chuckled. "Shame that it would be hard to really prove or something, but I'd love to, like, video record that or someth--" he paused, mostly because of that last bit. "uh, I, uh, you know. People say stuff and think stuff and all. Plus, you know, the whole Charlie thing," Tim shuffled nervously. Man, he needed a subject change. "So how about we go do something manly in the woods then? You and me. Fishing or... bear hunting or something. You can hunt bears, right? That's a thing?"

[Evan Webb]

"Yeah, guess so." Evan grinned, reaching out to pat Tim on his knees. "You'll do great, son. I'm so proud o' ya." The sensory scryer patted his chest and made sobbing noises before laughing.

Agreeing somewhat to Tim's response, Evan continued to listen on until he explained his little stumble. Evan thought nothing of the subject change, welcoming it even with a smile. And then a laugh when the very idea of both of them facing a bear and either shitting their pants and just plain dying.

"That's illegal but yes." Evan said in between laughter. "Oh darn ah my stomach."

[Tim Tawfeek]

Nice to know that someone thought Tim wasn't screwing everything up. Well, someone besides Lux, but Tim wasn't entirely convinced that Lux was human... mutant, whatever. Which seemed to work in his favor for the most part. Right now though, he was getting upright and stretching.

Evan seemed to be up for the plan, at least on some level. "Seriously? I could've sworn I saw some rednecks do it on a television show once or something," replied Tim. He adjusted his glasses. "So maybe we could, I don't know, borrow a canoe or something. We're in the woods, so we might as well try something, right? Not climbing a tree though," said Tim, shaking his head and looking serious for a few moments. "I did that. It was about as much fun as getting stuck on that rope."

Because surely Evan would remember the incredibly awkward way the two of them had really met.

[Evan Webb]

"I'm pretty sure it's illegal." Evan repeated with a chuckle. Besides, he would probably piss his pants if he ever caught sight of a bear.

"Yeah, that sounds great. I'm really down for just anything." Evan waved a hand in a noncommittal gesture and sat up in bed.

Being inadvertently reminded of their first meeting, Evan winced before starting to chuckle. "Still not over that. Sorry."

[Tim Tawfeek]

Tim nodded, accepting Evan's reiteration. Wasn't like he was up to date on all the legality of hunting or anything like that. Besides, it looked like Evan was at least up for trying something. Though the just about anything was a little wider than even Tim had considered.

"Hey, it's all in the past. Hakuna Matatas," said Tim, chuckling. He nodded again, before turning, waving for Evan to follow. "C'mon, let's go check out this clearing thing first, then, like, go see about a canoe or something. We can't screw up canoeing, right? Indians---I mean Native Americans figured it out ages ago after all."

Of course, said Native Americans had also managed to hunt buffalo and develop a highly advanced culture. Not that Tim was going to emphasis that: he just wanted them to try their luck at canoeing and all. You know: outdoorsy crap.