{SCE} Night Sky, Like Shooting Stars

[Lucy James]

One of the things Lucy actually did enjoy about being stuck in Montana was the way the sky looked during the night. Unlike in the city where the stars were mostly hidden due to the various lights, Montana offered quite the beautiful night sky. It kind of reminded Lucy of home - which wasn't all great, but things hadn't just been bad. It was one of the few things Lucy had actually liked about growing up in a trailer park. Admittedly, the stars were a lot more visible here than what they had been back in Alabama.

Narrowing her eyes, Lucy leaned her back against the tree. Her arms came to wrap around her waist, tugging her jacket closer; it was spring, sure, but the nights were still cold. She could even vaguely see the smoke rising from between her lips.

Sighing, Lucy leaned her head back against the tree as her eyes closed. She listened closely to the sounds around her; she could vaguely hear the chatter coming from the camp area, which she'd admittedly spent the entire day avoiding. She'd only been there a little in the beginning, some after that, and that one time she had to change clothes after falling out into the river. Other than that, she'd more or less been off somewhere else, trying to get as far away from the rest of the people as she possibly could.

Though, more people seemed to have the same idea as herself. She figured that was what you'd get when putting a group of troubled kids in the forest; half of which wasn't even socially active. "You do realize I can sense you, right?" she tossed over her shoulder; another thing about her power; few people could sneak up on her without her sensing them.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn of course had been spending most of the time away from the camp since they had arrived there, since well she was a loner. Yes, she enjoyed being in peoples company and she liked to party, but for the most part she stuck to herself. There was also the fact that she was slightly avoiding running into Vera and Cade at the same time. One on one was fine, but if she ran into the two of them at the same time, well she just figured that it was going to be awkward. She was not even sure why, but it was just the feeling that she kept getting.

Yet, she was not going to avoid them the whole time, just maybe for this the first two days or something like that. So while some of the students were gathered around a fire, Devyn wondered off on her own, enjoying walking around without her shades and just feeling so energized. The night life was so the life that she wanted to live one day, or at least test it out. She did pick the faint scent of someone out on their own and well she was curious as to who it was since there were a few people on the trip that she had never actually talked to. She knew about them because of what she would hear whispered among the staff but that was it.

"I did not realize that, since I didn't know your power involved power sensing." Devyn admitted as she chuckled a little. So much for casually checking out who it was and going along her way to hang out near some water or up in a tree. Devyn moved to approach the girl and gave her a slight wave. "You are uh...Lucy, right?" Devyn said, going off of what she heard about the girl and put them with the description of the girl's looks. Devyn would not deny that the girl was pretty attractive but she also recalled hearing about the kind of person Lucy came off as. "I'm Devyn." Devyn introduced herself, figured since she possibly was right on the girls name it was only fair to give her name.

[Lucy James]

Turning to properly face the girl, Lucy couldn't remember seeing much of the girl before, apart from here and there on campus. She didn't know the girl's name, nor did she recognize the ability. That didn't stop the power mimic from being cautious of course, as very few things did lately. "I am," she replied, pursing her lips. The girl then offered her own name as Lucy's chin lifted. Her blue eyes quickly scanned the area around them before her eyes settled upon the girl once more.

She honestly doubted this was one of those crazy students that would jump out at you with a knife or something, but hey, one could never be too sure these days.

Lucy visibly relaxed then. She still kept her eyes on the girl, but for now, she didn't see her as much of threat. "Devyn," she repeated finally. "And yes, the power sensing part makes it a little harder for people to sneak up on me," she stated, if only just to warn the girl; again, cynical and jaded. She didn't trust anyone. Not a stranger, and not the people who claimed to be her friends.

She took a moment then, to reach out for the girls power and make sure that she grew familiar with the way it felt, just so she'd know the next time the girl decided to randomly show up somewhere.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn at least felt good about getting the girls name right because it would have been super awkward to have thought she was this one girl but she was another girl. That could have been an insult depending on how they viewed Lucy and again Devyn was mainly going off of whisperers and in general what she heard people talking about the girl. Pretty much everyone on this trip had been talked about around the school in some way and there was even DL that liked to have her hand involved in the drama of the school.

Was DL mentioning your name enough to land you on this trip? No, if that was the case then the Bellefonte girls and a few others would have been on this trip. Devyn did have a knife on her but she was not the type to just hurt someone out of the blue, she needed a reason and at least be out of control. Devyn nodded her head when the girl repeated her name back, but she didn't see any sign that the girl really knew about her. That made things at bit easier in terms of not having to worry about the girl thinking of her in a certain way. "Well then I bet you are the master at finding people when playing hide-and-seek." Devyn said with a small chuckle. She was tempted to flirt a little but she refrained for the moment.

"So are you out here by choice or are you trying to get away from someone or someones?" Devyn asked, not wanting to bother the girl if she wanted to be completely alone. Still it was nice to just talk to someone away from others and perhaps she needed that. Or perhaps she needed Devyn to leave her now, but time would tell.

[Lucy James]

Lucy's head tilted curiously to the side as she took the girl's word to her; she made a point. Not that Lucy was one to play hide and seek, but she figured she had to remember that if it ever got handy. "Only with mutants," she replied dryly. And only in a certain radius, but that hardly mattered. At least, this girl didn't seem to be awfully angsty, which made conversing a little easier, as opposed to so many other kids around here.

It was a breath of fresh air.

"I'm assuming I'm here for the same reason you are; after all, most of us didn't come here willingly, and even fewer of us are happy about being stuck in the middle of the forest." And that wasn't the only thing with this whole trip. Oh no. Not only were they stuck here, they were also stuck here with the baddest students on the entire academy, and well, that simply couldn't end well.

One way or another, this was all going to end in some kind of horrific tragedy.

"But it is what it is, I suppose, and at least we're not chained down to the camping area, so I suppose that's something to be pleased about." Not that Lucy was particularly pleased to begin with, but she was glad she didn't have to spend the entirety of the trip, sitting next to the bonfire, listening to those horrible, horrible teachers singing campfire songs, so there was that.

[Devyn Solway]

"Mutants are the best people to play hide-and-go seek with. They offer a little more of a challenge and you don't have to worry about them calling you’re a freak." Devyn said with a small chuckle. Still, this girl didn't really look like the kind that would be up for such a game. Devyn pretty much liked a lot of games; especially ones that made her hunter side come out when it came to tracking down people. Man Hunt was the best because that involved chasing and it was played at night when he blood was really pumping.

Lucy pointed out that she was likely here for the same reason as Devyn, which made sense because they were all here for again being viewed as the 'bad kids' of the school. Devyn preferred to be known as bad ass and not bad, but beggars could not be choosers and it was how others viewed her and not how she viewed herself. "I for one don't see this as a punishment since this is my element, but I can imagine others not having such a fun time living off of the land. If you need help with anything, let me know and I'll hook you up." Devyn offered her, and she would offer it to well anyone that seemed chill enough.

This was a cake walk for her after all and if someone needed help with a fire, shelter, or even getting something to eat she had no problem helping them out. Devyn nodded in agreement on the fact that at least they were not focused to stay at the camp sight and they could go wherever they pleased. "True. Granted could they really keep the top bad kids in the school chained down to a simple camp site with so few staff?" Devyn asked as she reached into her jacket, searching for something but recalled it was taken from her.

"Did you manage to sneak any alcohol or smokes on the trip at all?" Devyn asked, wondering if the other girl had better luck then her. She was still having an issue with dropping the smoking habit once she picked it up again and well alcohol was not a habit and was just good to feel a little numb.

[Lucy James]

"I 'spose you make a valid point," Lucy drawled with a shrug. Honestly though, she was hardly one for games. There was few things in life that could ever get the brunette up and running about, playing children's games. She was far too stoic and serious to find enjoyment in something like that. Granted, it didn't exactly help that she had the humor of a rock and found very few things funny.

But that was her own demons to slay, she supposed.

Tossing the girl a narrowed eyed glance, Lucy's lips pursed. "I don't mind the forest as much, to be honest. It's just the company I don't like." She wasn't a nature kind of gal, sure, but she figured it could have been a lot worse. It could have been colder and filled with snow, so there was that. It was still bring, so it was nowhere warm enough to consider this some kind of 'happy outing', but again, she'd been through worse. "I'll keep that in mind." Not that she actually thought the girl's help would be needed (or accepted), but that was a story for another time, and it hardly mattered in the end.

"I'm not sure what they were thinking with bringing us all here. Maybe they weren't," she sighed, shaking her head. "Ah well, I 'spose it doesn't matter. That's their problem to deal with, and not something I'm going to waste my time worrying about." If it all went to hell, Lucy could always see to it that she wasn't around, or maybe even see it as a golden opportunity to get away from everything; Mexico had failed. Didn't mean this trip had to, if the opportunity ever rose.

Shaking her head no, Lucy's lips pursed. "Well, depends on what you mean by 'smokes'." She smirked a little at that. "Cigarettes, or...?" She didn't know if this girl was one for getting high, but hey, Lucy had brought enough to last them at least an entire week. She didn't mind getting high with someone, as opposed to doing so alone.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn just nodded, figuring there was no point in saying anything more on the subject when the girl didn't look like she was into that sort of things. Talking about something that someone shared no interest in was basically like beating a dead horse and Devyn knew when it was time to move the conversation along in this situation. Still, it did seem like she had either lost her ability to communicate well with people or her luck had gone from meeting those who wanted to socialize but were bad at it for some reason, to those who didn't really seem to want to deal with people.

She expected she would run into more of those types, because again this was a trip of 'bad kids'. Now so long as one of said bad kids did not piss off another, Devyn didn't really think that anything bad would happen. She was at least certain that she could survive in this environment and a few others seemed to not have that hard of a time adjusting to a life without technology. Dev was a little surprise to hear the girl say that she did not mind the forest and that her problem was with the people. That made sense and Devyn now could no longer right her off as the outdoor type but the not social type at all.

Well, she was not going to write her off as completely unsocial because she was at least being polite or tolerant enough to still talk to Devyn. "Noted. If you want me to leave you alone at any moment, just say so and I'll give you your space." Devyn said, not really wanting to make the girl angry when Devyn was the one to approach her first. She had to agree with the girl in terms of not having a clue what the staff were thinking but also was not going to worry about it and enjoy herself until the trip was over. "Just have to make the best of this and then perhaps if we are sweet little angles they will leave us be." Devyn said, chuckling a little because of course she was teasing on a little bit of that matter.

The other girl's next words had Devyn's head tilting to the side a little as a small smirk spread across her face. Oh, this girl even managed to sneak that sort of thing with her? Devyn didn't really do it often, it had been one of those occasions of trying it way back when because of her first girlfriend. "I'm fine with either. I don't want to take all of your good stuff so if you just want to give me cigarettes, I would be fine with that." Devyn said, leaving it on the girl's choice. It was her stash after all and Devyn honestly was fine getting either.

[Lucy James]

Pulling out the small plastic bag from the pocket in her bra, the small space often reserved for the small pillows, Lucy tossed it from one hand to the other. "No cigarettes I'm afraid; those aren't typically my thing." From the other side of her bra, Lucy pulled out some papers and held them up. Thankfully, the teachers hadn't thought about checking the students' underwear, which she figured was a given. They probably didn't want to get sexual assault lawsuits on their asses, though, Lucy had almost expected them to check everything, considering how the crowd they had pulled with them was far from innocent.

Taking a seat on the rock she was standing on, Lucy opened the small plastic bag and put some of the weed onto the paper before she started rolling it together. Licking the sticky side of the paper, she handed the joint over to the girl before she rolled one for herself. 

Once she finished, she dug her hand into her pocket and flicked out a lighter. Lighting one end of the joint, she tossed the lighter towards the girl before putting the joint to her lips, taking a deep drag of it, holding it in her lungs for a few moments and then slowly releasing. "Won't get any better than this," she mused at the girl before taking yet another drag.

At the very least, Lucy had this to make the trip a little more bearable, although she had to be more careful with who she showed it to, but considering how the girl in question had asked her first, Lucy figured she wouldn't rat her out - and if she did, Lucy would be sure to make her life a living hell. At least for the remaining parts of the trip.

[Devyn Solway]

It was so not Devyn’s fault that she was looking at the other girl’s chest for a moment, because Lucy pulled something out of there. Devyn was never one to really wear a bra and when she did it was typically because she was going to do a workout or if she was at some kind of formal event. The latter didn’t really happen that often so bras again were mainly sports bras and for the sake of working out. So Devyn never fully understood how girls could even wear bras normally and how they could so easily hold things there.

Didn’t it get bothersome to have something in there rubbing against their flesh? Devyn figured it would, but she kept that thought for later for something to try out. “Ah, well then only one option then.” Devyn said as she watched the girl pull out everything she needed and showed actual skill when wrapping the weed up. Devyn didn’t say anything the whole time, just watched what the girl was doing and wondering the kind of lifestyle the girl had lived up until this point. “Thanks.” Devyn said as she took the join and moved to lean back against the closest tree.

She actually liked the smell of weed better than cigarettes, but she still knew she should really stop doing either of them. Once she had the lighter in hand, she lit hers up, and tossed the lighter back to the girl; since she knew she end up playing with it if she kept a hold of it. She took a long drag off of it, holding it, and then letting it out slowly. Not even that crappy stuff. Devyn thought to herself as she was practically experiencing it with all of her senses. Devyn gave a slight chuckle but did give a small nod to the girl’s words. She figured it could get better, but at the moment this was pretty nice.

“So, I don’t know about you but I’m going to be hungry after even just one of these. How about I pay you back for this by getting you some food?” Devyn asked, followed by taking another drag. She figured the girl had to talk with certain people; that Devyn didn’t really like, in order to get what she had and she also figured that cost money. It only seemed right to pay the girl back in some way and she didn’t currently have money on her so services where the next best thing in her opinion.

[Lucy James]

Putting the lighter back into her pocket once the other girl had given it back, Lucy took another drag from the joint. She held it in longer this time, feeling her lungs run out of oxygen, enjoyed the feeling of the tightening of her chest before finally releasing. She watched the small cloud of smoke drift upwards until it vanished completely against the dark night sky. There was something quite unique about the effects of contrasts. White against black. 

The girl's words brought Lucy out of her train of thoughts then, and she tilted her head to the side. Her blue eyes narrowed slightly before she finally nodded. "Alright. That sounds like a fair deal." She shook her head then, moving her gaze back up towards the sky. "As long as it wasn't made by that overly bouncy teacher; I swear she's trying to smother us all with glitter and sunshine." The woman was surreal. She was far too childish, and far too cartoon-y to seem real. Then again, the same thing could be said about that one kid Lucy had met back at the school...

Thankfully, Lucy wasn't forced to hang around either of them, and both this forest and the school offered a lot of free space to avoid both. Lucy wasn't a fan of people in general, but there was some she disliked more than others, and that mostly revolved around the ones that seemed fake, trying to damn hard to be something special. God, those were just the worst.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn smiled as Lucy agreed to the terms, happy that she would be able to pay the girl back because she hated debts. Getting the girl some food was not that hard but she felt like it was a fair trade, food for weed. Fair. Devyn could not help but to chuckled a little when Lucy spoke up about not wanting anything made by the 'bouncy teacher'. Since there were not a lot of teachers even on the trip, it was easy enough to figure out who she was talking about. Mmm, the energetic ones are always so fun. Devyn thought to herself, biting her lips a little bit before refocusing on Lucy.

"She is not so bad. She is hot, nice, and just wants to help out but I'm assuming you like to do things on your own, yeah?" Devyn said and asked as she tilted her head a little bit. She didn't really need an answer; it was clear the kind of girl Lucy was. Devyn had no problem with her, they were teenagers and she didn't know what Lucy had gone thought so she was not going to judge. So long as Lucy was cool with her, she would be cool with her. Simple as that. Devyn didn't really have a problem with anyone on the trip, but she also didn't know all of them on a personal level.

"What are you in the mood food? Rabbit, fish, bambi?" Devyn asked, teasing a bit at the end. Yet, deer was still on the menu if the girl wanted it. That would be a bit more work to get a hold of but not impossible. "If you are feeling brave, we could even go for some cougar or bear." Devyn added as she gave the girl a small smirk. Then took a moment to enjoy her smoke; man this was really helping her chill out and just enjoy the moment.

[Lucy James]

Lucy's eyebrows quirked slightly as the girl started talking about the teacher. "Well, she might be hot, but she runs around like a five year old high on sugar, and she speaks as if the world is some beautiful place filled with cotton candy, rainbows and sunshine." Clearly, the teacher needed a serious reality check. "And yes, I do, but that's besides the point. My issue with her is that she tries pushing her own beliefs down people's throats with no regard to whether or not people want to share them." Like that damned hug she had pestered about the first time Lucy had met her. It was obvious that it had made Lucy uncomfortable, yet she had kept going on, nagging and nagging.

However, the girl's next words brought Lucy out of her train of thoughts and for a moment, she simply blinked as she looked confusedly over at the girl. "You're a good hunter then, I assume," she said, nodding sagely. Ah well, she supposed that was a handy thing to have at the back of your hand. Lucy would have to remember that if it looked as if they were going to starve on this damned trip. "Whatever you recommend." Lucy had never been a picky eater. After spending two years out on the streets, you kind of had to do with whatever you could get your hands on. There was no being picky there.

Besides, Lucy was a little curious about what the girl had in mind. Was she a natural good hunter, was it something she'd trained for, or did she have one of those powers that simply allowed her to be good at it? Lucy had seen quite a few weird powers around the school, but this was surely a new one. "Color me intrigued," she said through pursed lips.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn chuckled at Lucy's description of the teacher and could see how the girl viewed the staff member like that. It also shed some more light on the kind of person this girl was, not that it was a bad thing. Devyn kept smoking as the girl talked about her problem with the staff member and it made perfect sense. Devyn never really liked when someone tried to force her to do something and she tried to make sure that she didn't do the same to other people. So she got where Lucy was coming from but still figured part of the problem was still Lucy's outlook on life.

"You sit down and talk to her about it? Let her know that it makes you very uncomfortable and while you appropriate...or not; that you don't really like when she does well whatever it is that upsets you." She said said. Dev didn't know what happened between the girl and the teacher so she was not going to try and say the girl was in the wrong or whatever. Nope, she was just making conversation mainly and seeing what the girl had done while she enjoyed a smoke with her. "Yeah, my dad used to take me hunting a lot as a kid. My power also allows me and sometimes makes me go hunting." Devyn said as she chuckled a little embarrassed.

She sometimes didn't like to talk about the fact that she sometimes hunted out of her control and that she had times where she would just find herself with a dead squirrel or rabbit on her when she would change back. Not fun, but something she had gotten used to. Devyn then thought for a moment what they could have since the choice was left up to her. "Mmm...There are a few good herbs around here that would go really well with fish. So after this I'll get on it." Devyn said, as she closed her eyes for a moment, just enjoying every second of this. She chuckled as Lucy pointed out being intrigued, but was not fully sure if the girl was serious or not.

"Well, I could go up against one of them, but I don't like my odds of walking away without some injury. I can show you where I did see a bear before, if you are interested in that kind of thing." Devyn pointed out, but honestly was more worried about the food part and less about checking out a bear or trying to find a cougar around.

[Lucy James]

"And spend more time with her than what I need? No thank you," Lucy snorted. She had no interest in being OK with the teacher. In fact, Lucy didn't care enough about the whole ordeal to even bother trying. At the end of the day, it didn't matter, and once it didn't matter, there was little point in wasting her time trying. The girl continued then and shared a piece of information about herself which had Lucy nodding. "I see." At least Lucy didn't have to worry about having a power like that. Sure, she pretty much had every power in the world, but when she didn't mimic people's powers, she was safe and pretty much normal.

There was some mentions of fish and herbs which had Lucy nodding again; she saw little need to comment on it. It was apparent that the girl knew what she was doing, and Lucy had no objections on the matter. At least fish was better than whatever else the girl could have cooked up. Somehow, eating squirrel didn't seem all that appetizing.

Then they ended up back on the bear part, which had Lucy quirking her brow. "No, thank you. I think I'm good." She had very little interest in running around, looking for bears. Some people might find things like that interesting, but death by bear was not the way Lucy wanted to go. It sounded unnecessarily painful. If she was going to die, she'd die in a way less dramatic way.