{SCE} No Better Shape Than A Triangle [Devyn, Cade]

[Vera M. Solway]

After the sun goes down.
Meet me by that one tree that looks like a dildo.
Or a weird Popsicle.

Ah fuck it, you'll know which one.

-V

A note she posted in both of Devyn Solway and Cade Carson belongings in their own shelters. Now why would Vera Marcello go out of her way to invite both her best friend and Cade out on a little walk in the woods? Well, because if you didn't know by now, the young woman loved anything that allowed her to get away from the others. That, and these two were the only two she could possibly tolerate... and she was sure it would nothing but pure entertainment for the three of them.

If they were out here to get away from technology and survival for a couple of days, might as well make it worthwhile.

For the meantime, Vera leaned against the dildo tree and waited in a pink tank, black tights and sneakers.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn looked at the note with her shades on, looked at the note without her shades, and even held the note upside down. It was most certainty something that Vera would write, and it even smelled like her so there was no room to doubt that this was some sort of trap. It still felt like some kind of trap you saw in the movies where a person wanted you to meet them somewhere only for things to either go really well or really bad. With Devyn's track record she could not help but to feel like something bad was going to happen.

Had she done or said anything to Vera that might have pissed the girl off recently? "I'm probably freaking about nothing. She probably just wants some help with...something..." Devyn assured herself as she buttoned up her plaid red shirt and zipped up her blue jeans. She had been napping in just a t-shirt and her underwear beforehand. At least Vera was nice enough to do this after the sun was going down so Devyn didn't have to worry about wearing her shades or worrying about being out in the sun for too long.

"Now Vera, I know you have been neglecting your V, but a dildo tree is not the way to go. As a friend I am willing to help you with her." Devyn teased, referring to a conversation they had over text a little while ago before they were forced to go on this trip. Devyn was actually pleased that Vera had been made to come on the trip but at the same time she was worried if it was her fault for Vera being on the trip in the first place. Or was Vera here as some kind of undercover staff. "So, what’s up?" Devyn asked as she headed over to her best friend, smirking a little while she took a moment to look at the weird shaped tree.

[Cade Carson]

Cade walked around from the other side of the tree when Devyn spoke to her friend.

"If you were wanting a secret rendez-vous in the woods, why invite me?" There was no way either of them were jumping at the idea of a threesome, and he wasn't going to ask because that was always clearly asshole territory and Cade liked to think he wasn't one. He'd seen the note while looking for a flashlight. He'd managed to find a flashlight too, but he'd found the note and realized he needed to meet. He couldn't figure out why the note had been left. He did know what tree was meant, but he hadn't really known who'd written the note until he'd seen them. V wasn't really all that descriptive after all. Now he saw Devyn and he sighed.

"Is this a way of forcing me to apologize for my stupidity over spring break, or is this something else?"

[Vera M. Solway]

She smirked, "Trust me, had I wanted something brown and big enough to crush me, I would've stayed in New York." Turning her head so that she could get a good look at Devyn. Sad to say, Vera hadn't been an undercover staff because well, she wouldn't even had signed up to go on this trip anyway. She already had her experience with camping with other B.A. students and it never ended well for her. So why on Earth would she ever sign up for something as gruesome as this?

As soon as she parted her lips to reply, the second body had shown up. She moved away from the tree and stood so that she could face the both of them. Vera rolled her eyes and turned on her flashlight before quickly flashing it in Cade's face, then Devyn's. "First of all, you two are way too comfortable with having the ideas of sex in the woods, not that I'm really complaining." She then looked at Cade with her brows furrowed and obviously confused, "What? No, no. Fuck spring break. Think about the now, not the past."

Turning off the flashlight, she twirled the gun and motioned as if she was putting it in a fake holster. "Seeing how you two are the only ones I can actually tolerate. I thought maybe we could all go for a fun nature walk... at night." She opened her arms to gesture to their surroundings. "Because I'm bored, and I'm sure you guys are too. Who knows, maybe we'll find out that we were all meant to be butt buddies for the rest of our lives or something."

[Devyn Solway]

“Thank you for that wonderful mental image.” Devyn responded back but she had a dead pan look on her face. She did not want or need that mental image and was now shaking her head a few times, but was still slightly amused. Such a response was so something Vera would say, so there were no real surprises there. Then Cade showed up and Devyn was really confused on what was going on here, and knew it had to be on Vera’s end. Unless this was Cade’s plan, but Devyn didn’t really think Cade would be bold enough to try such a thing.

Devyn was about to speak up, but then a light was shown in her face and of course that caused her to wince and look away. Had Vera forgotten about her light sensitivity? Well, she did it to Cade as well so she supposed that it was probably punishment for saying something sexual and Cade saying well something that could have hinted towards sexual? Devyn didn’t know, all she knew where her eyes were hurting for the moment, but Vera had done it quick so the pain didn’t last long either. “Who does not want to get down and dirty in the most natural of ways?” Devyn asked, teasing a little as she rubbed her eyes a few more times.

She was about to point out that this was no way in her plan and that if Cade wanted to apologize it would have been easy to walk up to her and say it. Vera spoke up about how the past didn’t matter and it was the present that was important. Her head startled to slowly tilt to the side and kept tilting as Vera spoke up about how she could tolerate them both, how they were going to go for a night walk, and then something about butt buddies. Needless to say, she was deeply confused and the head tilt and look on her face communicated just that. “I don’t know what it is you mean by butt buddies, by I’m cool with a walk at night.” Devyn said as she slid her hands into her pockets and moved over to stand next to Vera.

She enjoyed late night walks, and while it was still really awkward to be with both Vera and Cade for some odd reason, she was fine talking a walk. Still, she could not shake a feeling all the way that something bad or the very least interesting was going to happen.

[Cade Carson]

Think about the now? Cade arched an eyebrow and looked from Vera to Devyn.

"I would think that would be up to Devyn. She's the one I was kind of a jerk to. But yes, we'll gloss over that and listen to you. I guess." He sighed.

"Also, secret rendez vous doesn't necessarily mean sex. Although I'll admit my mind did lean it that direction. Not ashamed of admitting that when both of your minds went the same way." Cade had to admit he kind of liked Vera. She was cool. Not 'I have a crush on you' like, but like as a possible friend. He hoped that could happen eventually.

"Butt buddies. I actually know that term. Same sex friends who act gay but are straight. So...even if you two were both straight, I'd be left out. Thanks a lot, huh?" He chuckled.

[Vera M. Solway]

"Anytime." She grinned, before looking back towards Cade. Vera knew how these two might have felt about being in each other's presence ever since spring break or whatever they had gone through, but what better way to break the newly formed ice than a random late night walk? "Uh, well me for instance. Sorry, but the woods and the wilderness - yeah, doesn't really do it for me." Looking towards Cade, she gave him a look that screamed 'Ya think?'.

"Leave it to you to know the actual meaning." She scoffed. "Anyway," She flickered her flashlight on and off just for an example. "I'm not sure if you guys have some sort of light on your person but we'll probably need it. Maybe. Unless we want to give all of our trust to Devyn's senses... And maybe had they let us have our damn phones, I could have used google maps but I guess old fashion roaming will just have to do."

She then started walking past Devyn and Cade and headed towards the woods. "Maybe we'll find a dead body!"

[Devyn Solway]

"It's not really that big of a deal either way. I've long been over what happened on the boat and we should try and focus on the now. If you want to talk about it though...we can do it later one on one or something." Devyn said. She was not trying to play sides or anything, she was just being honest. She had long since gotten over what happened on Spring Break, he had pissed her off but not to the point that she like hated him forever or anything. She didn't get why he seemed to think it was a bigger deal than it actually was, but then again Dev missed the bigger picture sometimes.

Dev just smirked at the idea of them all meeting up to bang out in the woods, but that was not happening. Devyn didn't do group sessions, she preferred to give all of her attention to one person in that moment. Plus it felt like Vera was not really a fan of Cade and Dev was not really sure how the guy felt about her. "Probably because of that time you decided to take that late night swim." Devyn said to Vera when the other girl spoke up about the wilderness not being her thing. She was referring to the time that Vera had gone skinny dipping, and also had been a major tease that night.

The scoff just added to Devyn thinking that Vera didn't actually like Cade all that much and was wondering if anything had happened there. Well Vera did know of Cade's feelings, so maybe she did not approve of the guy for her friend? Devyn didn't know and she didn't want to really think about it at the moment. "Hey, I can see perfectly in the dark. What? Don't trust me to keep you both safe?" Devyn asked as she smirked in a way that looked like she was up to something. She watched Vera head forward for a moment before looking at Cade and nodding with her head for him to get going.

She planned to keep an eye on both their backs, and moves around, since staying on a path was never really for her, especially late at night. "I call dibs on bury it when we are done with said possible dead body." Devyn spoke up, because digging was fun. Well, digging in her other form was fun.

[Cade Carson]

Cade breathed a sigh of relief when Devyn mentioned that what happened on the boat was over. Then when Vera mentioned the light, he shrugged.

"I've got a light. But honestly, my reflexes and senses are tuned because of all the martial arts I took as a kid. I may not be able to see, but I kind of have the next best thing. Never underestimate the sense of touch." He grinned.

"Although I do trust you to watch our backs, Devyn. Which is why I'm even less worried. Besides, it's just the forest. We have a telekinetic here, someone with wolf-like powers, and a guy who can manipulate cells. Including those of nearby plants. Did I mention that? No? Well a forest is kind of convenient for me." He laughed.

"And alright. But I call dibs on trying to find the cause of death. Because everyone knows that's the cool part." He chuckled and stuck out his tongue at Devyn. He was having fun. And he felt at ease around Devyn, so why should he try to always act mature? She was fun and it rubbed off on him. He was no longer quite the stick in the mud he once was.

[Vera M. Solway]

She let them say their peace regarding the matter of what happened during Spring Break. It really had nothing to do with her and she suppose that telling Cade not to worry about it, wasn't enough. It was really their emotions, their situation, their problem for right now. Vera narrowed her eyes at Dev playfully as she pointed at her with a smile. "Hey, I was drunk off of insomnia that night and that was to make your life more difficult. And that was before I was attacked by a dirt gnome."

"I trust your senses, it's your sense of humor that I don't trust." She had no issue with Devyn watching their backs but if anything happened, she was going to blame her. Which Vera would've probably done anyway.

"You got a point there, lover boy." Not that she was necessarily worried about their safety, she just wanted to be able to see. Vera didn't need to fall into any traps, and especially ones built or made by a little girl who controls dirt. Didn't want to take any chances.

She let out a snort, "There's something seriously wrong with us if we're hoping to come across a dead body, and I have like, no remorse for it either." Even though she was pretty sure she stepped on some kind of branch, in her mind she was sure it was some kind of like bone or bug or something of that nature.

[Devyn Solway]

"I just know that I feel like I have all the power in this situation. Just have to wait for Vera's flashlight to stop working and I'm sure I could easily scare you both." Devyn pointed out as she chuckled a little. She could see in the dark with no problem and these two day walker might of had a flashlight and their skill with touch, but being able to see in the dark clearly would win out in the end. She was just telling herself to behave, for now. "I mean I appreciated the view and then getting to warm you up later, so I'm not really complaining." Devyn responded back to Vera.

As for the topic of the little dirt gnome, she was pretty sure that she knew who Vera was talking about. Devyn personally knew that she wanted to have a bit of fun with that little girl, in the whole play fight sort of way. Devyn was pleased that they both trusted her; it felt good when people trusted her, and she really would protect them both if anything happened. So honestly the two of them had nothing to worry about, even if a cougar decided it wanted a late night snack it was going to have to go through a giant shadow wolf first. "So we have a badass team that can defend itself in case the worse happens. And Vera, come on, my humor is awesome." Devyn said, speaking to the two of them at first and then Vera for the last bit as she smirked evilly.

So does she like him, or nah? Devyn thought to herself when Vera called him lover boy. Or was that talking about something else? Curious. "The cool part, until the body explodes all over you." Devyn pointed out to Cade, just chuckling at the thought and also slightly cringing. Like she could handle gore but a body randomly exploding when it was dead meant that there had to be like an alien inside of it or something. "Hey, you said it. I'm actually hoping we come across a bear or like a dark shady cave. We are walking around in the woods in the middle of the night, scary movie magic all over this." Devyn said, just checking off the list of things that they already had that were in scary movies.

[Cade Carson]

"You two are real teases, talking about a skinny-dipping incident in front of a hormonal guy. Either that, or you're just totally sadistic. Either way." Vera probably wouldn't be able to see, but he just shrugged.

"And cut it out with the 'lover boy' stuff. I open up to you in a conversation once and look where it gets us. Hmph. Last time I tell YOU anything." He was joking of course. He wasn't so petty as all that.

"The body exploding all over me. So Devyn...you're telling me that you wouldn't find that cool? Even if it was exploding all over me?" He laughed.

"Besides, the dead body...well we never said the dead body had to be human. You two just have sick minds!" He chuckled.

[Vera M. Solway]

"Yeah," She scoffed. "Like scaring me would be the best idea." Hey, she wasn't taking responsibility for anything exploding. Without a sense of sight or aim, she was pretty much a walking, talking bomb waiting to detonate. While Devyn may have known that, Cade... not so much. As she kept walking, she glanced behind her with a sly smirk. "I'd go with sadistic." She then bit her lip with the roll of her eyes as she went to looking ahead of her, especially at Devyn's last bit about their time camping.

"Whatever you say, lover boy!" She teased as she turned to face the both of them and walked backwards. "And yeah, your humor is just so awesome." Sarcasm followed. The thought of seeing a dead body was cool but the likelihood that it would happen... super slim. People didn't just up and roamed in the woods only to be killed. It was only heard of in movies... and sometimes on the news but she highly doubted it would happen here.

"Right, because wanting it to be an animal means you have less of a sick mind? No." She rolled her eyes once more before turning around. Quickly stopping in her tracks, she looked both ways. "Okay. So.. it's a official. I have no idea as to where the hell we're going. Not like I did anyway."

She scrunched her lips, "So should we venture left or right?"

[Devyn Solway]

"What are the odds of you making me exploding if I scare you? I feel like you shove me back mentally before you make me go boom." Devyn pointed out. Still, she slid her hands into her pockets, the usual sign that she was going to try and be good. She didn't want to risk Vera exploding Cade or anything like that. It would have been fine if it was herself, because she caused it but it would suck if someone else got her because of what she did.

Devyn smirked and nodded her head in agreement with Vera choosing to go with that they were sadistic. "Making sure you have good dreams tonight, Cade. I'm the best, right?" Devyn asked in a half teasing tone. No harm in making him dream about ladies skinny dipping, right? Dev was not surprised that Cade didn't like being called lover boy, nor was she surprised that Vera choose to call him by that even after he said he didn't like it. "Best just learn to accept it and hope you do something that gets her to give you a new nickname." Devyn gave Cade that bit of advice.

Dev could not help but to linger behind just a little bit. That tension between Vera and Cade was certainty an interesting one and Dev was trying to figure out why it was there and if she could help settle it. "Pfft, no. I mean I can handle some pretty gross things, but a boding exploding on anyone is just...no." Devyn said as she shook her head no. it didn't matter who the body exploded on, the body exploding was the problem. The tension was still there when it came to even the whole it being a dead animal over a human. Devyn just stayed silent until the talk of being lost and asking which way they wanted to go came up.

"Well, I know for sure I can get us back to camp." Devyn said as she tapped her nose. She then moved on ahead, going past Cade and Vera as she looked down the two paths, sniffing the air a little and using her night vision to her advantage. "I vote right." Devyn said, nodding her head and looking back at Cade and Vera.

[Cade Carson]

"Good dreams. Yeah, that's if you ladies let me have some sleep instead of calling me to tag along on your random crusade across the countryside." He chuckled. Also, he did not GET why Vera was being so snippy with him. Why was that?

"Look Vera, did I piss you off or something? Because you know, I don't really get hints so you should stop beating around the bush...or...well...stop doing that metaphorically anyways. Literally? Well we're kind of stuck in the bush. Speaking of which, if you had no plan of where to go, why did you bring us out here? You just planning on making one of us that dead body in the woods or what?" He arched an eyebrow in the darkness.

"And I'm going to vote the same as Devyn because well...she's the only one who seems to have a clue where everything is in this darkness."