Post by Silvia Almasy on Apr 17, 2016 20:42:50 GMT -6
The camping trip was supposed to encourage people to socialize. That was kind of the entire point. Go out, camp out, get sorted into cabins, build teams, have fun. Socialize. Silvia had gone into it knowing that was the point... and yet, as an introvert, she found that the whole camping thing was a lot more... crowded, than she had expected. Not that she did not like Dory as a roommate, or was not curious about possibly making new friends. It was just... exhausting.
As people moved into their cabins and explored the area, Silvia found herself wandering away from them and into the woods. She did not go far - they were in the wilderness, after all not on school ground. But she desperately needed to get away for some peace and quiet, and sort her brain out. So she did. She found a comfortable spot under a large tree, and nestled into a hollow between its roots. She enjoyed the sounds of the forest, the fresh air, the peacefulness...
... and she only closed her eyes for a moment. Or so it seemed.
It was late afternoon now, the sun low on the horizon. Silvia's eyes fluttered open in the hollow and she rolled to her side, raising her hand to shield her eyes from the rays of the low sun.
"Ow!"
Her hand hit something sharp. Twisting, she sat up, and something similarly sharp scraped across her forehead.
"OW!"
A pale pink flower opened right before her eyes.
While she had slept, a thorny tangle of briar rose grew up right around her, in a very tangible rendering of the legend of Sleeping Beauty. Her powers had whipped the vegetation nearby into a frenzy... and now she was trapped inside a thicket of thorny vines.
"Uh... help?..."
As people moved into their cabins and explored the area, Silvia found herself wandering away from them and into the woods. She did not go far - they were in the wilderness, after all not on school ground. But she desperately needed to get away for some peace and quiet, and sort her brain out. So she did. She found a comfortable spot under a large tree, and nestled into a hollow between its roots. She enjoyed the sounds of the forest, the fresh air, the peacefulness...
... and she only closed her eyes for a moment. Or so it seemed.
It was late afternoon now, the sun low on the horizon. Silvia's eyes fluttered open in the hollow and she rolled to her side, raising her hand to shield her eyes from the rays of the low sun.
"Ow!"
Her hand hit something sharp. Twisting, she sat up, and something similarly sharp scraped across her forehead.
"OW!"
A pale pink flower opened right before her eyes.
While she had slept, a thorny tangle of briar rose grew up right around her, in a very tangible rendering of the legend of Sleeping Beauty. Her powers had whipped the vegetation nearby into a frenzy... and now she was trapped inside a thicket of thorny vines.
"Uh... help?..."