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[pummelling]

[With the chaos of the fire over and the smoke cleared (literally and figuratively, really), Jin's settled into hanging around the Audentes campsite. He's helping teammates set up and maintain their camps, aiding townspeople in rebuilding, eavesdropping on all of your gossip, brainstorming wildly on how to deal with the Yeerks Taraxa, the like.

He's got a way more important thing to share with the 'net today, though.]

Um.

[Jin's sitting somewhere in the camp in front of someone's tent, looking a little sheepish-- and holding a mess of dark, unruly hair out of his face.

Help.]

Can I borrow a hair tie? None of the ones the Qorral sell are strong enough. [pause.] I've still got a lot of the ALASTAIR stipend, I'll pay you back with something from the trading post-- I just need something.

[#thickhairproblems]

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[onethousen]

[ she nods, then adds a verbal: ]

Mm! I know you will. [ she banks on that, since this is actually a magical amulet from her friends but she trusts... jin will take proper care of it. and plus. it won't break. PROTECTIVE CHARMS CAN'T RIGHT? ] You're here in camp, right? I think that's what it looks like.

[pummelling]

I sure am. This is where the party is, yeah?

[he and chihiro still technically have their own lodgings, but.... #solidarity. too bad that's left him hair tie-less.]

Look for the big tent that somebody set up wrong. You'll know it when you see it. [it's a monstrosity.]

[onethousen]

[ here is chihiro at the monstrousity of a ten later on, her own hair unbound and all around her shoulders. she's got her purple hair tie around her wrist, waving when she spots jin. why are they both hanging out here.

because they're good... teammates. for everyone who wasn't lodging with the non-deemer reverend. ]

Jin-san! Here — I brought my hairtie!

[pummelling]

[They are too generous for their own good, or at least Chihiro is: Jin’s here half out of pity, half because he wants to see how bad everybody else is at camping…..]

You’re a lifesaver. Seriously.

[Jin’s also looking A Mess, but he takes the hair tie when it’s offered. He’s concerned about breaking the thing when it’s been so kindly offered, so he simply pulls his hair back halfway.]

Maybe roughing it with the rest of the team wasn’t such a good idea after all.

[onethousen]

[ She offers her version of a pragmatic shrug. ]

I don't know. This isn't so bad, is it? Plus we're all sort of in this together, even if a few of us still have a bed to sleep in 'cause we planned differently.

[ Thick hair friends unite... she holds her hands in front of her, glancing around at the region. ]

Plus, now I'm learning more about camping, too. One trip out wasn't enough.

[pummelling]

It could be worse, definitely. I've seen much worse: we at least have supplies. [A low chuckle.] Bet the reverend still thinks we're crazy for it, though.

And I can imagine. The kinds of things they're making us do on this team... You take the practice where you can get.

[he pauses. Chihiro's been so on top of everything she's been given in the time he's known her that he sometimes forgets she's so young.

His feet scuff in the snow a little.] Did you go camping with your family back home? Or are you counting camping out with the team as your first?

[onethousen]

... we didn't really do things like that. Or take family vacations. My dad gets us lost because his sense of direction is pretty bad, but he likes to explore. So we'd get lost, then he'd wander away, and stuff.

( the scintillating adventures of her youth. mostly lived by her father and his need to reclaim something different than the structures of his working life, and so stubbornly sure he could handle anything that he walked right into near everything. )

I've been learning with everyone here. Like I've been learning self defense. Sand is not very fun to punch.

( she adds. this is an important detail. the sand? not so fun to punch. )