Chupacabra Campfire [Late Afternoon]

[sixstandingby]

Being inside the cabin means he can't run away should anyway try to tease him. Being outside, at least, means he can try and run away. Still, it's not like either option is good

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[vkandis_son]

"Gavin?" Karal came over and sat next to him, peering at him doubtfully. "Are you all right?"

[sixstandingby]

"Can I come hide under your bed?" he asked. "Please?"

[vkandis_son]

"Certainly! But why?" he asked. "Did you say something to Jaina you should not have?"

[sixstandingby]

"I made a fool of myself yesterday and yes, Jaina was there," he said and winced inside his jacket.

[vkandis_son]

"Oh dear." Karal patted Gavin reassuringly on the shoulder. "Surely it can't have been as bad as all that?"

[sixstandingby]

"It was bad," he complained. "Very bad. I'm just going to hide for the rest of the year."

[vkandis_son]

Karal was concerned, yes, but the sight of Gavin trying to hide in his jacket was quite amusing, and he hid a smile. "Perhaps you could come out of there and tell me what happened?" he suggested. "Just so I know why I'm hiding you?"

[sixstandingby]

He peeked out and then dropped the jacket around his shoulders. "I was some...magician or something with a bad accent. And I think Luke and I were...together."

[vkandis_son]

"Together?" He looked confused, then enlightenment arrived, along with a pink tinge. "Oh! Together. Oh, yes, well, all right," he said fidgeting a little. "And a magician with a bad accent? That truly does not sound like you. Do you know how it happened?"

[sixstandingby]

"We're not together," he said hurriedly. "Luke and I aren't. The people we thought we were might be. I don't know. And...something bit us both yesterday."

[vkandis_son]

Karal nodded, happy to accept the not together explanation and move on. "Something bit you and made you believe you were someone else." That sounded vaguely familiar, and he frowned. "Perhaps it was a gremlin? I've received several warning that they are to be avoided for just that reason."

[sixstandingby]

"A gremlin, yes!" He nodded hurriedly. "It made us do weird things and we thought we were magicians in leather pants or something."

[vkandis_son]

"What sort of weird things?" he asked, reaching out to pat him on the shoulder once more. "And, truly, if it was because of a gremlin bite, it wasn't your fault you were doing them."

[sixstandingby]

"Thought we were magicians and did tricks and Luke's droid was a tiger and I thought I sawed someone in half and made someone else disappear."

[vkandis_son]

"Oh. That's--" He was smiling again and he ducked his head to hide it. "The sawing in half wasn't successful, I trust?"

[sixstandingby]

"I was using a stick," he said and pushed Karal's shoulder, not hard.