colonelcannibal | A Camping Trip With Isak

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*Ives is enjoying himself tremendously. It's been too long since he went camping, doing so again is a lot of fun--especially with a friend. (The fact that he has a friend is pretty amazing all by itself.) He enjoys pointing things out, and enjoys even more when Isak notices things for himself.*

We can go fishing tomorrow, if you would like? Or just swim, one way or the other.

Current Mood: accomplished

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From:

colonelcannibal

Indeed. Skill at getting into power is often proof that one should not have it. Humanity is annoying that way, hmm?

I daresay I've got a fair bit of that skill myself. Can you imagine me in power over anyone?

From:

isak_cederstrom

"Humanity is increasingly annoying that way," Isak agreed with a slight laugh. At the Colonel's question, he turned towards him and pretended to consider the man. "In my honest opinion? Quite easily."

From:

colonelcannibal

Such a tyrant I would make, eh? Criminals might keep me sated to start with, I suppose, but people who annoy me are practically criminals . . . I'd likely end up with nothing but cannibals and bones.

Sounds lovely, really.

From:

isak_cederstrom

"You could be a modern-day, cannibalized version of -- who was that Queen? The one who bathed in blood because she thought it made and kept her young?"

From:

colonelcannibal

Elizabeth Bathory, ironically enough. I don't think she was actually a queen, though, just a noble of some sort.

From:

isak_cederstrom

"Ah, yes -- that is the one I was thinking of. I have joked often that my sister does the same since she looks incredibly youthful for her age -- not that she is old, mind you, but she is aging better than the rest of us."

From:

colonelcannibal

I don't see how bathing in blood was supposed to help with that, really. Blood isn't exactly good for bathing anyway.

From:

isak_cederstrom

"I am not sure; I am afraid I am woefully ignorant in that department. The quip regarding my sister was mostly to piss her off," Isak admitted with a laugh.

From:

colonelcannibal

How kind of you. *He grins.* Do you do that often?

From:

isak_cederstrom

"Piss off my sister? Ja, rather constantly. But she does it to me, as well. It is the sort of relationship we have. We love each other more than anything, save for our brother, but because of that, we annoy the shit out of each other." Isak laughed, happy to talk and think about his siblings. "I would not have it any other way."

From:

colonelcannibal

Love is strange like that, eh? People do such foolish things for its sake.

From:

isak_cederstrom

"I agree. Although I would venture to say that things I have done for my siblings in the name of love or some kind of familial fealty were not always foolish. Often times .. necessary, in one way or the other."

From:

colonelcannibal

Even needed actions can be foolish. Some would say that becoming what I am was foolish, but I would be long dead otherwise.

What have you done for them that was most needful?

From:

isak_cederstrom

"I think we do whatever we need to in order to survive, whatever that might mean." Isak let out a bit of a sigh. "I -- protected them. From our father."

From:

colonelcannibal

We do indeed.

Protected them how, exactly?

From:

isak_cederstrom

Isak glanced over at the Colonel and then to the fire. He stayed quiet for a moment before sighing.

"He managed not to directly hit us, but it was -- mostly because we learned how to stay safe around him. If we had not -- it would have been a different story."