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Kaldur'ahm [Aqualad] ([personal profile] apologiesmyking) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2013-10-04 05:22 pm

An Exercise in Relaxation [Closed]

Characters: Kaldur'ahm, Zatanna ([personal profile] backwordscompatible), Robin!Dick Grayson ([personal profile] hackingyoursensors)
Date: 10/4-10/11
Location: The woods and mountains outside of Keeliai
Situation: Things have been a little rough going for the last couple of months. The Team could use a break and bonding time. Camping for a week sounds great, right? Nothing could possibly go wrong.
Warnings/Rating: no warnings, PG at best


It had been his own idea, although Kaldur could not take credit for it entirely. He remembered how well the camping trip when the team had first formed had gone. They had bonded and learned much from one another. It had shown them not only how to be a team, but how they could be strong friends.

He believed that they needed it again. Kaldur was grateful that Robin and Zatanna had agreed to take this trip, and he truly thought it was for the best. The three of them, without the influences of others around.

The camp was simple, but in a defendable position--as if they would select any other kind of location for one--while not being too deep into the woods. It was the perfect clearing. It was only the first evening and night was falling to the point that a fire needed to be set, to get them ready. He looks over the packs of supplies they had brought and wondered if perhaps he should take the hour walk to the turtle's edge and fish more. He looks over to the other two.

"Is there anything else we need for the night that cannot be held until morning?"
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[personal profile] backwordscompatible 2013-10-05 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
The timing couldn't have been more perfect.

After reinforcing the protection spells around her apartment to make sure she didn't come back to Bart's latest attempts at Feng Shui, Zatanna left her apartment with a backpack on her back and a smile on her face. A week's getaway from Keelai was just what she needed. Away from the glaring and lingering accusations. And revenge attempts.

Unfortunately, there was one aspect of this trip that she hadn't realized might become an issue. She and Dick were okay. More than okay, in fact. But she and Robin...well...there was a reason why the two of them had clicked from the start, and --so long as Kaldur was around--she had to pretend that reason was gone. Conversations were still pleasant enough. She would even smile at him, wish him off when he left to go collect firewood for the evening, but that was the extent of their interactions.

It was exhausting. She was only so good of an actress after all.

Beyond that, however, she was in fairly good spirits. Glancing up from checking her rations (as a vegetarian, she'd needed to ensure slightly more than the boys did, since fishing or hunting wouldn't be an option for her), she shook her head in response to Kaldur's question.

"I think we're good for now. Worst case scenario, I could always summon whatever we needed."

Cheating? Absolutely.