savetheearth | Trying to forget about the school year [log]

Who: Anyone who might have seen or heard about this post
What: Children behaving irresponsibly. Again.
Where: In the woods.
When: A balmy August night a few days before high school starts up again.
Warning: Booze.

It was a bit of a hike to get out there, granted. A bit of a hike through dark, wet forest with spooky trees. But this time Marisa had added some strips of reflective tape marking the trail to the spot.

"The spot" was at the base of a huge tree about half a mile into the woods. While most of the rest of the forest was muddy at best, this area was relatively flat and dry. You could sit without getting your butt dirty. There was an ice chest, a folding table, a campfire, a lantern, a few board games, and a bag of cookies. Hopefully, some other people brought food, because Marisa didn't.

[The next morning...]

For those who were so inclined, or for those who were too intoxicated to find their way home (if anyone drove, Marisa arranged so that someone who wasn't drinking took all the keys and kept track of them to make sure no one tried to drive drunk. She's irresponsible, but at least she's responsible about it.), Marisa's home was available for sleepovers. She could fit one or two people in her room (girls only.), and maybe three or four in the living room downstairs, though finding enough pillows or blankets might be tricky and you'll have to fight over who gets the couch.

As it turn out, both these rooms were facing east. That meant that at seven AM the sun came up, blasted through the windows and nailed the tired, possibly hungover party-goers like the wrath of god.

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How do I join the clan?

Can you prove yourself worthy of membership?

That depends! What test are you putting before me?

Normally you're required to successfully infiltrate a building and bring back evidence of your success, buuut...

I'm in a good mood, so if you can regale me with a tale of some sufficiently sneaky shit, consider yourself part of the clan.

I feel so lucky! And, hm. How much detail should I go into, here?

However much it takes to make a good story. We've got time.

In that case...one time, a long time ago when I was...oh, I must have been ten. I decided I had to sneak out of the house. It was the prime night for ghost hunting, you see, but my grandparents weren't willing to let their ten year old granddaughter go to hunt ghosts in the middle of the night.

[He nods, as if this is the most ordinary thing in the world.]

Go on...

And our stairs are really, really creaky - at least, my grandparents' stairs are. So the only option was, of course, to go out the window.

And how did that go for you?

I actually made it onto the roof without getting caught! Just dropped to the part just below my window. Which, you know. Then led to the problem of "how the hell do I get down?"

Always a respectable challenge for a first time sneaking attempt.

How'd you get past it?

Jumped onto a tree branch and climbed my way down. ...Of course, the jump was far enough over and down that I couldn't, um, get back the same way.

That must have made the return trip interesting. But I'm guessing you didn't stop there?

Well, I tried to find another way in, but it didn't go so well.

What did you do?

...Attempted to jimmy a window open, without the slightest idea of how one would, you know. Do that.

...Did you actually get it open?

No, that's around when I got caught.

Aaah, that's a shame.

I got such a scolding!

I can only imagine. I expect most parents wouldn't be happy to find their daughter outside late at night when she should be in bed, and trying to jimmy the window at that.

[Although it does give an amusing mental image.]

And these were my grandparents, but...yeah, it was a fun time.

Still, you failed in the end, so I guess there's no choice...

You'll just have to become a member of the clan and learn to polish your skills.

So I passed the test?

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