Wilderness Adventures, Tuesday, May 7 [2nd period]

[heroic_jawline]

Not surprisingly for a class with “wilderness” in the name, Steve and Tony had gotten in touch with their students to let them know to meet just outside the Preserve. “Okay, so the wilderness on the island will probably not eat you,” Steve began optimistically.

"Most of the time," Tony added. "We think. You know what? Exercise caution. How about that?"

"Probably a good idea," Steve said. "I'm Steve Rogers, this is Tony Stark, and we're your teachers for this class this summer! We're very excited to teach you all about surviving in the wild."

One of them was wearing pressed khaki pants. They definitely looked like people who could survive in the wild, huh?

Maybe if they could find a box of scraps out there?

"First, how about you all introduce yourself and let us know what experience you have in this," Tony said with a smile.

"And after that, we've set up an easy exercise through the woods to get you familiar with using a compass," Steve added. Apparently they were for more holding a picture of your kinda-sorta girlfriend from the '40s to stare at moodily! Who knew?

Say whaaaat?

"It'll be fun," Tony said, much too optimistic.

"There's a snack waiting for you when you get to the end!" Steve told them.

If they'd remembered to cover it from the bugs. Had they done that?

...They had not. Sorry, kids.

Comments

Re: Introduce yourself!

[legionqueen]

Though this island wasn't hers, it apparently had some magic of its own, judging by the fact that she had somehow been assigned both a 'big sister' and a roommate, of all things. Both of whom had said they were headed to some sort of lesson? On the outdoors? They'd agreed that for lack of a better plan, Jules and Camden might as well tag along.

When the question was asked and it was clear that she, too, was expected to answer, Jules gave the teachers a wide-eyed, startled look. "Juillenne Milone. I'm a naturalist," she said, as if that ought to explain everything. Which, on Fennbirn, it would have. Except this wasn't Fennbirn, she remembered. "I can communicate- sort of- with animals." Hence the mountain cat sitting placidly by her. "And I make plants grow." That was an extremely simplified version, but it'd do for now. "Naturalists are very much at home in the outdoors."

"And," she added. "This is Camden, my familiar." She wasn't going to add any assurances about Cam being 'friendly'. Cam generally didn't bother anyone that didn't bother Jules first, but she was still at heart a wild animal with wild instincts.

Re: Introduce yourself!

[heroic_jawline]

Steve was pretending Very Hard to be Quite Okay with this chompy cat...thing.

Quite the wilderness expert, he. "Nice to meet you, Juillene. And...um...Camden."

Re: Introduce yourself!

[legionqueen]

Excuse you, Steve, but Cam was delightful. At least, if you were a friend.

"She only bites if you give her reason to," Jules said, her grin just this side of impish.

Camden, for her part, was casually washing a forepaw as she stared at Steve.

Re: Introduce yourself!

[heroic_jawline]

"I'll try not to give her a reason to," Steve said.

Re: Introduce yourself!

[mylandmyrules]

Nell was rather wide-eyed at Juillenne. She wondered if this girl's abilities - that she mentioned so casually, without any apparent fear that she might be taken for a witch - might be anything like Nell's own. WHich she pretty much didn't talk about.