Day Four: Campfire

[camphalf_blood]

[there is something different about this campfire. You hear howling off in the woods. Maybe it's just that giant dog, but it's still a little creepy. The perfect atmosphere for scary stories! Right?

Or maybe a cue to start taking those prophecies seriously. Discuss it around the campfire!]



[campfire is early tonight to make up for being late yesterday :D As usual, make your own sections]

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THE PROTEST

[learns]

[ Outside of the crowd, Twilight Sparkle's raising a sign in the air that says "EVERYPONY IS EQUAL".

Several signs are around her to switch up when appropriate. "SAY NEIGH TO FORCED PONY LABOR", "HORSE POWER IS FOR THE HORSES", "FREEDOM FOR EQUESTRIANS!", "PUT A STOP THE CHARIOT RACES", and "NO TO OPPRESSION, YES TO FRIENDSHIP" are some of the slogans she's got whipped up into sign form.

Twilight seems to just be shouting random protests and trying to get people to stop the chariot races. What do? ]

[waterproofed]

... Hey. Is all that necessary?

[learns]

[ Immediately, forcefully- ] Yes!

[ensemble_dark_horse]

[And she's here, showing support. Even if she's not quite sure how this would work.]

Doth this method of persuasion truly convince others to understand our point of view?

[learns]

W-Well, my studies say that it should.

[schrodingersghost]

...This looks oddly familiar.

[learns]

HORSES ARE PEOPLE, TOO! [ So sayteh Twilight Sparkle. She's not really talking to Danny, just continuing her protest. ]

THE PROTEST

[3_butterflies]

[Also supporting. Except any signs she has also have little 'please' and 'if you'd like' and 'maybe?' added on with crayons.

She's trying, okay?]

[learns]

[ ...Well, at least she's trying. And Twilight's not alone! This is also important. Because a one-pony protest would be kind of sad. ]

[forgedinbattle]

[This expression. All the bewildered staring.]

Looks like you figured out your opinion on the subject pretty quick.

[learns]

Well.... I had to do something.

The more I learned about this race, the worse it seemed. And the more I learned about how all the ponies are treated..... [ She looks away. SHE DOESN'T WANT TO THINK BADLY OF XENA, she seemed very nice. ]

[webbing]

[ He's wandered over to see this, and he's trying not to look amused. This isn't funny, there are apparently really dragons and ponies that speak running around. It's gotta be a slap in the face to see something like a chariot race.

... It's the "say neigh" slogan. ]

Everpony deserves a the right to roan free, right?

[ Horse puns... and a word he learned from a dragon. ... What is his life? ]

[not_like_the_rest]

Uh huh.... You're one of the magical ponies from the castle, aren't you. [statement, not a question.]

[campaigns]

[Oh, this is just sad.

The signs had caught his attention, and now he's standing a short distance away with his hands in his pockets, eyes glancing over the different slogans written on the signs. Each one makes him cringe even more than the last as he judges each and every one of them.

Even college campus protests are better than this. He's not sure how much more he can take of this.]

[dupable]

[ There's probably a lot of things to discuss right now, and the last thing you really want to do is wander into the woods right now, but John is standing right on the edge of the campfire circle, away from the rest of the group. And of course, the kid would be facing the woods where the howling came from.

He's got his head cocked to the side and seems to be listening for more. ]

[camphalf_blood]

[just for you, John, there is another howl in the woods. It sounds close...]

[not_like_the_rest]

So, who wants to hear about the Hunger Games? [those are good scary stories!]

[rogueofheart]

I do! [Raising her hand from the other side of the campfire]

[i_got_this]

Yeah, count me in. [trying to get comfortable on the stupid ground :| ]

[livinglavidaloki]

Hunger Games? [A wild lurker Loki approaches. He recognizes her. Barely.]

[korianders]

What are the Hunger Games?

[accidentalrebellion]

[Not that Katniss has been bothering too much with these... campfire deals, but she just happens to be walking by when she hears this.

...]

What are you doing? [Oh, her voice is cold.]

[stalkershiki]

[Shiki is surprised, to say the least, and she looks every inch of it.]

The... Hunger Games? I heard a little bit about them from Peeta, and... I mean... you really want to talk about them?

[fatherandsun]

[Konzen had never been to a campfire before. He'd never really stayed outside long at night before, either. Night was time to let his hair down and to go to sleep in his comfortable bed with warm blankets. Night wasn't supposed to be a time to sit around on dirty pieces of wood while watching other dirty pieces of wood burn and having bugs bite you. He'd gone because Goku needed watching, naturally, but he wasn't sure he'd enjoy himself very much.]

[goldencirclet]

Hey Konzen, what do ya think that sound is? Maybe a dog's lost.

[Guess who's attached at the hip of a shiny god? This monkey. Don't worry, he'll regain his independence as soon as he realizes that Konzen isn't going to vanish into thin air when he's not looking.

...right now, he kind of want to poke stick into the fire, though.]