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[gotgreenmagic]

[On the far edge of the lake - as far as you can get from the cabins, and semi-obscured from view by some trees - 1am finds Shego sitting on the bank, lazily trailing her toes through the water and lighting a cigarette. As much as she's tried to avoid herding small children, she's still had more encounters today with idiot fourteen-year-olds who think they're at the center of the universe than she was planning to have all summer. At least she's alone-ish now, although it feels like camp never really sleeps. She inhales deeply, exhaling smoke.]

[OOC: Backdated to last night; open spam for other irresponsible jerks/linefacing camp guardians/adventurous ninja campers. ♥  Multithreading etc. positively encouraged.]

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[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

Shego smiles at this, taps a bit of ash off her cigarette and takes another pull.

"That's a good offer, but I think I can go one better. You let me enjoy the quiet for as long as I like, and I don't beat you unconscious and tell the rest of the staff you were attacked by a bear. Sound good?"

[easy-aspie.livejournal.com]

Not... really. [Ned looks distinctly uncomfortable about being roughed up by a camper. But he sighs, then sits down on the ground a few feet away from her, gazing out at the lake.]

Never mind. It's cool. I'll wait.

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

She sighs and rolls her eyes. "Spineless much? Sheesh, look, if you're allowed to be out here then so am I. What's with the camera?"

[easy-aspie.livejournal.com]

H-hey, I have a spine! [Ned gets upitty for like two seconds before subsiding] Okay, so... it's kind of... flimsy. That's not necessarily a bad thing.

[He fiddles with the lens cap and shrugs] I don't know, I just thought - it's pretty out, might be interesting to see how the shots turned out. It was a dumb idea, it's probably too dark anyway.

[Ned was silent for a moment] What are you doing all the way out here?

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

"Avoiding my responsibilities," she says blandly. "Might take a swim, water's still okay."

[easy-aspie.livejournal.com]

You don't believe what they say about, um. Snakes, and... other stuff in there? [Ned's got shifty eyes; if anyone half-believes in lake monsters, it's him]

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

Pfft. Yeah, sure. Snakes, giant leeches and that three-headed slime monster that eats little kids. It's all just BS.

[easy-aspie.livejournal.com]

[He looks a little green around the edges at the possibilities, then swallows, laughing] Yeah, yeah. You're probably right. Just counselors trying to scare the kids out of going skinny dipping or whatever.

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

Probably right. Wow. Either you had some really rough experiences when you were a camper or you'll just drink anybody's Kool-Aid.

[easy-aspie.livejournal.com]

[He grins] Nah, nothing like that. I dunno, I'm not superstitious or anything, I just think there are sometimes things we can't totally explain. [He shrugs, then starts taking off his sneakers] Then again, given that you've still got all your toes intact... [he puts his feet in the water, wriggling his toes a bit, then turning to face her again]

So. Long day?

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

[She rolls her eyes expressively.] Yeah, just a little bit. I know high school kids have short attention spans but geez. If I had a dollar for every time I'd had to repeat something...

[easy-aspie.livejournal.com]

You could probably buy this place yourself [Ned speculated, tossing a pebble idly into the pond, where it vanished with a quiet 'plop']

Don't take this the wrong way or anything, but you don't really seem like the kind of person who's into kids. And yet you took a job where you're surrounded by them all day every day. [He glanced sideways at Shego, looking curious]

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

[She shrugged.] This gets me away from my family, the money's not bad and I didn't want to spend the summer flipping burgers.

[easy-aspie.livejournal.com]

I worked in a Sonic once. [Ned looked positively haunted by the thought of that job] It was... the worst [he finished, and resisted the shudder that wanted to crawl across his skin.]

For me, it was either this or working in an office. I figure this way I at least get fresh air, all this... [He swept his hand in a gesture that indicated the lake and night sky] And I don't mind the kids. Most of the time.