date 2 - cabin group b

[snackcakeordeath]

☕ You're free to do whatever you like in your ☃️winter wonderland☃️, there's everything you might like--but only two blankets. Remember, sharing is caring!🤝 Additionally, to learn more about your 💑datemates💑, go around the group and answer these questions. You can pass twice, but you do not want to learn what happens to liars.☠️

☕ Topics:
　😕 A moment you aren't proud of
　😓 Your greatest fear
　😰 Something that leaves you cold
　😊 Your greatest unimportant triumph
　😋 Someone or someplace you admire
　😀 Something that gets you hot

☕ At the end of the day, vote here.

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[wantsnudes]

[And you're the one who stormed off in a random direction... Mostly Yusuke's just confused, though, so he doesn't have any catty remarks of his own.]

Why don't we retrace our steps back to the waterfall? Then we can follow our tracks in the snow back to the sled.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

...Fine.

[he turns around, stalking more slowly back to the waterfall, trying to lose neither the trail nor his companion. the sun is still fairly high in the sky, but the trees are also fairly high, so there's definitely been a change in the light since they first left on this excursion.

[still, it's easy enough to come up on the waterfall; they hadn't gotten too far from it in the first place, plus it's large and impressive enough to spot from a distance. once they're back to what even kaiba must grudgingly admit is a pretty cool waterfall, the trail mingles with a couple others, human and otherwise. kaiba pauses and turns to yusuke; apparently he's finished actively sulking]

...This one is probably the path I took here, so whatever the next freshest tracks are should be yours. Mine was not particularly direct; I don't know if yours is any better.

[wantsnudes]

Mine were not direct, either, but most of my stops before here were to collect wood. [Thankfully.] Let's try following my trail, shall we?

[The logs are starting to get a little heavy with all this chasing Kaiba around and backtracking, so he sets off straightaway. He begins to retrace his steps, which go on a slight detour before stopping at a (sadly mutiltated) tree. From there, it's more or less a meandering path from where he'd stopped to pick up fallen logs here and there.]

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

[Kaiba follows without complaint. After not too long he reaches over to take some of the more unwieldy logs, since using his words like a normal person would make too much sense]

[wantsnudes]

[Yusuke's surprised to feel some of the weight from his arms is lifted, and he blinks at Kaiba.]

--Ah! Thank you, Kaiba-san. You're very kind.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

I'm not, but if you collapse or drop everything you've gathered, I will be unhappy. Besides, it's cold enough that even the thought of powdered chocolate-flavored milk substitute is sounding appealing, meaning it's time to get going.

[wantsnudes]

[Oh... Yusuke suddenly looks pleased about something.]

I believe I understand now. You are a "tsundere", meaning you behave outwardly cold while hiding your true feelings. It is not the first time I have encountered someone who displayed similar behaviour.

[Nods to himself!!! He's a genius.]

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

...That is the most preposterous thing I have ever heard, and Dave Strider just tried to convince me of the organizational skills of the Insane Clown Posse.

[wantsnudes]

Yes, it's only fitting of such a personality that you'd deny it... [SMUG.] But what is this about clowns?

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

It's fitting of reality that I'd deny it, I have no need to lie to you.

[he dumps the wood with the rest on the sled, offended by the very thought of someone thinking he had any "deres," much less with tsuns attached]

The clown nonsense is equally ridiculous. He claimed they have priests as part of their little horrorcore rap unit. Note that they are baffled by the workings of a magnet, just to let you know the intelligence level we're working at.

[wantsnudes]

[It's too late, Yusuke is already convinced Kaiba is Nice People, no matter how much he tries to grump his way out of it. Yusuke deposits his own logs onto the pile with a sigh of relief for his poor noodle arms.]

Frankly, I'm not sure I understand a word Dave says at the best of times... What's "horrorcore"?

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

Most of what he says is ridiculous, so you aren't missing much. As for horrorcore, it's a sub-genre of rap music with "spooky" beats with topics that tend to overlap with slasher movie tropes. At its best it's still bad. Don't ask why I know this.

[since everything seems to be gathered, he takes the sled and starts walking it down to the cabin. home stretch!]

[wantsnudes]

I see! So two art forms, film and music, are blended together as one. That is truly fascinating... Perhaps I should ask Dave about it later.

[Yusuke follows, somehow managing to avoid getting distracted, this time around.]

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

You do that. He'll probably get a kick out of it.

[no one's getting lost this time! NO MAN LEFT BEHIND let's just dump this and be warm for once]

[wantsnudes]

As would I. I am always looking for ways to expand my creative horizons.

[Not that he knows a lot about either horror movies or rap, but??? Once they finally arrive back at the cabin, Yusuke helps carry the second batch of logs inside. After topping up the fire a little and making sure it's still burning brightly, he flops down to sit on the couch, exhausted.]

Ahh... I have never been so appreciative of heat until this moment.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

And here after yesterday I thought I'd be happy never to deal with heat again. Now I'm wishing we could go back to the beach.

[despite having dropped the logs and stuff, Kaiba doesn't remove his coat or even move to the couch, just kind of awkwardly crouches in front of the fire, as if attempting to warm his hands under the pretense of further messing with the logs despite Yusuke having done a fine job of fire management]

[wantsnudes]

The grass is always greener, or however the saying goes...?

[Or sand and snow, not grass, in this case. Yusuke's managed to shed his coat, but is glued to the couch enough that he's just left it folded over the back of the chair for now. Although there is one thing that will make him move--]

Hmm... I believe the call of hot chocolate is beckoning to me. Would you like one, too, Kaiba-san?

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

There's quite a bit to be said for temperature-controlled environments.

[He actually turns to look at Yusuke's offer, confused...though eventually he shrugs and goes back into glaring the fire into somehow becoming hotter]

...Fine, so long as it's hot.

[it IS right there in the name]

[wantsnudes]

I didn't offer a cold chocolate, did I?

[Yusuke gets up to make them both the drinks. He adds a generous amount of cream and marshmallows to his; having unlimited access to food and snacks is still a novelty, when he's used to going hungry all the time, so he still wants to take full advantage of it. He doesn't add any toppings to Kaiba's to be on the safe side, though.]

Here you are. [He returns, handing him the drink.] Would you like to join me?

[He gestures to the couch. Squatting like that all evening would probably be uncomfortable...]

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

...

[...Then, quietly goes and sits like a normal person, legs crossed. He gives the hot chocolate a tentative sniff before just wrapping his hands around his cup.]

How can you drink it with all that stuff in it?

[wantsnudes]

[Yusuke moves to sit beside him.] You eat the toppings first, or wait for them to melt. If it's too messy, it's best to use a spoon, as though eating a sundae.

A friend introduced me to drinking them this way. Ann loves sweet things, so--

[...Oh, right, Ann. Yusuke's expression falls, and he goes silent.]

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

[Kaiba lets the silence sit for a while, slowly rolling his mug between his palms. At length, and with no small reluctance:]

...Did you want to want to talk about it?

[wantsnudes]

[Yusuke takes a sip of his drink, although it's become kind of hard to enjoy it, now.]

...I'll be all right. I'm going to do everything in my power to save her.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

Oh? What's your theory, what've you got planned?

[wantsnudes]

One of the prizes is the ability to revive another contestant, yes? I have evidence to prove our hosts are capable of such a thing. If I survive this to the end, I can help her.