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Steve Rogers ([personal profile] heroic_jawline) wrote in [community profile] fh_trips2024-10-20 10:06 pm

Fairmont Le Château Frontenac, Québec City, Québec [Monday, October 20, 2024 ]

It was a sunny, perfect day today. You might not even need your trapper hats! As a bonus, the school had rented a double-decker Hop On Hop Off bus so you could accidentally leave them there! Do not throw them from the bus. People would yell at you in French and English.

Rise and shine, Fandom! Or hide in your ridiculous rooms throughout the castle! Anakin doesn't care enough to find you all.
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Re: Arbraska Chauveau

[personal profile] afraid_of_marshmallows 2024-10-21 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh, who was even thinking about that? Not this girl! Nope, that was just, like, you know. A fluke or whatever. Totally not worth thinking about! Which was why she definitely wasn't!

Not even one time, and certainly not mildly obsessing over it!

"So, you ready to check out the river and stuff by air?" she asked with completely normal amounts of enthusiasm.
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Re: Arbraska Chauveau

[personal profile] moreofaponchoguy 2024-10-21 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Cal also wasn't thinking about how nice it had felt to wake up holding another person instead of cuddling BD, because that was like, insulting to his best friend or something!

"I imagine I'm somehow less excited than you are, but I'm definitely glad you found this place. Hopefully you'll get some sensations of flying out of this."
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Re: Arbraska Chauveau

[personal profile] afraid_of_marshmallows 2024-10-21 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"I hope so," Arden said, a little wistfully. She glanced around the colorful, chatting group, a fond smile on her face. "The New Zealand trip was the first time I ever went zip lining," she said. "And it was great, but also...Graham and I ended up being roommates and he put me on the text chain and that's how I really became friends with folks. I messaged people pretty much whenever I was gonna go somewhere and usually at least a few people showed up and I went from feeling like I didn't know anybody to being in the middle of things. It was really nice."

At some point their fingers had gotten tangled together. When had that happened?
Edited 2024-10-21 15:44 (UTC)
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Re: Arbraska Chauveau

[personal profile] moreofaponchoguy 2024-10-21 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Surely it was because it was fall weather and she didn't want his hand to get cold, like a good friend. "I'm starting to see why you wanted to come on this trip so badly." He wondered if Arden and Graham had been stuck with only one bed, but asking that would lead to A Bad Conversation, so he'd just have to wonder. "And it's good to know if I find anything cool that the expectation is to share it with everyone."
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Re: Arbraska Chauveau

[personal profile] afraid_of_marshmallows 2024-10-21 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
That was probably it exactly! And also, it didn't even matter. What was a little finger tangling between Totally Platonic Cuddle Buddies? Which was why this morning had been totally fine, too!

"I mean, you don't have to?" she said, though she wasn't sure why someone wouldn't want to.

Okay, unsure why Cal wouldn't want to, since some people might wanna just go to places as, like, some kind of date thing or whatever and clearly that wasn't anything Cal would be interested in or thinking about.

"But it's nice, getting to share cool stuff with the group. It's a great way to bond."

Maybe he could casually bring it up with Graham and see what answer he gave!
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[personal profile] moreofaponchoguy 2024-10-21 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, talking to Graham about sleeping with Arden would definitely go well and would in no way turn into an awkward mess.

"Well, there's stuff that's fun to share with everyone, like ziplines or amazing food, but then there are also things that maybe only one or two people might like." Because I'd like to find something we can do just the two of us seemed like a weird thing to say.
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Re: Arbraska Chauveau

[personal profile] afraid_of_marshmallows 2024-10-21 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
What could possibly go wrong? Surely Cal would be able to phrase it in such a way that Graham would know immediately what he meant and nobody would jump to any wild conclusions!

"That's true," Arden said, wishing there were something for two people that Cal would want to do with her. And pushing that thought away. Clearly her crush had flared up again while he'd been taking care of her and she needed to stomp it out again before it got out of hand. "Have you spotted anything you're interested in doing? Like, with the group or separately?"
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Re: Arbraska Chauveau

[personal profile] moreofaponchoguy 2024-10-21 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, I was hoping to find some food that we can only get here. I don't know if I want to try to search with everyone though. I was thinking maybe you and I could just look," Cal said, ultra casually. Don't mind BD vibrating in the backpack, it was just a tech thing. "You know, I still owe you at least one paintball dinner, I'm sure."
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Re: Arbraska Chauveau

[personal profile] afraid_of_marshmallows 2024-10-22 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
Be cool, Finch. Be cool, be cool, be chilly, be cool.

"Sure!" she said, in what was practically a yell. She winced and tried to dial it back some.

He was just, you know. Asking as friends. He didn't know everybody as well as she did and they probably could be a little overwhelming. And he was pretty scrupulously honest. He might've realized he owed her a dinner and just wanted to make up for it!

So keep your shit together for the love of the goddess, Finch, and be cool.

"That sounds like it would be a lot of fun," she said, squeezing his fingers since they were still somehow tangled with his. In a platonic way. "Any particular day? Or just when one of us finds something?"
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[personal profile] moreofaponchoguy 2024-10-22 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, one of the days this week would probably be good," Cal said with a smirk. This was what you had a crush on, Arden, well done. "I think there's less stuff planned in the evenings, so... did you have plans for dinner tomorrow? That'll give us both some time to scope the city out."
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Re: Arbraska Chauveau

[personal profile] afraid_of_marshmallows 2024-10-22 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Ha ha, you're hilarious," Arden groaned.

While inwardly trying not to freak out. This was a friend thing, Arden, nothing more.

"I'm pretty sure I've got tomorrow night open," she added, once she was sure she wasn't going to squeak it. "We'll find somewhere good in the afternoon and hit it up for dinner. Sounds like a plan."

One benefit of sharing a room with Cal; she wouldn't be able to run back to the room and unnecessarily fret about what she was wearing for several hours.
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[personal profile] moreofaponchoguy 2024-10-22 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
And he wouldn't be alone to talk himself out of dinner altogether! A win-win situation all around.

"Great. That sounds like a plan," he said, brightening. "I'm gonna go... scope out the ziplines to check them. I'm sure they're safe, but extra eyes can't hurt, right?"
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[personal profile] afraid_of_marshmallows 2024-10-22 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
"Nerd," Arden said fondly, though slightly relieved he was going. She needed a few minutes to make sure she wasn't going to act like an idiot and that wasn't something she could do while he was right there. "You go and we'll both pretend this isn't your way of fussing."

While Arden herself was just gonna go compose herself over here.

They were both doing a very good job.