fh_trips | Kellerman's Resort, Tuesday Morning and Afternoon, October 13th

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Kellerman's Resort, Tuesday Morning and Afternoon, October 13th

The weather at Kellerman's continued to be favourable, as the autumn sun shone down on the fields and streams of the area. The staff of the resort were busy but happy to help, bustling through the corridors and courtyard.

The boards outside were advertising a white water rafting trip today, for anyone willing to go out and risk the rapids; for the less adventurous, a trip to see the Cascade Falls might just do the trick.

[[ Cottage and Room List | Rooms | Activities Barn | Indoor Activities | Outdoor Activities | White Water Rafting | Cascade Falls | OOC | OCD up! ]]

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"Ever see a dog swim?" Sookie mimed dog paddling. "It's just like that. It's pretty much the easiest way to swim."

"I--no," he said, shaking his head. "There were no recreational animals like that in the Community. No one had a...pet."

That word came unbidden from the depths of his broken memories and he was glad of that. He remembered seeing some animals in the Community but they were either stuffed or used to make food.

"Does it work?" he wondered. "It looks like it might be exhausting."

"I mean, it'll keep you from drowning, but yeah, it's pretty tiring," she agreed, more interested in that Community thing. "How come no one had pets? Allergies?"

It was a fair guess, she thought.

"They weren't allowed," he said, eyes on the water this time and trying to make tiny waves just with the motions of his hands. "We had animals like chickens for eggs but we didn't have pets like dogs or cats. The Elders didn't allow them."

She frowned lightly. "That doesn't seem very fair."

"There was no fair or unfair," he explained, slapping the water lightly with a hand just to see what it would do. "It was just the rules. They were followed or there was punishment given."

"And no one had any say in whether that was unreasonable?" she asked softly.

"No," he answered without hesitation. "No one knew it was wrong, how could they be made to question it?"

"How did y'all not know it was wrong?" she asked curiously, her brow furrowing. "I mean, what if you'd wanted a kitty or a dog or something?"

Jonas found himself just staring at the water at that question because, really, the answer to that question was horrifying if you thought about it.

Jonas considered lying just to save himself from having to explain his unconventional home and it's shameful secrets.

"It was a different culture," he said, trying to keep his voice level and smooth. "We didn't know."

It was getting troubling how easily lying was coming lately.

She didn't have to be telepathic to know that probably wasn't the whole story there, but she wasn't going to push. "And y'all didn't have swimming pools, either?"

He shook his head again. "It's a very flat place. If you go Elsewhere, you can find lakes and streams but no swimming pools. They weren't really important to everyday life."

"And you grew up there?" she asked softly, because she was getting depressed just hearing this.

"Yes," he answered, unaware of how depressing he made things sound sometimes. "I was there for thirteen years of my life."

She nodded, and mildly said, "I'm glad you got to here, then."

"So am I," he said and grinned this time. "I've enjoyed myself here. It's very different."

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