log: amara and cammie

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Amara and Cammie meet up to talk GED things and Cammie ends up with an invitation to join the trip to Nova Roma.

So you pretty much could not wipe the smile off Amara's face right now. She was still really worried about her roommate, but she was going home for a week! She didn't get the chance to often, given the distance and her hatred of flying, but that just made it all the more special when she did.

The enthusiasm has bubbled over into the meeting she's organised with Cammie, and she'd shown up with a plate of cookies laced with arsenic for the other girl. She was even more smiles and enthusiasm than usual, having trouble keeping still in her chair - and even more trouble shutting up.

"Yo," was all Cammie said when she walked in. She was a bit tired and kind of confused. She didn't know why, but for some reason Logan wasn't around to beat the shit out of her yesterday and she hadn't heard anything. But she pushed it to the side. Instead she had beaten up a punching bag.

And then had been up until four in the morning reading wiki articles on serial killers. She was tired. But she was here.

The smell of cookies did perk her up, because she could tell there was something else baked inside, there generally was. But it was always a nice treat, "Ooooh, cookies."

"Hi Cammie!" Amara beamed over to her, looking up from the book she hadn't been reading. "Did you know you could find recipes for arsenic cookies online? I found it yesterday, I thought I'd try it out and see if you liked it!" If it worked out, prepared to be bombarded with baked goods.

"You know, I bet they're not meant for anything good if you found them online," Cammie said, sitting down taking one and popping it into her mouth, "Huh. These are pretty good."

"... you know, I never thought of that!" Amara just laughed, shaking her head. "It's amazing what people think of, isn't it? I honestly wouldn't have even thought of doing something like that if I hadn't been trying to figure out what I could do for you! But I'm really glad you like them!"

"Yeah, they're good," Cammie said. Even though the receipie was likely meant to kill someone you didn't like. Which meant it was likely made in a way where a normal person wouldn't even taste the arsenic. She picked it up like a faint sweetness in the cookies that might have been similar to how sugar was at one point. She didn't really remember anymore. "So, keep up the good work, I guess. You're better at this sort of shit than I am, that's for sure." Cooking she was starting to get a handle on. Baking would forever elude her.

"Thank you," Amara said with a slightly shy smile. "It's really just practice, my mother taught me when I was young." Her excitement dimmed for a moment, and she shifted slightly. "So how is your preparation going?" She asked, deliberately changing the subject. Being excited about going home was one thing, talking about her mom was absolutely not something she wanted to do.

"It goes," Cammie said, taking a bite of another cookie, "I mean, I am studying. Whether or not anything is actually staying, that's another story."

"That's good! And I'm sure it is staying, you really did do so well on the tests that we did. Would you like to try another practice test sometime soon, see how your progress is going? I'm not going to be here next week since I'm going home for a few days, but we could do something after that, give you some time to prepare?"

"Sure, hit me with the tests. Where's 'home'?" she said, asking the last as an afterthought, munching on a pencil.

"Nova Roma! It's in Brazil." After a pause, Amara brightened again, a big smile crossing her face. "You should come as well! My father has allowed me to bring guests with me, and it really should be a fun trip!"

"I dunno. I'm not exactly good in crowds," Cammie said.

"You'll be fine! Honestly, Nova Roma is pretty small, and there are plenty of places around to escape to if you want some quiet time." She grinned. "And there are plenty of poisonous plants and the like around, you can try something new! I can take you exploring in the forest, show you everything I was told not to touch when I was a girl."

"Heh," Cammie grinned, "I'll walk in with five snakes hanging off my arm and be like, 'Guys, what are these? They bit me,'" she joked.

"See? You'll have plenty of fun! I'm putting your name down on my list now, you can't get out of it."

"...Uh, I was joking," she said lamely. "You're not going to take no for an answer though, are you?"

"No," she said with a slightly calmer smile. "I have never had the chance to show my friends my home, and I am afraid that you will be unable to change my mind on this one."

"...Who else are you dragging to your exotic Brazilian vacation?" Cammie asked.

"Well! A few people. Amanda, Jubilee, Lex, Crystal, possibly a couple of others." She sighed. "I'd hoped to be able to invite Lil, but she's back home now."

"Yeah, she has to take care of her friend now, so whatever. It happens," Cammie said with a shrug.

"It does, and her being home right now is far more important." Amara straightened a little. "I will be glad to have you join us, Cammie. I very much hope you will enjoy visiting my home."

"...Yeah. It'll be great," oh sweet zombified Jesus, what had she gotten herself into?