Clarice: O-okay—just—just checking… everyone still alive?
Janica: Nnngghh… define alive… because my rear feels really… really filled up right now.
Lucy: Ah—hah—wow, you just said that out loud.
Janica: I did. No regrets. Nnnh…
Lortelle: I—uh—was going to make a joke but—mmh—lost my train of thought.
Clarice: Can you still hold up over there?
Lortelle: I think so—nnngh—don’t make me laugh right now.
Lucy: It isn’t easy—ah—wow—but it’s so, so good I forgot what I was complaining about.
Clarice: Same. An hour ago I was bored. Now I’m—mmh—reconsidering my entire personality.
Janica: Nnnh—glad those guys came over… counting stars was not doing this for me.
Lucy: O-oh—wait—pause—
…okay, continue.
Lortelle: You sound way too calm for someone shaking that much.
Lucy: I am lying for morale.
Clarice: Next time we camp, we stretch first.
Janica: Next time—nnngghh—we bring warning labels.
Lortelle: Or—hah—at least a safe word for laughing.
Ken Shufflebottom
2026-01-06 05:20:03 +0000 UTCLuis Robert Salazar Jr.
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