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[scouts] fire builders

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Samphire woke up at four in the morning to Lulu's nose an inch from hers. The black mothcat had been staring at her niece (ha-ha) for several minutes, waiting for her to wake up, but after a long buildup of impatient energy, blew a cloud of smelly breath onto Sam's face. Sam blinked and bapped Lulu's nose before rubbing her face vigorously, an attempt to get the stink out of her nostrils. "Lulu. You're gross."

"HUMPFHFH," said Lulu, and bapped her right back. "Shut up or Babb'll hear you. I do not need that right now, nope. Come on, SCOUT. Time to BUILD A FIRE."

"What. It's prime sleep time. Look at the moon." Sam pointed a ragged dewclaw up at the skylight. True to the season, the harvest moon was glowing, full and orange in the sky against a backdrop of stars. "It's a beautiful night. For sleeping." She snuggled into her bed and closed her eyes again.

BAP.

"Come on, Sam. I'M BORED and I want to build a fire NOW. It's BORING being AWAKE RIGHT NOW. Come onnnnnnnn." Lulu bounced up and down on four paws, her wings fluttering excitedly. She poked one of Sam's antenna, which twitched. She gave it a yank. Giggling shrilly, she zoomed outside and started bouncing up and down again.

Sam rolled out the door, yawning and getting dried leaves and other woodsy debris all over. "Okay. I'm up. Now what?"

"Uh, I dunno. I thought maybe you knew."

"What? Oh YEAH. Of course I know. Go grab some sticks and we'll make a fire. We'll make a fire REAL GOOD."

No further questions asked, the skinny black mothcat zoomed out of sight, while Sam moseyed around the clearing, nosing at the ground looking for twigs. She'd barely picked up a few when Lulu appeared and stuck her face in Sam's face. Sam spluttered. "Stop that." BAP

Lulu ignored her and bounced around some more. "C'monnnnnn what now what now what now--"

"Well you make a ... make a fire, DUH," said Sam. She started piling sticks on each other haphazardly.

"Oh okay I get it!" Lulu zoomed into the air and began dropping twigs on the pile from several feet up. One landed on Sam's head, which made her lose her balance, and she fell face-first onto the pile. Sticks rolled in all directions. "Oops."

"LULU," Sam bellowed. She chased after her much zippier aunt (ha-ha), who giggled uncontrollably and turned a loop-the-loop in midair. "I'm starting OVER."

"OKAY!" squealed Lulu. She fluttered to the ground. "I'll help for real this time."

"Great," said Sam, rolling her eyes. "Just... arrange the sticks. Like this." She made another haphazard attempt, but the arrangement fell apart in short order. She started piling them up a third time. Lulu sighed pointedly, wordlessly, and Sam stepped back and proclaimed, "There. Beautiful."

The final result was a mess, but Lulu shrugged. "Okay, NOW what?"

"We light it, DUH," said Sam. "Did you bring matches or something?"

"NOPE!" squealed Lulu before she burst into another fit of giggles.

"OKAY," Sam said. "It's cool, I got this." She gingerly pulled two sticks out of the pile, which promptly disintegrated once again. She started rubbing them together, either ignoring or completely unaware of the disarray before her. Lulu watched silently for a few minutes as Sam became increasingly frustrated.

"Uh, Sam, do you need any--"

"NOPE," said Sam. "I GOT this." She stuck her tongue out, concentrating hard for another several minutes. Somehow, miraculously, the friction produced the tiniest of flames. "SEE???" she screeched with excitement.

Lulu winced. "Shrill, much?" 

"Shut up." Sam looked up and finally realized that, though she was holding a flaming twig in her paw, she had nowhere to put it. The "carefully" "arranged" pile of kindling was still in complete disarray. She huffed, and the flame went out. Lulu smirked.

"Shut UP," said Sam, but the smirk had widened into a cheesy grin. BAP.

Lulu bapped her right back. "Well, now what?"

"I'm calling this a success," said Sam. She triumphantly raised the lightly singed twig to the glowing moon. "Campfire, we OWNED YOU. This'll be perfect. I'll bring this in to Pinewatch tomorrow."

"Let me carry it," said Lulu.

"No way, doofus. You'll lose it."

BAP. BAP. BAP.

The sun was rising. Lulu yawned. "Well, I guess it's time for bed."

Sam rolled her eyes. "Sure, doofus. Brush your teeth first. Gross."

"YOU'RE gross," said Lulu and breathed a LARGE, WET huff of stinky breath in Sam's face. BAP.

Lulu zoomed away home and was asleep -- or at least pretending to be -- by the time Sam ambled through the door. Welp. Success, or something. She gave Lulu's nose a light tap and leaped into bed, just as Babb began strolling through the hollow, wearing her favorite bright pink apron. "Breakfast!" she sang. "Everyone up! I made pancakes!" 
fire building challenge for the mothscouts event! these two are ridiculous.
[NEW EVENT] Introducing... Mothscouts!!

featuring Lulu and Calliopius' Samphire, and a tiny cameo by Babbette.
© 2016 - 2024 lepidopterae
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I love these children so much!! Lulu and Sam's interactions are just the best! And all the BAPs! Amazing story <3