<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/8kfEsxT.png) (https://i.imgur.com/732iZ76.png)</div><strong>Character Name:</strong><em>Liam O'Hara and <strong>Balor</strong> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=341012.msg16146551#msg16146551)</em><br/><strong>Wearing:</strong><em>As pictured + black nail polish and a dark green backpack</em><br/><strong>Time:</strong><em>June 4th; evening</em><br/><strong>Location:</strong><em>Clearing</em><br/><strong>Tagging | Mentioning:</strong><em>CJ, Felix | Courtney</em><br/><hr/><br/>CJ being embarrassed is cute. Liam, of course, not knowing when to let something go can't help but try to continue the conversation. "Did you have a favorite song the uh, pickle sang?" His lips quirks a little, because it's. Absolutely ridiculous. But Liam doesn't know where else to take it, and Bully seems to enjoy teasing CJ. "Your family is pretty religious, huh?" he asks, not really sure what to think of that. He's only been to church for major holidays, and even then his Dad always griped about having to put money in the collection plate.<br/><br/>Either way they end up around the fire, Felix leaning between them. "Robin's your brother, right?" Liam ventures, mostly trying to make conversation. Obviously he<em>knows</em>the answer to that question, they all share a cabin together. He'd at least picked up on<em>that</em>much in the last couple of days. Unfortunately his conversation with Felix isn't much less awkward than the one with CJ, and somewhere he can feel Balor sighing. "I'm an only child, what's that like?" he tries instead, curious. What<em>would</em>it have been like, to grow up with someone else there? Would they have turned out like Liam, or would his Dad finally have had the Golden Child he'd always wanted?<br/><br/>Having his shoulder clasped is slightly odd, he's not used to being touched. At the same time he doesn't want Felix to<em>stop</em>or think he's weird, so Liam does his best to ignore it. "Mister?" he blinks, frowning. "That makes me sound<em>way</em>older than I am. Just Liam." He still snickers a bit, figuring Felix is mostly messing around and giving the other boy a grin. "Hey it sounds like a plan. We'll all go to the lake, then." He nods, as if it's a done deal.<br/><br/>The conversation likely would have continued on if they hadn't been interrupted, Liam startling badly and almost falling over at the first scream. "The fuck--," he manages, setting his guitar to the side and looking the direction the woman ran from. "Monster?" A few days ago he'd have dismissed it easily, but well. He can't help the creeping unease, and he moves closer to CJ and Felix.<br/><br/>Courtney at least seems to know what to do. He assumes putting the fire out is to hide, or maybe to stop the smell from luring anything in? He doesn't know. But he still listens, throwing water on the fire before he thinks twice about it. Maybe that would have been the end of it if CJ hadn't come back looking like he'd seen a ghost. Balor apparently decides it's time to stop pretending, instead climbing up to sit on his shoulder and peering out into the dark, the cat's many eyes looking in different directions.<br/><br/>It's not yet dark so he doesn't pull on the cat's powers, but it makes him feel better to have Balor around at the very least. Peering into the tent, he swallows roughly as he stumbles back towards where most of them are congregating. "Courtney's been uh. She's been turned to stone." It's half mumbled, because what? He didn't think CJ was being--<strong>"She's a literal statue,"</strong>Balor confirms.<strong>"I don't like this. I <em>told</em> you there was more to magic than just us--,"</strong>the cat begins, and Liam waves him off. "Yeah, but I didn't expect to run into it on a camping trip!"<br/><br/>Scratching at his chin, he doesn't know what to do. What would his Dad do in this situation? Probably get a gun, he thinks. "Hey uh, Courtney said she had a radio. I'm going to go look for it," he decides. Even if he's scared, he's not going to be a wuss about it. His Dad already thinks he's weak; it's time to prove him wrong. He winces when he sees the statue again, but still takes the time to look through the counselor's tent and see if he can't find anything useful. The radio, maybe a flare gun, he doesn't know.<em>Anything</em>.<br/><br/>Though how, exactly, they'd explain this if he<em>does</em>find a radio he has no idea.