<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/aVxMRPx.png) (https://i.imgur.com/xqh065e.png)</div><strong>Character Name:</strong><em>Robin Elliot (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=341012.msg16145131#msg16145131)</em><br/><strong>Wearing:</strong><em>Hoodie, jeans, hiking boots, backpack</em><br/><strong>Time:</strong><em>June 5th, 11:00am</em><br/><strong>Location:</strong><em>Down River</em><br/><strong>Tagging | Mentioning:</strong><em> Ellie | Felix</em><br/><br/><hr/><br/>Robin was not exactly sure what to think of Ellie suddenly returning into his life (albeit self-aware enough to acknowledge that from her perspective, he was the one doing the returning). It had felt like it certainly would be the strangest thing to happen all summer… but then Camp Runamuk definitely proved that wrong with the whole ‘magic is real’ curveball. All the same, it was hard from Robin to know how to approach Ellie since she played a strange dual role in his past: on one hand, she had been the epitome of those past peers that contributed to the vicious circle of Robin’s social anxiety. Back then, he could not form words in front of others, and she berated him for that, which made the road to being able to speak in front of strangers all that much more difficult. Towards the end, before she left, Robin had grown comfortable with her, even began to whisper in her ear, much like he had done with his sibling and occasional friend. Then she up and left school, California, and what felt like a growing connection was no more.<br/><br/>Ellie and Robin are together now, though, and now he has to consider what to make of it. Fellow peers out of his backpack as they walk along the way, giving somewhat cautious sniffs to her as they go further into the safety of the woods. Robin isn’t much of a hiker, but fortunately the camp guides were able to tell him which paths were more along the line of ‘a slightly elevated walk dressed up as a hike’. He happily suggested such a route, bringing some sandwiches, fruit from the garden, and drinks that were prepared by students who were better about such things than he was.<br/><br/>”Thanks for agreeing to come out here,” Robin finally decides they are far away enough from the ears and eyes of others that he can be less concerned with the subjects broached. He holds in a breath as he works up one of those ‘gentle inclines,’ finding himself peculiarly self-conscious about breathing or sweating too hard despite neither of them exactly advertising that they were seasoned hikers.<br/><br/>Robin pauses, looking up across an opening that allows the view of some of Colorado’s terrain that is thick with both forests and mountainous regions. He turns his green eyes to then settle on his companion for the moment. ”I know that this is really dumb to be bringing up, but I’m sorry if what I said back then just came across as a criticism. I would have said it differently if I knew you were going to be going away soon. I… I mean, like I say, I know that’s silly to even bring up. But us getting closer was intended to follow after it, not… just letting it feel like an ending.”<br/><br/>Robin pulls his hair back, ensuring its security, which incidentally was much shorter the last time Ellie saw him. Obviously, of course, his outward changes did not come close to Felix’s, however.<br/>