Ariana smiled, and it didn't bother her, that Erik had offered to Natalie instead of her, they had been discussing it before she had even jumped into the conversation.  Mostly she had been just curious and interested in what they had been discussing.  She took her food, and went back over to where Rick was and took a drink of her beer, and dug into her burger, listening to the conversation around her.<br/><br/>The atmosphere was very freindly all around, and she was quite happy that she had come, and hoped that as the week went on, perhaps others would come.  If they didn't however she would simply enjoy the company that was here.  "What prompted you to come out here, Rick?" she asked, casually.  She was here, primarily because she needed to have a good time, not focusing on studying, or anything else, and she had been excited by the chance to experiment.