Who: Lennon and Avram When: Sunrise Where: The pool
Avram had gone to bed early last night, on the reasoning that making that day as short as possible was a good idea. He hadn't even been involved in any of the major dramas, but they seemed to boil over in loud and messy fashion every few hours. He had a pretty low tolerance for conflict between other people, which made him want to climb out of his own skin.
He also had a low tolerance for gross smells, despite (and because of) the fact that he had to deal with body fluids every day at home. At home was one thing, but he wasn't into putting up with rot, piss, shit, pus, vomit, or mould when he didn't absolutely have to in order to obey the fourth commandment.
And something was definitely rotting and mouldy, so that was great. Wet leaves, scummy water. That was what he noticed first, and then the motion: he was lying on something that was moving, very gently, drifting slowly. Sounds of lapping water, a squeak of rubber. Cold and windy, under open sky.
He also wasn't alone. He thought that he'd been too hard on the Chuck E. Cheese thing a couple of days ago, because this was definitely more awkward. One of the younger kids was next to him on the pool floatie, and Avram had mostly figured out people's names on the night of the dinner, so this was Lennon, or the Sex Superhero Machine 69. A pretty good kid, if his network posts and survey responses were anything to go by. So that could be worse.
No, it actually was worse: Avram figured out when he moved slightly that the two of them were chained together. Actual metal chains, some Marley's Ghost shit. Given Avram's level of physical coordination, that meant they were both definitely going to fall in the drink at some point here. It was going to happen, no getting around it. "Aw fuck," he muttered, rubbing his face as he tried to very carefully sit up a bit without upsetting the pool floatie.
"Hey," he said, giving Lennon's shoulder a shake. Better to be awake before falling into a stagnant concrete swamp, right? "Dude, wake up, it's some more fucking bullshit, I'm sorry..."