"THIS IS FUCKIN' stupid." kirin said as they all stood on the ledge of the cliff. kirin was standing next to isa. they all leaned their backs against the wall on the cliff. isa was trying not to look down. they were gonna sleep there tonight because of last night's events. "i don't know why we're hiding out like a bunch of bitches on this stupid ledge." he said looking down "i thought you said moving the food would be enough."
"i'm amending my former statement. if we really wanna protect ourselves, it's safer to assume that the beach camp will be the target tonight." henry said, "predators don't forget marks that quickly."
"are we really taking him seriously?" kirin asked, "you know this is just his johnny raincloud bullshit jumping out exaggerating how fucked we are."
"i don't know, man. henry seems to know his shit." seth said defending his stepbrother "hey, how many badges did you earn back in the scouts?" seth asked.
"96 merit badges...including wildlife patterns and defense. i have expertise...karen. i believe that's what's jumping out." henry tried scaring kirin "whoa...shit."
"yeah, so head on back to camp if you want, kirin. we're not gonna argue with 96 badges. we'll be here." seth said.
"help me up." raf grunted as the boys pulled him up to the ledge. "whew."
"this is probably my trick-ass brain getting all, like, creative on me, but i feel like i still smell food." ivan sighed and josh chuckled "i bet it's me. my pores really express what i've eaten and lately, it's been all that spam."
"well, i don't hate it, joshua."
"you doing alright, bo?"
"yeah."
"you wanna take my spot? there a little bit more space." raf offered, but bo declined. "no...no. no. it's okay. i'm used to being scrunched up." he said. bo almost fell and raf reached over scotty and held his shoulder "we got you, you're good. and you're definitely taking my spot, there's a ton more..." bo refused again.
"maybe later. i gotta pee." bo answered.
"can you pee off the side? it's gonna be a real pain getting up and down." seth asked and henry nodded "yeah, that would be wise. human piss is actually a natural animal repellent." he said while bo used a thick vine to go to the ground. scotty followed and went to check on him.
isa and kirin sat down. they couldn't stand there all night. "so, do you'll think the animal will rip up the campsite?" kirin asked. isa shrugged "i hope not. all my favorite shells are there. i left them in a pile." she said.
"what about the one i got you?" kirin asked.
"eh, it's okay i guess." isa joked.
"ugh. it's been like two weeks you guys are already doing coupley shit," ivan said to isa and kirin. they looked at ivan and they both tried to deny it. "no" isa said and ivan said his eyebrow "shut up."
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"this uh...this sucks." kirin stated. it was dark and they'd been sitting there since the start of sunset. seth chuckled "was...was, um—was that an italian accent? were—were you doing like, luigi? like, um, 'this-a-sucks-a'?" he laughed.
"no. i was just pausing. like 'uh'."
"uh. hmm, that's-a too-a bad-a. because-a for-a once i thought you were doing something adorable-a." seth said as all the boys and isa laughed. "i have." kirin mumbled and he looked at isa. "well, this-a suck-a big-a time! isa-a don't you agree-a!" kirin said making everyone laugh.
"yes i-a do." isa said "i-a wanna go-a-to sleep."
"okay. it's-a my turn!" josh said "this-a hard-a-ass-a stone is-a killing-a my-a butt!" he said earring a couple of laughs from the boys. "we-a were-a better on the beach-a." raf said and seth chuckled.
"what was that? jamaican?" seth asked.
"italiano via english via español. unlike you, chicago, i happen to be a citizen of the world." raf responded.
"i heard your mom's ass is the citizen of the world—meaning that your mom's ass is well-traveled, by other people. she's like—promiscuous." henry said having explaining his joke in detail.
"oh no dude, the joke landed. you don't need to over explain."
present
"so kirin and ivan had a verbal disagreement on this ledge?" the woman asked and isa nodded. the woman tilted her head in curiosity "what was the argument about?" she asked.
"a lot of things."
"do you wanna tell me what?"
isa shook her head and leaned back into her chair. "they can tell you." she crossed her arms over her chest and the woman sighed.
"fine then what happened?"
day 14
screams of scotty and bo were heard in the distance. isa was drifting off to sleep, but their shouts woke her up. the two boys ran to the ledge and climbed up as fast as they possibly could. they all shouted words of encouragement as they tried to climb up. "hurry it's coming!"
the animal was at the bottom of the cliff and everyone the rocks at it and shouted. it ran off and bo got up the mountain quickly. there was a claw mark in bo's pants. they all panted as they sat down on the ledge.
everyone was getting tired after the animal incident, so the decided to sleep. kirin and isa both leaned on each other using the other as a place to rest on. some of the boys like ivan and josh did the same. "night, isa."
"night kirin."
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day 15
"wakey fuckin' wakey!" everyone started to wake up. kirin looked at isa who was still waking up and still leaning on his shoulder with his hat on her head covering most of her face along with her hair. "me and bo have been thinking. that cat is gonna keep coming until we stop it. and it ain't no one-man or two-man or—it's not even a seven-man or woman job—sorry isa."
"none taken." she said still half asleep.
"it's gonna take all of us, together." everyone on the ledge looked at each other "so come on! get up! what the fuck are y'all waiting for? we got a jag to kill." scotty smirked.
