for: @mvrcer when: halloween event where: cabin in the woods ; spooky hike
Signing up for a haunted hike through the woods sounded like a great idea at the time of booking the cabin for a solo retreat. Now? Spying ghosts in trees felt like a cake walk in comparison to finding herself surrounded by a pre-assigned group of strangers. (Wasn’t this event supposed to be small groups? When did three become twelve?)
Flipping the pages of the memo absently for the umpteenth time, she pauses at the sight of a familiar face in an unfamiliar setting. The lines of her concerned expression iron out, smoothing as she takes to a pointed beeline to his side --- all the while stuffing the comically large map into the purse by her side.
"You own something other than basketball shorts.” It’s about as close as a hello that someone like Maeve can give. “The trail’s already to a scary start.”
