Koko climbed
atop the caravan with excited glee. The wind blew her hair into a mess, parasol
folded at her side. Splice, Helix, and Max all looked at her with exasperation,
Dot gave a worried glance, and Gor took out his crash kit. She rolled her eyes “Guys,
I got this! Look no hands!” She gripped with her knees onto the roof.
She climbed down after a moment, and wandered over to Helix. “You know, I found a bit of an old writing about travel when I was digging recently, wanna see?” He nodded minutely, mostly just glad she wasn’t hanging out of the caravan any longer.
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft
She climbed down after a moment, and wandered over to Helix. “You know, I found a bit of an old writing about travel when I was digging recently, wanna see?” He nodded minutely, mostly just glad she wasn’t hanging out of the caravan any longer.
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
the rains fall soft
(paper damaged
from here)
“I wonder what
the rest of it said. I love the smell of rain!”
“Petrichor” a
voice said quietly from the back.
“Huh?” Koko looked for the person the voice belonged to. Max was buried in his research, as always. She was surprised he even heard her.
“That’s what that is called. The smell of rain. Petrichor.”
“Huh?” Koko looked for the person the voice belonged to. Max was buried in his research, as always. She was surprised he even heard her.
“That’s what that is called. The smell of rain. Petrichor.”
“Oh, it’s a pretty
sounding word! What will we do at The End when we get there? I am gonna dig and
I wanna meet other Jones’ and I bet there’s gonna be some amazing stuff to do!”
“This is not a vacation, Koko” Helix looked at her seriously, we have work to do. Splice nodded and went back to her research with Max.
“I know, but just because we have serious things to do doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy it!”
The Crystal Creek Darwins let out a collective sigh, as Koko climbed back onto the roof of the caravan and sat, wind in her face like an excited animal hanging out a window. Koko knew that there was much work to do, and she had some very serious things to worry about, but for now, wind and adventure, new places, new things, and new people. What could go wrong?
“This is not a vacation, Koko” Helix looked at her seriously, we have work to do. Splice nodded and went back to her research with Max.
“I know, but just because we have serious things to do doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy it!”
The Crystal Creek Darwins let out a collective sigh, as Koko climbed back onto the roof of the caravan and sat, wind in her face like an excited animal hanging out a window. Koko knew that there was much work to do, and she had some very serious things to worry about, but for now, wind and adventure, new places, new things, and new people. What could go wrong?
