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[browbeats]

Wasn't there a missing boat not too long ago? Yellow? Made of paper? Because I think I found it. Or...what's left of it. There's not a lot left of it, but it definitely used to be yellow.

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[cecaelian]

That sounds like the S.S. Grindyboat!

[browbeats]

We'll need a family member to come identify the bedraggled remains. That was Kurt's boat right?

[cygninae]

How far did it make it?

[browbeats]

It somehow ended up BEFORE the starting line. I think a bird tried to take it home and gave up.

[unregrettable]

Maybe it entered a wormhole.

[browbeats]

Not impossible in these woods.

[orangepip]

That's one sturdy little boat to have lasted so long!

[browbeats]

It's a little worse for wear, but it did hold up under some pretty demanding conditions. Maybe we should preserve it and put it on display in camp.

[orangepip]

I like that idea!

[puphart]

YES! Yes, S.S. Grindyboat was yellow! And paper! And I made her! Do you still have the remains? I should probably make sure it's the real S.S. Grindyboat and not a sad imposter!

[puphart]

What if this is my birthday miracle???

[browbeats]

Then HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Hopefully. I mean, happy birthday either way, but hopefully this is S.S. Grindyboat and not a sad impostor that's been wandering lost on the shores of our river for years.

[puphart]

Thank you!!

[cecaelian]

Happy birthday!!!!

This definitely warrants a campsite celebration. A birthday, a reunion, and no more OE for the rest of the week!

[puphart]

Thanks!! But it was a reunion with somebody else's disappeared yellow boat. S.S. Grindyboat is still at large. :(

(And OE for a whole week would be MY FAVOURITE PRESENT. )

[cecaelian]

I'm so sorry, duckling. We'll find her some day.

[...] Well I can't make OE last a whole week, but I suppose if it's your birthday we could at least walk along the river and look for those tiny lobster things or whatever other horrible things are living in there.

welp, my list of requested logs just grew by 1.

[puphart]

You would actually come for a river walk?? They're called crayfish! They're actually freshwater lobsters. Really small freshwater lobsters. Did you know people can keep them as pets?

omg no pressure but i would be totally up for this!!!

[cecaelian]

I suppose we could try to find a friend for Lady Ted. Or, you can, and I'll watch from the safety of the river bank.

[orangepip]

Happy birthday! I hope you're finally reunited with the S.S. Grindyboat!

[puphart]

Thanks Pippa! She's still missing but somebody else's ex-boat has been recycled a home now, so it wasn't a total loss!

[orangepip]

Oh no, I'm sorry! I really thought it was going to be your boat.

[browbeats]

I do! I took it her back to my cabin so she didn't get swept away by the river again.

let's assume kurt went to go get those remains.

[puphart]

:(

It's not the same paper I used for the S.S. Grindyboat. Thanks for finding it, though, because now there's less litter around the cabins!

I wonder whose boat it is? How many lost boats can we really have?? And yellow ones? Is yellow bad luck in Utah No-Maj culture or something?

[browbeats]

Oh no! I'm sorry it's not her! I imagine boats go wayward from time to time, but I'm surprised this one wasn't swept away to the lake.

I don't think yellow is bad luck? I don't know, it's not in California, but maybe Mormons are superstitious?

[all-apologies.insanejournal.com]

You found her!

[browbeats]

I think so! The day is saved[?]!