Thread: What happens in the cabin... (Sync & mypgems)

The trip to the cabin was only, really, interrupted by a phone call from mum, apparently checking to make sure that he was driving and not Becca reasonable enough, given Becca had only just got her licence, and also to let the children know that theyd be late arrivingwhich meant Luke and Becca would be in the cabin alone for the rest of today, and tomorrow morning as well. Great. Just peachy. He muttered something to that effect under his breath, but there was nothing for it he couldnt wish his parents to arrive wellhe could , but nothing would come of it. In any case, it would probably make no difference to the pair more than likely theyd do their own thing anyway, once the car was unpacked, and would only interact for dinner. The cabin came into view and soon his car was parked under the shed it was attached to the cabin, and was more like a large carport than a proper garage. The sides were enclosed, there were a couple of tilt-doors they could use to close the cars in and keep the weather out, shelves for various spare parts and toolsand that was about it. The generator was at the back of the shed, on the outside, and access to both was only by leaving the cabin. Doubt well be that lucky to be able to stay out each others way, he grumbled softly as he turned just enough to be able to see his sister. It was only then that he realised she was holding her hand out to him, so he turned more fully towards her and shook her hand briefly. Butdeal. You know that mum and dad are going to try and have family game times and stuff like that, dont you? It was a question, but a rhetorical one there was no answer required, because they both knew hed be right. It was no secret that the two children didnt really get along, and no secret that the parents often despaired about the lack of good relations between their offspring. Luke and Becca didnt hate each other they just had very little in common besides both being members of the Homo Sapiens family, and both being biomechanically similar gender differences aside. For the next hour or so the pair unpacked his car groceries first then luggage. Unpacking generally constituted the pair of them getting things out of the car, and putting them down in relatively-appropriate locations Becca would put things away wherever she felt like, and Luke would then come along and place things in proper, sensible places. Luke was sure Becca was doing it just to annoy him, but she gave no indication that she was aware or caring of her brother re-organising things behind her. The only space Luke didnt tidy was Beccas bedroom. If she wanted to live in a pigsty she was welcome to it. The cabin itself was a large, spacious affair solid brick work on the outside, two stories tall the main room served as a combined familyloungedining area, and it contained the central fireplace that served to heat the remainder of the house via a simple but effective venting system the kitchen and master bedroom were to the side of the downstairs section, with a reasonable bathroomlaundry between the two rooms at the rear of the main room was a set of stairs leading up to the second floor landing and balcony, off which were Luke and Beccas bedrooms, and a small shared bathroom between their rooms. Vents funnelled the warm air from the fireplace to the bedrooms, although it was more like removing the chill than actual heating, and a large fan hanging from the ceiling of the main room the main room was, in effect, two stories high did a fair job of pushing the warmth of the fireplace around the ground floor. Once the car was unpacked, Luke went outside and checked the generator and hot water system. The water tank was heating up just fine, and the generator was primed and had a good amount of diesel in the fuel tank. Dad had gotten more diesel delivered a few weeks ago, so he could always top up the fuel tank if need be. He closed the shed doors and went back inside, and was happy to see that Becca had gotten the fireplace lit and the fire was going nicely. There were plenty of logs outside for that as well, and Luke had brought an armful of logs in with him to fill up the bin. Dinner time shortly, I guess, he stated rather needlessly theyd both noticed it was getting darker outside, but both had assumed partly correctly that the fading light was from the ending of daylight, and had not really noticed the clouds getting darker and lower. Give ourselves thirty minutes to unwind before we get into it?