NICKjnp wrote...
Shepard, Jack and Grunt on a camping trip in the Sierras.
Not sure what I can do with this idea... I can try...
Yosemite Valley, California. 23:52 hours...Shepard and Jack are sitting by a campfire in the midst of the wilderness. A large array of equipment lies around the campsite; packs, bedrolls, sleeping bags, food supplies, water cans. Shepard is attempting to poke some foil-wrapped potatoes into the heart of the fire with a stick. Jack is sitting on a large rock looking extremely irritated.
Shep: Those should be ready in an hour or two.
Jack: (irritable) An hour or two? F*ck, Shepard, it took us six hours to get up here...
Shep: Yeah, but think about that view...
Jack: What view? It's dark! I can't see sh*t out here!
Shep: Just look up at the stars, then. It's beautiful.
Jack: We see them all the time - we look out a window! And you say I'm beautiful... I'm starting to think you need an eye exam. Or a shrink...
Shep: (teasing) Oh, I should go see Kelly then?
Jack: Go near her, and I break it off, ok?
Shep: (amused) So talking to Kelly will damage our relationship?
Jack: I wasn't talking about breaking
that off.
Shepard tries to keep his amused smile, but something about the way Jack beams evilly back at him tells him it is probably a really bad idea.Shep: I just thought you might like to come out here and see what Earth is like away from cities...
Jack: Like most planets - cold, uncomfortable, you have to sh*t in a hole in the ground and wipe your ass on leaves, and the food is f*cking lousy. Whooo. I'm
loving this trip...
Shepard gets up and sits down next to Jack. She shuffles away from him slightly, communicating her current mood. Shepard just shuffles closer and puts an arm around her.Shep: Ok, maybe a bad call on my part. Sorry.
Jack: I just prefer being somewhere with a little more, y'know,
ease? Why the hell would anyone want to spend half a day climbing a friggin' mountain to sit and freeze their ass off at the top?
Shep: It gets you close to nature... you get to see the world without the technology in it.
Jack: I noticed you started the fire with a pocket laser...
Shep: That's not the point and you know it, Jack. It's about simple things; a view from a mountaintop, a clear sky, firelight... being together...
Shepard turns Jack to face him and he kisses her softly. Jack purses her lips and reticently tries not to kiss back for all of two seconds, then gives in. A moment later there is a catastrophic crash and thud as something large flops onto the campfire, sending embers skywards and Jack and Shepard reeling back from the firelight. The carcass of a black bear now lies across the hearth, the fur begining to scorch and filling the air with the reek of burning hair. Grunt squats at the side of the fire, poking his prize with the muzzle of his Claymore. Jack rapidly shoves Shepard away from her.Jack: (angrily) Then why the f*ck did you bring him, then?
Grunt: (obliviously amused) Hah! This planet needs more varren, Shepard. The creatures here are no challenge at all!