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A tweet had been sent out earlier to inform the other Uni hunters that were at the Victoria base that Harper was back in Canada to pay them all a little visit. There were plans for a campfire, roasting marshmallows, and the possibility for s'mores if Caroline had managed to get her hands on chocolate and graham crackers.

"Hey, I was right," he called cheerfully over his shoulder as he poked his head out of his cabin door. "It actually stopped raining." He'd hoped, and the weather looked like it was finally going to cut them some slack, but he hadn't actually expected the reprieve. It made him grin as he slipped back inside to grab the blankets folded on the old chair by the desk. "I bet that means Cecil had an easier time getting a fire going."

Liam waited just outside for Harper to join him, then rather shyly brushed his free hand against her's before tentatively lacing his fingers with her's.

Then he was leading the way past the cluster of cabins and through the forest of tents, headed towards the promising flicker of a what looked to be merrily crackling fire. "Cecil!"

Harper took a minute pulling her scarf around her neck before heading out the door behind Liam, her coat still a little damp from earlier. Even though the rain had finally stopped like he said it would it was still a little chilly outside in the cool air. It was the perfect weather to sit around a fire, and snuggling close to others underneath a blanket. The marshmallows were still dry, a little smooshed but dry and in her pocket ready to be roasted over a fire, or likely burned in her case.

“I haven’t been to a campfire in ages.” A grin was on her face as Liam took her hand, lacing his fingers between hers before heading to where they were meeting the others. The ground was still damp, some of it muddy as she sort wondered if they would be able to start any of the damp wood.

Cecil was already there, and Harper eagerly waved to him before squeezing Liam’s hand, as if to reassure him that she would return soon. "Cecil! Thank you for making a fire." Making her way over to him she gave the too tall of man a brief hug, letting him know she was glad to see him alive and well before returning to Liam’s side. Pulling the marshmallow’s out of her pocket she held them up before sitting them down on one of the large logs and lacing the familiar fingers around her own again.

“Sorry I couldn't bring more. Do we need any more wood for the fire or sticks for the marshmallows?”

Upon seeing Harper Cecil's smile widened, rising to his feet and holding out his arms for the girl as she came in for a hug. "Hey, Harper. It's good to see you." He wrapped her up in a firm embrace before releasing her so that she could retreat back to Liam's side. "Nice coat by the way." She looked very official with the emblem on the back. "It's suits you."

Liam was at his side as soon as Harper was gone and Cecil smiled just as brightly reaching out an arm to wrap over the smaller man's shoulders and pull him into a half hug. "The blankets are greatly appreciated. We might need them though I tried to gather a bit of wood to keep the fire going." He pointed off to the side where he had a pile of wood stacked, the flap of his tent having been used to shield at least most of the wood from the rain.

There was a small nervous laugh though when Liam asked about getting the fire started. "I used to go camping a lot when I lived with my parents but I've never dealt with so much rainfall. It was a new experience." And a challenging one at that.

Turning back to the fire and letting his arm slip away from Liam, Cecil contemplated adding more wood though it seemed to be going well enough. "That's alright, Harper, I don't know how many will come. The rain may have stopped but its still pretty wet out here. We could always use sticks for the marshmallows though." He had gathered some and they were sitting neatly against a log but he had yet to do anything with them to clean them up.

Hitsu had heard about the plan of gathering from Cecil, because if left to gaining all of her information through Twitter it would be highly likely that the invitation could have gone weeks if not months without her realizing it had been there. She rarely checked those sorts of things, even when she kept telling herself she'd try to keep up with it. If it was one of the prime means of communication, she supposed she would have to, especially once more of the people she knew from the University were transferred out of Victoria.

She had decided on a tent for herself, after shared news that the cabins' state of disrepair was more like death wish, and she really didn't want to find out how lucky (or unlucky) she could be as far as that went.

Unsure if she could actually consider herself late, since Harper and Liam were the only two who had arrived so far, Hitsu offered no apologies of the sort but smiled wide to the trio gathered as she approached. "Hey there!"

Smiling at Liam's complement Cecil shrugged. "Maybe a little less magic and a little more stubborn determination." He had certainly fought to get in started in this wet environment but at least with it going it shouldn't be hard to maintain. "I just hope it doesn't decide to downpour. I think the fire can survive a little bit of rain but the weather is a unpredictable at times." He looked skyward at that but it looked no different than any other day. Cloudy and overcast.

Cecil's expression turned curious as Harper began to explain her new circumstances. The division name made sense considering the coat design but the weapon part was a little over his head. "Bonded?" He let that sink in as well as the name but didn't get a chance to ask much else as Hitsu arrived.

"Hey there," He motioned Hitsu closer to the fire to get warm. "Welcome to the party." It one could call it that but it was still nice to have others around to catch up and relax with.