A Match Made In Hell (Mia)

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Oriel's eyes glazed over as he looked down at the page in his hands. The page that contained a list of items that he and his partner had to collect for this damn, stupid useless scavenger hunt that Lux had apparently signed him up for and didn't tell him about until the last fucking minute.

Ooooh, she was SO going to get it when this was all over.

Especially since, wonder of wonders, God must hate his guts or something, Oriel had to paired up with the stupid pink-haired bitch who called him a liar, untrustworthy, and a pile of trash(Oriel's memory may be a bit biased here and some words may have been altered to better suit and justify his irrational grudge).

Oriel slyed his eyes over to that stupid little woman and grunted, wondering if there was any way he could ditch this an go take a nap somewhere just for the sake of napping(he wasn't even that tired). He crumbled the paper into a ball and stuffed it into his pocket.

Where do we start? Which way do we go? Do you know what the fuck is going on?

Like he'd ask her any of those questions. He slouched, hands in his pockets, and maintained a sour scowl.

[Mia Bell]

Mia had signed up for the scavenger hunt because she thought it would be fun and she thought it would be a great way to meet someone new, and make a friend. However, that was not the case… And never will be in Mia’s eyes. She wished she could opted out of this scavenger hunt.. She didn’t want to do it with her current partner… He was a dick, and wanted nothing to do with him, nothing at all.

She really wished she could crawl into a hole, and just stay there for the rest of the camping trip. His justification was bullshit to Mia; he was putting words into her mouth. There was no other way for Mia to see what he had said to her, and it was because of him that she had gone onto a more terrible diet, it didn’t help that she was Vegan either.


She looked at the page that had the list of items they were suppose to find. Not saying a word to Oriel, she headed toward the woods, she wondered if she could just pretend like he wasn’t there…

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Now admittedly, when Oriel had heard about the scavenger hunt and that he had been "mysteriously" signed up for it, he was pretty Ok with it. It wasn't something he would have joined in willingly, but then, nothing was, and he needed a little extra incentive and a little push to get himself out there to associate and "plaay" like a normal kid his age. So far, he'd been having a pretty grand time on this trip doing things and having experiences he never would have thought mattered before. So, scavenger hunt? Ok, sure, he'd bite and see what it was all about.

Now he wished he hadn't because there could not have existed a more awkward and distasteful pairing than that of Oriel Vanguard and Mia Bell(that was her name, right?).

Still, he was a man of his word and when he said he'd do something, he damn well did it, chock full of as many complaints and glares and scowls as he could muster. After all, he never promised to enjoy it.

Which was why, despite his desire to just turn around and disappear, Oriel stalked after Mia as she plodded across the dirt and into the woods, hands in the pockets of his faded jeans and a perky little death glare in his eye. He cursed at her silently for having such a uselessly stylish outfit that probably cost enough to feed him for a month.

With a sigh, Oriel finally spoke, though there was a clear lack of enjoyment in his voice. "So, what's the first thing we're looking for?"

[Mia Bell]

If Oriel started to complain, Mia will have a hard time with that, and probably tell him to grow a pair. Because as it stands, she does not want to even be three feet near him, much less have to hear his voice.

Mia sighed as Oriel started to speak again. She really was hoping he would have just walked away. “I don’t know.. I think a feather might be the easiest to find.” They were in the woods right? So finding a feather should be easy with the birds. She held out the piece of paper that had the items on it so Oriel can look at it. “Though if you see any of them. Might as well say something” How did something that was supposed to be fun, become so heart breakingly miserable? And by the way, it wasn’t like she bought all her clothing at the same time…

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Oriel vowed to wear the scowliest scowl that had ever scowled for the duration of this activity, no matter what. He refused to have fun. No matter how fun or interesting this whole scavenger hunt might be.

Not even if he had a really amusing, entertaining, childishly fun idea for finding the first item.

He glared at the list Mia held out to him, not bothering to even try to decipher it, because fuck reading! Instead, he pointed. "That way," he said curtly and started off in that direction without even giving her an explanation. They'd been in the woods for a couple days already and Oriel had spent most of it in the trees and wilderness. He knew where a few feathers were easy. Hell, he even knew where a couple bird's nests were.

[Mia Bell]

Mia sighed as she looked at his scowl, this really wasn’t going to be fun… She really wished she could have found River… So he could be her partner instead. But she got stuck with this asshole, and nothing, not a thing could make her enjoy this.

She rolled her eyes, at least he was helping. She grumbled about not wanting to follow his lead. “Can I get the list back!” She had already forgotten more than half the items, she didn’t have photographic memory… She followed him even though she really didn’t want to. “The list doesn’t say a specific bird feather, so I guess we can get any kind…” She shrugged, now she was just trying to start a conversation, even though she knew it was going to back fire. She hated awkward silences.

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Honestly, Oriel was kind of hoping that she would be the first of the two of them to give up and storm off, unwilling to even finish this activity, because then that would be just the excuse Oriel needed to ditch it himself. But he was, of course, to stubborn to be the first to give in.

He held the list out to Mia for her to take, not bothering to make eye contact. "Guess so...." he really shouldn't be encouraging her by talking back, but it wasn't in Oriel's nature to back down from a challenge...and for some reason, matching her verbally seemed to be what the game was now...at least in his mind. Dammit. "There's a nest in that tree, had a few feathers in it," he nodded up at the tree, still not looking at her. "Anything else on that list I might find up there? I don't wanna waste a trip 'cause you ain't reading that thing right." Oriel approached the base and started hoisting himself up the trunk.

[Mia Bell]

Well, Mia was stubborn in her own right. Maybe just as stubborn as Oriel was, maybe even more. She sighed; there was no way Mia was going to quit on this. Even if her partner was someone like Oriel. It looked like neither of them were going to give in, so they were stuck doing this together.

She took the list back, and looked it over, as she rolled her eyes. She sighed again, how was it that one person could be such an asshole? He should have the world record of being a jerk. She really didn’t care if he talked back or not, it wasn’t a game to her. “Fine, go and get it.” She rolled her eyes again. “Dude, You read the fucking list too. So, if you waste a trip, it would be half your fault.” She looked over at the list.

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Oriel growled in the back of his throat, obviously irritated at the girl and her stupidity. "I asked you a fucking direct question, you self-righteous little minx. The least you can do is answer it." Sure, he had added a little flavor(read: prodding) later, but that didn't change the fact that he was trying to be straight-forward with her. In all honesty, Oriel would rather not get into it with her. Matching her phrase for phrase was one thing, but letting it degenerate into a full blown screaming match was something else. The sooner they got this done, the sooner they could go right back to ignoring each other. "Or is that beyond your ability for some reason I'm not aware of?" Maybe she really was as stupid as she looked.

[Mia Bell]

Mia closed her eyes and started to take deep breaths. She couldn’t get mad out here, she couldn’t get mad in general. Yet dark clouds were starting roll in, and that was not a good sign. “I’m the one that’s self-righteous? Look, I’m not your Bitch. You read the list, You should know what’s on it. You shouldn’t have to ask me. “ And yet he was, so which one of them was self-righteous now? She tried to stay calm, her voice was level. “Look, I can at least remember what’s on the damn paper, so the question is, is it beyond your ability for some reason I’m not aware of?” Next time he asked her a question, he should make sure she couldn’t fire it back onto him.

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The fact that Mia was trying to control herself from snapping at Oriel did not go unnoticed. Self-control was something he had been working on as well, especially when he was particularly agitated. Oriel rolled his eyes. "Really, when did you see me read the list? I glanced at it. I ain't some sort of super-reader or nothing, right?" Hell, he wasn't a reader at all, though he would prefer to keep that from this bitch if at all possible. No reason to give her another stupid reason to look down on him.

Oriel tightened his jaw through his breaths. He hated that she dared to ask him that question in retaliation. He refused to answer it. "Just read me the fucking list already," Oriel growled through gritted teeth. "Ain't this supposed to be a "team" effort?" He needed to get out of there, or move, or do something to let out all that extra tension that was building up. He hoisted himself up the tree to the first, then second branch up.

[Mia Bell]

“What kind of idiot would just glance at a piece of paper that should have been read? Not to mention you had it for a long time, long enough for you to read it.” She rolled her eyes, this was impossible. “Asshole” She muttered under her breath. She never had looked down on him! Not until he had called her a cunt, and fat over and over again. She would have cared he couldn’t read, but not in the same way he thought.

“Fine!” She rolled her eyes again, and sighed, “I don’t think anyone could be a team player with you on their team.” She looked at the list, “There’s acorn, pinecone, a few different types of berries, and flowers, and some other stuff that would be found back at camp.” Was he happy now?

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Nope. Not going to respond, not going to engage.

Nope nope nope.

Even though he wanted to wring her smug little ignorant, judging neck. Hypocritical wenches like this weren't worth the effort, they were static and no amount of arguing made them change their opinion once formed, so what was the fucking point? He'd probably have to kiss her boot and worship her shit just to get her to...to what? Why did he care if she hated him? Why should he?

Oriel grunted. More judging, more assumptions, fuck he hated that. What the fuck did she know about him and "teamwork"? Granted he was dick to work with, but that wasn't the point!

With another grunt(and a scowl), Oriel hefted himself further up the tree, now on a mission. He climbed like a monkey, moving from branch to branch with ease, and after a few minutes, he finally jumped down with a hard landing on the earth. "Fuck yeah, acorn, pine-cone, and feather," he boasted, holding them out to Mia like it was something to be proud of.

[Mia Bell]

How was she even being hypocritical? Okay, fine she hadn’t remembered what was on the list either, but she had gotten distracted by the asshole in front of her. He really wasn’t giving her any options on liking him or not, he had given her enough for her to hate him, he wasn’t even being nice to her, at all. So why the hell should she be nice to him? And FYI, it wasn’t like Mia was making him do anything for her! She didn’t care if he hated her just as much as she hated him, and half of her was even glad, that way she didn’t have to deal with him at all, except now. He wasn’t giving her anything to change her mind on.

What was she judging, or assuming? He already given her all the facts she needed to say that he was awful to work as a team with. She didn’t say anything about his ability to do actually do anything, other than work as a team, which he was not doing well with! At least not with her…

Mia rolled her eyes, “Congrats. Now we’ve made a dent.” She took all of the items and placed them in her bag, for safe keeping.

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Though, as much as Oriel was internally complaining about how judgmental and hypocritical this unfortunate-looking person was being towards him, Oriel was clearly not taking his own beliefs to heart either. Because honestly, it was hard to like someone who so obviously hated you.

Then again, it was also hard to remember to hate someone when you had the tendency to change moods at the drop of a hat, especially when you were doing something remotely enjoyable(despite the dislike of present company), like climbing trees! (ooh, the trees...)

Oriel was still a bit too high off the rush from swinging around and then falling into that hard landing to remember to be an extra-holey asshole. Then again, that was all relative. "Oh, shut it. We made progress. And progress is progress, no matter how small." Oriel spun his head, donning his evil-child grin and pointed behind him expectantly at that ugly pink-haired girl. "Now, Pinkie Pie! What's next? C'mon! Haven't got all day!"

Yup. Totally forgetting to not enjoy himself. Simpleton.