JUNE EVENT: CAMP

[sailmods]

early on June 10th, Friday's morning announcements end with a request for everyone going on the latest excursion to meet her in the atrium. she seems in noticeably better spirits than she had been last time, and she leads them cheerfully to the tender. once they are all aboard, and the door is securely shut, the interior fills with gas, and, perhaps, their last thought before they slip into unconsciousness is "oh shit, not again."

passengers wake up on a rickety old school bus, driving down a dirt road surrounded by woods. what is it that they notice first? that, no matter what they were wearing before, they are now wearing a camp t-shirt and legitimately horrifyingly short shorts? the overstuffed backpack between their knees? the words "take one down and pass it around" dying on their lips? the fact that Friday is absolutely driving the bus?

or, maybe the fact that it's already slowing down, pulling up in front of a massive wooden sign, saying:

 

 

 

 

 

CAMP AION

when they get out of the bus, Friday is the one to divide them up into their cabin groups, and she is the one to give the counselors their very official-looking clipboards and whistles. she explains that they are in charge, and that she will be back to pick them up in a week, and... very little else. she responds to nothing outside of whatever is on her unseen little script, and she gets back on the bus shortly after, leaving them there.

welcome to camp. let's make some summer memories!

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tagging all the blue cabins (open)

[opheliac]

(feeling crazy mischievous, jinx decides to steal a bunch of red paint from the crafts cabin. she sneaks around the field as stealthy as she can to avoid any wandering gazes as she makes a pit stop to every blue cabin. and in big letters on each side of these cabins, she writes:

"RED RULES! BLUE SUX!!!!".

and after awhile, she fails at being silence and starts to cackle while dashing around in full speed.)

[millay]

Maeve hears something and peeks outside of the cabin, noting the paint on the side of the building. She comes out a little further to read it. "I don't think I've been well-educated, but..." She stares at sux. "Is that how people in this time spell the word?"

She's not truly bothered by the painted words. She's just studying them and casually aware of the girl continuing to paint on cabins.

[opheliac]

(she skipping around and humming a little tune to herself as she spots maeve peeking out. with a big wave and a grin, she giggles before calling out:)

Hiya, hiya! You wanna join in the FUN?!

(is this woman the same team color as her? to jinx, she doesn't truly care but more the merrier!!)

[millay]

Maeve arches an eyebrow at the question. Join in on the fun? This is considered fun? Sure, the lodgings are a smidge better than home, but she was hoping to have nights camped out by the fire with little more than yourselves and whatever food you managed to get a hold of. Hector was better at the capturing of food, but she was sure she could do it given a chance.

"What is the fun, darling? The words?" She glances at the words painted on the cabin. "I believe we are on opposing teams. Not that I'm overly certain why there are teams in the first place."

[opheliac]

Making art!! Well, graffiti art. It's one of the best kind there is.

(jinx sets the can of paint by her feet for now with her hands on her hips.)

Don't tell me you've never heard of it.

[millay]

"Art, yes. Graffiti, no." She has never heard of it. It doesn't exist for her. At least it didn't in Westworld. She wonders if she saw it in the human world, in Neo Los Angeles.

"Is it always words?"

[opheliac]

NOPE! It can be whatever you want and whatever you feel like in the moment. — A lotta people do words 'cuz they're tryin' to send a message, y'know?

(jinx skips on closer to the window and instead of just standing there to talk to this said person in a respectable distance -- she jumps up and hangs off the window. her arms draping over the cabin window's sill while keeping herself holts up.)

You reaaallly oughta try it. I bet you'll even like it.

[millay]

Maeve studies the girl as she hangs on the window. She’s never seen anyone do that that wasn’t either planning to steal from a place or having just done so.

“I suppose it’s possible I might, but…” She shrugs. “All right, then. Show me your art form.”

[opheliac]

Alright, comin' through!

(and jinx just makes herself at home by crawling over the window so she can enter in her cabin. hopefully, maeve stepped aside for her to do that - if not, then jinx will just force her way inside while shoulder bumping her.)

First, you're gonna need a canvas.

(she scans around the area for a moment with a big nod to follow.)

Yep! — This room oughta do it.

(wait, what?)

[millay]

Maeve moves out of the way because she’s not about to get accidentally injured by someone crawling through her window. She’s still not sure she understands why this is happening, but she’s just going with things. Ford certainly never accounted for these sorts of things.

Maeve arches an eyebrow. “Is there not somewhere outside?” After a beat. “At least nothing terribly derogatory and maybe just by my bed.” Cabinmates likely needed a heads up for anything else.

[opheliac]

Outside? Pfffft! — But these cabins look all the same and it's kinda dull, don'tcha think? They need a bit of color!

(maeve suggests her bed area which causes her to eye roll pretty hard. but hey, it's better than her saying no to everything - so she will take what she can get!)

Fine, fine. Bed it is. Which one is it?

[millay]

Maeve does her best to not get on the bad side of her roommates. She doesn't want to actually be murdered if that's going to happen. It just seems exhausting.

She points to a bed in the middle of the room. "It's that one." Just to be clear, she walks up next to it.

[opheliac]

Cool! Now all ya need next is your magic weapon.

(she reaches in her back pocket of her shorts to pull out a marker she swiped from the arts and crafts cabin. instead of handing it to her, jinx does an underhand toss to maeve for her to catch it.

she does with no "heads up" or warnings, just simply throwing it at her -- if she drops it, she'll just make fun of her.)

[sabigoe]

[ Jinx, might actually be the first person for Fio to use her whistle on. The person that she calls her sister...

Honestly, she's not too sure what any of the words on the walls mean. She can read it. It's just that she doesn't recognize the slang. But she can also infer that it doesn't mean anything nice! Hearing the familiar cackle and seeing the blur darting by, she hesitates briefly...

Clutching her whistle, she brings it up to her mouth and forces out a high-pitched noise. ]

[opheliac]

(she skids into a halt across the ground at the sound of a whistle coming from somewhere. thankfully, the bucket of paint didn't spill over when she did with an abrupted stop like that. she peers over and sees her little sister blowing the instrument at her direction. wait. is she...doing that to her?)

Hey, what the hell! You're suppose to be on my side?!

[sabigoe]

[ Fio flinches a bit, lowering the whistle before her. Briefly she tries to put on the most admonishing look (while looking very non-threatening) that she can muster up, which easily falls flat. Her shoulders slump. And she just looks disappointed. She really doesn't want to chide you, Jinx. ]

...I'm on the blue team. [ A pause. Wait, maybe that sounds a little weird with the nickname she has for Jinx. ] The... color blue. You shouldn't be messing with other people's cabins. It's not very nice...

[ Plus you wrote on her cabin too. ]

[opheliac]

(oh gosh, seeing her flinch like that and giving that look just makes jinx pull back her on her annoyance. she forgets that fio is a bit different than vi; someone she should probably be a little more gentle and sweet towards instead of being so rugged.

she exhales a sigh while putting bucket down at her feet as she approaches her. and she does the one thing that many, many, people don't get out of her nor get to hear her say often.)

... I'm sorry. I was just havin' some fun. I can clean it up if you want me to.

[sabigoe]

[ Despite having been put through a lot of hardships in her life, Fio herself has never really hardened. She has always remained a kind person... (although this may also be the reason why she breaks very easily.)

A small smile returns to her lips. She has been feeling a little tense, clutching tightly to her whistle... but she manages to ease up now. ]

We can clean up together. And maybe we can paint something a little nicer.

[ Like a giant flower or heart! Maybe they can still make it fun, without the mean words. ]

[opheliac]

Like a lil' sun on your cabin? Yours gotta look the best.

(and seeing the smile on hers just really melts her heart and ceases all the tomfoolery she was planning on doing with everyone else. jinx kneels down a bit at her level and playfully ruffles up her hair.)

And maaayybbee some monkeys eatin' bananas?

[sabigoe]

[ Oops, that causes a bit of her hair to stick out and messes with some of her pigtails. But she doesn't mind it one bit, as she lets out a small laugh. It's just enough to ease more of the tension. ]

Yeah! That'll look so cute! [ She beams. Although, monkeys are a little more difficult for her to draw. She may rely on Jinx for that. ] I'll go get more paint!

[ Turning her heel to run off without thinking... maybe don't let Fio try to haul a bunch of buckets of paint over. She is not that strong... at all. ]

[opheliac]

(she giggles and naturally she goes right after her -- not running but casually strolling along with her fingers intertwine together behind her head. )

Oh, hey! By the way, I got a lil' surprise for you.

(jinx calls out and hopefully her voice is loud enough for it to carry fio's ears.)

[sabigoe]

[ Well, Fio's not fast enough to run too far off. When Jinx calls out to her, she nearly stumbles over herself. She keeps her balance thankfully, staying on her two feet. Slowing down into a safe, full stop, before turning around. ]

A surprise?

[ Did she hear right? She looks at Jinx to see if she might be holding anything...? ]

[opheliac]

Yyeep!

(but then it dawns on her that she forgot the most crucial thing about her surprise and mumbles a "shit" low enough so fio wouldn't hear. well, she'll just do the alternative. catching up to her little sister, she resumes to smile while placing a hand gently on the small of her back.)

Here, I'll show ya inside.

(and then she guides her in the cabin -- immediately heading over to the construction papers and some markers before taking a seat at one of the tables.)

[sabigoe]

[ And she allows Jinx to guide her, until they're at one of the tables. She joins her, in confusion, and unsure of what to expect. ]

...Okay? Um... should I still get the paints?

[opheliac]

Yeah, totally! But after one lil' thing, it'll be pretty quick.

(hunching over, she starts to doodle over the construction paper. it's a shame there aren't more colors that she needed to make this more visual pleasing, but this will still get her point across.

the drawing isn't top notch but once she's finishes, jinx scoots the paper over for fio to see. on it, is a drawing of a person she definitely knows fio would not recognize. but before explaining further, she gives her a moment to look over.)