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!

Comments

[suddenlybees]

[ It's fine if Kano's pants only reach her knees then because she doesn't need any of that height below her knees, how is that fair ]

You do that and I'm calling you "miss counselor" from now on.

[ "for the rest of your life" he'd wanted to say, but it loses its effect when she won't be alive ]

I know you said you wanted to get outta here as soon as possible, but why come in the first place? It can't be worse on the ship, can it? There's a pool and, like, drinks with little umbrellas in it.

[saltwaterlungs]

You do that, and I'm kicking your ass, ehn? [ Darcy threatens, angling a finger at him with both eyebrows raised. Which of course explains why she needs the height below her knees; for ass-kicking. ]

Because I didn't think it would be actual camping- I thought it would be like last time, where there was some actual fucking danger and I could help protect people. But unless some fucker is going to come out of the woods and start killing people, I'm just going to be standing around being useless. So if I'm not going to be able to help anyone, I may as well be standing around somewhere I have decent fucking pants, and where there's no dirt.

[ Okay, that was a bit more heat than she was intending in the midst of a conversation about drinks with tiny umbrellas. ]

[suddenlybees]

Ehh...

[ He knows better than to test that out, at least. Ass kicking will be saved for another day... ]

But you're camp counselor, aren'tcha? That's like, a super important job— the opposite of useless! People are gonna be depending on you to stick around and keep them safe y'know?

[saltwaterlungs]

[ At having the obvious pointed out, Darcy makes a low, annoyed 'rôhhhhhhh' at the back of her throat. The universal noise of teenage annoyance. ]

I guess. No point in checking out early.

[suddenlybees]

[ Hehehe. Kano grins as if he won ...something. ]

Alright! I'll see you at the end of the week, then! Do your best, miss counselor~

[saltwaterlungs]

Hey- [ She fumbles with and then blows the whistle at him, ] call me by my actual name, fucker. Don't make me blow this a second time.

[ Look at her, already getting into the spirit of the thing. The power was going to go to her head instantly. ]

[suddenlybees]

[ Yikes! He claps his hands over his ears, but too little too late ]

Alright, alright, miss— ah, just Darcy, wasn't it? Whew, almost blew out my eardrums there, y'know?!

[saltwaterlungs]

Sure did, and you're lucky I didn't do more. C'mon, [ She indicates towards the direction of the rest of the camp, ] I don't think we can stay here all week.