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

[serialskiller]

"I wonder if Friday would like it." It's half-hearted, not a serious idea. But it sort of does want to do something nice for Friday.

[makesomedeals]

"Do you think she has the capacity to like things?" his tone musing, he doesn't understand how a construct made of magic works - how much free will she has to have her own thoughts. "If she does she probably would enjoy having it. She has other personal items on her desk."

Like the card everyone other than Max signed.

[serialskiller]

"She has feelings separate from the captain." It gives Max a small look. "She can't express them much--the captain causes her pain when she tries."

[makesomedeals]

"Strange. He wants emotions out of us but not her? How counterintuitive."

Though he supposes maybe it negates the other emotions he feeds off of. Perhaps Friday feeling emotions saps his own energy somehow.

[serialskiller]

"The emotions she experiences might make her rebel against him. Did you see how she was when people were signing up for the battle royale, or the morning of as we boarded the tender?"

Murderbot has done a lot of Noticing Friday.

[makesomedeals]

"If she did he'd make another one. I doubt he'd care, and he'd strike immediately before she could assist us - assuming she wanted to." Max has done a lot of not noticing anything. "But if her having emotions upsets him, we should ensure that happens as often as possible."