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

[luminessense]

[ There sure are a lot of papers on this clipboard! Lumine's checked through them multiple times by now, half expecting more words to just show up on them, but it appears that's not going to happen. Also, most of the papers are blank. So that's cool. It's a very misleading clipboard. ]

I'm Lumine. [ Makes sense that Rita doesn't know her. She doesn't really recognize Rita, either? She must not have been to the passenger meeting she set up. Then again, there wasn't that many people there to begin with. Kind of a shame, really… ] Sorry, I haven't been around the ship that much. I'm not too sure why I was put in charge, when I don't really know many people here, but...

...

Yes, we're friends. Bad circumstances we became such in, but he's a kind person. Are you also...?

[myagic]

[A very sad clipboard, alas. Rita just makes a nonchalant shrug.]

Yeah, you could say that. He's been pretty useful, even if he acts all broody all the time.

[Because she can't just say "yeah he's kind".]

Anyway, if the choice wasn't random, I bet he just picked whoever he thought would be funny.

[luminessense]

… "Useful"? [ She can't say much, since Rita also looks fairly young, but also, hello? That boy is a fucking child, why is he being judged based on his "usefulness"? She taps a finger against the clipboard in mild annoyance. ]

… Anyway, I don't know what would be particularly funny about putting me in… "charge", I suppose. I don't intend to enforce any rules or anything like that. It's not really my style. [ Beat. ] Though, from the looks of everyone else here, that seems to be the general consensus.

[myagic]

Yeah. Heavy lifting, experiments, you name it. What, did he brush you off or something?

[Why else would she seem a little annoyed about that???]

Hmm...then it was probably just random. It's not like there's any point to leaving anyone in "charge". Who's going to listen?

[luminessense]

No. He's been nothing but pleasant to me, actually.

[ Partially why Lumine is so upset. Be nice to Natsuno! He deserves it. ]

Presumably, some people would, considering the push for teamwork a couple of the passengers have been advocating. Leadership is a good way to get some people who aren't used to it to work on their skills this way. I'm just not entirely sure why the Captain is the one to make us do this.

[myagic]

Weird. He's normally pretty grumpy.

[It clearly has nothing to do with Rita bossing him around, right? Right?]

...Somehow, nurturing your leadership skills doesn't seem like something the captain would have in mind.

What sort of rules did they leave you with, anyway?

[luminessense]

[ Going through the horrible Murder Island together and dying for Natsuno might also have something to do with it? Who knows for sure, though, haha. Lumine won't think too much on it, anyway. ]

Oh, uh… Nothing. It has your names, a little map for where everyone is in the cabins and the general layout of the campgrounds. A list of activities, but nothing saying that I have to enforce them… [ … ] Apparently there's a dance on the last day.

[myagic]

[It's clearly just a weird coincidence...]

Oh...that's it?

[She doesn't really like the sounds of a dance--not here, anyway. Dancing is fun under normal circumstances.]

What kind of activities are we talking about, anyway?

[She asks it warily, because she still doesn't trust anything about this trip.]

[luminessense]

I don't expect too much out of this. Keeping us in the dark about stuff seems to be a reoccurring theme, so the fact that I was even given this much is surprising. I do want to warn everyone to be cautious of how they may be feeling or from people in the other cabins. I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out that we just… see red, so to speak, when we end up facing passengers of the other "team".

[ Because, you know, after Murder Game, that sounds like something that would happen here. ]

Obviously, I don't know for certain, but it's best to be on guard, at least.

[ Anyway, She glances down at the clipboard again, giving a little hum. ] Looks like there's hiking trails, exercise courses, swimming games, craft exercises, and some campfire stories. It doesn't say anything odd or concerning, though.

[myagic]

Yeah, that sure sounds like something that jerk would do.

[She crosses her arms with a frown, before blinking in confusion as Lumine lists off the activities.]

...If he's trying to get us to lower our guard, he'd better think again. It's so normal, it's just even more suspicious.