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

[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.)

[sabigoe]

[ It doesn't really matter how long this takes, honestly. She can sit here awhile and peacefully watch her draw. While seated, Fio observes with interest as the image forms on the paper. Once the picture is finished, she tilts her head slightly.

Well, she can't possibly know every single person that's residing on the ship. Maybe she has seen one pink-haired person around in the past, but this one looks different. And she's not sure what Jinx is getting at here... ]

That hair color is pretty. Is this someone you know?

[opheliac]

Mm-hm.

(she replies gently before she shifts in her chair so she can fully look over to fio; face to face. this would be so much better if she just took a photo of vi before coming here but it slipped her mind to do that. oh well.)

Her name is Vi. She's... my big sister. Aaaand she's here. Well not here but on the boat right now.

(her smile becomes wider and more excited.)

— Soooooo that means, you have an even bigger sis now. You have two.

[sabigoe]

[ For a moment, Fio's not sure how to respond, trying to figure out how to handle this new information. She never knew Jinx had an older sister. There's still much that she doesn't know about her. She's been mostly felt content enough knowing that she has someone that cares for her... ]

...Vi-Vi.

[ Deciding a nickname right then and there. It's exciting information and a little nerve wracking at the same time. Even when she's always friendly to meeting others for the first time, it still makes her nervous. A pause, then she looks up at Jinx. She wonders how this Vi might be handling this... to just suddenly have yet another "little sister". ]

Do you think she'll like me?

[opheliac]

She'll love you for sure.

(resuming to smile warmly, jinx place a gentle hand along her cheek -- caressing and then moving a strand of her hair away from fio's face.)

I've shown her a picture of you I had on my phone. She said you're very cute. Sounds like a sealed deal to me.

[sabigoe]

Oh...

[ A blush rises to her cheeks. Both from learning about the compliment and perhaps realizing that Jinx had been keeping a picture of her all along...? ]

So, what kind of person is Vi-Vi?

[opheliac]

('a liar, someone who puts a stranger over family, an enforcer no less, someone who tries me like a kid, who keeps calling me powder and won't accept change or who i am.' naturally, she can't say all of this so instead, jinx tries to bring up the positive sides of vi. jinx drums her fingers lightly along the table while glancing up at their wooden ceiling -- pondering on how to describe her.)

She's a protector. A lil' rough around the edges but not too much in a bad way. Without her, I... wouldn't be alive. 'Cuz she thought me how to be brave and face some of my fears when I was young like you.

She looks after people when they are in trouble and... if you're lost, she will come find you.

(because she did come to find her after all when she light up her flare just like she said all those years.)

She doesn't think just 'cuz you're small, you're weak. She would believe in you. We argue sometimes but families... do that. But we still love each other.

(at least, she thinks so anyway.)

She use to say to me,"What makes you different makes you strong." And I still believe in that.

[sabigoe]

[ Families do that. They argue. But Fio's own family kept arguing. It only grew worse for her. It never got better. And she sensed no love from within her household. There was no one for her to turn to... and no one came for her in the end when she needed it most.

It's so different from her own family...

While she quietly makes these comparisons to her pitiful life from long ago, it doesn't fill her with jealousy or envy. She has heard a few stories from other passengers and their loving families. In fact, it makes her happy to hear that Jinx had someone to rely on. And now this Vi is here. At least, back on the ship. Fio smiles. ]

...She sounds like a strong person! I'm happy that you have someone like Vi-Vi. I should thank her for taking care of you.

[opheliac]

(her words makes jinx internally wince because vi didn't take care of her. at least these last few years, anyway. it was silco that took her in, fed her, and gave her a home when vi abandoned her with vander's corpse. she gaze is back on the picture she drew -- doing her best not to sound sour. fio doesn't need to know all the details. there's enough going on this journey as it is; her past is something she didn't need to be aware of.)

She... took care of me when I was little. That last few years, we went on our separate ways. Went off to do... other things. — But we caught up again so...

[sabigoe]

[ Her smile wavers a little and she senses that she might have said something wrong. And from the way that Jinx continues speaking of Vi, she realizes there must be something more complicated behind the relationship. While curious, she tries to be careful with her choice of words. She doesn't want to spur on any more unwelcome thoughts. ]

Are the two of you getting along?

[opheliac]

(she hums quietly as a response; probably could go either way of a yes or no. but she wouldn't do that to fio -- leave her hanging like that.)

Yeah, we are. It's just a lil' strange having her here, y'know? 'Cuz for a long while it was just me. So it's weird but... not a bad weird.

[sabigoe]

Hm. Maybe it'll get less weird the more time you spend with her! Give it some time.

[ Hopefully. Kind of like adjusting to living on the ship, after living worlds away from home for a while. She's making an attempt to sound reassuring. ]

[opheliac]

Yeah, that's what I'm hopin' for.

(finally, jinx leans back to get herself a stretch -- arms raising over her head.)

RIGHT, SO! — Paint. We oughta start on that before, I dunno, people turn on each other.

(she bends over to fio to plant a small kiss on the top of her head before raising up to her feet. the drawing of vi jinx will take along with her; folding it a few times before shoving it in her back pocket for now.)