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

[touchofcashmere]

"Yep. A real pirate." He loves it when that happens. "And no, I'm not kidding. He's actually here somewhere. Tall. Covered with tattoos. Beautiful eyes... And of course the beard. I mean that's a given." He gives his flower a little fold. "We actually have a little crew here as well, though it's not quite the same vibe as the one at home."

[latersgators]

"I'll have to keep an eye out for him. I'd love to meet him too!" And to find out that there's not one, not two, but a whole crew of pirates on board - this is terribly exciting news and Steven can barely stay in his seat. Because you can count on Steven to be amazed, astonished, bewildered and in awe with all these revelations. His life is so boring in comparison.

"Could I meet the rest of your crew?" Steven asks, sitting on his hands and pursing his lips. He thinks if he can befriend the captain then maybe he'll be able to befriend a few other people in the crew and-- and then it won't be so lonely, or burdensome, in the ship, with only Marc to babysit him all the time.

[touchofcashmere]

"Well, I don't see why not. In fact it might be fun to organize a little get together so everyone can meet the crew. Maybe a little bit of a celebration." Though what they are celebrating, he has no idea.

He can practically feel the man's excitement though for this and he feels the same. It wasn't too long ago that he had wanted to meet and be a pirate, to go out on some grand adventure.

"It's not as exciting here as it is back home though. On my ship. The Revenge. We get into and out of scrapes almost every day. Sometimes by the skin of our teeth." A little white lie, but that doesn't matter and it isn't too far from the truth.

[latersgators]

Well given the mood that everyone is in, if they all make it out of this forest alive, that's certainly a cause for celebration, innit?

"Can you tell me a story about The Revenge?" He's barely deviated from the route between his flat, his old job, a few offices and a few restaurants here and there. Egypt had been an enormous undertaking for him and then that was it really. Of course he wants to hear about adventures other people have gone on. Stede could even make one up and Steven would be completely charmed and lap it all up.

"It doesn't have to be a particularly harrowing one if you don't want to..." Just any old story about pirates on the seas would do.