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!

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[hellonspectacles]

Palamedes quirks a smile. “Point taken. He is a lazy bastard.” He chews on his lip for a moment. “Which dovetails well with my own speculation, honestly. It’s just not worth the effort for him. Even if he can create life,” he thinks again of the little crab scuttling around in its enclosure back in his cabin on the Serena Eterna, “he’d rather not waste his time doing so.”

“Not a particularly useful character trait in an aspiring godhead.”

[decohere]

She's heard of this crab, from Crabb, but she's not sure if it's somehow an exception or something that was abducted the way they were. Or even if it was another passenger that's gone missing, transformed into a crab. Magic is weird and stupid.

"What traits would you consider useful, then?" Ava asks curiously. "What is it that you think he's doing wrong, or missing? To fully achieve his goals?"

[hellonspectacles]

“For the record, I was being facetious, but it’s an interesting question,” Pal says with a shrug. “I still think gods need worshippers. Without anyone to believe in him, to follow him, he’s just a fellow with a funny skillset and a sadistic sense of humor.”

[decohere]

She giggles. Ava always likes the word fellow. "See, that's what I've wondered too." But Skulduggery hadn't agreed, thought if somebody was that powerful they wouldn't need the belief of others.

"But he doesn't seem particularly concerned with that aspect. We're just... what, entertainment and fuel for him?"

[hellonspectacles]

“Something like that. He certainly isn’t interested in making us his worshippers. Or, presumably, any of the people who came before us.” Palamedes sighs, but the sigh quickly turns into a yawn. “Sorry—the evening’s activities seem to have caught up with me. I should get back to my cabin before I pass out in the middle of the forest.”

[decohere]

There's an itching temptation to ask, but what if we- and then it's gone as soon as he yawns and announces he's done for the night.

Ava just nods, turning the stone over idly in her hands. "Bye."

[hellonspectacles]

Ava dismisses him so thoroughly that for a moment he hesitates. "I do hope we can continue this conversation another time. You seem to have a valuable perspective on our predicament."

Still, he isn't inclined to linger. "Have a good evening."

[decohere]

"Another time," she agrees, unbothered. No idea when that might be. She tends not to go out of her way to track anyone down, and she's scarce enough that she can be difficult to find. But if he's interested in pursuing her perspective, he'll figure it out. Probably.

She's not all that sure her perspective is particularly interesting nor valuable, her way of thinking tends to be fueled by a mix of annoyed contrarianism and a refusal to see anything for what it is. But she's content enough to share it~