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MISSION 009

⏵ CAMP ETRAYA ⏴
On May 16th, Aurora and the companion bots direct those not heading off to Solmara to make their way to Camp Etraya.

Nestled away from everything else in a large clearing full of wildflowers and redwoods, Camp Etraya is a nostalgic summer camp experience put together just for it's residents! Cabins are assigned, scary stories are told around campfires, gossiping happens among friends on the trails surrounding the cabins - and don't be surprised when something goes awry. After all, this is still Etraya.

While the rest of Etraya is still accessible and will not be blocked off, characters are discouraged from venturing far from camp for too long: Aurora will specify that they are on a mission, and that missions do require participation, but she has intentionally left them the freedom to wander. Not sleeping in their assigned cabins, not participating in events, and staying away from Camp Etraya will end with her having to take more extensive security measures, so please be on your best behavior! The last thing she wants to do is start enforcing boundaries, but she will if she has to.

Camp is set up much like your generic summer camp! Each cabin is named, housing is assigned to characters as they arrive, there are camp counselors, and rotating daily tasks and chores. There are also multiple activities that characters are expected to participate in, and each activity is worth points that goes toward their camp graduation score. This score will be visible on their earpiece, and follows the A-F grading system. We are not be monitoring this, and are leaving character scores up to players. We do, however, ask that you please report your characters' camp grade HERE for rewards and demerits to be handed out after the mission itself.

Cabin assignments can be found here, which also has their roles, and chores assigned to that cabin. Those who are participating in Solmara have received an assigned cabin, too, but their absence toward the beginning will not harm the cabin's ability to compete given how spread out their assignments are.

⏵ WELCOME TO CAMP ⏴

Camp life is meant to instill a sense of belonging, connection with nature, encouragement towards the creative, all on top of a firm foundation of responsibility. Upon arriving, campers will be escorted towards a table of white t-shirts and countless buckets of dye!

Each Etrayan will be invited to make three Tie-Dyed shirts- as well as required to wear one as part of their summer uniform. Camp counselors must wear 80s basketball shorts or cut-off jeans. Campers may wear cargo shorts or a skort. For those with physical limitations to what they can wear, accommodations will be provided.

Here, bonding is the camp runners' priority. They will be pushed into various ice-breaker activities, such as trust falls, two truths and a lie, and Never have I Ever. As the sun goes down, there will be weenies roasting over the bonfire, followed by s’mores and a sing-a-long! With the stars well-visible, it’s off to bed with campers.

Each day after will start much the same: with the ringing of the bell and raising of the flag (Aurora, while unfamiliar with flag designs but an understanding of the concept, has chosen a rainbow flag for the camp. Rainbows make people happy, right?), followed by a meal at the Great Hall, morning assembly, activities with counselors, chores, free time, and then an evening winding down by the great fire. An hour after sun down, campers will be escorted back to their cabins for curfew. Camp Counselors are expected to keep track of their campers, and ensure they're all within their cabins for bedtime. This is part of their grade, too! Curfew lifts an hour before the first bell.

⏵ CAMP ACTIVITIES ⏴

As with most summer camps, Camp Etraya offers a wide variety of activities to participate in. While some of these activities may be mandatory, others are optional. We'll be leaving this up to individual player discretion: perhaps Viktor is mandated to report to arts and crafts, whilst it's optional for Silco to show. Silco, on the other hand, may be mandated to report to the archery contest. Characters are encouraged to participate in a minimum of one camp activity per day.

Below is a non-exhaustive list of camp activities.

Three-Legged Race - You and a partner are tied together at your ankles, and you must race others to the finish line. Those with abilities that would give them an advantage will find that the rope that ties them together hinders those abilities from functioning.
Archery - This can be more traditional, magical, or include moving targets! If you're particularly unlucky, your target may even shoot back.
Softball - What instills a sense of camaraderie better than a bit of team sports? Games will be held on Wednesdays, the field is otherwise available for practice.
Dodge Ball - Standing diametrically opposed to Softball is dodge ball, the bully’s sport. This is a great opportunity to claim dominance or be sent to the Nurse’s Office.
Obstacle Course - You are directed into a large maze with multiple obstacles for them to overcome, such as rock climbing walls, ramps, tires, and nets.
Capture the Flag - Small teams are put together in order to take the flag from a particular bot, whose entire goal is to avoid being caught.
Canoe Race - Canoes are placed into the rivers just off of the camp, and characters must race to the finish line.
Chocobo Riding - Learn how to care for and ride these magnificent birds! Newbies will be taken around the corral, whereas more experienced riders can take the trail around the lake.
Arts and Crafts - Make friendship bracelets, bead lizards, paint rocks, learn origami! Or perhaps you're tasked with putting together an enchanted necklace. Don't know how to do enchantments? Now is as good of a time as any to learn.
Campfire stories - Share scary stories amongst yourselves around the campfire late into the night. If you're particularly unlucky, you may just hear the thing you were just warning others about..

⏵ NIGHT TIME ⏴

Once campers have been put to bed, the counselors can still stay up. Unwind with hidden beers and the strumming of a guitar. Don’t get too comfortable, though, since without supervision, no one is keeping the campers in bed.

After dark, should campers evade their counselors, they can go exploring in the dark. Eerie lights glimmer from the lake. There’s rumors of a headless spectre walking from the archery field to the edge of the forest. Should you behave, you still might hear a scratching at your bunk house window.

And on the very last night of camp, there will be a talent show. Show off your hidden talent and bask in the excitement of wowing your fellow campers!

⏵ NOTES ⏴

Welcome to Camp Etraya! Please enjoy the s'mores and campfire songs. :)

Camp will last approximately two weeks, going from May 16th to May 30th.

For all questions relating to this mission, please refer to the plotting post. All other questions can be directed to the FAQ.

⏵FULL NAVIGATION⏴

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[And just like that, a lightbulb goes off. Jayce begins to pat down his pants pockets, as if looking for something.]

Uh... hmm... You haven't seen a bottle of pills anywhere, have you?

[ That gets a faint huff of amusement. Some of the tension lessens for a moment, but only a moment. He tucks the device away, resolving to keep it safe. This is his task now, the role he's meant to play.

It helps to have one of those. It makes the world simple.

Even so, Harold doesn't reprimand him for having bad dreams. For being disruptive. That's -

Strange. ]

I can clean this place up, but it'd be sleeping rough. You ever done that?

[ Just have a sad Viktor pout directed right your way, Jayce. The katydid will give a resounding chirp as it crawls along Viktor's arm. ]

Such a strong reaction. [ Amusing and endearing. He does step a little closer. ]

It's not going to bite you, Jayce. It's perfectly docile and nonpoisonous. It's a herbivore from my estimation and observations as well.

Doctors are useful, [ Carver agrees. That's true everywhere he's ever been. ] What was it like, in Solmara?

[ It's very unfortunate that Connor didn't come with an instruction manual. Robert has no idea of how to talk to the guy. ]

Do you want one in exchange?

[ They certainly had! Viktor is just happy that he can share this with others. He hadn't exactly expected to be granted the telescope, but persistence does pay off at times. He looks back at Rosie when approached with a soft smile and a nod. ]

Mm nothing too surprising, yet. I'm sure there is something there that will prove itself to be...intriguing. I might use this time to chart them. It could prove to be beneficial or, eh, just something to pass the time,e really.

Oh, Fabian!

[ Riz had dived into a bush as soon as he heard approaching foot steps - though a part of him did wonder if it was Fabian; he knows the other's gait by now, the clinking of whatever jewelry he might be wearing, the occasional heaved sigh when he feels put-upon, which is most of the time - but springs out immediately after Fabian's approach, leaves and twigs tumbling out after him. ]

I wasn't one hundred percent that it was you. [ He takes a moment to fish one of the twigs out of his hair, fussing at the unruly curls to try to get them back into place. Without his Mom to nag him, he needs a haircut desperately. ] And yeah, of course I'm out here! I'm not gonna sleep in a room full of virtual strangers. It's weird. You're so lucky you get to be on "night patrol".

[ Spoken like a boy who's never actually gone to summer camp -- or had a sleepover until the Bad Kids. He'll stand by it, though. It's weird! ]

I'm a unicorn.

[ He can't even be mad about it. He got an easy job and a good excuse to skip out on literally every activity. ]

It could be worse. I get to pass the task by handing out condoms and band-aids.

Of course. … And if not for me, then for every other poor sod with it. The good it could do. The lives it would give back…

[Cid recalls a few recent and very embarrassing failures of the flesh. He looks at his hand, and then clenches it.]

Everyone gets old, of course. But for all of us to be expected to do these missions- sort of a young man’s game. But no one is looking for excuses when the whole world is hanging in the balance.

[Cid sits back and gestures for Romano to join him.]

…You think there’s a real treatment?

Edited 2025-06-02 02:23 (UTC)

That... sounds careless at best. Though Kirk is aware that what Jason is telling him is possibly biased.

"Sounds like it's asking for trouble just doing that."

It could bite! They still have teeth!

[He thinks they do at least. They must, to bite leaves, right? Even a herbivore can bite. Despite Viktor's pout, Jayce is surprisingly unswayed, still keeping a distance.]

It's too twitchy. And big.

[He shudders, wincing.]

Despite being a Rogue, Riz is, at his heart, a rule-follower. Breaking the rules without good cause just makes him feel itchy and he's entirely aware that he's the biggest stickler of his little friend group, constantly getting on people's cases for their shoddy attendance in class, or their irresponsibility in property damage. But when it comes to having to sleep? Not even his own mother - a woman he otherwise religiously listens to - has been able to make him behave.

So once he wakes up from another nightmare without being able to just go to the kitchen and make himself a coffee and watch some shit on his crystal to make himself forget about it, he opens the window far more quietly than he ought to have been able to, slips out, and closes it gently upon his exit. He'll come back to the cabin before lights-up, he reasons, and everyone will be none the wiser, including the nice girl who happens to be leading their cozy little cabin.

He's made it halfway to the woods when he realizes something is following him and whips around, hand flying to the holster of his gun. ]

What the hell...? [ Eyes narrowed, he reaches up to his tie and flicks a switch on it to cast a spell for any malicious intentions, but none seem to materialize. That doesn't mean that it's not gonna fuck him up, of course -- it just means it's not evil. ] Hello?

[ He feels a flutter in the pit of his stomach that once upon a time was reserved exclusively for when women smarter than him sassed him or when he had the chance to lead a complicated surgery.

He's taking the offered sit and ignoring the stupid butterflies. ]

I died and instead of staying dead I wound up here, where magic and petrification are real. [ He shrugs. ] I have a patient with a magical malady we might be able to fix with medicine from my world, so I think not looking into it would be short-sighted.

[ And he's a doctor and medicine is considerably less nerve-racking than the other subject on the table. ]

Grim. Everything is very controlled, resources are artificially limited— I was running a clinic there, and I got a third of what I needed.

Missions were... similar, maybe more geared towards survival.

Great!

[Maybe it's not the best idea to go this close to curfew, but honestly. Chrissy had spent her entire life doing what she was told, and in the end it hadn't mattered at all.

She stands, and it's her turn to reach for the bucket. If he doesn't stop her, she'll douse the fire and set the bucket back down.]

We probably shouldn't stay out too long, but I'm going to be up for a while either way.

Yeah?

( that seems to calm eddie, or at least mildly endear him. he never had kids back home, back in the real world, but he's since learned that he has two. it's an alternate universe thing; you wouldn't understand. )

Big kid. ( poor fifty-year-old.

eddie should probably keep just as watchful an eye on his own cabin, but his crafty campers aren't going to be caged so easily. ) I got a hedgehog, a superhero, and a kid who wants to fight me. Fun mix.

I hadn't realized you didn't like them. Seems there are things to learn every day. In Zaun, bugs were quite the norm, I suppose my exposure was a bit more substantial. [ Amused. ] But honestly, Jayce? You're afraid of a bug bite? [ A pause. ]

When we work with highly volatile magical crystals.

[ Just giving him a look because in the grand scheme of things it sounds absolutely ridiculous when put that way! ] But yes, these have mandibles and teeth. But they only bite if you're aggressive with them.

[ Which Viktor is nothing but gentle as he gives the large bug a gentle pet, to which it chirps again. He smirks, though it's almost like he's trying to contain his mirth about the whole thing, but the tell is really in his eyes that he's absolutely over the moon about getting to study these little guys. ]

Ah. Perhaps something not as big then? I have found some rather beautifully marked butterflies. [ Butterflies are generally accepted as being tame even for people who are afraid of bugs, right? ]

Ahh, another one of you living in a world without magic. Must be nice. [He says this, but he relies heavily on his magic anyway.]

-Not the dying bit so much, but we’ve got something in common at least.

[he chuckles and elbows Romano in the ribs.]

Be my guest, poke and prod as you like. Though some of it doesn’t bleed anymore where it’s really dense. I know my humours are misaligned, but…

[Its concentrated on his left forearm and hand, though it travels up his elbow to his shoulder as well. ]

So, how’d you die? [A little too flippantly. ]

That is... a big question.

( not unpleasantly. the challenge is how to talk about anne in way that doesn't sound dramatic, or lovesick. between escaping to mexico and living here, it's been nearly a year since they've seen each other. and dylan leans, venom sends a variety of images through the symbiote telephone line that they're always connected to, apparently.

seeing anne through eddie's eyes, all the images are warm. anne and eddie making breakfast, anne and eddie running through the rain in paris, anne and eddie picking out cat toys and swatting one another with feather charms. )

She's... smart. Good under pressure. Handles her shit. Really good at darts. Afraid of bees. Annoyed by crossword puzzles. Likes her coffee with lots of ice, low-sugar.

( he couldn't say a bad thing about annie even if he wanted to. )

—You know, I don't know how all this universe-saving business works, but if you ever get to visit our version of San Francisco, she'd like you. Eventually.

Mm. I understand what you mean. I am much the same. [ Too many people and Viktor was not a fan of it. He's not particularly enjoying it here, but he's making do. ]

Of a fashion. I may have helped myself to the particulars of the shed. I'm sure they won't be too hard on a dying man, hm? [ He says that, so amused as he looks back up at the stars. ]

It's an entirely different thing. Highly volatile magical crystals don't make clicking noises while flying at you with an unnecessary amount of limbs.

[It makes sense Viktor's more accustomed to them, if they're that common in the Undercity. Which given that "the Firelights" are named after the bug itself... it's making sense.

It doesn't mean Jayce has to like it. Or want to touch it. Even if it's cute that Viktor seems so thrilled with them, for some reason. Something he didn't know about Viktor before now, actually. Even with all of their years of working side by side, there's still new things to learn.]

Butterflies are fine.

[He'd still rather they don't land on him, but they're more acceptable for their lack of noise and huge spiked legs, at least.]

Edited 2025-06-02 03:16 (UTC)

( right, some specificity would be helpful here. it's hard to be put-off by robin's attitude with the chicken in his hands, so eddie is choosing not to be. he's not getting sassed by a teen wielding poultry; you are. )

Ooookay, not a happy camper.

( have mercy, eddie. )

Has there been anything about this place that you like, man?

Depends...

( she notices the goop, and he notices the gun. they're at a standstill. venom neither hides nor makes himself known, staying perfectly still. maybe he's a hat? )

...Do you always carry a gun with you? In a camp setting? Surrounded by kids? Most of whom probably have poor firearm discipline?

[Kirk softly huffs. Perhaps it's kind of a grim joke to make but it's one Kirk understands]

A little nepotism helps. My cabin is supposed to make sure there are plenty of supplies in the shed.

Six passenger aircraft fell on me.

[ It's funny because it's true.

He reaches for Cid's arm, looking at the affected skin. It's immediately obvious this isn't something he can fix with modern medicine, but he didn't think he could. ]

Drop by the hospital once this is over, I got equipment there.

[ Plus, it'll give him time to think about what kind of test to even run. ]

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