etrayalogs | 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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I want one to be opened, [ Harold clarifies. ] I have no urge whatsoever to run the establishment myself.

[ Nathan was the face and head of IFT for a reason; Harold preferred to sit in the background, churning out revolutionary pieces of software, and letting Nathan take all the credit for it. He could run a business, even one at that scale, perfectly competently if he wanted to... but he really doesn't want to. He just wants to live here, long-term -- and he'd like a nice place to sit down and have a meal served once in a while.

He makes a brief disgruntled expression at the necessity of the accommodation, but doesn't argue. He limps over and takes the padded seat, looking over the flyers Robert lays out on the desk. He might as well do his ostensible task.

He picks one up and examines it, dubious. ] ... Perhaps we should be reviewing these for accuracy.

That sounds more reasonable. The bots are very trainable, I think they could do an appendectomy without killing the patient.

[ Not that he'd trust them with one, but finding out he's the only medical doctor in Etraya made him think getting the bots trained wasn't a terrible idea.

He grabs one of the flyers. ]

"The blood should stay inside the body. If it is outside the body, that is bad."

Sounds right.

Some of them are gaining advanced intelligence as their capabilities expand, [ Harold explains. ] I'm certain you could develop one or two as a surgical assistant if you put the time into it.

[ And if Aurora was willing, but by now Harold has come around on Aurora and has no reason to believe she wouldn't be. He won't say it out loud, but he tentatively trusts her, tentatively likes her. About as much as he had the Machine in early days, just with considerably less sentiment behind it.

He looks dourly at the flyer Robert is brandishing. ] If it's that rudimentary, think there's one there on swimming? Far more people here aren't able to swim than I expected.

[ Or so John tells him. ]

I'm working on it. As an egomaniac narcissist, it is killing me a little, but I don't want to end up having to perform emergency surgeries one-handed.

[ He's really hoping he can make a couple of them genuinely useful

He shuffle between the flyers until he finds a water safety one. ]

"Avoid drowning by swimming." This is fantastic. I love it.

If you can self-identify as an egomaniac narcissist, can you really be one? [ Harold asks, a bit sarcastic, a bit incredulous.

He's starting to get immensely irritated by these flyers. ]

Not being able to swim is a serious safety issue, Dr. Romano.

Egomaniac narcissists can be self-aware, can't they?

[ Psych isn't his area, he doesn't know shit about any of it.

He flips through the stupid flyer and finds some gold such as "humans cannot breathe underwater" and "if you find yourself drowning, stop immediately" so that's fantastic. ]

Did anyone get lifeguard duty?

[ He hates himself for asking, he shouldn't care, his job is to treat injuries once they happen, not prevent them. ]

[ Meanwhile, Harold's whole life's work is preventing violence, and he'd include tragic swimming accidents in that if he could. He just never figured out how to predict that using mass amounts of surveillance and advanced A.I. ]

I'm not sure. I just know Mr. Reese has been trying to teach those who don't know how.

I certainly can't nominate myself for the position, [ he says sarcastically. Harold can swim, of course, but not being able to turn his neck much means he's not going to be hauling anyone else out of the water easily. ]

[ Robert lifts his prosthetic arm. ]

I won't be saving any lives by jumping into the water.

[ They're on the same boat there. Robert can swim, hell, he can free dive, but he'd be a shit lifeguard. ]

But I can see if any of my assigned campers is willing to do some rounds by the lake.

[ There's no point expressing sympathy; neither of them are looking for it. ]

Ah. You got assigned a cabin? Which one? I rather thought being our medical support was a full time job in itself.

[ Harold isn't joking, and honestly is more grateful that he hadn't been placed as a counselor no matter how annoying it is to be a camper. Being responsible for other people is even worse. ]

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.

[ Hearing a grown man say I'm a unicorn earns a dryly amused look from Harold before he responds. ]

I'm supposed to run chess club. If anyone deigns to show up for it, that is.

[ He doubts it's going to be the most popular activity. ]

Offer beer and you'll get takers. No one over thirty actually wants to go kayaking.

[ Robert sure doesn't. Thankfully he doesn't have to, he has to be here waiting for people to get bee stings or something. ]

I'm really not much of a beer drinker.

[ Harold tries not to seem too disdainful because he's aware he can become a parody of highbrow snobbery, but really, he doesn't like beer. ]

And I know several people over thirty who are eager to do anything that isn't sitting around. [ He wouldn't be surprised if John and Shaw were at this moment kayak racing each other. ]

Those are people over thirty I'd rather not hang out with.

[ He golfed back when he had two hands, and it was more drinking than golfing. He kind of misses it. ]

[ Harold hadn't ever seen himself becoming so close with such dangerous people, that's for certain. ]

Yes, well, sometimes I find myself in need of a veritable action hero. Especially in this kind of setting.

[ He means Etraya, not summer camp, obviously. ]

MISSION 009

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