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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[ Does Fabian like having to do the lights out check for the cabins? Not really. Though it's not even that anything about the task in particular bothers him - it's just the fact they are doing dumb stuff like this at all. He's made his distaste for this fake camp situation very clear to just about anyone who would listen, after all.

And in this case, 'just about anyone' didn't mean the people it usually does. After all, he's forced to spend most of his time either with his cabin mates or the people who were assigned the same activities as him. Gorgug isn't even here, and he's hardly even seen Riz, and it's dumb, and it's annoying, and Fabian is frankly pretty done with all of this as he's wandering around camp, checking all the cabins to make sure the lights are out before he's supposed to return to his own.

Riz isn't easy to spot in the middle of all of that. It doesn't have anything to do with the lack of light - Fabian didn't even have the bring a flashlight when he's got darkvision, after all - but more how sneaky the other is. In fact, Fabian thinks that if it had been anyone but him patrolling during lights out today, they likely wouldn't have spotted the other. It's only the familiarity with Riz that gets Fabian to recognize his friend from his a glimpse of him.

He immediately abandons his task, wandering over to where he spotted Riz, and allowing himself to sit down next to the other - yes, even if it's in a bush, though it's not exactly Fabian's preferred rendezvous spot - with a loud sigh. ]

I should've known you'd be out here.

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! ]

You say that like some of us don't want to sleep. [ Fabian comments.

Which, you know, some of them indeed don't want to sleep! Like Riz! But sometimes part of being a person's best friend is reminding them of what regular people standards are like. It's one thing if Riz is saying this stuff to someone who's used to it like Fabian, but he doesn't want to give anyone in this place reason to pick on Riz.

Mostly because having to murder that person would be messy, obviously.

He steps closer towards the other, reaching out with a hand to assist in trying to make Riz's hair a little bit more presentable. Even if it seems like a lost cause right now. Just how many tiny twigs are stuck in there-- ]

In a bed. A big bed. A bed with elven sheets. [ Hey, at least the one true sign of the fact that this is Fabian and not just some imposter is the fact that he's immediately complaining, right.. ]

I'm saying that most people don't wanna sleep in a room full of strangers, [ Riz is quick to retort, hands planted firmly on his hips while Fabian starts messing around with all of the leaves and twigs in his hair. That excuse is just like Riz too; he always seems to have some excuse for his aversion to sleeping. He's straight-up lied to a few people here and told them that Goblins need less sleep, has cited having too much work, having slept in, sheets being in the wash, too much late caffeine, and a flat leave me alone on several separate occasions. He's wildly inconsistent with any reasoning beyond the fact that he seemingly refuses to sleep, but he looks pleased to see Fabian despite the potential of Fabian trying to shoo him to sleep.

Which he won't. Because he's on night watch duty, and the only thing Fabian probably likes less than stomping around the forest by himself in the dead of the night is stomping around the forest by himself in the dead of the night alone. ]

C'mon, come up with an excuse for me to do night watch with you. I could be your assistant!

[ He shoots Fabian a wide-eyed, pleading look, which he knows probably won't work as well as the prospect of company will. It only really works on his Mom. And sometimes Kristen, but Kristen's just kind of a sucker. ]

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