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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.

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(Not a human, which tends to be what they prefer to terrorize, but you know? When you didn't get a chance to be a shitty teen, a shitty adult might do the trick.

She's got to make sure Gorgug can't see the ball until it comes close, so she's blocking his vision of it as she snorts, going with what Julian is doing. The illusion she casts for Gorgug's eyes is the message 'YOU'RE NEXT' in unhinged red writing.)

Pretty sure Aurora should be showering us in rewards for keeping her chicks in camp, don't you think?

[ Gorgug might have noticed the ball, if that's all he had to focus on. But it's the shit in his vision, the ominous writing--who cares about a ball when that's being seared into his view, that he can't get out, and who knows what might happen next? Voices in his head, something worming itself inside him.

He doesn't want to be fucked with like this. He doesn't want to be screwed around. Maybe he should be looking for the source, being reasonable about this, logical. Instead, Gorgug feels his breathing getting erratic, and he knows: no. He doesn't want this, he doesn't want this.

Gorgug screws his eyes shut, bows his head as his breathing trembles at his shoulders, as he fights against the fear and tries to grasp at something far, far more intense than that. Small noises that sound like sobs, and he grips at the front of his fringe... ]

Ah... aahhh....

FUCK OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF.

[ The psychic activity in his brain gets pushed out, blocked, as the rage that consumes his body causes any entry to be shut out. His scream is guttural and inhuman, and he turns, a gleam in his eyes as his muscles become taut and his breathing like the pants of an animal.

His hands have come back down, tightening into fists, and he looks enraged, ready to go crazy as he starts taking a hurried stride back along the way he came. Like he has some purpose, some focus he might be going after. Maybe the camp? Maybe nowhere?

This Is Fine. Probably! ]

Christ.

( partially at how loud that yell was because what the hell, man. but also, turning to sophie: )

You've gotta chill out a little, you know - go into it subtly, not scare them shitless right off the bat.

( and julian's - not letting the weirdo run off that easily. instead, he flicks a hand toward gorgug, and telepathically tries to lift him off the ground. just enough so he can't get purchase on the ground to avoid him running rampant. )

(If she hadn't been retraining her powers to be just based on her brain without the hivemind router, she'd be so fucked right now. Glitchy for days, because it is never pleasant to be shoved off one's brain so abruptly like that. Luckily, it's been a while, and slowly but surely, she's been managing to get her shit somewhat together enough so that she isn't wrecked by it.

The nosebleed, yeah, sure, but what psychic doesn't get that? The dizziness is countered by her tolding onto Julian's shoulder, and her eyes rolls at his comment.)

Oh, come on, it wasn't even that bad. It wasn't a head or anything remotely horror-like.

(The plothole was there, man. Who was even first? But, well, Julian is going to do his thing, she's just rubbing her temples to fend off the headache.)

... Who's the little shit, anyway?

[ That is a little shit who yelled again at being lifted off the groundd, thanks--if there's anything else Gorgug can do about it, it's not going through his rage-infused brain right now. He attempts to kick his legs to get back to the ground, and when that doesn't work--

You two can have a conversation over there if you want, but this guy over here? He's going to do the most sensible thing in his situation.

And start punching his own fucking face, hard. ]

Someone who is determined to beat his own face in, I guess.

( knock that off, dude. in fact, don't mind julian as he approaches gorgug to grab onto his hand in an attempt to get him to stop hitting himself. like. it's one thing to scream and run rampant when bullied by a telepath, it's another entirely to start giving yourself a black eye? not on julian's watch. )

Hey, dude. Stop it.

(What in the actual fuck is he doing. She isn't doing that, so, that's just awfully confusing. The shielding of their presence in Gorgug's brain drops, and she also steps out with Julian to come near the kid, her hand wiping off the blood from her face.

Cripes. She might actually order✨ the kid to fucking chill if he doesn't.)

You're okay.

[ Gorgug lashes out his hand when it's touched; not to punch whoever's doing it, but to get them off, but it does get him to stop. At least for now, widened eyes on the pair that make themselves present as his mind whirls, the anger flares. ]

LET ME GO.

[ His arms move at his sides, not erratically, but not still with the excitement now in his body. Fingers twitching, looking like he might grab at his hair or some other part of himself, but holding back. ]

( okay. okay. both hands move up in mock surrender, palms out and visible as the telekinetic hold on the kid - lets go. clearly that isn't helping him calm down any, so. )

Look. No one's holding onto you, okay? You're good.

( long as he doesn't start hitting himself or acting erratically again at least. )

Edited 2025-06-12 18:33 (UTC)

[ His feet find purchase, and there's nothing new that Gorgug does, and nothing extreme that he has: his breathing is deep and heavy through gritted teeth, his hands continuing to flex and tighten and release near to his sides. His mind still buzzing, too full and violent to be entered easily if any attempts are made, but at least that much could be taken. Violence without a target, but still present. Boiling.

Gorgug looks at the guy, and the girl if she's nearby; expression already a scowl, and he says, carefully and deliberate: ]

I'm...going.

[ The shine in his eyes hasn't diminished. And he's also not going to wait for permission to leave, though he might pause if either of the two have anything more to say. But his direction will be in the same one he tried going in the first time. ]

(She's kicked out, which means she's not exactly in his brain, but it's not like she can just turn off her ears. She can sense the violence, and truth be told, if this kid goes for them, she isn't... Particularly worried? Neither of them will hurt him, but she turns into a whole organic diamond, and he can float the kid away.

... Although it isn't excellent that the kid is just going towards where they're not supposed to cross. Ah, the dilemma, because the right thing to do is just a little blurry. Leave the kid alone, certainly, but if he goes and gets caught, it sounds like a really bad time for everyone involved.

For a second, she looks at Gorgug with some? concern? She's not even sure exactly what she is feeling? Is she worried? Feeling guilty? No clue, but her hand falls on Julian's chest and she taps it with her index finger a few times before the intrusive hero thoughts win. The hand that once was warm is now freezing cold, as she takes up her almost-never-used diamond form. Just in case this kid wants to throw hands with her, and she's off, Julian can come, and honestly? She'd appreciate it.

No feelings or empathy like this, which means any apology would be insincere, so she doesn't even try. Instead, she just walks towards him, hands up.)

That's the opposite direction you want to be going in. What's that way?

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