Event || Camp Curtisy Retreat

[eternitymods]

Who: All characters
When: July 17th - 22nd
Where: Nah Nami Reserve
What: Characters go to the campgrounds to do some team building exercises and build CR.
Warnings/Notes: See prompt D for Mognet glitches



A. Arrival

[On the morning of the 17th, Mogaruru directs the outworlders and Curti Center employees who have signed up to the airship headed to the Nah Nami Reserve. Counselors hand out pamphlets with maps, general camp rules, and the week's itinerary. This place loves their pamphlets. Fortunately, most of the rules detail common sense: quiet hours are at 10pm, no smoking or alcohol, no harming the forest wildlife, no setting off fireworks.

After they touch land, the arrivals are free to pick their cabins and set up their rooms before gathering at the mess hall for lunch.]

B. Team Building

[It's not a corporate retreat without ice breakers! On the first day, every splits into groups sharing their names and one interesting fact about themselves. Throughout the day, there's all sorts of get-to-know-each-other events. Maybe Never-Have-I-Ever (alcohol is replaced with juice). A game of Truth or Dare? Trust falls? If it's meant to foster friendships, it's here.

There are also races and obstacle courses for those that want to compete as a team.

Mogaruru oversees the main activities, even leading a workshop in building paper-mache Moogle masks, encouraging everyone to find their passion.]

C. Actual Camping

[There are important life skills to be learned when living in the great outdoors. Hiking, learning about local flora and fauna, and cooking are included in the itinerary. Complaining about the sun and constant reminders about staying hydrated, too.

In the evenings, there's campfires for any type of socializing. Perhaps now is the time to have heart-to-heart chats over roasting marshmallows or swap scary stories about the Camp Lake Ira Killer.]

D. Late Night Hijinks

[After dinner, campgoers are allowed to use Mognet to catch up with news and chat with friends...though considering the glitches that occur during this event, it may prove to be less relaxing considering the glitches that occur in Kupoto's charge.

Things are fine on the 17th. On the 18th, however, messages to and from the Curti Center are delayed by 10 minutes. In an effort to fix this issue, Mognet is down at the Curti Center on the 19th. On the 20th, it's fixed...but all posts are made public. On the 21st, this is addressed, but now every subject line begins with "!Kupo".

Someone is going to have a stern talking-to when Mogaruru returns.

But that's fine. Campers are free to sneak travel outside in a group for totally legal activities. After all, no one would sneak booze or fireworks or play pranks on the other cabins, would they?

At least, if they don't get caught. Otherwise, it's cleanup duty for the rest of the trip.]

E. The Great Outdoors

[The Nah Nami Reserve boasts beautiful forests and a beach. The weather is beautiful. There are no monsters on the reserve...unless one considers the large fish living far from the beach shoreline to be monsters. Or if they are unlucky enough run into one of the larger animals in the forests. Fighting back can be overlooked as long as they don't grievously injure their opponent, ideally escaping without harm to either party. These are protect species, after all. It shouldn't be a problem if they are with Camp Curtisy counselors, but chances are there are some hiking groups that decided to explore the entire island on their own.

The beach includes a long stretch of sand, rock outcrops with tidal pools, and a net for volleyball. Some counselors have "TEAM LAVODE" shirts left from last month's Blitzball tournament, especially the Hypello lifeguards.]

F. Lessons Learned

[Now's the time for the campers to shine. Counselors lead workshops on arts, crafts, survival skills, and languages, but slots are open for all participants to lead a class of their choosing. Want to teach the history of your homeworld? Have any other skills you wish you share? This is your chance to show off what you know!]

Comments

Hunk | OTA, will match style, etc

[chefbayardee]

1 - Hug Day

[ Somehow, on Global Hug Day, Hunk's come into possession of a novelty apron of grand import. Did he buy it for this day? Probably! He's paranoid enough that he's still repping a job, and he's unlucky enough to be running Gourmand because it's lighter and more casual. So he's wearing this apron and wandering around the campsite between activities.

But whenever he makes eye contact (as if he were a daggone Pokemon Trainer) he starts to grin, waiting for confirmation that he can indeed bear hug someone. Running's always an option, too, but do you really want a Gourmand chasing you? ]

2 - Paintball

[ Shiro planted the idea of firearm-related teambuilding into Hunk's head. Since then, he's been spending some time piecing together some prototypes! A quartet of paintball rifles, one purple, one red, one blue, and one green, rest upon a table, each with a few teal ammo boxes nearby. ]

So, the ammo uses water-elemental magitek but it's toned way down with the paint so it won't kill you. And the paint's biodegradable and pretty washable- I even ate some of it! [ He sounds a bit like he's said this twenty times, but practice makes perfect. Like clockwork, he gestures towards some practice dummies trees with printouts of a monster overlaid atop a bullseye. Looks like you get to pick your favorite. ] Aim for the targets, and please don't look down the gun barrel!

[ And then as if to demonstrate, he pulls out his gunblade, featuring some modifications similar to what's on the rifles, and fires a paintball at one of the trees, which features a Chocobo Eater who has been hit many, many times. ] Any questions?

[ You could probably get into a low-impact paintball war if you really wanted to. It might even be worth the stern talking-to from the staff... ]

3 - Cooking Class

[ If you didn't think Hunk was beyond excited to teach a class about anything, you must have never seen him talk. About anything. Dude's enthusiastic. So as it turns out, depending on the day and time, he could be teaching people how to cook travel bread, a hearty breakfast, or a low-effort dessert! Of course, the most important thing is that before any campers are allowed to sit down, they have to give their express permission to be recorded for his cooking mogcast. Balmogra, his trusty sunglasses'd moogle, is flying around with Hunk's iMog slate strapped to him, akin to a baby carrier, to catch the footage.

But let's be honest, we're not all Great Gourmands here. Something or someone is probably gonna get toasty. Or maybe you'll give him footage for a pilot of Vaikuntha's Kitchen Calamities. ]

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[despairing_hope]

One person was ready to star Kitchen Calamities!

Komaeda was good at many things. But cooking was a thing that was rather beyond him. But, perhaps it was because he had never really learned? So, he thought perhaps the cooking class would be helpful.

"It doesn't look right..." he stared down at the sad travel bread. It really didnt oooo right, or smell right. But then he had somehow mixed up baking powder and flour, and then tried to save it with too much salt and more flour added. If eaten it would probably make a person sick.

How did such a catastrophe happen? He had relied on luck to make sure he was holding the right ingredients for each step.

[chefbayardee]

Hunk had been watching Komaeda from the moment he showed up to the class. Not only was that hair impossible to miss, but he was part of Hunk's group from that moogle serial killer fiasco. So he had his eye out- was this guy a cook in the making?

Oh sweet heavens of all denominations of all religions in the universe, no he was not. At first, Hunk just slowly orbited the guy as he cooked, but he wasn't close enough to spot the mix-up, well, a monstrosity was made. Hunk could smell the salt in the bread, and that was a pretty gross sensation to cope with on its own.

So he just kind of leans over when Komaeda mentions that it looks off. "What do you think is wrong with it?" Easy way to figure out how much the guy was paying attention. Maybe the cooking class was a bad idea...

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[modelcivilian]

Hey, Hunk!

[It's Global Hug Day and he sees one of his favorite people wearing an apron. He is looking to make eye contact for that bear hug! Look at him roommate! He's here! Hug!]

[chefbayardee]

[ He gasps! Loud and dramatic! ] Adrien. [ They lock eyes, as the fates decree, and Hunk begins his approach. Steady, powerful, and rubbing his hands together like a cartoon villain. ]

C'mere, man! [ And then he brings his arms back before wrapping them around his roomie in a vicegrip of a bear hug. There's barely any bone-breaking power, but Hunk uses the hug to lift poor Adrien off the ground for an even larger, more theatrical hug! That only lasts about a second before Hunk sets him back down though. And now he's looking sheepish. ]

It's a holiday and you're my pal so I wanted to give you a really good hug. W-was it too much? [ He knows he's a big guy, so... ]

Hunk... I mean Hug Day~

[doodlebuginette]

Hi Hunk!

[Here, have a Marinette loitering around with nothing better to do for the moment. But she's not terribly concerned by the way his face absolutely lit up when their eyes met for a moment. How was it even possible for someone to be so adorable? She really had no idea, but she's just going to grin and hold her arms out and wait.]

Nice apron~

[chefbayardee]

[ He gasps theatrically. ] Marinette! [ She acknowledged the apron, how absolutely fantastic! ]

Fancy meeting you here! [ And then he starts to cackle nefariously as his arms fly open, and then clamp around her like a giddy vicegrip. The hug is strong, but he's taking care since as far as he knows she's a totally normal civilian. ]

What's goin' on? How've you been? [ Hunk lets the girl go, and he's just grinning ear to ear. It turns out giant hugs are a great way to start a conversation. ]

[mech_and_mutt]

Can I ask what you were doin' eatin' the paint?

[Don't mind Red if he uses his own Gunblade, Hunk; practice DOES make perfect, and- if anything- the last few battles have indicated he could especially use all the ammo handling and reloading practice he can get. Six shots loaded, and he pops the chamber back in with a spin for good measure.]

Let's see...

[That Skeleton cutout looked like a pretty good place to start. With a snap of his wrist, Red lined up and fired two shots in the same motion, and the undead ended up with two colorful splotches decorating its sternum.]

...Huh! You're right, that didn't even chip the wood.

[chefbayardee]

[ Hunk takes a moment to show off his creation himself. He loads a clip into the barrel, and after a series of splats a picture of a normal Octopus, and not Ultros, was covered in splotches of six different colors. Someone's a good shot! ]

Yeah, they're pretty awesome. I actually just used a weird synthetic coating they use in magitek circuits to hold the water like a dumpling. [ He's beaming. ] Then I just added some food coloring for pizzazz.

[ Then with a practiced flourish, Hunk triggers the collapse of his gunblade and sheathes it again. He's had his fun! ] I was actually working on a prototype in my kitchen and it got on my lunch, and I wasn't gonna waste the sandwich... so they're edible!

[ Now have some sheepish laughter, Red. Probably not the answer you were hoping. ]

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[chosennobody]

[Willingly Roxas makes eye contact, and since he's on the same mission he opens his arms to the other man, encouraging the hug. What he doesn't know is that he should have read Hunk's apron, as he has a tendency to ignore people's clothing. He knows exactly what a bear hug is, having been hugged by a werebear on several occasions.]

Happy hug day!

[chefbayardee]

[ Luckily for Hunk, werebears haven't come up in conversation. Otherwise he might have regretted the apron! But the Gourmand's arms open wide, and he closes the distance with a run, not unlike something out of one of those sappy reunion scenes. ]

Happy hug day, Roxas! [ And he closes ground fast, wrapping his arms around his definitely-not-a-king friend, and squeezing with all the force and friendship of rolling a 19 on a d20. ]

You're as excited about this holiday as I am! [ And then he lets the guy go. Hopefully that monster-jerky-enhanced strength didn't break any bones or something. ] How're you doing?

[ Maybe there's a white mage around... ]

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[peninhand]

[ It's really heartwarming to see Hunk so open to hugging people. It's a pretty cute holiday after all, and Monika herself did her fair share of hugging today before stopping. But then she stumbles on Hunk and smiles sweetly--

And this is the golden question... ]

Hi Hunk!

[ Is he really happy with hugging anyone, even if they have some pretty weird memories and threatened to delete him in said memory? ]

[chefbayardee]

[ Look, Hunk's willing to forgive a lot of things. It turns out that some people don't want to try and kill you if they can avoid it. So he starts grinning as soon as he sees her. ]

Monika!! [ The arms are flung open like the tendrils of an ochu. ] I'm so happy to see you!

[ And he is! In fact, he starts closing the distance rapidly, and all but slams his arms around the poor girl. This is what happens when you roll an 18 on the hugging d20. Hunk squeezes the girl nice and tight, and just starts laughing for a moment before sighing and releasing the hug. ]

I hope that was a real good hug. [ He's laughing because that joke popped in his head. Has he agonized over a joke to break the ice? Totally. ] How've you been? We haven't run into each other in a while. [ And there's a bit of a nervous edge to the laugh. For obvious, deletion-related reasons. ]

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[spaceforged]

[He lets out a low whistle at what Hunk's achieved. He's not surprised in the least. Hunk is an incredible engineer and this is well within that limit. He picks up the purple rifle and checks the weight.

Good weight. He could easily carry it and move at the same time. He brings up the weapon in a practiced speed and rhythm of a trained soldier and fires at the tree. That Chocobo Eater gets another splash of paint.]

Please tell me you really didn't eat the paint. [He stares at him, faintly concerned. Paint is not a thing that should be eaten.]

[chefbayardee]

I was testing it in the kitchen! [ Hunk looks like he's being interrogated, but not quite hurt. It's a really valid concern. ] But I ended up bumping the mixture and some of it spilled and it got on my sandwich and-

[ He stops, realizing that he sounds kind of insane. Then he shrugs and continues. Hunk's a Gourmand. ] It got on my sandwich and I wasn't gonna waste it, so I ate it. And I didn't die! It's fine.

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[zanarkandian]

[For his part, Tidus is enjoying hug day. It's been a little weird, but it's kind of interesting getting to know everyone a little better.

Then he spots Hunk, reads the apron, and answers with a nod.]

You hug bears and bite gods? Okay, yeah. I'm definitely not crazy enough to say no to you. And that was definitely awesome.

[This is said with an appropriate dash of humor, but that genuine smile is one of respect. He holds out his arms, hoping he hasn't just mucked it all up. As he tends to do.]

[chefbayardee]

[ Tidus's enthusiasm was always appreciated! He was a guy who knew how to have fun, for sure. There's the faintest twitch at the mention of biting a god, at how it'd be crazy not to return that hug. Is... is he scary to people now? But then the compliment comes in, and... it was a joke. It's in good humor. That's a smile and the arms are out and- ]

Oh. [ He blinks for a moment, registering what happened, that at least a few people don't think he's some kind of giant monster. ] Tidus, I...

[ Hunk closes the distance, giving an incredibly strong bear hug to his friend. But he's going out of his way to not be bone-breaky about it. This is darn near the apex of hugs, but like any hug it must come to an end. ]

Thanks. I... I needed to hear that. [ And then there's an awkward little chuckle. ]

Hug day

[remnantofzeboim]

Emeralda had been keeping to herself since she arrived at camp, mostly just watching everyone getting things ready, helping when they needed her to. She was perched on a rock outcropping, one leg pulled up with her arm wrapped around it, a few strands of her hair tucked between her teeth being nibbled on, when she spotted Hunk...or he spotted her, judging from that grin.

And he was approaching. Okay. That was good, she liked Hunk. But important questions first...

"What 'bear hug?'"

[chefbayardee]

The nibbling on the hair, staying back from everyone... it was a little worrying, especially when Emeralda used to be so upbeat. Hunk had to do something about this. Right now. Like introducing her to the idea of a bear hug, first of all.

"A bear hug is..." Hunk pauses for a moment, because he doesn't actually know how to describe it. "Bears are these big, fuzzy animals with strong, clawed arms. They're bigger than most people, so a bear hug is huge and strong and nice." Did she know what bears were? Hopefully not, because then he explained them for nothing. And he's not gonna mention that bear hugs can be painful because he isn't gonna hug her too hard anyway.

"So... is that a yes to the bear hug?" He shrugged, and started to open his arms a little. Hopefully she wanted a bear hug, they're the best kind of hugs.

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[dreamsoftomorrow]

So basically, it was a mini pie. or a pop-tart

Hope thought it was easy enough. He wasn't exactly a cook, but he could follow direction and he'd helped his parents out in the kitchen enough times that, thankfully, he wasn't exactly going to be a candidate for Vaikuntha's Kitchen Calamities. But he still agreed to be filmed, waving to the camera as he nibbled off some of the fruit mixture as he held the sandwich iron over a fire.

[chefbayardee]

Hunk, of course, was thrilled to see his friend learning how to cook one of those campfire pies! Yun'Ashia was a very calm and nature-y place, so it seemed like something that could be pretty useful if he ever did anything other than eat home-cooked meals. So as soon as Balmogra had gotten his fill of good footage, Hunk meandered over.

"Having fun, Hope?" And then he pauses for a moment, and gives his friend a look of concern. "Having... trouble?" It seemed like some people didn't know how to cook, and it was... a lot to cope with.

Re: Hunk | OTA, will match style, etc

[conanima]

[Kaede has never cooked before because she thought it would mess up her piano playing. She has to start somewhere though. Besides, these recipies look easy and fun. And she has put in her first batch of bread....one and a half hours ago, anyway.] Uh....is the bread supposed to be that dark colour?

[chefbayardee]

[ Hunk stifles a yelp as he hears the question and sees that poor bread! What happened to it?! ]

It's burnt! [ Did she drop it in the fire? How did this happen? How did he not notice?! ] How about you tell me what happened?

[ May as well get her to do the legwork instead. ]

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[einspine]

[Now, messy games aren't exactly Papyrus' forte, being a bit of a neat freak, but this all looks so interesting! He listens closely, nodding his head and rubbing his chin.

Naturally, he'll go for the red one, though he doesn't shoot immediately. He's a bit preoccupied just shifting it in his grip, looking at the targets, and. Well, not looking down the barrel because Hunk asked nicely.]

THIS DOES SEEM LIKE A RATHER CRAFTY MODIFICATION! CERTAINLY LESS LETHAL. THOUGH I AM CURIOUS WHAT INSPIRED EDIBLE PROJECTILES. WAS IT MERELY A MATTER OF SAFETY? I SUPPOSE THE SAME PRINCIPLES COULD BE USED FOR SOMETHING LIKE A PIE SHOOTER. BUT THAT WOULD ALSO WASTE A PERFECTLY GOOD PIE.

[Quite the conundrum! But surely there's some greater purple. A spaghetti cannon would allow him to spread the joys of his cooking en masse, but.

The mess.

On the other hand, it could make for some interesting puzzle solutions! Hit X amount of targets to trigger a mechanism. Yes... that has potential.]

3 and maybe a side of 1?

[acceptedlife]

[Well.

Hunk did say "try cooking" once before on the network, and to his credit, he is very good at following directions. When he wants to not mess something up. Let's see, 'knead ten times'...

That's when he notices the apron Hunk is wearing out of the corner of his eye and has to try to hold in a chuckle. He may have forgotten today's date and will be slightly regretting that in a few minutes. How he got lucky so far and hasn't been on the receiving end of a hug yet he has no idea.]