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

[aethereally]

We can! So long as we've got the energy to. But if you're well-rested enough, walls are nothing to us. Visit the homes of some older generations of Shadows, and you won't find any doors on them. [What the point what everyone can be incorporeal anyway? And sealed-up homes and rooms keep pesky humans out.]

I have no problem with being in human form, or humans themselves. I quite like humans, honestly. But I would like to be able to be myself sometimes. I find myself so attempting to change over to that form, and nothing happens. I won't ever get used to it.

[mythmaker]

Homes with no doors...that sounds like the kind of place I'd like to visit. There's no way I'd wander off and get lost that way, right?

[Remember that time it took twelve hours to get him from Point A to Point B? Azusa still feels a little bad about that.]

I can't even imagine what that's like. It's not hard on you, is it? Have you tried talking to Ganeshan-san? I wonder if there's a way he could help you.

[aethereally]

Hard? No. Annoying? Most definitely. But it's also not without upsides. Normally staying inhuman form for a long time can be taxing, so it's not something we can do indefinitely without rest. I don't have to worry about that anymore.

[Salieri cocks his head, thinking.] No, I haven't... Do you really think he'd be able to? Doesn't he work with Jobs?

[mythmaker]

I see, I see. So there's good and bad...but it'd still be better if it was all good, wouldn't it?

[She folds her hands.]</small. I think it wouldn't hurt to ask. Jobs have abilities, right? So maybe there's one that can do something similar? Or is it no good if it's not exactly the same?

[aethereally]

Perhaps... I hadn't thought of that before. If there's a job that offers something like that, I'm definitely interested. So long as the rest of it's not all about fighting. I'm not interested in that. That's why I'm a White Mage as it is.

[mythmaker]

Ah, I'm the same way!

[She beams at him, pulling out one of her Astrologian cards.]

I've never been in a fight before, but...healing is alright, isn't it? And I get to tell fortunes, too. It's a lot of fun~.

[aethereally]

Indeed! I'll leave the fighting to the rest, and I'll heal them up. I much prefer that to fighting. And who doesn't like someone who can make them feel better~

[Popularity, that's what's important.]

You do? That sounds like fun. Maybe I ought to look into Astrology too. Can you tell my fortune?

[mythmaker]

I don't know if I'd be any good at fighting if I had to try...but you're right, it's an important job.

[She nods, agreeing with him.

Of course I can. Salieri-kun, can you tell me what your sign is?

[aethereally]

[There's a beat while he tries to remember.]

I'm an Aquarius. Or a dragon, if you prefer the Chinese zodiac.

[mythmaker]

Let's see...Salieri-kun, your highest attribute would be your mood, so celebrating yourself isn't out of the question. Today might also be the best day for you to try something new. If there's someone you fancy, you'll have to take things into your own hands, but keeping conversation light and cheerful is your friend.

[Just how did she know all that? She's an Astrologian, and she really studies the star charts and sort of converts a little.]

Does that sound right?

[aethereally]

[He smiles, since all of that sounds pretty good. Except for the person he comes even close to fancying at the moment is back on Earth. Alas.]

That sounds perfect, thank you. Very good advice. I always thought I was a cause worth celebrating as often as possible.

[mythmaker]

I think you're right. That's how I feel about most of my friends. But since we're here at camp...what new thing are you going to try? It'd be a shame if you let the opportunity slip you by.

[aethereally]

My dear, in this world, since I've arrived, there is barely an hour that goes by where I don't experience something new. I don't even need to look. I've never been to a camp like this before, for one thing. I'd never built a fire before, or shared a cabin, or gone on a hike. [Hmm, that last one sounds fun.] I think I will definitely be trying out the trails before I go and seeing what nature here has to offer.

[mythmaker]

My, my, how wonderful for you! I'm a little jealous...trying something new for the first time is an enviable thing, isn't it? Ufufu. Why don't we go on a hike together? I've been on two already, so I know my way around pretty well.

[Uh-oh.]

[aethereally]

[No need to panic. Right? She said she's been on two already, so how lost can she get?!]

Ah. Yes, of course! I would be honored.

[EIGHT HOURS LATER...]