Event || Camp Curtisy Retreat

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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

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.

[remnantofzeboim]

Emeralda did not, in fact, know what a bear was but it was easy enough to picture something like it from back home. A bearcow! Although admittedly they weren't really what he was describing...at all.

Still, Hunk's enthusiasm was really hard to resist, even with the funk she was in lately, and when he was finished speaking she was smiling again, and after a few thoughtful seconds she nodded.

"Okay sure!"

[chefbayardee]

The fact that he got a smile out of the girl was enough to make Hunk start grinning, and he had to repress the urge to start cheering. Brightening someone's day with something as simple as a hug was a great thing to see.

And so he opened his arms the rest of the way, and then closed them around Emeralda in a consciously and emphatically warm hug. She deserves the best he can give, honestly, and Hunk shows no hesitation in even picking her up so that he can hug her better. And when he places her back on the ground, he's just beaming.

"So... that's a bear hug. What do you think?"

[remnantofzeboim]

Emeralda was not really expecting to be picked up, honestly, and there was a definite squeak of surprise, admittedly muffled against his clothing. She didn't squirm or anything, at least, and even hugged back! As best she could, really.

When he put her back down, she was laughing in spite of herself, reaching up to shove all her hair back over her shoulders from where it had scattered in her surprise.

"It warm." She finally decided, still grinning. "And a surprise!"

[chefbayardee]

"Awesome!" Hunk is, of course, thrilled that Emeralda took to the bear hug as well as he'd hoped. The laughing, the smiling, and she even hugged back! Far as he's concerned, this is a perfect hug.

"I figured you'd be all over some of the stuff here." He looks to the ground a bit, saddened. "Y'know, climbing trees and swimming and adventure and learning stuff! Not even stuff like bear hugs, like... people are teaching classes. Any of that sound cool?"

He's pretty sure he knows exactly why she's not going out and having fun, and... well if they can keep dodging the elephant in the room then that'd be great for both of them.

[remnantofzeboim]

Any distraction was a welcome distraction at this point, if she could get herself to do things. She seemed uncertain at the question though, leaning back on her heels, hands folding behind her back as she looked around, then back at him.

"Never had a class before," she finally answered. "Didn't go school or anything." Hm.

"Can swim already. You take any?"

[chefbayardee]

"Really? Well, you could always start here!" He laughs, trying to be warm and encouraging. "I'm teaching a cooking class later, and back home I took classes in all sorts of stuff."

As much as he wants to talk about piloting and repairing ships and mechas and all that stuff, Hunk knows it might just remind Emeralda of people that aren't here anymore. And they just hugged, so why would he do that? It'd be rude.

"But I'm just trying to relax while we're here, though. No monsters or danger." And then he shrugs. It's nice to be in a place where monsters and murder-moogles aren't trying to kill you.

[remnantofzeboim]

'Murder moogle' made Emeralda giggle. "Ours sang. And we had to sing back! It weird." But sort of fun too? In a weird way. Definitely weird.

She almost felt bad except the moogle had attacked them!

"Mmmmmmm...any class with animals?" She asked suddenly, half-turning to look around. It was perhaps not the best question but it was the first thing that popped into her head.