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

[aethereally]

I... know enough. The water isn't too deep, so I'm not too worried.

[He hasn't jumped in all the way yet, though.]

How have you never tried swimming before? It seems so... universal.

[twomeals]

Does it?

[He cocks his head curiously, looking out at the other swimmers for a moment.]

Well...there wasn't really anything to swim in, back on the mountain. And then once I saw the ocean, it seemed like it might be kind of hard to learn, with wings. Right?

[A small laugh, as he says that.]

[aethereally]

Ah, I suppose that would do it, though no rivers or lakes then?

[Right, the wings. Wet feathers were probably heavy.]

Ah, I suppose that's true. Unless one happened to be a duck or goose, yes?

[twomeals]

There was a pond! And I guess there might've been bigger areas out there? I never really looked, actually.

[Because he stayed indoors all day. But that's not really worth mentioning, huh?]

Ah, I wouldn't mind being a duck! They can swim and fly, right? And they've got those funny-looking feet-- [He lifts one of his own big sparrow legs, wings spread, considering the difference between himself and more water-friendly birds.]

[aethereally]

Right, best of both worlds! I'd have to agree with that idea.

Though I imagine flying is enough of a reward. I've always wanted to take a ride in a hot-air balloon, and then I get here and there are these incredible airships! I'd never seen anything like it.

[The Wright Brothers haven't even taken their first flight in his time yet, but magic has helped with other methods of flight.]

I was always jealous of spellcasters who managed flight spells. But don't ever ask them about riding brooms, or at best, you'll just get eyes rolled in your direction. At worst, you'll get the chiding of a lifetime.

[twomeals]

Oh yeah, those ships are really cool! I've never seen anything like them before either...actually I don't think I ever saw anything that could fly before, outside of birds and stuff.

[There's a thoughtful pause at that. Has he really never-? Yeah, he's really never. Okay.]

--Brooms? Do people usually ride those, where you're from?

[aethereally]

From what I know, it's easier for a caster to put a flight spell on an object and control that, rather than on themselves. In their paranoid stories of spellcasters, they fly around on brooms like scary witches, terrorizing the public. But a real caster would no such thing because of those stories, you see? It's a big gauche.

[And no one wants to be seen or treated like a witch of old. Well, most caster don't.]

But I'm no expert, not being a spellcaster myself. I only go by what my friends and acquaintances have told me.

[twomeals]

[but what does gauche mean--let's gloss over that.]

Brooms don't sound all that scary to me...do humans usually get scared of things like that? [Hm.] Personally, the only flying people I ever saw before had wings...flying on a broom sounds kind of fun though, maybe.