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

[doodlebuginette]

[Rain in general was alright, but rain during a camping trip would just be the worst!]

Were things really that bad where you came from? [Come to think of it, she didn't know exactly where he'd come from. Just that he and Shiro were from the same place?]

That sounds kind of like where I'm from. Most of the time, things were good. But sometimes there'd be an akuma attack and people would be scared. [Nothing like just diving in with no warning!] But it was okay because we had Chat Noir and ... uh, Ladybug to fix it!

[chefbayardee]

Yeah, Adrien told me about them! I remember something about a soccer goal almost crushing your friend? And she has a blog and akumas make people into supervillains. [ Hunk rattles all this off with surprising enthusiasm and clarity. Was he trying to commit details of his roommates' lives to memory to better support them, or was he just a fan of superheroes? Bit of both. ]

Me, I'm used to a ten-thousand year old alien empire keeping most of the universe in oppression and slavery, except for the worlds too far away like Earth and any place that my team is able to successfully liberate. We almost always had a target on our backs. [ Hunk's almost deadpan, but there's a serious look in his eyes. He's not joking, Marinette. ]

Superheroes in Paris sounds... like a walk in the park by comparison.

[doodlebuginette]

Yea... that wasn't a good day. [And it wasn't surprising that Adrien had told him about them.] But yea, sometimes I wish she wouldn't be quite so reckless about throwing herself in their way for the sake of her blog. [Hello, understatement. If something happened to Alya, she really had no idea what she'd do.] Hopefully she doesn't do anything too crazy while I'm stuck here...

[She had to blink at that, because it sounded pretty out there. Then again, she spent most of what was supposed to be her free time prancing around in a ladybug-themed costume and fighting comically warped versions of her friends and loved ones because some random guy felt the need to punish Paris for something or other.] That sounds pretty crazy. I can't even imagine. If there's an anime like that, I'm sure Adrien's seen it. [Maybe not the best time to try and make light of the situation, but there it was.] It sounds like the universe is lucky to have you guys.

[She's just shrugging, because she can't really push the issue too much without accidentally giving away more than she's supposed to know.] You might be right. Compared to all of that, dealing with Papillon is probably nothing to worry about.

[chefbayardee]

Well, the hard part for your world is finding him, right? [ Hunk just has an eager little smile. ] Adrien told me that nobody knows where Papillon is or how he does the akuma thing to people from so far away. Every single time.

[ But then he just shrugs. As much as he wishes he could build things to detect Papillon one way or another, he can't. So... ] At least you two were just normal kids in Paris. We barely ever got to go to the same place twice. When we did, it was usually a bad sign.

[doodlebuginette]

Yea... [That... was a valid point. Come to think of it, there had to be a way to figure out where he was hiding. They just hadn't found it yet.] If they knew that, I'm sure Ladybug and Chat would have stopped him already!

[Maybe that was just wishful thinking. What would they even do once Papillon was no longer a threat? What would happen to him when his identity came to light? What would happen to his family? Did he even have a family?] Yep! That's us. Just normal kids. [Or something.] I'm sorry you guys got dragged into something so crazy. But I'm sure your families are proud of you for being so brave.

[Marinette knew next to nothing about most of them, and she thought they were probably some of the bravest people she'd ever met.]

[chefbayardee]

Hehe... [ Hunk lets out a wry little laugh at Marinette's last comment. Then he just... looks down... to the ground... ] I... I don't actually know what our families think.

[ You hit a nerve, Marinette, and Hunk's hands start to ball up into tight fists. ] People covered up space missions they didn't want to talk about, and we accidentally ended up on the other end of the universe. Our families, they... [ He swallows, and it's as if he's forcing a lot of emotion to stay under wraps. ]

...they probably think we're dead. [ And then he just closes his eyes. He's trying not to cry, because it's Hug Day, but... man is that hard right now. ]

[doodlebuginette]

[Sometimes she didn't really think before opening her mouth. Unfortunately, this was one of those times. She'd wanted to say something nice, and instead she'd upset him.]

Oh no. I'm so sorry, Hunk. I didn't know. [Why would they do that? Space missions and conspiracies were a little above and beyond what she was used to dealing with, but neither of those things mattered as much as the fact that she'd once again successfully stuck her foot in her mouth and unintentionally upset someone.]

I wasn't trying to upset you. I was just... trying to say something nice so maybe you wouldn't feel so bad. [Normally, it was something she was pretty decent at, but she'd completely missed the mark this time.] I know it doesn't make up for anything, but I think you're very brave. [Not that she knew a whole lot about him other than what she'd seen or learned by being around him, but she knew enough to know that he was a good person.]

And I know you don't know me very well, but I'm usually better at not upsetting people... So if you ever need someone to listen...