A testament to Efflo’s newfound patience, his ears only flattened against his head for the latter portion of the trip to camp. He tolerated Sibyl’s singing for a whole half of a trip
Finally, in a an effort to be polite, but also to save his sanity, he’d pulled a spookie from his bag, and shoved it gently into her mouth, before taking one for himself. He wasn’t sure how he’d gotten roped into camping, but it seemed that saying no to Sibyl’s requests was completely impossible for him, and so he followed her along until they met up with their group.
Thankfully, Sibyl was more than capable of introductions. Efflo nodded at the other student that approached, not having met her before.
“Hello,” he said, his voice naturally soft. “Nice to meet you, Edel.”
He then stared as she attempted to set up their tent, and then glanced at Sibyl who seemed itching to help. Shiloh didn’t know much about camping, but he was also pretty sure that Sibyl didn’t either.
“I think, uh well, maybe we should straighten the tent out first, so we know where the pegs should go…”
A few stray feathers fell from Xavier's hair, spiraling gently towards the ground. He appeared not to notice them.
"X...Xavier," he answered, taking Elium's hand, albeit almost suspiciously. He gave it a rather pathetic shake before hastily letting go. "Xavier Hollow. I'm, er, well, I'm a first year, yes, er...and a demon..."
Llyr was wearing the expression of one not entirely certain he knew why he was where he was.
Plucking at the shirt curiously, as though he had never worn so much clothing at one time (he probably hadn't), it was a good five minutes after everyone had introduced themselves that he actually spoke anything at all, still staring down at the peculiar shirt.
"Llyrendil," he said vaguely. "Or Llyr, if you prefer."
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TEAM SNOW SPARKLES STATS
Name: Llyrendil Team members: Llyr, Edel, Sibyl, Efflo
Ren totally did not need to even be at Amityville, but due to an unwavering and unabashed loyalty to a certain invisible-dog walking professor whose name started with an "M" and ended in an "alcom," Ren arrived with both enthusiasm and the shirt already stuffed over his head. It was too big, but that was clearly beside the point.
"FRIENDS!" he crowed joyfully, and promptly flung his arms around everyone, squashing them all together in a group hug. "HOW LOVELY TO SEE YOU ALL, WE GET TO GO CAMPING TOGETHER! AND IT'S GOING TO BE TOTALLY INTENSE."
Clearly Ren had not ever really learned the benefits of an indoor voice. Or that puns were truly terrible things.
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Name: Team Frozen Diks Team members: Gene, Frost, Ren, Ashton
Sparrow was probably more pleased about this little excursion than he should have been. As it was, he was practically bouncing around as he made his way through the throngs of people towards the boil he knew was in his group. Sparrow stuck out a hand towards him.
"Hi!" he said brightly. "My name's Sparrow! You must be Mellow."
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Name: Sparrow Heartreed Team members: Sparrow, Mellow
Tent HP: 42
Items used/gone: Shirt get
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Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:07 pm
After the tents had been set up, and everyone had gotten into their camp shirt, the sky started to turn dark, and students with more sensitive ears would pick up the sound of thunder in the distance. Before any of the students could think about approaching the tent Professor Malcolm was in, a small group of four Park Rangers arrived at the clearing, calling for the students' attention. The four Park Rangers were dressed like Leroy, except that they were wearing different colored caps - a pink cap and a yellow cap on two men, and a blue cap and a green cap on two women.
"There's a thunderstorm heading this way, and Leroy told us that some of your tents were... Um, not going to make it," One of the Park Rangers, a man in a pink cap that resembled Leroy's, looked sheepish as he scanned the clearing, resisting the urge to shed a tear at how terrible some of the tents looked, "So, after we dru-" His companion elbowed him in his rib, and he winced, "-negotiated with your professor, he did not disagree to us lending a hand. We have these magic sticks that will form a barrier around the clearing if we stick them around the circumference... Don't worry about Leroy and Malcolm though! Their tent is as strong as... As... Something really strong!"
How reassuring.
The Park Rangers got to work, and within an hour, the barrier was up and running, forming an invisible dome over the camp site. They then called the students for a second meeting. By the time everyone was gathered in the middle of the clearing, the storm had started. Strong winds caused the big a** trees to sway dangerously, and rain poured down from the heavens; if not for the barrier, some tents would no doubt have been swept away.
"We're going to report back to Leroy and your professor," The Blue Park Ranger announced with a reassuring smile, putting her hands on her hips, "Don't leave the barrier! You'll be in trouble if you get lost in the woods..."
"Aye," The Yellow Park Ranger nodded in agreement.
"In this storm, nobody can hear you scream!" The Pink Park Ranger added with a chuckle before he was, yet again, elbowed in his ribs, causing him to cry out in surprise.
"I could hear you yap alright though," The Green Park Ranger grinned before turning to look at the students, her expression turning serious, "Seriously though - don't leave this barrier unsupervised! Also, don't even try to go anywhere alone! We'll be back before you know it!"
With those words of caution, they left.
The rain continued to pour, and the slow moving stream soon turned into a raging torrent; thankfully, the barrier seemed to keep the water level from rising, or the teams that had decided to pitch their tents near the stream would no doubt be flooded...
[OOC INSTRUCTION:
Read the post after this for a continuation + what you have to do...]
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:08 pm
As the storm raged on, the temperature within the barrier begun to fall. Some of the students - particularly those not undead in any way - were starting to get a little... Chilly. The barrier might be great for keeping various weather conditions out, but it was definitely not good at trapping heat in. You remember the fire-starting kit in the backpack given to you, but you quickly realized that there was nothing viable to burn - maybe except this really ugly camp shirt...
Hm.
Oh hey, that looks flammable too.
[OOC INSTRUCTIONS
This part is a mini CYOA - students can decide if they would like to start a fire (or several fires, if you're that fond of starting fires). Of course, a certain faction of the school might not be very happy by your decision...
If your student can MAKE FIRE as their natural ability (example, they are a flame demon or a fire breathing monster or a fire mage), their Fire-staring kit will NOT be used up but you still have to pick one of the options below so that the fire will keep going! There was ways around using up your Fire-starting kit, such as getting someone who can make fire as their natural ability to provide fire, or stealing/borrowing someone else's fire. Important: Even if you do not make use of the Fire-starting kit to start the fire, you will still need something to burn; thus, you will still need to pick one of the options listed below, and RP it out.
If you manage to build a fire, you can do anything with it as long as it's within reason; for example, you can dance around it, or toast the S'mores given in the backpack, but you cannot burn down someone else's tent... ... Okay you may build down someone's tent, but only if you have that Team's permission. Their Tent HP will go immediately to 0. You have 48 hours to complete this step!
If you have questions, do not hesitate to IM me at XDragain, PM me on Gaia, or *summon me to your room by yelling "DURIANS!" out your window at 3am in the morning.
*I will not be held responsible for any legal action taken against you.]
Start
You look through your bag for something to sustain your fire with...
emotion_bigvein Action: Pick one of the items from below.
Nothing, because fire is bad
Fires suck. They're terrible. Why you would set fire to anything? You would rather be cold.
emotion_bigvein Action: Do nothing or be a firefighter?
Do nothing
You were fine with not building a fire, but you're not about to spoil anyone's fun... As long as they don't try to set you on fire. Or bring the fire too close to you...
emotion_bigvein Action: Go ahead and RP!
Be a Firefighter
You're doing this for their own good. They do not know the dangers of fire. With your flask, you go around splashing water over the fires that were started by the other students.
emotion_bigvein Action: RP out splashing water over people's fires.
Make sure to OOCly inform them that you putting out their fire is a CYOA option! >o> Just as a heads up! If there are no fires at the moment, just wait till you see one... AND THEN PUT IT OUT.
Sleeping bag
For some reason, you couldn't do it. Even though it's just there, you just... Could not set it on fire... It's like there was an invisible force preventing you from doing anything...
emotion_bigvein Action: Go back to start. Do not collect 200 dollars.
Basic utensil
For some reason, you couldn't do it. Even though it's just there, you just... Could not set it on fire... It's like there was an invisible force preventing you from doing anything...
emotion_bigvein Action: Go back to start. Do not collect 200 dollars.
S'mores kit
Happily, you set your snack on fire; the marshmellow burned quickly, releasing a delicious smell that reminded you of caramel... Together with the smell of the burning cracker and melting chocolate, your fire was probably the most delicious fire ever.
At least, that was the case for a whole minute - after that, all that was left of your fire was a small pile of black.
emotion_bigvein Action: Go find someone whose fire was more successful than yours, and share their fire OR go back to Start. You had used up your Fire-starting kit and S'mores kit.
Flare gun
For some reason, you couldn't do it. Even though it's just there, you just... Could not set it on fire... It's like there was an invisible force preventing you from doing anything...
emotion_bigvein Action: Go back to start. Do not collect 200 dollars.
Shiver whistle
For some reason, you couldn't do it. Even though it's just there, you just... Could not set it on fire... It's like there was an invisible force preventing you from doing anything...
emotion_bigvein Action: Go back to start. Do not collect 200 dollars.
A pair of green socks
You set the socks on fire, and watched as it burned- Oh wait. No. The fire's out.
emotion_bigvein Action: Go find someone whose fire was more successful than yours, and share their fire OR go back to Start. You had used up your Fire-starting kit and Pair of green socks.
Your Team's Tent
For some reason, you couldn't do it. Even though it's just there, you just... Could not set it on fire... It's like there was an invisible force preventing you from doing anything...
emotion_bigvein Action: Go back to start. Do not collect 200 dollars.
Your old clothing
You could have swore you heard someone say something...
Since you couldn't use your camp shirt, you decided to use your old clothing - the clothing that you brought along, as well as that one piece of clothing you wore before you were forced to change into the camp shirt. Once you set the pile of clothing on fire, however, you started to regret the decision - it wasn't a fire that was sustainable, since there was nothing you could feed it with...
Then, as if wearing the Three Moon Cannon Cat shirt instantly granted you Super High School Level Good Luck, several twigs and branches came crashing down through the barrier... And onto your fire. One of the larger branches must had gotten damaged during the storm, and had knocked down all the other branches and twigs on its descent. Despite being wet from the rain, the wood managed to burn - probably because of your Super High School Level Good Luck - and you found yourself with a cozy fire to rest beside.
... Wait, the barrier's not tree-proof?!
Suddenly, staying inside the barrier no longer felt as safe, but now's not the time to think about that. It's time to collect some of the fallen twigs and branches so that you can keep your fire going...
emotion_bigvein Action: Go ahead and RP/enjoy your fire! Also feel free to share your fire with anyone and/or even make them a fire with your extra twigs and branches. You had used up your Fire-starting kit.
Your camp shirt
This is an ugly shirt. It's best to burn it than the other pieces of clothing you own. After changing out of it, you set the shirt on fire...
After hearing that voice in your head, you heard a loud crack from above you before a volley of branches and twigs came crashing down from the treetops - most likely damaged during the storm - and onto your Team's tent, damaging it.
... At least you now have some woods to feed the fire with.
emotion_bigvein Action: Go ahead and RP/enjoy your fire! Also feel free to share your fire with anyone and/or even make them a fire with your extra twigs and branches. You had used up your Fire-starting kit and Camp shirt.
Cormick stared at the barrier and then shivered. Ever so slowly he started to push himself up from his spot on the ground, rubbing the spot where Shun had hit him.
"You'll pay for that later butler." Cormick snorted and looked around this measly camp.
And it was jacking cold.
"Where the hell do we get a fire in here...." he shifted to his small dog, shook and started to pace around.
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Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:04 pm
At Piper's urging, Brenley shrugged and pulled his horrible shirt over his head, arranging it on top of his more ostentatious clothing. As the barriers went up and the temperature began to dip into uncomfortable territory, he was kind of glad that he had, at least until he realized even his new shirt wasn't keeping him all that warm. He supposed he agreed that they had a decent chance of defending themselves against physical attacks through magical means, but it would take him quite a bit longer to enchant anything that could keep him warm, let alone the rest of them. It was a problem. He made a mental note to do less reading and more practical work once he got back to school.
"Think we could start a fire?" Bren asked, and by we he clearly meant Piper, considering he was staring at her. Surely a couple of her flaming birds could kamikaze into a pile of logs or something and get it a little warmer around here. Now all they needed was a pile of logs...
TEAM NEON BLUE STATS
Name: Bren Team members: Lock, Piper, Brenley
Tent HP: 39
Items used/gone: soon
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Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:39 pm
Not even the rain and wind put a damper on the mage's spirit. After all, her mother was a storm mage. Piper was practically used to the threat of things being blown away or zapped or otherwise injured. The cold part, though, that was a problem.
At Brenley's staring, she cocked her hip and assumed the I got this pose. Snapping her fingers to start a spark of flame, Piper cupped the ember to her chest and let it bloom into a lone cardinal; immediately the chill was chased away from her body as she held it close. "I can't keep this up for too too long on my own," she warned the boils in an undertone, though she still looked terribly pleased that she was being helpful. "You'll need to keep an eye out for branches, tinder, brush, things like that to feed him. And you'll have to make sure water doesn't go near me; it's hard to me to defend myself if I'm watching the little guy."
The fiery bird chirped softly in greeting. It eyed Voodoo warily afterwards, nestling further into the ghoul's hands.
TEAM NEON BLUE STATS
Name: Piper Team members: Lock, Piper, Brenley
Tent HP: 39
Items used/gone: cheat codes
chimarii
nat ability go
Smerdle
burrrrn baby burn
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 6:12 am
Jil had never met a horseman before, her pink eyes lit with curiosity but it was against her nature to seem too eager. She settled in and waited with the rest, quiet in contrast to the upbeat members of her group.
And she did not like the storm. As a creature used to living in caves, the weather of the upper world was a strange and terrifying thing. She may have even scooted closer to Mmur a bit without realizing, clutching her own arms tighter across her chest.
As a fire sprung up, she frowned again. The chill wasn't much for her, raised in dark and dank caverns. Would the others need fire? She may be able to provide for her group if they wanted but she'd never offer.
Edel waved back cutely at Sibyl, helping the ghoul get the rest of her hair out of her shirt. This may or may not be the beginning of a beautiful new friendship.
The frost demon took a step back from the tent, noticing how severely lopsided it was. "I guess we should..." she nodded in agreement at Efflo's suggestion. Too late for that it seems, as they would soon be interrupted for a debrief by the park rangers. It was a good thing that they were getting some help out here.
The sudden downpour caught the ghoul by surprise, leaving her rather soaked as she stood there on the spot. Some of the raindrops around her may or may not have turned into snowflakes, which made her sparkle a bit. The drop in temperature however, was a welcome change.
"I personally don't mind not having a fire...though some shelter would be nice." The ghoul turned to look hopefully at the rest of the team, open to any suggestions.
TEAM SNOW SPARKLE STATS
Name: Edel Team members: Efflo, Llyr, Sibyl
Tent HP: 40
Items used/gone: -
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Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:08 pm
Well, tent built. Well done.
"Do you think we should-" decorate it. But that would be wasteful. "Make it more..."
Pickworth gave up. And he was wasting time, again. He sat down and pulled his legs up closer. He was wearing the assigned t-shirt, as instructed, and It was pretty cold.
The storm howled outside.
Some of the other groups looked like they were making fires. Pickworth sat close, but not too close. Even though that would be warmer.
TEAM PAPERCLIP STATS
Name: Pickworth Team members: Pickworth, Zar
Tent HP: 72
Items used/gone:
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Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 12:58 pm
The last of their trio got a wide warm welcoming smile when she finally made her way over, Olivia was always happy to meet new creeple. And though she didn't know Lihua was a ghost at first notice, getting to know a new one seemed exciting.
"That would be very fun," the undead nodded to Poke's inquiries as things began to get underway, and the rangers made their announcements and spoke of a storm.
Perhaps that was what they were going to battle at first, or at least have to watch for now with the barrier up. Olivia pointed her gaze upward for a moment, watching as the rain began to pour down. It didn't really bother her much, nor did the cold. So, she was perfectly content without a fire (unless they wanted her.. hiding in the tent or something).
Olivia looked to the other two to see how they were faring, silently hoping they were perfectly fine. She could hear other groups talking about putting a fire up, which... was okay... because she was over here and all (oh hey, some of the other students did look familiar. Was that Efflo?) "It looks very pretty here," she commented instead to the other two ghouls as she made herself comfortable near the pitched tent. Oh, her skirt seemed to picking up a lot of the water. Huh.
TEAM ONLY WHEN THE SUN IS DOWN STATS
Name: Olivia Team members: Pokerus, Lihua
Tent HP: 62/62
Items used/gone: (Just update this as you use things)
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Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 4:39 pm
Clara didn't feel any panic whatsoever when everyone was suddenly thrown out the window of the bus. She was a ghost after all, so she wouldn't have felt a thing if she had face planted into the ground. Plus, she was a tiger spirit, and since tigers are cats, she naturally landed on her feet. She did, however, have an unsettling feeling about the camp. If they were being launched out of windows before the trip had even started, what else would they have in store for them?
After receiving the pack and grudgingly changing into the T shirt they had all been provided, Clara looked to her group mate, who’d asked if she had any knowledge on putting together a tent. Clara shrugged as an indication that she had no idea. After the two had somehow managed to set up the darn thing, she felt they did a decent job for two creeple who didn't have the slightest clue what they were doing.
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The next task assigned to them was to create a fire. The two of them were technically dead … they didn’t really need a fire, did they? Clara remembered seeing what she thought was a fire-starting kit in the backpack, but she didn’t know how to use it. Plus, she wasn’t sure what they should burn if they were going to create a fire. After some time, Clara decided to consult her teammate. ”What should we do?”, she asked.
STATS
Name: Clara Team members: Clara and Meixiang (Yayoi)
Tent HP: 37
Items used/gone: (Just update this as you use things)
Yayoi
late response to the first part that I thought I had posted BUT APPARENTLY NOT and WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
Zar gave Pickworth a dismal look. He was feeling more gloomy than usual, particularly with the realisation that he had been the one to crack a joke. It made him feel like he was on the precipice of something utterly terrible. He tried not to think about it too much and had also turned his attention to the other teams and their attempts at starting up fires.
They didn't have a fire.
He'd never really been a fan of fire before, he'd been flammable for a long time, cold had been a friend, a mark of efficiency, a hearth with no fire meant no fuel costs, his office had often been like ice. But warmth was living, warmth was comfort, warmth was something that had reached out and awoken something in him that he'd thought was dead but was merely dormant. It was growing on him.
"I am cold." he said as the other boil sidled closer, his tail slinking out to pat his leg inappropriately before Zar retreived it with a claw. He got up. "We require a fire." Of course the nearest thing to use was the shirt he had not yet donned, an abomination against fashion in every possible way. He didn't expect it to burn for long, and it did not. But fate saw fit to take mercy on their detestable situation by raining wood from above.
He threw it on the fire and sat down next to Pickworth, slinging a wing across the other boil's shoulders to tug him closer.
"You aren't the worst person I could be stuck here with."
TEAM PAPERCLIP STATS
Name: Zar Team members: Pickworth, Zar
Tent HP: 65
Items used/gone: T shirt, Fire starting kit
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 6:43 pm
[ Team Frozen Diks - i h u vamps ]
Ashton was so very confused.
First he was told by a certain blind reaper-ess that he should go on a few little trips with other students to get used to people. Technology too - he was still trying to figure out that. Which basically had had him sitting on the rumbling bus with his eyes wide and vibrating maybe just a little, split between wanting to rip the thing apart to see how it worked, and freaking out a little near his team members - and Elvira.
Who seemed smitten with Gene. And so, very angry with Frost, still.
As they had departed the vehicle, he was given a shirt, and taken to a spot where he watched the little miss in their group build a tent, which didn't seem very sturdy or . . building like, but it seemed well enough. He was not terribly fond of having to strip down enough to fit the shirt over his current clothing, but, he did it, and it didn't snag the lock on his throat very much. Elvira may have been prancing around, pretending to help as the tent was made, clearly unharmed by the events around then. There was also Ren, the fourth member, whom he had never met before, who was . . . to say the least, loud. Clearing his throat, he stepped forward.
"Um." He started. Perfect intro. "Hello. I am Ashton;" A little wave, he was not the best at introductions. Pointing down at the small deer prancing around, "She is Elvira. Pleasure to meet you both, Frost and I are . . . acquaintances. Regardless, I'm rather versed in making fires, so I hope you do not mind. . ."He trailed again, murmuring a little, before going to a small patch a little further from the tent, before scratching his chin, before grabbing a few bottles of whatever it could be around Elvira and himself, using the chemicals to make a pretty simple solution that was combustible, before picking one of his undershirts to rip apart in to shreds over the wood, hoping it would work.
Dropping the solution on the clothing, he allowed it to catch, standing back and hoping for the best, looking back to them.
"Best I can do."
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Team members: Gene, Frost, Ren, Ashton
Tent HP: 54
Items used/gone: I'm still not sure how ashton is putting this shirt on. AND HE'S USED ONE OF HIS 8 SHIRTS ISTG.
Grimacing lightly at Ren's loudness, the Doppelganger gave him a small smile after he was done shouting her damn ears off."Glad to see you too, Renaissance. Now if we could just use our inside vo-"
Her head snapped over to Frost, head suddenly resembling a Gorgon's. "Ssssshut up, Frossst." She pouted as her face returned to its normal, Reaper like appearance. She knew he was simply poking fun, but she would have loved to have Mot with her. At least she'd be able to cuddle with the brat of a puppy later...
Gene had picked up the Reaper's familiar and began to pet her whilst watching Ashton make the fire solution. "Ooohh, your friend here is pretty good at this, hm?" She asked Elvira, scritching her ears. "Thank you, Ashton."
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Name: Team Frozen Diks Team members: Gene, Frost, Ren, Ashton
