camppetoskey | WEEK 5

WEEK 5

After the excitement and near-death episode on Sunday, it's almost a relief that Monday comes with only two new zombie friends. Maybe try to make it through this week without getting hurt, hmm? The healers can only do so much.

It's starting to get warm again, and while the temperature itself isn't too unbearable, it's the humidity that's killer. The stormy weather from last week has left plenty of water in the air, and with no air conditioning outside of certain locations (read: Red and Stan's rooms) it's going to be miserable. Swimming might be the best way to cool off.

The WiiU remains, and in addition to the current games there is now a copy of 'Super Smash Bros. Brawl' for you to play! It's even got all the hidden characters unlocked. Have fun! Additionally, Kanji and Lance are now gone from the Mii menu, and a new Mii has appeared. If selected for use, it will just stand there and stare at the screen, like it's staring into the soul of whoever is playing.

In addition to all of this, there is a sense of anxiety around the camp. A 'calm before the storm', so to speak. Something's going to happen this week, and that feeling of dread just can't be shaken.

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[The area around Mitsuru starts to fill with brightly colored smoke. There also may or may not be the sound of giggling nearby.]

[Is that...

He seems to sigh, his head dipping a bit. But then, he begins to chant, almost like he's singing:]

Great spirit of the winds, with your power filling all the heavens I who walk the paths of magic summon you. In your benevolence, sweep away all the magic that binds us, send it to the very depths of the chaotic abyss. Aero lar stenigel...

[A wind seems to pick up in the air, swirling the smoke around. Actually--

now the color is becoming streams of smoke, spinning around in a lazy circle around him.]

[Eddie's eyes get wide as he watches this display]

Holy shit!

[Leeeaaaning his head back to look at Eddie.]

Having fun?

[Yeah 'cause that's not creepy]

Uh yeah. I found a shit ton of good stuff in my cabin. Kinda makes this place feel a little less of a fucking horror show. How 'bout you?

[Someone's got to play the role of creepy child here.]

...I think I'd rather sleep.

[He does look pretty tired, for whatever reason. He'll go ahead and get back to sitting normally, at least.]

Boa seemed to be enjoying himself.

So why aren't you? I mean... no one said you had to be here, right?

[He looks over towards Boa and smiles a little]

Yeah. I think he is. You gonna talk to him? Or just watch him like some creepy stalker.

[Eddie... that's rude.]

I don't think I could sleep through this. Besides...

Being around others is probably better, right now.

[Is this really Mitsuru, what a completely unMitsuru thing to say.]

Anyway, it's not like I'm watching him in particular. Everyone's been running around.

[Yeah he picks up on that. He frowns, plopping down on the ground nearby so he's not staring down at Mitsuru]

Really? I didn't think you usually liked hanging around the rest of us.

Whatever happened with the god, it's started making people see things.

[He shakes his head slightly, frowning.]

Better to keep around others so I can stay grounded.

[He looks over at Mitsuru before looking down a the ground.]

Yeah... I've been seeing shit, too. I... think I get what you mean.

[He's not going to pry and ask what he's been seeing... partly because he doesn't want to share what he has.]

[He nods, even if Eddie isn't looking.]

Makes it hard to sleep, too.

[Which answers that. ...Mostly.]

All the more reason to be careful about giving in to fear.

[Eddie snorts at that]

I've had a hard enough time sleeping here with all the fucking frogs yelling all night. I had to spend a bunch of my tickets on ear plugs.

[He does nod a little in response, though.]

Yeah... even if what's going on here isn't the It that Richie and I fought, we still gotta be strong. Being afraid of whatever it is will just make us dumb.

We're the biggest active threat to each other right now. We need to stop that.

[How else are they supposed to face any of this, if they keep turning on each other?]

[He nods again]

Yeah... Unless we go into those woods or do something fucking stupid, we're only killing each other... there's so much wrong with that. I don't get it. How hard is it to just not fucking kill someone!?

Extremely, apparently. Especially when you consider the accidents...

[Ugh.]

I still can't believe Kon and Sakasaki found themselves in a situation like that.

[He frowns, looking around nervously]

Yeah... me... me, too. I can't really believe any of this.

With each passing week, it only gets worse.

[Ugh!!]

...Anyway. Don't let me stop you from firing off more.

[He nods at the other fireworks still going off - just how many did Stan get?

The smokebomb, at least, seems to have puttered out, and with it the wind. Seems the spell was really just for the purpose of some neat trick.]

[He gives Mitsuru a little smile]

I found a shit ton of 'em in my cabin. Wanna set one off?

[He looks over to Eddie with a mild surprise for a moment, because an invitation to blow off fireworks isn't really what he was expecting from him, especially after what he figured was something of a lame prank.

But... Hey, if he's offering?]

Sure. What did you find?

[Hey, he's TRYING to be friendly, here! He knows Mitsuru is Boa's friend and he wants to at least make an effort to get to know him a little bit. Consider this a very explodey peace offering.]

I found 5 smoke bombs and some things called aerial repeaters and some fountains. Which one should we try first?

[It's a pretty good peace offering, all things considered.]

...How about the fountains? I haven't tried those before.

[And the name also sounds self-explanatory, which is a plus.]

[Eddie grins and nods]

Yeah, sure! I'll set it up and you can light it, if you want.

[He picks up one of the boxes labeled "fountains" and moves to set it on a particularly flat area of sand.]

[He nods, following. There's some tape here, so... just remove that and light it, right?

He does so, backing up in anticipation of the firework going off.]

[Eddie backs up, as well, grinning as he watches the fuse burn down. Suddenly, the top of the box errupts in an 8 foot tall tower of sparks. He gasps and laughs]

Holy shit!

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