camppetoskey | Week 6

WEEK 6

Last week had been pretty brutal, leaving scars on everyone in camp. A murder driven by paranoia-induced visions, committed by and against two of the youngest members of camp, has left everyone reeling. If this is the way murders will go, what's to happen next?

The humidity is dropping off some, but the heat is staying strong. The campers will need to find new ways to beat the heat. A delivery is due this week though, so maybe the camp's deliveryman will have some ice cream?

The WiiU and current games are all here, but there are no new games. Sorry everyone, you're stuck with what you have. Usagi and Boa are now gone from the Mii menu, but that strange faceless Mii is still there, staring as always. His grin seems to have grown though, and the Mii menu music has changed as well. The other Miis seem scared of the grinny Mii, and they are staying far away from him. Now the only selectable Mii is grin-face. How weird.

The counselors have said they need 'more time' to end this, but just how much time do they need? Can the campers really stall long enough for the counselors to finish their plan? And how does that knowledge sit with them, knowing that each delayed week means less campers will make it in the end?

14 CAMPERS REMAIN.

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[He isn't completely sure of anything, but his mind jumps automatically through all the scenarios -- it's a remnant of getting used to command and overseeing operations, the way he had to back home, even if it wasn't a much longer stint than his stay at this camp. He's still new at it, though assessing situations on the fly is something he's always had to do.

His assessment here is that while this week might be better than the last in terms of interpersonal conflict (and are the secrets really gone, or just biding their time?), it could be a worse in other ways. Quite a lot worse.

Lenka places his uninjured hand over his right wrist, as though that could stop the thoughts. It helps to focus on a plan of action.]

The earlier weeks were... they were easier. [slowly, because it's something he's realized before, but having to re-realize it over and over again is unpleasant] We have to warn the others. Yes. And... I was talking to people last week, Ren and Richie and Red and the others, about how we can patch things up with Sol.

[that gets her attention. it's rough, to feel like they should suck up to a god who has asked them to kill each other. but. . . Sol is a scared kid, aren't they?]

[they need to try]

Oh? And what did they advise?

Ren's letter. Talcott's message. The things we've learned...

[He's never been all that good at giving in to what the gods wanted -- whether it's the Aragami that wanted to destroy his home and everything he knew, or what people told him about the Aragami (and there were cults back home, of course there were), or the gods of the old world and their books and their exhortations of what to do in hard times.

But Sol -- is something else, he thinks, not just because he's done much worse than most of the other gods he knew. Much more personal and relentless, a vicious and slow whittling away.]

That Sol has a soul, some reason that they're doing this that has to do with the organization. That they have a will of their own. [that's the important part, isn't it?] We've tried to communicate with them, through the dead and the shack. I think we could try the altar, too.

They were quiet this week. It might be time to go to them.

. . . perhaps.

[but how would they approach them, after what happened in the Metaverse? after how they lashed out at Ren and the rest of them for meddling?]

We'd have to approach with caution an contriteness. I imagine they're still incredibly wary of us. Trust is not easily earned, even if it is our end goal to help them.

I know. But...

[Maybe it's optimism, or irreverence, or he's just too used to charging in when it comes to dealing with the divine. There's the awareness that they'll need to tread carefully, but also the knowledge that they can't turn back or stay in place. They have too much to lose either way.

So long as you're alive, there's a chance -- that's how he'd decided to deal with being here, and how he's going to deal with Sol, even if it might not strictly be alive in the same sense that they are.]

I think we're all trapped. Sol, too. So we have to deal with each other. There are enough of us to try different ways, until we find what works.

[It's debatable whether a united front or cautious exploration is the name of the game right now. They probably will need both.]

[and here, she nods slowly]

But even then. . . whatever attempts we make will have to be thought through thoroughly.

[say that five times fast]

We can't afford to make any further mistakes.

Well... It's going to be hard to make sure of that, when we're scattered.

[Everyone has their own way of dealing with things -- influenced by their worlds, abilities and who knows what else. They can try to herd the cats, but at the end of the day they're cats in their own right; they've made it this far somehow, though.]

But we'll do what we can. I don't think we can afford another week like last week, either. I think we can all agree on that.

[Remembering that trial... they'd managed, somehow. But they'd come very close to the edge. He doesn't blame Chuuta for needing some time to recover, either. All of them do.]

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