INTRODUCTION

[petoskeymods]

INTRODUCTION

A sound wakes you up, muffled yet somehow near - the sound of a trumpet being played, from somewhere outside the building you're in. There's no fog, no headache as you greet a new day - only the confusion of being in an unfamiliar cabin, lying on top of an unfamiliar bunk bed in somewhere that is certainly not where you last closed your eyes. You're also pretty sure you weren't wearing this outfit before you somehow arrived here - so that's an uncomfortable thought. Yet, the cabin you're in is comfortable, but looking in the steamer trunks near the bunks will only result in finding normal toiletry items and sets of underwear and more of the same strange uniform. Your personal items have been stripped away - well, in the cases they're not absolutely essential for you to live.

Stepping outside, you find yourself in a very forested (and ungodly humid) area, outlooking a wide lake - there's cabins and other buildings next to yours, but the main thing that'll most likely attract attention are the three adults standing out in front of the largest building, bearing the name 'LODGE' on it in large letters. A woman, an older man, and a man in full priest garb, tooting away on a trumpet - your wakeup call, apparently. Just in front of them is a picnic table littered with markers and 'MY NAME IS' nametags.

Maybe you should go and demand some answers? Or will you just decide to explore...and try to find a way out of this weird camp?

Comments

A little later, after the bug event

[yunolikebugs]

[After an unfortunate encounter with the swarm,, the camp's resident wild man frantically runs up to the other campers and shouts at them to meet him in cabin 2 ASAP because he has something very important to warn them about. If anyone doesn't immediately follow him, he will literally pick them up and carry them there. Sorry. It's that important.

When everyone is gathered, he will attempt to compose himself before he explains the whole thing.]

Okay, for those who not know, Gonta knows lots about bugs. Also grew up in forest. Learned to talk to animals. So, Gonta know that mosquitoes normally drink blood to nourish eggs that gonna be laid.

But swarm that just attack us weird! Only bite campers! Acted like in big rush! Worst thing is, Gonta heard one mosquito say she gotta infect people! That not normal! Normal bugs no infect people on purpose!

[He glances around the room.]

Gonta know some of you heal people, but anyone know about disease? Gonta not know much about disease, but what mosquitoes infected people with no be good.

[diesifkilled]

...Um, don't mosquitoes spread malaria?

[THAT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING?]

[yunolikebugs]

[He nods once.]

But that rare, Gonta think. Mosquitoes spread lots of diseases.

[killtheanimals]

[Mitsuru is soaked and bedraggled and being grabbed by Gonta did not help in the slightest with any of this. Once his feet are on the ground, he draws a hand over his face to clear it of dripping wet hair.]

Disease...?

[He's already reaching for the bite on his arm, but with a twitch, he lowers his hand after all.]

[yunolikebugs]

[Gonta apologized profusely on the way to the cabin. He had to grab you.]

Yes. That what happen when someone infected, right?

[bladeisme]

[Being carried by someone was, uh, a new experience, that's for sure. But despite his slightly ruffled feathers, the moment Gonta mentions diseases is when he sits up, eyes wide as he stops scratching his own bites.]

You - you can't be serious, right? How did you even....?

[Oh god, being a doctor's son is a bad thing in this instance, and he lapses into silence, covering his mouth with a hand and looking incredibly worried.

Then, he starts muttering:]

Malaria...AIDS, West nile virus, Zika...Shit. Shit!

[contrarianism]

.......

[ smacks ichigo on the head, which is an Achievement considering that natsume is smaller than he is. ]

Such a ray of SUNSHINE. Losing your head isn't going to make this BETTER.

[yunolikebugs]

[That is a lot of diseases being listed. This guy must be an expert.]

You know how to treat those?

[itsagazebo]

[Hope you don't mind carrying a screaming, flailing teenager, Gonta.]

Put me the fuck down! I need to get as far away from you assholes, as possible!

[As soon as Gonta puts him on his feet in the cabin he scrambles off to a corner and pulls out his inhaler, taking a puff.]

I heard that shit about them infecting us. We're all gonna fucking die! I fucking knew it!

[yunolikebugs]

Sorry! Gonta gotta make sure everyone know!

[That's the explaination you get on the way there, Eddie. Gonta's more focused on coralling everyone.

But, that is an interesting thing to hear.]

Huh? You speak to bugs too?

[There is no other way he can imagine Eddie would have learned this on his own.]

[lovebun]

[ Usagi bites her lip, a hand sinking in to find a crystal she keeps with her at all times. Infected...? ]

Did you find out with what? Or are we in the dark...?

[yunolikebugs]

[Gonta shakes his head.]

Gonta not know. Mosquitoes stop acting weird only after infecting everyone.

[stingingremarks]

What are you talking about, I feel perfectly fine.

[The use of her powers aside, that felt a little weird but she's keeping that lowkey.]

Besides, talking to mosquitoes? Are you sure you're not just hearing voices in your head?

[contrarianism]

........ There are a lot of possible OUTCOMES.

[ blank stare. or okay. not so blank. ]

Did you hear them... talk-- [ you know what, it's fine, he knows someone who can talk to fish, talking to bugs is no big deal ] --about what KIND? That would help us narrow it DOWN.

[monsterofgod]

[ Scratching the side of his neck, he wonders if his Oracle cells will be able to deal with most of the disease he may be infected with. He frowns as that doesn't help anyone else. ]

Did they say who told them that they needed to infect people?

[fallbymyhands]

[uM]

Infect us with. . . what?

[homeecspacecop]

Infected? [Chuuta is horrified, grabbing at his neck (where most of the bites are).]

Shouldn't there be a doctor or a first aid kit or something?

[trashmouthtozier]

Wait, so YOU JUST LET ME STAND THERE AND BE A WALKING BUFFET?!

Great.

[Richie backs up into the wall, eyes wide. he knows no one's going to want him there. he just knows it. he feels like shit. he wants to just disappear. so - those brand new powers kick in, and that's exactly what he does.

pardon him while he goes invisible.

except for the floating pair of shorts, shoes, socks, and shirt.]

[le_mat]

[That... that is bad. Ren doesn't say anything, just frowns deeply]

[love_seriously]

[ Floe can't even begin to deal with the fact that this guy can apparently? Talk to bugs??? It's just another weird as hell thing in a long, long list of weird as hell things. She WANTS to be shocked and disbelieving of him but at this point she can barely believe ANYTHING that's happening so it's just...there. She sits on one of the beds and listens to him numbly. ]

Th-this is crazy...everything here is crazy! I thought things were bad at home, but I don't get any of this at all...it's like a bad dream...

[velocirainbow]

... Oh, crap.

[ Cielo does not look happy. Also he's got the head of that sturgeon he ate earlier and that knife he used on Ren and appears to be whittling it into a shiv. ]

I'm weak to ailments, bro. If we get sick, I'm gonna get real sick. I got quick cure, so I might get better, but I dunno...

[sophistryking]

[Shirtless just going to scratch one of the arm bites.]

It was nice meeting you all. Cause those morons in the lodge won't bother taking us to the hospital.

[soylentprotag]

[I can't believe he's getting moved around like in their TDM thread. Anyway, Lenka was already pretty bedraggled between wrestling Dyaus by accident, not really having a good idea how to fish in the first place and then the whole mosquito business. He staggers a little when he ends up in his own cabin again between a blink and the next.

It takes him a little while to register what's going on, between Gonta's rapidfire babbling and the sudden crowd.]

Wait... slow down. You can understand the animals. [god, the things you lot make him say, he sometimes wonders a lot about his life here] Can you track the mosquitoes...?

After much conversation...

[itsagazebo]

[Eddie hasn't contributed much to the myriad conversations going on in the cabin. He sits with his back against the wall, holding his knees as he watches the shit show unfold in front of him.

His breathing begins to speed up as his brain absorbs everything around him. Yet another nightmarish flashback plays through his head in flashes like a slide projector

"Can we stop talking about this? I can barely breathe. It's summer. We're kids, I can barely breathe I'm having a fucking asthma attack and fuck doing this."

Suddenly it feels like the walls are closing in on him. He claps his hands over his ears, trying to block out the noise of everyone talking and yelling... but he can't block the little voice inside his head...

"Tasty tasty beautiful fear."]

No...

["Time to float."]

NO! [Eddie screams, shooting up to his feet. He seems almost disoriented as he stumbles to the center of the room, panting as he turns in a circle to stare wide eyed at everyone.]

Do you guys even hear yourselves? What the fuck are we even... powers... bugs... malaria... magic... killing?! [He takes a heaving breath, hands raking through his hair] We're kids for fuck's sake! We've been kidnapped This... this isn't a fucking movie or some cartoon or something. This is real. Life. [He pants, trying to catch his breath as he panics] We're kids, we're not gonna fucking kill some guy when we don't even fucking know what's going on! We just... I...

[He fumbles with his fanny pack, pulling out his inhaler and taking a deep puff. Once he can breathe again he swipes his hands in the air]

Nope. Uh-uh. I'm not gonna be any part of this.

[He turns on his heel and races out of the cabin, heading back to Cabin 3 so he can hide and pretend none of this is fucking happening.]

((OOC: Responses can be before or after he nopes out, so conversations can be had before he leaves.))

[romancekiller]

Wait— you're saying you heard them say that?