011 | open to Apollo cabin

[solar_absorber]

[Apollo is lounging on his bed, looking quite comfortable, despite the fact that his feet hung off the edge. He has the journal open across his chest, but his eyes are closed. Those around him might mistake him for being asleep and get a shock when suddenly speaks.]

Did anyone actually go to camp as a kid? What was that like? I'm sure some of you have some interesting stories to tell.

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[eat_me_beat_me]

[Nora walks in with an armful of newly tie dyed shirts and hears the question. She smiles and shrugs.]

Yeah. My parents made me go a couple times but I hated it. I mean, who wants to do anything outside in Arizona in the summer?

[solar_absorber]

[He opens his eyes to see who is speaking.]

It get pretty hot? See, I'm one of those people who prefer the sun. The hotter the better.

[eat_me_beat_me]

Yeah. It can get up to over 100 degrees in the summer. I've lived there my whole life so I don't mind it, I'm just not about to go camping in it.

[solar_absorber]

Understandable. But you have to have at least one good memory of it, right?

[eat_me_beat_me]

Arts and crafts was always fun. Oh and the food fight we started [She laughs]

[takethat]

[Phoenix is busy curled up in his own bed with a sketchbook, and he blinks in surprise when he hears his cabinmate talking.]

I went to summer camp a few times. I really looked forward to it when I got to go--I thought it was great.

[solar_absorber]

[He glances over at him.]

What kind of things did you do? Arts and crafts? Nature walks?

[takethat]

Both! And then some! Obstacle courses, singing, volleyball... and there was swimming, too, but I can't, so I didn't.

[solar_absorber]

Did it cost extra for swimming lessons or something?

[raaaaage]

[he's... laying around on his own bunk. trying to pretend he's not way too old for all of this stuff.]

Uh... Space camp, but that was years ago. Wasn't so much wildlife involved.

[solar_absorber]

Space camp, how was that? I never really understood the point.

[raaaaage]

Well... [shrug.] I remember it being a lot of fun. Learning about planets and space travel, stuff that's pretty cool as a kid.

[solar_absorber]

Did it leave you with the childhood aspiration to become an astronaut?

[antichauffeur]

I never been to one. But this one is fun.

[He's sitting on his own bed playing with random stuff he's picked up from outside]

[solar_absorber]

[Apollo grins over at his.]

I doubt you'll never see another one like it, that's for sure.

[antichauffeur]

I dunno if I wanna leave. There's a lot of cool things here and people are teaching me stuff. [grins back]

[solar_absorber]

We're only going to be here for as long as the castle wants us to. So you better make the most of it.

[schrodingersghost]

It sucked.

[solar_absorber]

Why is that? Any horror stories you'd like to share?

[schrodingersghost]

Got put in a cabin with everyone who hates me from school. The oatmeal was awful. The people in charge were all teachers from school who didn't like me much. And they forced us to go canoeing and make lanyards and act like we had some kind of school spirit.

[And then there were all the monsters in the woods and the disappearing campers. But he didn't feel like talking about that.]

[solar_absorber]

Wow, that would suck. Was it a mandatory trip or something?

[heliotroping]

I haven't for fun, but it reminds me when we had to live as nomads...

[solar_absorber]

You had to live as nomads? How was that?

[heliotroping]

The undead was chasing us around, so it was hard to settle down in one place without losing people. But we learned how to survive in the wilderness.

[solar_absorber]

The undead. huh? Nothing good happens when they're around. But hey, you learned wilderness survival so that's...something.