CAMP ALPHA: for everyone who wanted a crossover between summercamp and Ghost Adventures

[indigo_league]

Who: Everyone who came to Camp Alph
Where: The Ruins of Alph
When: July 18th-21st
Summary: This is a log for all the camping shenanigans your heart desires! For part 2 of the event, there will be a second log to keep the ensuing seance situation separate from the all-purpose ruin-exploration adventures. Participation in part 2 will be entirely voluntary, so feel free to tag on part 1 as long as you like! For more information about this event, check out the info post over here!
Rating: PG-13
Log:


Been to the Ruins of Alph before? Are you an old hat at this stuff? Well turn everything you thought you knew UPSIDE DOWN because EVERYTHING. IS DIFFERENT NOW.

… Or at least, that’s what the flyers being passed out under a canopy of cheap Celebi balloons that are bobbing around in the breeze say.

One thing’s for sure, there sure are a lot more tents than normal. By the time most of you casuals get there, the entire picnicking area, usually quite spacious, has been turned into a small tent city. And the excited atmosphere is palpable.

The crackle of the Ruin Rangers’ walkie-talkies mingles with that of the ghost-hunting equipment toted around by excited Hex Maniacs, burbling Unown are drifting here and there to blink curiously at all the new people and Pokemon suddenly on their turf, and chatter from Legend Seekers of all ages (really, of ALL ages-- everyone from Youngsters to Veterans have apparently been swept up in the Seeker-mania!) rings out as stories and speculations are swapped.

There’s lots to do, plenty to explore, and (according to word on the grapevine), more than enough spooky rituals to perform once the night falls.

Will you solve some tile puzzles and fall into an underground chamber? Stick to the main group and make s’mores? Befriend a floating letter (or twenty-four)? Go directly against the advice of the tired-looking Rangers and play One Man Hide-and-Seek in the dark?

Or, most importantly, will you start a small-scale riot in order to keep the loud static boxes away from the tents where you’re trying to sleep?

Comments

CARLY NAGISA | OTA

[insidescoop]

[Campfire Songs]

If anything can be said about Carly, it's that she's having the time of her life- or at the very least, is doing a good job of pretending to. She's getting along swimmingly with everyone (or so it seems), to the point where between gleefully taking PokeGear photos, she seems to be...

...Sharing their food?

Alright, so there's an argument that can be made for the idea of her buttering people up for something that isn't instant noodles. Can anyone really blame her?

Besides, mooching of food aside she really does seem to be having fun. Once her tent is finally set up- cot-with-a-roof that it is- she's easily found a short distance from the campfire with her team of pokemon...plus. Extra.

Solitare- the new Alolan Vulpix- is not a party pokemon she will insist when asked, and just needs to be babied. And that's if she's asked- it's hard to catch the joltik from where she's pretending to be a hairclip on Carly's head. And so,

"Oookay, Soli-chan~ One paw, two paw~ One paw, two paw..~"

"Vvvuoooo...~"

She sure is playing patty cake with her puppy, it's FUN NIGHT.

[Puzzles & Chance]

Ultimately, Carly can't really resist trying some of these sliding puzzles for herself. It isn't as if she's intending to go anywhere soon- she specifically planned to be here for a few days. So she might as well give some puzzles a shot, and as she works at one she seems fairly pleased with herself, rambling away to the Mimikyu, Skiddo, and Golett at her side.

The others might be around, it's really hit and miss. Regardless-

"....don't require much focus at all," she'll eventually be heard saying as one draws near. "It really makes it easy to talk at the same time..! Hmm... ...hmn. ...You know, I wonder if I should just try making my own fortune cards," she continues idly, not really realizing anyone else might or might not be in the room. "I thought about it but there's a lot more than just six elements here! It's really incredible, but trying to assign stuff to 18 different types is really hard and-"

One of two things happen, at this point. Either she notices someone is there, or...

"HIHHH!!!"

Or the puzzle is completed, and suddenly the floor is gone.

"W-Wh- WHAAAAAAT-!"

[SPIRIT BOX]

"MNnnhnnnn...."

At two in the morning, Carly's patience for spirit boxes is low. The tent/cot door opens as a bleary eyed woman yawns, frowning out to wherever the noise is from. Perhaps she's not the only one making complaints- "Can you guys use those s...spirit things somewhere else maybe...? I really need sleep..."

That's probably a Big Fat 'no', sadly.

[WILDCARD - Got ideas? Just pm and we can get a starter going! I'll match formats, on that note.]

[spirit box]

[captainash]

"Wouldn't it be such a shame if they all spontaneously caught on fire and stopped working?"

This suggestion, which is far more deserving of a 'no', comes from a man half draped over a very tired Houndoom. Both trainer and Pokémon look like they've been considering arson for some time already.

"I mean, it'd be doing everyone present a favor, at this point."

[insidescoop]

Carly can't help but agree with Fire Guy. "We...probably have enough fire types here, right..?" she drowsily answers, her Salandit peering out with a chirp. "...they probably can't blame everyone..."

That's a very poor 'probably', but desperate times!

[captainash]

"With so many people around, we should have plenty of firepower. And they can't exactly go around blaming people if we all vouch for each other, can they? That would involve calling a whole bunch of respectable visitors liars."

Whether or not a scarred, unshaven man wearing a skull-patterned t-shirt would count as a respectable character witness is another matter entirely. Still, he sounds like he's very seriously considering that plan.

[insidescoop]

"Hohhhh that's true...with more than just two..."

Carly's part of Team Rocket, and therefore, cannot talk. Even if she's not in uniform.

"We...We just need to recruit everyone else then!" A pause. "Everyone with fire pokemon..!"

[captainash]

"At this point, I expect people without Fire-types to help anyway. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if they volunteered lighters, stones and sticks."

He's been up for a while, after all, and they're definitely not the only ones lept awake. And if his Houndoom's whine is any indication, the Pokémon in the vicinity aren't happy either.

[insidescoop]

"Oooohh..." Wait.

"...I feel like we're going to get caught if we start going at it with flint and tinder and stuff though, y'know..."

No one said they weren't going to just smash things with the stones and sticks.

The salandit gives a light hiss, apparently not caring about the technicalities. Less talking more burning!

[captainash]

The Houndoom agrees with the Salandit, but his trainer luckily possesses some common sense.

"We'd need a distraction, then. Which would be useful even for those with Fire-types, now that I think about it. Wouldn't want those rangers to catch on before the boxes are permanently damaged."

[insidescoop]

"Oh yeah, we'd probably get a real nasty fine...and get kicked out..."

Carly looks about the area, squinting. "But...what's more distracting than fire..."

[captainash]

"There's always cute Pokémon doing tricks. Explosions. A crowd stealing a bunch of speakers and starting a makeshift rave."

In Ash's defense, his usual response of 'giant robots' isn't possible here, and he's very tired.

[insidescoop]

"At the early hours of the morning though..?" Carly somehow managed to maintain sense despite the time.

"...And hold on, if we start a rave we're in the same mess!! No one sleeps at a rave!"

[captainash]

"Oh yeah, that's true."

Yet he sounds disappointed by the flaw in that plan.

"A noiseless distraction... Freezing them in place would be silent, but would get us in just as much trouble."

At least he figured that part out immediately.

[insidescoop]

"Ooooo, ice..." Ah, but then the flaw... "Khhh... ...maybe we should have all just packed earplugs," she laments, ducking her head.

[captainash]

"Too bad we can't simply go back in time to fix that."

The Houndoom whines softly, as if apologizing for his lack of time-related powers.

[insidescoop]

"I wonder if there's a pokemon that can do that..."

Somewhere, a Celebii sneezes.

[captainash]

"I'm pretty sure I once heard about a legendary who could. Or was that just an exaggeration to make some fancy dessert sound even fancier?"

Being more memorable as a dessert inspiration than as a Pokémon that manipulates time has to hurt...

[insidescoop]

"Heh? Dessert?"

What's this about desserts?! "...What kind of dessert??"

[captainash]

"A meringue, I think? But it didn't allow those who ate it to travel through time, so naming it after a Pokémon with that power felt like fraudulent advertising to me."

And now he wants meringue, in the middle of the night and the middle of nowhere. Life is unfair.

[insidescoop]

"Ohhh....I could go for a meringue..."

Shoot, now she does too.

This really is the worst camping trip now!