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

[starry_forehead]

He thinks it over.

"I don't know as much about pokemon ghosts but the ones in the wild tend to like to try and scare people. I mean that's probably not true for all of them .....is there a certain type of ghost pokemon you're looking for?"

[lifebloomsanew]

Rose blinks at him.

"I'm looking for ghosts!"

Implying that she thinks there's a difference between ghosts and ghost Pokemon. Rose has not read enough in the Pokedex to realize 'ghost' is more than just a type.

She's basing all her knowledge off of Halloween movie marathons she watched with Greg.

[starry_forehead]

"So, any type of ghost pokemon? Or do you not have actual ghosts in your world?."

He's not certain what she means by that.

[lifebloomsanew]

Rose just tilts her head, looking down at Dipper from her great height.

"Not pokemon ghosts, ghost ghosts!"

She can't understand how she's not being clear, are there really so many different types of ghosts? Oh! Maybe there are... she hadn't considered that before.

"What kind are you looking for?"

[starry_forehead]

"Oh. Human ghosts? Um, I'm just looking for whatever I can find. I've done some research and I've never heard of any cases of human spirits in this world. It's weird but they mostly seem to be limited to pokemon ghosts, which don't seem to be dead really."

[lifebloomsanew]

"That doesn't mean there aren't any. Maybe we'll find some!"

Rose is certainly hoping to. She...doesn't understand ghost pokemon, really. She's never read up on them, and doesn't have any of her own yet. Maybe she'll find one while at camp....

[starry_forehead]

"Maybe. That would be pretty neat. In the meantime there's always ghost pokemon. I've got a few myself."

He'll point over to Crafty who waves.

"But they're all really interesting."

[lifebloomsanew]

"Where did you find your ghostly friends?"

Rose returns the wave, and watches the Pokemon curiously. Her main experience with ghost Pokemon has been fighting against them, which didn't give her much time to sit and study them.

[starry_forehead]

"Well, Crafty here is my starter. I woke up with her. She's a Phantump."

[He's just going to dig in his backpack for a moment to pull out a journal and flip to the right pages. Yes he has a gear. Yes he is still keeping paper notes on all his pokemon as well.]

"I got Morgan the Mimikyu from Mari as an egg. Same with Wisp the Lampent. Shembulock the Drifloon I captured when he and a group of other ones tried to kidnap me and my sister. Faraday the Rotom I caught in Kanto. All of them are duel types though so they're ghost/other type."

[lifebloomsanew]

"But there are pure ghost types?"

Rose is very curious now, and listening intently to everything Dipper has to say. If there are pure ghost types, maybe that is as close to a ghost as there is. And that's perfectly fine!

[starry_forehead]

He'll put the journal back into his vest.

"Oh, yeah. Plus, I know there's at least one just ghost type here. Yamask, those ones that look like they're carrying around a mask all the time. There's some of those in the ruins."