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

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?

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[Envy is frantically casting his gaze around for any way of escape, help he'll never chip a tile in a slide puzzle again as long as he lives just free him, when the lazy motion above them catches his eye.]

[He stares for a long moment.]

[His mouth begins to wobble with suppressed laughter.]

And that's just what I really think about it--what?

[Envy quickly tries to straighten his mouth out.]

Nnnothing. Just...fascinated. I never would've thought of that.

[He has no idea what "that" is he wasn't paying attention, but he's had to encourage enough alchemists to blather to know what to do. The archeologist gives him an odd look, but then continues on even more enthusiastically to his captive audience.]

[But now Envy is watching those Unown.]

_{[The Unown are, if nothing else, extremely susceptible to positive reinforcement.]

[As Envy watches, five more Unown drift over in wobbly formation, joining the line above the archaeologist's head.]

[They now read:]}

TURD CRAPSMELL

[Well now it's just a contest to see if he can keep a straight face.]

[Spoilers: it's not easy. His voice is just a bit squeaky when he next speaks.]

Right, ah...and what were you saying you had a doctorate in, again?

[Whatever gets spelled next is the real answer. He's also trying to glance around to see just where these Unown are coming from. This CAN'T be just happening all by itself.]

_{[THEY APPEAR TO BE ALONE... although Heather is not too far off, trying hard not to laugh from her spot behind the trees.]

[In all fairness, she can't exactly coach the Unown from over there... so when they form words again, it's all them.]}

LARD SPECTRUM

_{[There's an extra L who bounces frantically around for a moment like a kid who just lost a game of musical chairs, before just hovering above the archaeologist's head.]}

[The letters may be silent, but mentally? The absolute immature hilarity is more than enough to completely drown out whatever Dr Lard Spectrum had to say. Envy doesn't hear a word.]

[But he clearly couldn't keep a totally straight face anymore either, because the guy pauses in the middle of the third title and narrows his eyes.]

--excuse me, is something funny?

[And when he glances around, the bouncing L finally catches his notice enough for him to look UP. And immediately become even more wildly indignant than he was to begin with.]

I--hey! That's completely uncalled for!

[Envy should be escaping but now he's laughing too hard.]

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_{[As soon as they're spotted by the subject of mockery, the Unown scatter in all directions and go bouncing off into whatever trees and buildings nearby are closest.]

[QUICK ENVY YOU SHOULD DO THE SAME]}

[YEAH, HE'S OFF.]

[Although actually now so is the archeologist, hot on Envy's heels--he is MUCH better at running than he'd appear to be. And it's also harder for Envy to run while laughing.]

HAHA--oh fuck, come on, can't you take a joke?!

I didn't even tell them to do that!

[He tries to angle towards a nearby stand of trees in the hopes of being nimble enough to actually lose the guy.]

_{[I can't believe Envy's going to get the shit beaten out of him by Daniel Jackson Lard Spectrum.]

[Fortunately, now is about the point where Heather sees fit to step in, considering her brilliant Unown strategy managed to actually escalate the situation. And step in she does, via a whispered command of "Ginger, sic 'em!"]

[Because every chase scene needs an extremely overenthusiastic and nippy Rockruff added to it! The yapping menace immediately targets the nerd because of course she does.]}

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