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

[exeggutorhead]

Oh, it was nothing worth him freaking out about at all, he just THOUGHT I might break something.

Which, psh, I'm sure there's people here being a lot more destructive than playing around with a puzzle that's clearly supposed to be played with.

[He snickers.]

Yeah, he'll have a hell of a time trying to find those youths and their paint.

Speaking of which, I do owe you one now.

[lifebloomsanew]

I'm sure all the scholars here are so frazzled with everyone pouring in like this. They must love this place very much. You were working on one of the puzzles? I've heard a lot about them...

[Rose peers at what Envy had invoked such upset over, curious. She waves a plump hand at him in vague dismissal. It had been nothing, really.]

I was happy to help. One shape shifter looking out for another.

[She gives him a wink, eyes twinkling.]

But if you'd let me help you with your puzzle solving....

[exeggutorhead]

[He snorts at the wink...and then winks back. He can roll with it when he's just been rescued.]

[ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH A CHEAP RETURN FAVOR, hell yes. Rose ain't no alchemist.]

Well, how could I say no? And with two we'll be able to solve it before that guy realizes there's nobody eating the ruins somewhere else.

[He gestures at the puzzle, what looks like a large table surrounded by a jumble of engraved tiles. Some of them have already been fitted into the neat grid of grooves on the surface, but Envy hadn't known what picture he was even trying to make.]

I think when these all go together they're supposed to look like something, but there's no guide.