OUTDOOR EXPLORATION CAMPING TRIP

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OUTDOOR EXPLORATION CAMPING TRIP

It's a sunny morning when the participating Outdoor Exploration characters meet Mr. Thorn and Mr. Covington at the docks. They're packed and prepared for the two night trip to Wolf Island, as selected by Hazel Keating.

Ennis Harper coordinates a bon voyage! sendoff, getting as many students as they can to stand at the docks, wave handkerchiefs and throw confetti at the departing boats. We'll miss you so much! Don't forget us!

Upon arrival at the island, Dahlia Hale has the unfortunate luck of slipping as they get out of their canoe, and they fall into the water. Lachlan Galbraith came prepared, and kindly lends them their spare jacket for the trip.

The campground is on the lake shore, and all the tents circle where a large bonfire will be set up. The clear night promises excellent stargazing to all who are interested.

CAMPING RULES:

• Dress appropriately for the weather. Although it's getting warmer, you must bring a jacket, a change of clothes, and appropriate footwear. You will be left behind if you're not dressed properly.
• No large electronics of any kind. If you brought something he doesn't like, Thorn's confiscating it, no questions. The only exceptions are: flashlights, small music players with headphones, GPS devices, and cameras. And before you ask, no, portable video game systems are not allowed. Thorn says: "Come on, why sign up for a camping trip just to play on your little no-maj thingies? You can do that when we get back."
• Buddy system at all times. Do not go off on your own.
• Don't leave the trail.
• Respect your tent-mates. If Thorn suspects there's a problem, he's stepping in.
• Lights out is 10:00 PM. All students must be quiet with lights off after this hour.
• You must help carry the group's equipment.
• Clean up after yourself.
• All the rules that apply on campus apply here, kids! The only things you're escaping are your uniforms and classes.
• If you act up, you're being sent home early with Mr. Covington and will be banned from future OE trips.
• Thorn is serious about making sure you kids learn how to survive in the great outdoors without your wands, and therefore insists all the set up and take down be done without magic. He doesn't humor any arguments about wandless magic, either. "Those are the rules. Now get to it!"

HOW THIS WORKS

• Students will leave Friday morning to take boats out to Lone Wolf Island. They are permitted to skip class that day.


• Upon arrival, tents are set up. It's four people to a tent!


• No magic is allowed when working on setting up camp and survival skills.


• Although this is a single IC/OOC, the trip is lasting two nights.


• Students who don't have sleeping bags, pillows, boating or camping gear will be provided with school loaners.

TENTS:

Kazim, Nathaniel, Neil & Takeru	Sylvester & Jacob	Dahlia, Faye, Henrietta & Sun-mi
Kurt, Solomon & William	Damon & Calvin	Charlotte, Fern & Hazel
Christopher, Jefferson, Zachary & Wilde	Clementine & Adeline	Avery, Estella, & Lachlan
Mackenzie & Iliya	Dominic, Matteo & Wyatt	Cecil, Diego & Levi

» DEPARTURE ON BOATS: Those leaving gather at the docks to boat out to the island. A number of students not leaving on the trip ham it up by standing on the docks and tearfully waving handkerchiefs at the campers as they boat away.

» SETTING UP CAMP: Everyone arrives at the camp site and begins setting things up. Remember: no wands! Henrietta Gray oversees the process.

» SWIMMING, FISHING & BOATING: The climbing temperatures means that it's perfect weather to jump in the lake! The water's still awfully chilly, but if you keep moving, it's not so bad. You can also take the boats out onto the water and do some fishing.

» CAMPFIRE & DINNER: Mr. Covington cooks up a hearty meal, and the campfire roars pleasantly as he shares with you some stories about his youth in Colorado. There's a little live music and dancing for those interested!

» NIGHTTIME: The sun has long since set and it's almost quiet time. Time for everyone to get some rest.

» RETURN HOME: Some of your friends may be waiting at the docks to greet you when you return Sunday morning.

» OOC - Questions, comments, concerns!

Comments

ADVENTURE TIME WITH ADDY AND CLEM

[neattrick]

"Uh, probably," she says, pausing in her ascent on a low, sturdy branch to consider the tree. "Some trees are better for making magic stuff, like wands and brooms. Contrail only uses a special kind of cedar cause they grow all the trees themselves. But you put the magic stuff in, it doesn't come naturally, so whatever wood can work." She's stood up on the branch by this point in time and is hoisting herself up to a higher branch.

It takes her a full half-minute to get herself properly situated on the second branch, and just as she's catching her breath she hears Addy mumbling about something below. "Did you say something?" she asks, leaning backwards at a dangerous angle so she can see the other girl.

ADVENTURE TIME WITH ADDY AND CLEM

[addytives]

Addy doesn't hear anything about brooms, and will never be able to make one later. Maybe that's for the best. She'd almost forgotten Clem is in the trees at all. When she speaks, Addy looks up and barely registers that the other girl looks about ready to fall down. She couldn't bring herself to prefect-scold right now if she tried.

"Get down. You gotta see this." It's a little louder. Mostly she wants verification that anyone else can see this. Addy's still staring down the tree like there's a ghost inside.

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ADVENTURE TIME WITH ADDY AND CLEM

[neattrick]

There's only so many things to happen across in the forest that could cause that level of urgency, and anything from "some kind of skeleton" to "a real live wolf" is something Clem definitely wants to see. She drops down from the second branch to the first one pretty deftly; after that, she slips and falls out of the tree, landing on her back. It knocks the wind out of her pretty good, but even in the moment of impact she's mostly thinking it's just a good thing she didn't land on her ass again. A tailbone can only take so much abuse.

"I'm fine," she manages after a second, sitting up and pulling a twig out of her hair. "What'd you find?"

ADVENTURE TIME WITH ADDY AND CLEM

[addytives]

Actual falling, fortunately, still shakes Addy from her momentary shock. "Oh my god, Clem!" She rushes over, bending down to make sure there isn't any evidence of blood or bumps. There's nothing visible, but it was still scary. "Are you sure? Are you okay? Because that totally wasn't worth falling..."

Addy sinks down to sit next to Clem, part to look in her eyes to make sure her pupils were focusing (...she thinks that's something to look for.) But it's also good to get away from that tree. "It was just like. So many pictures of Mr. Elmasry, cut from old yearbooks and stuff. In the tree."

ADVENTURE TIME WITH ADDY AND CLEM

[neattrick]

"I'm fiiiine," she insists, brushing herself off as she sits up. She is still feeling a little out of breath, though, so she doesn't complain when Addy comes to sit down next to her.

"What?" Clem asks, perking up immediately when she hears what was in the tree. She remembers, vaguely, that someone had found all his yearbook pictures missing. But a tree on Lone Wolf Island isn't exactly where she would've expected to find them (lining some freshman's bunk had seemed more likely at the time). "What are those doing all the way out here?"