Caligo Lake Summer Camp (IC)

[xXFallenAngelxX]

Addi laughed to herself a bit, noticing how shy and timid he seemed. "Well then, its nice to meet you Charlie." she smiled. She looked down at her camera then back up towards him. "Hey, instead of reading and waiting for someone else to arrive, why not just explore the camp for a bit? I mean, who would want to be cooped up in a cabin on their first day?" she then added. She really didn't know what else to say to him at the moment, noticing how nervous he was kinda. She figured she'd just let him get back to his reading.

"Well, I suppose I'll let you get back to your reading, I'm just gonna roam the camp for a bit. Just need some pictures of this place and some people while I'm here. If you want, you're more than welcome to catch up and join me on my little journey around the camp. I'll see ya' later on I'm sure, nice meeting you again." she smiled with a nod, turning to the door and leaving out. Addi sighed softly, feeling somewhat bad that she just went up and left , but she didn't want to stay in the cabin at the moment. Shaking off those feelings, she began her walk around the camp. The first thing she did was stop in the middle of the place, sitting on a nearby bolder and looked through pictures to see if she had any she could delete.

There quite a few photos deleted, which only now gave her more room for pictures. Getting up, she began walking around the camp now, snapping a photo of her cabin first before walking off to far. She then went on away from her cabin, her camera ready for the next shot.

[Owlflight]

The cab had hardly rolled to a stop before Gwen had undone her seatbelt, thanked and paid the cabbie, and popped out of the car. She retrieved her own belongings from the trunk: a large duffel and a volleyball which had been white, though years of love had tinged it cream. The girl was acutely glad to see the cab pull away; she'd been missing the driver's seat of her old pick-up throughtout the ride from the airport. Taking a deep breath, the girl started over to the Activities Center as an excited grin tugged at her lips.

She was greeted and asked her name by an extremely cheerful receptionist. "Swanson," the camper replied, flashing a pleasant smile of her own, "Gwen Swanson." In a moment, her name had been entered into a computer and she had received her cabin assignment and key.

"Have a great time, and don't lose that key!" the receptionist called after Gwen, who was already trotting out the door.

Without turning back, the girl tossed her hand out in a thumbs up to acknowledge the instructions, then continued off in search of cabin 2. She passed a couple of other campers, who she smiled and nodded to, before she finally reached her residence for the summer. Gwen burst inside, already grinning in anticipation of her roommates.

"Hey!" she said to the only other person in the room, a girl who looked pretty nice. "I'm Gwen." She crossed the room and threw her stuff down on a vacant bed in the corner as she continued her introduction. "I guess you can call me Swanson, if you want. My teammates do. That's my name, after all, Gwen Swanson." The girl turned to face her roommate once more, smiling and beginning to approach her for a hand shake. "What should I call you?"

[Freeze]

((I'm gonna have Colton leave, just so he does't get frozen. Also, I added a mess hall to the North Camp.))

Suddenly, a wave of intense hunger hit Colton. He hadn't eaten since he ate breakfast quickly at a 7-Eleven early in the morning before the long drive down to the camp. "I'm grabbing some grub," he told the two, now concluding that the boy, Nat, was a boy, due to his masculine name. He opened the door and shut it behind him, feeling the summer heat sink into him. It felt good. Maybe he'd head to the basketball courts later.

Now, how to get to the mess hall... He remembered, in the pamphlet, that he had to cross a bridge to get there. He turned toward the lake, and not far off, lo and behold, a bridge crossed the calm lake waters. He grinned and headed off toward the bridge- it was oddly made: it was almost floating in the water. Or at least, it looked that way; it was so close to the water. He crossed it, his shoes tapping on the metal that made the bridge. It was empty, and quiet, with only the sounds of the lake waters moving about. A clam breeze blew by.

As he neared the other side, he noticed a large building off to the right with a sign reading, 'Mess Hall'. Awesome!

[ohaidere]

Charles couldn't keep eye contact with Addi while she finished the conversation, too embarrassed and thinking she would only laugh if he looked her in the eye once more. Much of his previous excitement was dampened by his difficulty in the social exchange. He perked up a bit when she mentioned taking pictures, something he loved to do, though. He wanted to go, but wasn't sure if it'd be appropriate. ~Then again, she did seem to be ridiculing my reading and staying indoors. She said something like 'who would want to be cooped up in the cabin?' right?~ Charles thought, ~Maybe she means to say that I'm wasting my time. She right, isn't she? But then she said that she'd let me get back to my reading. Does that mean she doesn't want me to come?~ Charles scowled. He wanted to be sociable, but he didn't want to annoy people.

Charles regarded his camera. He had a film camera back at home, but had decided to take his digital one instead because it would store many more photos. He even brought his several different lenses. He seized the side of the camera, leaving it in place, however, as he considered the situation. Charles sighed, picked up the camera and his journal and pencil, and secured the objects in a satchel. He placed the strap over his head in order to rest it on the opposite shoulder to where the actual bag rested on his hip. He stood for another moment then rushed outside, locking the door behind him, and calling, "Hey, Addi, wait!"

[Shadowgirl2020]

Seemed things to be going well so far. Nat fully intended on telling these two guys that he was a transgender male. He wanted to get whatever shit talk and issues outta the way or else if they ended up finding out later under awkward and kinda strange circumstances, everything would become horribly awkward. Jason seemed pretty nice though. He didn't know much about Colton though, but he thought he'd be able to get along well with them. Nat noticed Jason eyeing Ares as if he wanted to pet him.

"Ya know, if you want to pet him or play with him go right ahead! Even I still act like a child when I'm playing around with him or my other cats", he said smiling.

It seemed both Colton and Jason had some gaming system with them. Nat only had a DS with him, but he never really played anything asides from Pokemon on it. Nat had with him two large luggage bags, one normal sized backpack, and his messenger bag. One of the bigger bags carried all his clothes and shoes and the other had snacks, microwavable dinners and lunches, Ares's food and toys, and some books. The other backpack carried the stuff he would have normally had in his messenger bag along with some bath and hair products. He began unpacking the luggage bag with all his food and stuff first, but then stopped. He really should just get the whole transgender stuff said that way he didn't have to deal with it later. Colton left already so it was only him and Jason.

" Soooo, um, before we all up and get settled and before you endeup finding out at the most awkward of times, I'd just like to say something. I am a transgender male. If you ain't familiar with the term, it's basically someone who is biologically female but identifies as you know, a guy. Also I am bi-sexual as well so yeah. If you got some issues with that, we better take this shit outside in case you end up getting way on my bad side. I'll tell that other guy later, but just wanted to say that now " He said sitting down on his bed as Ares played around with one of the toys that Nat had already taken out.

Nat just wanted to get any issues or boundaries fucking settled, and maybe if it comes down to it, fight it out. Who knows. He wanted to try and not be so violent and get himself kicked out.

[LoneWolfie]

Jason was so happy when he found out he could actually play with Ares. He nodded at Colton when he left and smiled at the kitten. He took a few more of his things out, intending on playing with the kitten in a few minutes. He was surprised to hear Nat had other cats. "Cats are my favorite animal." he said simply, still digging through his bag, taking some of his games that he brought with for his PS Vita out. He nearly dropped a game when Nat started to talk though. He looked at him, his eyes widening, and listened to him. Slowly, he nodded. He knew something was off with Nat but honestly, the new information didn't bother him. In all honesty, it made the first impression of the guy better. He was up front and honest about who he was and Jason liked that a lot. He actually admired that because Jason hadn't planned on telling them he was gay. "Oh, no! I have no problem with that." he said and his brows furrowed, his face becoming thoughtful. He got quiet for a few seconds, looking down at the video game in his hand and running his thumb along it. He hadn't told anyone yet he was gay. He knew if somebody ask, he could tell them, but still. He hadn't voiced it out loud to anyone. He looked up at Nat and let out a breath. "Well, I might as well get this out in the open, too. I'm gay." he told him and knew Nat would be all right with that fact. He smiled, a bit relieved to find someone who wasn't the definition of "normal" in society's eyes at the camp as well. And rooming with him, no less.

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Tai mi was almost done packing. The excitement she felt over that simple thing wasn't as strong as the overall excitement she felt being here. She closed the top drawer and second drawer, both being full. She looked between her suitcase and last drawer that was open. She should be able to fit the rest of her clothing and her books in it. She smiled and begin to put her pjs in the bottom drawer, humming quietly to herself. She stopped and straightened up when a girl burst into the room. Tai mi smiled. She already liked the girl's energy. "Hi!" she said, smiling widely. Tai mi was use to introducing herself to people. She has many friends back at home and her social circle is still growing. Sometimes, it's hard to keep up with, but she liked the fact she knew almost everyone in high school. She was never somewhere without an unfamiliar face, at least. "I'm Tai mi Kung but call me Tam, please." she said, reaching out and shaking Gwen's hand. "Swanson?" she repeated, smiling lightly. "I think I'll just call you Gwen, your first name. Seems more natural, you know? But I might call you Swanson, if you upset me." she joked lightly, winking at the girl as her smile grew. She was glad she was going to have a girl rooming with her. Sure, she liked talking to boys and all that jazz, but she enjoyed having girlfriends around too.

[xXFallenAngelxX]

Addi was in the middle of taking a picture of a small butterfly on a flower. Although, after hearing her name being called, she whipped her head around to see Charlie running up towards her. "I'm not going anywhere, trying to get this picture here before the butterfly flies---" she then stopped after seeing her butterfly flutter away. "...away." she then finished with a sigh. Standing up straight, she turned towards the direction of which he was running. Thinking for a moment, she held her camera up and took a shot of him running. It came out pretty nice for movement, so she decided to keep it.

For a moment while she stood there, her eyes darted about and landed upon the lake. Addi figured she'd just go there next once Charlie made his way over. Her thoughts lingered for a bit. Wondering if there were any more campers here just yet, whether she was hungry or not, when the the whole bonfire meet and greet would happen, and most importantly her mother. She was worried about her going some place else for work, being that she's never gone out of the US. A sigh escaped while her thoughts continued on. "Well, I'm sure I'll have fun." she uttered to herself.

[Freeze]

Colton approached the Mess Hall. A few people were sitting around, most of them by themselves. God, it was like a ghost town! There were quite a few cabins, when will people start showing up? His stomach answered for him: HUNGRY! Colton let out a small laugh and entered, the mess hall. On the buffet were plates and trays. There were silver heated pots filled with scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, and waffles. Further down were some apples, oranges, and a few pears. Even further down was a drink machine that was now set to serve water and various fruit juices.

This was probably meant to feed to entire camp, but Colton felt as though he could eat all of it. He promptly picked up a tray and a plate and began to scoop some food onto his plate: a bit of everything. He took a butter packet and a bottle of syrup from the counter and some forks. He then grabbed some orange juice from the machine.

The smells were killing him.

((I might be heading off soon, so if I stop responding, I'll be back tomorrow! Or...today?))

[Shadowgirl2020]

Nat was pretty much relieved to find a guy who automatically just accepted him. Jason being gay wasn't an issue at all to him! It was nice knowing there was someone who probably has gone through the some of the same stuff he might, even if it was for a different reason. Plus, just like him, he wasn't exactly normal and just different!

"So I'm assuming you've gone through some stuff too. My experiences weren't so bad back when I lived in France, but the religious relatives there started becoming an issue so we moved to my dad's hometown. Least to say it was no better there either. Actually, it was worse. I ended up getting expelled from my school before freshman year ended just because I decided to get payback for these motherfuckers that decided to beat and rape me just because of my own gender identity. They deserved it and the police did jackshit to even try and help me. In the end I was the bad guy and I got expelled while they were all up in the hospital and still didn't even get arrested! "

Nat was very open about his rape. He never tried to keep it to himself, and it never haunted him. Of course the experience was horrible, but he knew he shouldn't let that ruin everything for him.

" I'm going to assume though, that maybe you haven't gone through such extreme experiences though. Anyway that's okay. Ya know! I think I'll enjoy this camp a bit more knowing that I have someone I can consider a friend. Ya know..outside of Ares here," He said smiling and petting the bengal kitten's head.

"Now I gotta figure out how that other guy will take it. Maybe we should go down to the Mess Hall and see what they have there anyway! I haven't exactly had breakfast or anything so hey I need the nourishment!" ,he said smiling.

He was a lot happier now knowing that he had someone he could trust and call a friend. After setting up Ares's feeding area, he put in some dry food and mixed it with some of the fancy cat food meat, and the kitten instantly leaped down from the bed and scurried over to the food to eat.

"Anyway, I guess I'll be going to the mess hall as well! I'll go there at a slow place though so that way if you come you can catch up to me", he said leaving the cabin.

[LoneWolfie]

To say Jason was shocked would be an understatement. Okay, for this guy to be so up front was so admirable in his eyes, it wasn't even funny. He had a shitload of respect for Nat now and he was going to show it. "Dude, that musta- damn." he broke off and shook his head. He knew Nat probably didn't want pity. One of the girls in his high school, they had been raped on a night out but she came to school, head high, like a trooper. But after many pity looks and a lot of sorry's, she snapped, started screaming she didn't want pity and she was okay, and had to be taken home. It was quite an experience and one Jason wouldn't forget. Though, he naturally felt bad for Nat. It was hard not too. That sounded like hell, especially since the guys got away with it. That angered even Jason a little. Nat seemed like a good guy, first impression and all included, and didn't deserve something like that. He shook his head again, looking down at the game that was still in his hand and listening to Nat talked. He smiled when Nat said he considered him a friend. That made him feel good.

He placed the game down, realizing he was pretty hungry. Actually, he was very hungry. He watched Ares jump down, knowing he had that spark in his eye, much like an seven year old when watching a kitten or puppy. He couldn't help it, he was a kid at heart and naturally had childish reactions. He didn't understand why, he didn't have anything in his childhood that repressed the kid in him, so it was a bit strange but something he dealt with. He nodded. "Man, I'm hungry too." he said, dealing with plugging his PS Vita in. He straightened back up and watched Nat leave. He sighed, putting the games in the nightstand drawer and looking at his suitcase full of clothes. He'd much rather eat first than deal with that. He left the cabin, stopping to run his hand down Ares' back, before he caught up to Nat. "Hey again!" he said, flashing him a smile and pushing his glasses back up the bridge of his nose. He got quiet for a moment before he said something again. "And, uh hey, mad props to you for being so open and cool, you know?" he said, throwing Nat a smile. The more he thought of the food, the more his stomach decided to make it known that it was hungry. He stared ahead at the mess hall and glanced at Nat. "Honestly, though, you're the first person I've told that I'm gay so... nah, I haven't had a lot of problems back home. Small town, old fashion. Don't wanna be hung up by my balls, ya know?" he chuckled some but really, it wasn't that funny. The town was so old fashion, he wouldn't be surprised if he was beaten to death. He knew he should be hiding it but he was getting sick of hiding who he was.