Camp Wachata was founded in 1975 in the American Northwest. Camp Wachata was used as a camp for girls aged 15 to 19, at the time. With a scenic lake, a flowing river, and a sleepy forest, the camp was meant to be a place for girls to spend their summers learning new hobbies, being taught skills, and creating lasting friendships. However, it wouldn't take long for tragedy to strike. In the summer of 1979, one of the camp counselors and one of the campers were found dead. Their bodies were mangled and obviously hidden. The culprit of the murder was never found. While many believed it to be a bear attack, especially as time went on as no evidence was found, the camp was still closed down indefinitely.

Recently reopened, and renovated in the 1990s, Camp Wachata has since experienced a revival. Now accepting both girls and boys, and focusing on creating the same lasting skills and friendships the old Camp did, the camp's attendance has flourished. Accepting an age group from 15 to 19 as campers, their average attendance has been well into the hundreds. However, despite the happy environment, rumors and ghost stories are abound of the old tragedy. Stories about how you can see the ghost of the dead camper walking across the foggy lake, early in the morning. Stories about how if you stay up too late, the old camp counselor will bang on your walls. But, that's all just stories. Nothing creepy or scary ever happens at Camp Wachata.

The year is now 2015, and Camp Wachata has been going steady for about 20 years now. Fishing, archery, boating, white water rapid riding, hiking, bird watching, and meeting new people are only a few of the activities that Camp Wachata has. With arms wide open, Camp Wachata welcomes all types of new faces, hoping to make sure the campers have the best summers of their life!

Just, make sure you turn your lights off at night, alright?

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Hi, everyone! I'm looking into making 'Camp Wachata' a fun thread. The basis of the thread is a horror/romance/slice of life narrative. The basis of the plot is focused around the campers, camp counselors, and the past of the camp.

I place a high emphasis on player freedom, and allowing the character's actions to make actual impacts. I hope you decide to join!

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Rules:

No powerplaying
No godmodding
No metagaming
Respect each other
Listen to the GM
If there happens to be romance, keep it PG-13, or use a timeskip

I'd like to keep a healthy balance between the campers and counselors. Ideally, this would mean more campers than counselors. If you get a chance, check and see what other people are playing before you pick. Although, I won't be forcing anything on anyone, and everyone is allowed to player what they wish!

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Bio Format

Name :

Year at Camp :

Sex :

Camper or Counselor? :

Age (15-19 for campers, 20-26 for counselors):

Appearance :

Items (Special things your character brought to camp) (optional) :

Personality (optional) :

Short History (optional) :

PLAYER LIST:

Character Name/Page of Bio/Group/Cabin Number/Player Name

Caleb Holderson/1/Counselor/Boy's Cabin #4/Sightles

Shayne Kowalski/1/Camper/Girl's Cabin #3/Sightles

Nico Laird/1/Camper/Girl's Cabin #3/Orange Juice

Ethan Park/1/Counselor/rbwls8028

Mya Kincade/1/Camper/Girl's Cabin #5/Natural Mess

Ana Perdida/1/Camper/Girl's Cabin #5/DrowsyPangolin

Skyler Novina/1/Camper/Girl's Cabin #5/Animera

Markus Roe/1/Camper/AluminumDude

Justin Liao/2/Camper/Mr Allen J

Jaden Elijah Othello/2/Camper/Mr Allen J

Zoey Casey Gray/2/Camper/Mr Allen J

Places around Camp Wachata!

The Lake - Cuckoo Lake is one of the most popular attractions on Camp Wachata. A huge lake that boasts a thriving ecosystem of perch, bass, and massive catfish! Boating, fishing, swimming, and water sports are the main activities around the lake.

The Girl's Campground - The Girl's Campground is located on the South side of the lake. Compromised of about 5 Cabins, each one holding about 12 girls. The girl's cabins are known for being the only cabins (Beside the Campmaster's cabin) that have air conditioning. Being the campground of the original camp, most of the scary stories and rumors have to deal with the area around the Girl's Campground, making it a creepy place at night. The girl's Counselors are expected to room inside the cabins.

The Boy's Campground - The Boy's Campgrounds are located on the Northeast side of the lake. Compromised of about 5 cabins, though these ones hold about 16 each. The boy's cabins are newly built, and much better looking than the girl's cabins. However, no AC, and bathhouse's that have a habit of breaking, make the Boy's side fairly unpopular with their residents. The boy's Counselors are expected to room inside the cabins.

The Lookout Mountains - The campground itself sits snugly inside one of the valleys of this mountain range. Keeping all kinds of creatures, it's normally advised to stay on the trails, not go after dark, and always let someone know you are hiking. Filled with amazing vistas of the whole area, the Lookout Mountains drive home the point of how far away Wachata is from civilization.

The Canteen - Located on the North side of the lake, The Canteen is where the campers have their meals, meet for any type of camp-wide meeting, and where counselors can often meet to plan activities. Outside of The Canteen hall is picnic tables, basketball courts, an area for volleyball, and more than a few shady trees.

The Fields - The Fields is used for activities that aren't accommodated for around the lake. Archery is the main activity practiced here, but the Fields are available for anything. A leveled field, along with a shed that holds a lot of sporting equipment, provides an apt place for leisure time.

The Laundry - A relatively new addition to Camp Wachata, a long building located on the North side of the lake that houses a couple dozen washing machines and dryers. Meant for students and the counselors to wash their clothes.

Robert's Forest - The forest that covers a large portion of valley in which Camp Wachata resides. Students mostly explore it, which counselors begrudgingly allow, in order to get away from camp. Surprisingly, unlike the mountain range, Robert's Forest doesn't have a lot residing in it, besides the occasional squirrel. Small ponds, beautiful trees, and huge boulders dot the landscape of Robert's Forest.

The Gym - Another relatively new building. A small building, barely larger than a shed, houses the limited gym equipment the camp possesses. While the building is small, it is well made, and air conditioned. Unsurprisingly, the gym doesn't see much use by the campground.

The Obstacle Courses - Using part of the mountains, and The Fields, the Obstacle Courses are probably one of the more fun attractions at camp. Ziplines, jungle gyms, rock climbing walls, hurdles, and various other equipment used to create a fun course for campers to run.

The Wiki Wiki Fire Ring - The sitting area that is located slightly off camp grounds, to the West of the lake. This area is used to light bonfires, and gather students at night. Most of the time, however, counselors will take their campers here to tell ghost stories over a much smaller fire.

The Lodge - Used by the Campmaster, the camp nurse, and other officials of the camp. Mainly used as an office space, and storage area.

The Piers - Four piers, one for each cardinal direction of the lake, jut out onto the Lake, each one holding a couple of the paddle boats, and kayaks that the camp uses.

The White Tooth River - A river the flows through a part of the campground, mostly residing in Robert's Forest. The more vicious parts of the river are used for white water rapid riding, while the calmer spots are popular amongst the campgrounds for fishing and hanging out.

The Camper Rec Room - An area that is almost strictly for the campers. Foosball, a movie room, and plenty of other things to enjoy, the Rec Room is more of a medium sized building. While there might be a handful of camp counselors in it, most of the time the building is populated mainly by campers. A popular hang out spot that sports multiple rooms, and central heat and air, the Rec Room is definitely one of the most camper-popular spots on the campgrounds.

The Old Cabins - Located to on the East side of the lake, tucked back farther away from the lake, is the Old cabins. These cabins are just as old as the girl's cabins, however most are in severe disrepair. The ones that haven't fallen down, are likely to fall down in short time. This area is off limits to both the counselors and the campers, citing the danger of the potentially collapsing buildings. However, that doesn't stop the occasional group of campers sneaking to the cabins to spend a night. If one were to go by the ghost stories, more tragedies happened here than one could count. Thankfully, practically all of them are fake. However, the only story that has any true holding, is one of the cabins that is said to be the cabin of the slain camper and counselor. A common dare is to dare some of your friends to spend a night in the place, and see if they survive. Nothing serious ever seems to happen. At least, nothing campers will say.

It's not done yet, as I need to fill in the appearance and decide what he will be covering in terms of activity. Seems like studying in summer camp is not that of attractive choice for teeangers I guess.

Your bio reminds me. I need to add another line to the bio format for if they are a camper or counselor, even though age should clear that up.

Looks good, though! Can't wait to see the finished product!

Your's is looking good, too, Orange Juice!

Your bio reminds me. I need to add another line to the bio format for if they are a camper or counselor, even though age should clear that up.

Looks good, though! Can't wait to see the finished product!

Your's is looking good, too, Orange Juice!

Aha, I have to say that character is based on myself. I guess we are quite alike.

Name : Ana Perdida

Year at Camp : 1

Sex : Female

Camper or Counselor? : Camper

Age (15-19 for campers, 20-26 for counselors): 16

Appearance : Ana is a girl of small stature with a slight, delicate build. She has soft features and a small, round face. Her eyes are a deep brown color, bordering on black, and always seem to be somewhat unfocused, staring off into space. She has a small mouth and thin lips, that are often pursed as if she is contemplating some great and impossible question. Her posture is usually rather poor, but supremely relaxed. Her hair is a waterfall of black curls billowing down just past her shoulders.

As far as clothing, Ana tends to wear comfy gym shorts, typically black and reaching a few inches above her knees. She is also rarely seen without her favorite hoodie, a warm, white garment that she wears near-religiously. Beneath the hoodie she typically wears one of many tank tops. For footwear, she typically wears a pair of beat up black sneakers, which are almost never tied. She is also fond of wearing a red baseball cap. Overall, her appearance is a bit odd, and fits to the fact that she can never quite determine if she's feeling too hot or too cold.

Items (Special things your character brought to camp) (optional) : Ana carries a charcoal grey messenger bag, usually filled with sketchbooks and pencils.

Personality (optional) : Ana can come across as a bit strange. She is not very outgoing, and is rather quiet for the most part. She also has a tendency to get lost in her own thoughts or become easily distracted by some minute detail of her environment. When someone does manage to get her attention, however, she is fairly friendly, if a bit odd. She has a dreamy personality, and a slow, soft voice that makes her seem lazy or half-asleep. Ana is positively terrified of being out on the water, and will steadfastly refuse any invitation to enter a boat, or even to put her feet in the water. Strangely enough, she is more than content to watch the water however, so long as she is safe and dry.

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Aha, I have to say that character is based on myself. I guess we are quite alike.

Oh, that's pretty cool! It's definitely a good character. Are you still working on it, or do you think you've completed it?

Mya Kincade [+]

Name: Mya Kincade

First Year at Camp?: Second Year

Sex: Female

Camper or Counselor: Camper

Age (15-19 for campers, 20-26 for counselors):17

Appearance: Mya has golden brown hair that falls in soft waves around her shoulders. The golden hues in her hair compliment her Green eyes. She's an athlete and keeps herself in good shape. She's most often seen wearing jeans and a tee or shorts and a t-shirt.

Items (Special things your character brought to camp) (optional): none. Just normal necessities

Personality (optional): Mya's sense of humor, aka sarcasm and innuendos, is often interpreted as bitchyness. She has few close friends, as only a select few can keep up with, and tolerate, her quick wit. She's honestly very sweet though and if you stick around long enough to get to know her it's most likely a lifelong friendship. Mya tries to stay upbeat with a glass is half full kind of attitude and if you find her without her smile you know it's been an extremely rough day.

Short History (optional): Mya's mom died in a car accident when she was 2. She's been raised by her dad. Her older brother, though he's only 2 years older than she, has done his best to help out. She knows it's hard on them having to deal with a teenage girl. And hell, it's hard on her living in a house with 2 guys. That's why she started coming to camp. Give them a break, give herself a break. Now on her second year at Camp Wachata, Mya is excited to see what kind of adventure this summer holds

Accepted!

Name : Ana Perdida

Year at Camp : 1

Sex : Female

Camper or Counselor? : Camper

Age (15-19 for campers, 20-26 for counselors): 16

Appearance : Ana is a girl of small stature with a slight, delicate build. She has soft features and a small, round face. Her eyes are a deep brown color, bordering on black, and always seem to be somewhat unfocused, staring off into space. She has a small mouth and thin lips, that are often pursed as if she is contemplating some great and impossible question. Her posture is usually rather poor, but supremely relaxed. Her hair is a waterfall of black curls billowing down just past her shoulders.

As far as clothing, Ana tends to wear comfy gym shorts, typically black and reaching a few inches above her knees. She is also rarely seen without her favorite hoodie, a warm, white garment that she wears near-religiously. Beneath the hoodie she typically wears one of many tank tops. For footwear, she typically wears a pair of beat up black sneakers, which are almost never tied. She is also fond of wearing a red baseball cap. Overall, her appearance is a bit odd, and fits to the fact that she can never quite determine if she's feeling too hot or too cold.

Items (Special things your character brought to camp) (optional) : Ana carries a charcoal grey messenger bag, usually filled with sketchbooks and pencils.

Personality (optional) : Ana can come across as a bit strange. She is not very outgoing, and is rather quiet for the most part. She also has a tendency to get lost in her own thoughts or become easily distracted by some minute detail of her environment. When someone does manage to get her attention, however, she is fairly friendly, if a bit odd. She has a dreamy personality, and a slow, soft voice that makes her seem lazy or half-asleep. Ana is positively terrified of being out on the water, and will steadfastly refuse any invitation to enter a boat, or even to put her feet in the water. Strangely enough, she is more than content to watch the water however, so long as she is safe and dry.

Accepted!

Unfinished [+]

Name: Nico Laird

First Year at Camp?: Yes

Sex: Female

Age: 19

Appearance: With pale skin and jet black hair coupled with her dark makeup many would mistake Nico as a goth. Her eyes are a piercing blue, contrasting heavily with the darker tones of her appearance. She can often be seen wearing band tees and military boots coupled with an old German military jacket she bought from an online surplus store a year or so ago.

Items (Special things your character brought to camp) (optional):

Personality (optional):

Short History (optional):

Lemme know whenever you're done with your bio, Orange Juice. It's looking good so far, so there's no doubt it'll be accepted. Just eager to see the finished product!

Hider [+]

Name : Skyler Novina (Skye for short)

Year at Camp : First year

Sex : Female

Camper or Counselor? : Camper

Age (15-19 for campers, 20-26 for counselors):16

Appearance :

Usually wears orange,green,purple or blue t-shirts along with shorts and leggins. Wears little make-up and wears a lot of jewellery. Has a tattoo of the night sky on her back. There's a scar on her arm.

Items (Special things your character brought to camp) (optional) :

• A journal
• An old map showing the star constellations and different planets
• Art supplies
• A brown satchel
• Hair accessories, make-up, jewellery etc.
• Fantasy, mythology and astronomy books
• A camera

Personality (optional) :
Shy, has anger issues, smart (but gullible/naive), easily manipulated and artistically talented

Short History (optional) :
Skye does not have a lot of friends at school (even though she attends like 75% of the clubs). Before her mother passed away, she taught her about stars and such, sparking Skye's love for astronomy. After her death Skye isolated herself from her brother and father, causing herself to become more quiet and introverted. At the age of 14 she started smoking and got into fights, resulting in the huge number of scars.

During one of her many martial arts lessons she learned from her aunt(which was the instructor there) that her mother attended the original Camp Wachata and she decided to go in her footsteps.

Accepted! Looks awesome!

I'll probably wait until tomorrow afternoon/early evening to post the IC intro. This will allow other people to post their characters and such.

@Sightles I think I'm done.

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Ethan Park [+]

Name: Ethan Shin-Pae Park

First Year at Camp? : Yes

Sex: Male

Age: 24

Appearance: Well kept black hair and thick framed black/brown retro-wingtip glasses, he looks like a stereotypical Asian nerd. He wears button down shirts of white or off-white colors that he ironed to his high standard. He wears clean jeans and casual leather cognac colored shoes.

Items: A talisman inside of silk purple pouch. This talisman was given to him by his maternal grandmother who was very close to a shaman, made specifically for him before she left Korea right after the independence following the World War 2. The shaman (Mu-Dang) said she inscribed this from the local god of a river (Nak-Dong) to grant him a protection against evil spirits. Ethan is not really sure if it works or if any of the story told by his grandmother is true.

Personality: Collective and calm but he is only like this because what he saw so far is typical summer camp tropes. He is easily scared and particularly fearful of centipede or other many-legged bugs.

Short History: Well-groomed but nerdy Korean University student who attended Mathematics and Statistics program and going into an education program. He is the third generation immigrant but quite proud of his grandparents' birthplace. With that said, as a Korean with a rich history of archery, He is decent with traditional recurve bow. But he enjoys crafting small items such as hand sewn journals or designing new pages for his Daytimer planner

@Sightles I think I'm done.

Awesome, accepted!

@Sightles How do I delete a post?

I'm pretty sure you can't. The closest you can get is deleting all the text when you go into edit mode, and just leaving a period mark in it's place.

@rbwls8028 I don't think you can, I'm not positive on that though.

@Sightles@DrowsyPangolin Thank you, both for that input. I'm new to the forum or any form of forum format.

Alright, time to make the best character ever. Just gimme a few decades.
What? You want a character now? Okay fine.

That's Nico finished I think!