A Summer That'll Last Forever (A Camp Counselor Quest)

Nico

Yep. That's your name.

It's a pretty good name for a --

[X] Girl.
[X] Boy.
[X] Write in...

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Five Kids. [Normal Mode]

There were five kids, all around the same age, all huddled up together with their bags. A couple of them were shooting you, the camp, and your new boss nervous looks as they stood there.


Right away you could tell there was something off about them.

The first kid -- a girl with black hair and fucking red contacts -- was acting all wide eyed and curious, looking around the place as though she'd never seen it before. But that's all it was, an act. You could see her giving the creepy as fuck head counselor these calculating looks when she thought no one was looking. It kinda reminded you of the way your science teacher would look at a frog right before dissection.

The second kid was fucking covered in band-aids and bandages, which would've already had alarm bells ringing in your head. But the way he was glancing at his surroundings, the look of mild panic on his face, the way his fingers twitched like he was grabbing for a weapon that wasn't there -- yeah, none of that shit said anything good. The poor little shit looked like he would keel over with a heart attack from the slightest noise.

The third kid had the blankest fucking eyes you've ever seen. Seriously, it was an expression that wouldn't of looked outta place on a fucking corpse. She was holding a can of air freshener in one hand and a fucking bottle of perfume in the other. Every now and then she'd spray it, filling the air with mixture of smells that made your eyes water with how fucking strong it was. Didn't help that you could smell something else underneath it. Something that smelled a lot like rotting meat.

The forth kid was a... girl? Boy? Non-binary? You had no fucking idea. Honestly, they looked fucking creepy. You couldn't tell why they were creepy, they just were. Like maybe their eyes were too far apart or their arms a bit to long, or their face was a bit too... smooth. Seriously, you were getting some serious uncanny valley signals from the little shit. Didn't help that this kid's eyes looked almost as dead as the other kid's.

The fifth kid was fucking normal, thank Christ. Sure he was jumping in place and smiling a lot, but you figured it was just him being hyperactive and excited about camp. He was trying to talk to the creepy red eyed girl, but she was too busy trying to hide how fucking sly she was to give him any attention. Kid didn't seem to mind though, since he was talking a mile a minute about how much he was looking forward to camp.

"Please! Come in! The camp awaits!"

The tall black woman smiled even wider, making you wonder if a distant relative had fucked a shark at some point. That smile was just fucking creepy.

She waved at the fancy gate and it just fucking opened, making an unholy screeching sound that made you want to rip off your ears. "Would you help me lead the new campers to their cabins?! They all just showed up, and are all so terribly confused!" She mashed her hand onto hyperactive kid's head, like she was trying to ruffle his hair but forgot how to do it halfway through. "Just look at how confused they all are! Isn't ignorance cute?!"

"Fucking Christ." You glanced at the road leading back to civilization. Maybe if you ran you could back it back home before nightfall --

You felt something wrap around your legs. You looked down and saw uncanny valley kid staring up at you with his/her/their cold dead eyes.

"̹͕̤C̺̗o҉m̻̣̪͠e͚̟͍̬̩̟͓.̣ͅ ̦͇͟L͕̻͔̱̲̬e̹̟̦͘t̨ ̞͎̮̹̲͈͎́ų̪̠̪͖s̤̫̙͙͎̰̮ ̵̪̪͈fe̺̹̹̹͕a̡̰s̸̤ͅt͘ u̥͔͡p͙̙̠on̶͔̤̤̬ ̣̘̪̮͇͍ͅt̲ẖ̬͚e̞̕ ̻̲͍̬͎̟͓̕f͉̬̩̗̝͍l͎̫̯̩ͅe҉s͖͉̘̫͔h̙͔̣̞͡ ͙͍ò̪͙f̫̯̀ ͏̘̬t͎̹̟̭ͅh̳̩̰̫e̲͢ ̶̦͖̠̰͔ͅd̷̹̰e̴͖͎̥͚̟͖a͓̲͕d.̜̖̦̰̫̭͞"͍ ̝̖͎̬͓̯͎͠


"What the fu--"

"Our camper is right! It should be just about time to eat dinner! Let's all head back to the mess hall for a delicious feast! What say you children?!" The tall lady flailed her arms like one of those inflatable tube thingies you see in front of car dealerships.

The only one who cheered was the hyperactive kid. The red eye kid was still trying to act cute, the dead eye kid was spraying perfume, uncanny valley was still holding your legs, and the skittish one looked like he was gonna make a run for it any second now.

[X] Make a run for it. You can already tell that you do not wanna be a part of any of this crazy bullshit.
[X] Ready your bat and head into the mess hall. Worse comes to worse, you can probably take out crazy flailing lady and lock the kids in a supply closet.
[X] Write in...