@former-woodscouts 🏕 🄼 🄰 🅇 🅆 🄴 🄻 🄻
It’s been a rough morning so far for the 𝕋𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕡 𝕃𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣 . Several 𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕤 had torn down the cabins to build make-shift trenches , half the popcorn stash had been COMPROMISED by squirrels , Edward had taken out someone’s eye while trying to hunt said squirrels with a bebe gun , and he’d gotten a very ANGRILY worded call from the 🌺 𝕗𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕤 🌺 leader again that afternoon warning him what would happen to him if one more of his boy’s snuck onto their grounds to pull another prank . What he really would have loved was a quick POWERNAP , but of course that wasn’t going to happen . Just as he was about to settle down for a moment , he heard sniffling coming from one of the cabinets . Narrowing his eyes SUSPICIOUSLY at it , he crossed the room and opened the door to find one of his 𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕥𝕤 inside- One he shouldn’t have been surprised to find squirreled away like this , sporting a couple of bruises like he usually did .

He reached in and grabbed the boy , pulling him OUT of the cabinet and settling him on his feet . A quick once-over showed that he didn’t appear to have any broken bones or incredibly serious injuries and David sent out a silent thought of gratitude for THAT ; He really didn’t feel like driving to the hospital right now .
❝ Maxwell , ❞ the 𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕡 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣 grumbled , kneeling down to the 𝕤𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕥'𝕤 level and settling a hand on either of his arms to hold him in place . There was a couple of tears still lingering on the boy’s face , but he didn’t bring attention to them for the time being . The sooner he figured out why the kid was crying THIS TIME , the sooner he would get to rest . ❝ What’s wrong ? ❞
@camperlost 🏕 🄹 🄰 🅂 🄿 🄴 🅁
It was late - well past when he should have been dreaming - but Davey couldn’t sleep . He’d been up for HOURS already, tossing and turning with only the crack of moonlight wandering into their tent to illuminate the area . No matter how much he tried to put it out of his mind, he couldn’t help but think about a confrontation he’d gotten into with another camper that afternoon . Some mean little BRAT had gotten in his face during a hike earlier that day and made some snide comment about nobody liking him . At the time, Davey had just laughed it off and gotten back at the guy by pushing him into the STREAM, but now he had time to think about what’d been said to him and it wasn’t doing him any favors .

He shifted onto his side to get a look at the other camper he was sharing a tent with. The blonde boy looked pretty peaceful at that moment, snug as a bug under his blankets . Davey couldn’t help thinking about how much everyone LIKED Jasper . He was cool and fun and never had to worry about fitting in .
It was then that Davey got an IDEA . He glanced over the side of his bed and found he was just close enough to where the other had kicked off his shoes. Reaching out as far as he could, Davey grabbed a hold of the sneaker and tossed it straight at the other, causing the tent to momentarily light up as a bright flash emanated from the shoes . His voice was kept LOW when he spoke as to not wake up the other campers or counselors . ❝ Psst! JASPER ! Wake up! I gotta ask you something! ❞
@littlepxychic 🏕 🄲 🄸 🅁 🅈 🄺 🄴
THIS particular part of the camp was definitely the shadiest .
All morning, Davey had been SKIPPING out on activities, spending his time searching for the coolest, most relaxing place within the camp to take a NAP in . It’d been something of a chore - Especially since he had to keep SNEAKING around the counselors to get away with it - but he had finally found what he was looking for and was planning to appreciate it to it’s fullest .

Sitting THERE underneath a large tree, listening to a couple birds chirp sweetly at each other and having a SOFT breeze blowing across his face, Davey found himself feeling almost … Content . He took a deep breath, eyes closed and the smallest HINT of a smile pulling at his lips .
At least until he heard a branch snap and his expression fell back into a scowl, eyes NARROWING at the intruder once he laid eyes on them . ❝ What’reyou doing here? ❞
@thespianlyfe 🏕 🄿 🅁 🄴 🅂 🅃 🄾 🄽
He never really got a lot of CHANCES to stand in center stage .
Back home, Davey’d never really did anything theatrical - Or, really, ANY activities at all . He tended not to get along very well with most of his peers, there - and at camp, he’d always made a point of not participating when it came to just about everything . Even in the RARE event he was wrestled into a production, he’d usually been saddled with some background role like a tree .

It wasn’t that he was complaining - He preferred it when Darla and Gregg weren’t trying to MAKE him cooperate - but there was something kinda cool about standing in the middle of the empty stage, now . He’d gotten fed up with the other campers he didn’t know and their squabbling over some weird magical incident, so he’d just wandered off to theater camp to get some PEACE of mind . After a quick glance around to make sure no one could see him, Davey even let himself take a dramatic bow, pretending for once that he was the star .
❝ Thank you. Thank – AH ! ❞ he screeched when he spotted the Shakespeare-looking kid standing off to the side, only to instantly straighten himself out and act like he HADN’T just been doing what he had. ❝ What theHELL ? Don’t you know it’smad rude to sneak up on someone like that? ❞
@suckadiick 🏕 🄼 🄰 🅇
Damn, this camp was depressing .
After finding himself in Camp Campbell this morning, Davey REALLY couldn’t have been more irritated . He’d been attacked by some SCARY girl, poked and questioned by some science nerd, used as a volunteer for some magic show done by a Houdini Jr and Lord Of The Rings girl and NARROWLY avoided a knife fight with some bully . Overall, it’s been a shitstorm and David was beginning to dislike this camp even more than he usually did .

But, for all that drama, there was at least ONE kid who didn’t seem like a TOTAL square or kind of crazy . Davey spotted him sitting by himself away from all the CHAOS going on with the others and casually wandered away from them to join the camper .
❝ So… ❞ Davey grumbled, plopping down BESIDE him . ❝ Max,right ? Youusuallythe only one here that isn’twigg’n out? ❞
@camperlost 🏕 🄹 🄰 🅂 🄿 🄴 🅁
To say David had been worried about his missing 𝕔𝕒𝕞𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤 would be an understatement . Shortly after getting Space Kid set up to receive his rabies shot, the counselor had left Gwen to deal with it on her own; Deciding that someone needed to CHECK on the condition of the other 𝕔𝕒𝕞𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤 . Perhaps he shouldn’t have been so surprised to find several of the children - revealed to less surprisingly be Neil, Nikki and Max … The little TROUBLEMAKERS - had snuck off who knows where while he’d been otherwise preoccupied, but he couldn’t really HELP himself . He tried to focus on getting the remaining 𝕔𝕒𝕞𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤 back to their tents for the night, however fruitless such an endeavor was with his WORRY fresh in his thoughts .

So, when he saw Quartermaster riding half naked across the lake with four small figures huddled in his little boat, David was so THRILLED that he didn’t even question the presence of an extra kid . He quickly made his way down to MEET them at the lake’s edge, determined to make sure all his favorite little 𝕔𝕒𝕞𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤 were SAFE and SOUND . After checking Max, Nikki and Neil over for any scrapes and bruises, David’s eyes fell only briefly on the fourth kid before turning to the Quartermaster with some level of relieved amusement .
❝ Oh, QM! You pick up anEXTRA kid from one of the other𝕔𝕒𝕞𝕡𝕤, as well, huh? We’re gonna have totake this little guy BACK to his own counselors; I’m sure they’re worried SICK ! It’s crazy… The little guy almost reminds me of- ❞ And then, David froze, the realization hitting him like a ton of BRICKS . His head swiveled back to the fourth kid, really looking at him for the first time . His eyes grew wide and ALARMED . ❝ J-j-jasper ? ❞