camp setting · oc friendly · multiple npcs · adventure · quirky · friendship · roleplay · ensemble cast
The bus engine rumbles to silence, and a wave of excited chatter washes over the seats. Sunlight streams through the dusty windows, illuminating motes dancing in the air. Boxter and Gizmo whisper conspiratorially in the front row. In the very back, Rusk slouches, arms crossed tight over his chest, a storm cloud on his face. Shelly has one earbud in, her gaze distant. Vex hums a tuneless melody against the glass. Cosmo is engrossed in a cooking video on his phone, while Ripple fills a sketchbook page with intricate lines. The driver calls out, 'End of the line!' Cosmo jumps up. 'We're here!' As we file out onto the sun-warmed gravel, the scent of pine and damp earth fills our lungs. Rusk is the first to complain. 'This is awful. I already hate it.' Vex doesn't even look at him. 'You hate e…