This is a spin-off from Ipswich Academy: Home to the Supernatural. If you don't have a character there yet, please don't post. Other than that, the rules are the same.

Setting: Not set in the Ipswich time frame, this is a trip the students went to, escorted by a few teachers, which include Yume (PSYCHOLOGY) and Alison(ENGLISH). The brothers had to stay at the school, and Varick is staying with them, but almost every other student is there! Set in a forest, with a beautiful path by a creek, and some cabins to stay on, its a beautiful paradise for all to enjoy! Feel free to frolic around, but don't get too friendly or Ali and Yume will get ya!

(( We need someone to post first..... nose goes.))

((We really need an OOC thread for Ipswich... we've got like almost three pages of straight OOC posts...))

((>.> You're right, Calyx... we kind of do but that's... something that'll hopefully come later :D Till then... *touches her nose* I don't wanna do the first post))

((alrighty then I'll start))

Marco walked from the trail where the bus dropped him off and walked into the middle of the forested area. A sign said, "Meeting Zone", so Marco thought it would be a great area to stay and wait for everyone else. Gosh, I'm gonna miss Prince. Dropping off his stuff onto the floor, Marco watched the path and waited for others to get there.

((THANK YOU PSYMOSKI!! TTwTT Lifesaver for us sissies XD I hafta leave and I donno when I'll get online again D: ))

Questa was actually pretty excited to be out in the woods, she had never been camping before in her life. Which was kind of odd that she never did, because it was quiet and probably a good way to have calmed to her down a couple of years ago. And besides, quiet open spaces never frightened her, she did live in the countryside after all.
Still, she was very happy walking up the trail, holding Dane's hand to drag him along.

Dane really didn't want to go on this trip. He never liked being in the outdoors, but he had to tag along to take care of Questa. That was his job, and he was almost regretting that he had taken it. Almost regretting, not entirely. "If you keep walking so fast you'll trip and fall." He warned, but it didn't seem like the child was listening. Well, her head was turned and her headphones off, so it wasn't like she could hear anything anyways. Dane sighed, letting himself be dragged along and smacking a strange bug that landed on him.

Mo, somehow, managed to show up before anyone else and was hiding in a tree right above the 'Meeting Zone' sign. "Have I seen you bef~ore?" He asked the person below, popping his head out of the tree randomly. He was sure he had seen him before, maybe not. It's not like Mo had the greatest memory.

Melana got to the sign in about three minutes because she sprinted. Once she got there, she met up with Questa, Dane, and Mo. "So, how are you guys?" She looked at the things around her. She saw a few cabins. A huge forest, which was great: no sun! Also a big welcome sign. She smiled and then looked at the sky.

Chika practically skipped to the welcome sign. She stopped a few times to look at a squirrel, or a bird. Or climb up a tree. She also stopped to look at bugs on the ground, or clean off her shoe. Chika finally got to the welcome sign of the camp, and tried to find Melana, Questa, Dane, or any of the people she knew. She then saw Questa, and rushed over to them. "Hello!" She said, not that loudly.

"Oh he~llo Melana-chan!" Said Mo, now starting to feel the blood rushing to his head. Feeling dizzy, he flipped himself over and jumped down from the tree, landing perfectly on his feet. "I'm just perfect~ly fine. Just a little diz~zy though." He said, straightening himself up. "How are you today? Was the ride here fun?"

Questa finally turned around to see Chika behind them. She didn't know her too well, but smiled anyways. "Good morning." She whispered, motioning towards her headphones to tell that they were on so she couldn't hear a thing. "It's a really pretty day, eh?" She mused, looking up through the trees. There was little sunlight, and all that managed to break through was pretty light patterns from the trees. The small bits of light sparkled all over the grass, it was quiet a pretty place.

"Field trip, field trip, we're goin' on a field trip." Arlynn sang to herself as she grabbed her backpack and headed toward the 'Meeting Zone.' "Yo." She greeted, looking around the clearing.

((TERRIBLE START, I'll get better, I promise.))

Marco jumped out of his seat when he heard Mo speak. He wasn't that great when it came to surprises. Falling backwards, he was able to look up at Mo as he hung from the tree. "H..hi. Yeah, I think we met on the day of the dance. I'm Marco." Marco picked himself up and cleaned himself off just in time to see everyone get to the 'Meeting Zone'. "Hey, everybody."

((is everyone at the Meeting Zone?))

Mo was about to say something in reply, but found himself totally dumbfounded. Since when was there a dance? He thought, honestly not remembering whatsoever.
Idiot, you attended. Reminded Medusa, once again amazed at the boy's horrible memory.
"Oh, I remember, thank you Medu~sa-chan." Whispered Mo then turning his attention back to everyone else. "He~llo Marco. Pleased to meet you (again)." He said, then turning to see everyone else who made it here.

As his sister pulled him along, the redheaded male twin sighed and muttered, "Really, Kari, I don't know why you're so excited! It's just a field trip! A field trip with Yume and Alison, two of the craziest and weirdest teachers! We're probably gonna become human sacrifices, Alison will eat us or Yume'll experiment on us! We should totally skip!"

"Hi-kun don't be mean! It'll be fun! If not, I can always convince them to take us back!"

"Sigh... I guess..."

((I'll just post here then since the main was is going a bit slow.))

The sun was shining, the skies were clear and there was not a single cloud in the sky. It would have been a perfect day for a normal person to enjoy. But not for Van. Waking up to see a bright sunny day meant extra caution was needed when he needs to go outside, such as carry an umbrella, putting on sunscreen, etcetera etcetera... And it wasn't any better now that Dri had appointed himself as Van's guardian and is forcing him to undertake this trip to socialise after camouflaging into the school walls quite well. Letting out an exasperated sigh, Van pulled his black hood down further, shading his face further despite being under the shade of his black umbrella.

Finding the 'Meeting Zone' as well as a number of students older then him, Van just stood a fair ways away from the crowd, hoping not to get into anyone's way as well as prayiing that he won't be possessed again. That incident with the dancer ghost was bad enough and Van would not like to have a repeat of it, please and thank you.

"VAN! What are chu doing? Get over dere and mingle!" Dri huffed rather angrily, pulling Van's black locks to emphasise his anger.

"Dri, I know what you are doing for me is good on my behalf and I really do appreciate it but..." Van bit his lip nervously before mumbling, "I do believe that it won't make a difference..."

Dri frown, which ended up looking like a pout, and decided that enough was enough! It was time for some action! Wriggling out of Van's heavy hood, Dri slid off of Van and proceeded to go near the crowd, especially to the the red-haired male and eyepatch... was that a boy or a girl?

"Dri! Don't you dare -" Van hissed worriedly but too late. Dri was getting far too close for comfort.

"Hey everybody! Down 'ere!" exclaimed the animated wooden doll waving his arms madly.

Melana looked at Mo. "Oh, the run here was really fun! I did not get to see much of the sights along the way though. Oh well." She looked over at Marco and smiled. "Hello, nice to see ya!" Melana tried to see other people that were either, new or old students. "Hey Chika. How are you?"
Chika looked at Questa and nodded her head. She then turned to Melana. "I am great! I skipped the whole way here, which is a lot of work for a twig like me." She laughed and then looked at the trees that Questa was looking at.

((... I dunno who Dri was talkin' too... O.O))

Mo noticed something running below everyone, which didn't alarm him at first because after all this was the woods. Bugs and tiny animals weren't too uncommon.
The only problem was that this was not a bug or tiny animal. Mo looked down, seeing a small doll that was well... walking. It was sort of in an instant second afterward, he grabbed the doll and jumped back into the tree he was sitting in earlier with such speed no one could really see anything. Obviously such a thing wasn't exactly normal (the doll and his quick reflexes), and while Mo was used to such things he guessed nobody else was. He looked over the doll with interest while sitting in the tree, his tone and air around him his usual happy childish feeling. "Wha~t'r you?" He asked, seeing how the thing moved at even spoke. Then he corrected himself, "I mean what's you~re name?" He finished.
Whatever it is if it's edible, eat it. I'm hungry. Medusa suggested from inside Mo's head.

"M-Mo?" Stuttered Dane, a bit shocked at how he disappeared into the tree. He shrugged it off though, and turned his attention back to the crowd. Mo was a pretty weird kid anyways. He was wavering back and forth though, trying to find the best shady spots so he wouldn't be in the sunlight. It was a good thing there were so many trees though, and he was happy to not have to wear all this sun-blocking articles of clothing everywhere on this trip.
"Actually you worry me a bit, Chika, have you been eating properly?" He said, noting how skinny the girl was. It was his nature to worry over people, even if he didn't know her too well. Questa was also really skinny aside from the fact that she was somehow pretty heavy compared to most girls her size, but she had been getting better eating wise the last few months.

Marco knew the feeling of not remembering someone he just met. It was only natural, so Marco shrugged it off as if it was nothing personal. Marco waved hi at Melana as she said hi, and made his way over to Van, Dri, Hikari, and Hikaru. "Hi, everybody. I just thought it would be a good idea to introduce myself to everyone while I still had a chance before the teachers came and split us up to cabins. I'm Marco. Nice to meet you all." Marco stretched out his hand, hoping someone would return the kindness.

((-shot- Gah! Sorry Little Miss! Dri was referring to Mortor 'Mo'. I'll go fix it. =___='))

'Kukuku...Operation Extrovert has begun!' Dri thought triumphantly to himself as he was whisked away by somebody into the shady confines of a tree. Dri sighed happily feeling quite at home, being able to see green lushness of the leaves and the sun lighting through the said leaves.

Looking at the person that caught him, Dri tilted his head to the side in curiousity. The person was confusing and a bit weird in Dri's opinion. In that Dri couldn't reallt discern whether or not this person was a girl or a boy. Not only that this person has an interesting as well as weird fashion sense. The eyepatch reminded Dri of the pirate stories and movies that Van would sometimes watch.

Dri too buusy oberseving almost didn't catch the question that was thrown at him. Stumbling in his answer Dri replied, "O-oh! Sorry bout tha'! I'm Dri, a spirit from a peach tree. Nice ta meet chu~" Beaming rather happily, all Dri needed now was for Van to find him.

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"Oh dear...Where has Dri gotten off to?" Van mumbled as he walked around the place where Dri was before, looking for the said doll container.

It was really disheartening for Van since he tried to get to Dri one minute and then the next he was gone before his eyes. And it wasn't helping that some of the more cynical spirits were saying even more disheartening things. Like Dri being picked off by a predator of some kind, planting a seed of doubt into his brain.

'Just ignore them... And as much as you hate it, using your ability to see auras will be useful...'

'Pfft, as if they would help with your [I] level...[I]' The voice was starting rub Van the wrong way, but calming himself through breathing exercises, he ignored the voice and imagined muting it to silence it, very much like he did with the television sometimes.

Sighing in resignition, Van resigned into using his weak psychic power of seeing auras and looked for the familiar ball of green fire. For the moment everything in Van's sight became dark blue, like wearing blue tinted glasses, and everyone became either a big or small fireball of a wide spectrum of colours. Looking around, Van did find Dri's aura but found another one a seeming mixture of green and yellow and another colour he can't say.

Shrugging it off, thinking it was some of Dri's animal friends, with his umbrella and bag in tow, sauntered towards the tree. "Dri. Will you come down now? This is not funny anymore." Van asked looking up at a random spot of the tree.

"Yea, I am eating a lot better then before. I dont know how I became so skinny actually, it started when I figured out I could do things...." She looked at Dane and smiled. "Dont worry about me, you can just barely see my ribs now. I eat a lot more now. My goal is to get to one hundred and five pounds, by May. It's going to be hard work, but I can do that." Then Chika looked up at where Mo was. Where the heck did he go. She turned her attention back to Dane after trying to look for Mo. Chika smiled and tried to get off the topic about how skinny she was. "So, where did you and Questa come from?"

(( I am bored so this is what she is wearing: This This Thats Chika outfit, I will do Melana's later.))

((Alighty XD Lol, it's fine. The red hair threw me off a bit, that's all.))

"Peach tree Spir~it?" Mo asked curiously, the thought of such things had never crossed his mind before.

Of course, he was used to demon spirits and such things along those lines, but those things were summoned. This little fella on the other hand had probably lived in the realm his whole life. He moved the doll up and down like a child would with a new toy, looking it over once more. "It's nice to meet you too, though. And Medu--." She stopped there, shrugging off what he was about to say and looking down where someone was apparently addressing Dri.

"What's not very funny?" Mo asked, looking down at a curious boy with an umbrella. Mo was very picky on what he found humorous, and really didn't find anything to his liking so 'funny' really wasn't the correct use of words.
I'm still starving, you know. Medusa reminded, even making Mo's own stomach growl for emphasis.
"We'll eat something later, Medu~sa-chan." Mo whispered, seemingly to himself but after all, he was talking to Medusa.

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"Well that almost makes sense, I've heard that certain forms of magic can harm the human body." Dane said, having remembered reading that over sometime here at Ipswich. He was glad Chika was at least trying her best to eat, and also couldn't help but look around for Mo. His best bet was that he was hiding up in that tree... but he couldn't really explain why.

"I came from the city not too far from here, but Questa lives a lot further." Dane said, pointing in the general direction. Questa had to take the train to get to the city everyday for therapy, and sometimes she just stayed overnight at one of the other physiatrists' place. "The city isn't a very pretty place, though, I still love it. I'm a big people person." He said.

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Questa nodded, thinking about her home in the countryside.

"I had to take trains a lot." She added, remembering such things. "I don't really like trains but their much better then sitting a long time in a car." Questa continued in her usual whispered voice. "My mother had this really pretty flower garden too... And there were these really pretty white lilies." Questa adored white lilies, they were in fact her favorite flower.
"Does anyone know who that is?" She asked, pointing to the boy with long hair and the umbrella.

Melana turned to the boy that Questa pointed at. "Um, no idea." She said. She stared at him a little longer, and tried to see what he was looking at. "Wait, where did Mo go?" She tried to look around for him.

Chika nodded at Dane and said, "Oh you like it when there is lots of people, that's not really my favorite thing in the world, but I dont mind it." She looked over at Questa, "Oh, I love water lilies! They are so pretty and delicate." Chika looked at the boy in with the umbrella. "Nope, never seen him before in my life."

(( Once again bored, so Melana's outfit: this dress and
These shoes. ))

"Mo went up into the tree..." Questa said, making it seem like it was the most obvious thing in the world. Questa, despite her disadvantages, was very observant and quick to catch on to things when she wasn't totally confused about something. She had seen Mo have his attention taken, and swiftly jump into the nearby tree where he was hanging down earlier. "... Did you guys not see him jump into it?" She asked. Apparently nobody else had seen what she did, so she blushed a little afterwards as if she had done something wrong. She hadn't really blushed at a 'fault' (though really, no one would consider this a fault) before. She quickly looked for a way get that off her mind... and the boy with the umbrella wasn't something she would bring back up again because nobody else knew him.

Turning her attention back Chika, she smiled at the thought of what the girl had said. She shook her head with a playful air, "not 'water lilies', white lilies." She said, did I pronounce it wrong when I spoke? I couldn't hear what I said anyways so I could have... She thought afterwards.

Melana looked up the tree, to see Mo there. "Oh, wait then how did he..." She was utterly confused, so she decided to just try to forget about the whole thing and think about other things.
Chika blushed in embarrassment. "Oh, white lilies are pretty also. Sorry, sometimes I catch the wrong words." She laughed and then said to everyone, "Does anyone know what we are doing on this fieldtrip, or why we had to come all the way out her to have one?" Chika looked around, trying to find a teacher to ask.

In response to Van's response, Dri blew a raspberry and made a funny funny face. "No don't wanna!" Nestling into the person's hand and just watching the scene before, Dri continued to beam happily.

Dri couldn't wait to see how conditioned introvert would respond to this situation. Being demure and the passive sort, Van tend to shy away from people thus his social skills are...underdeveloped as one could say.

'C'mon Van! Knock them dead!' Dri cheered silently when Van looked up and saw him and the person.

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Pulling his black hood up a bit wit his free hand to see what was happening as well as shade his eyes from the small beams of sunlight, Van found Dri. No surprise there. He also found Dri in the hands of a boy....or was a girl? Van couldn't tell really tell. All he knew was, the androgynous person was with Dri. Not squirrels, not bugs. Suprise there.

When the person addressed him, Van pulled his hood down a bit, an unconscious sign that he was uncomfortable, before replying. "I believe the answer to your question is in your hands at the moment."

"Come on Dri, enough's enough." Van asked the sprite once again, to come down and join him. All Van got however was a raspberry and a peach seed thrown at him.

Unfazed by this small act of rebellion, Van knew the reason why, Van continued, "Dri, don't bother the person. I apoligse if my friend here has bothered you or inconcience you in anyway..."

"Eh? What does that mean?" Mo asked, utterly confused by what the umbrella boy had said about a question in his hands. Perhaps he had misheard, or just didn't understand that entirely. It was obvious that the boy didn't like talking to others being that it looked that he was very uncomfortable in this situation.

"Bothersome? I beg to differ, but he's not an inconvenience in any way, really..." Mo said, clinging to the doll-like Dri.

"-- He's bothersome to Me." Said Medusa. Yes, actually said. She had summoned herself out (as she could easily do) behind a couple of trees no nobody could see it. She looked pissed off, she was hungry, and really didn't look like a happy camper. In fact, she wasn't a happy camper because she didn't like camping. "I. AM. STARVING." She hissed, giving a death glare to both Mo and the boy with the umbrella. Well, Mo was used to such looks but it probably scared the poor boy to death and perhaps some lingering spirits too.

"Medu~sa-chan, I told you we'd eat later. You have to wait a bit until the teachers come..." But that was too late anyways. The demon had already made up her mind and disappeared back into the woods to find something to much on. "Oh dear..." Me murmured, making a pouting face.

((im sorry if im being mean but i said hi to van and dri a little while ago))