camp vargas! ~spring happening~ 3-3 "i'll strangle you later"

[mandytl]

 

—Day two of Camp Vargas, early morning.

Location: Dwarfs’ Mine - Campsite

CLANG CLANG CLANG!

Ruggie: ?!

What’s going on?!

Epel: T-That's friggin’ loud！

Ruggie: Epel-kun!

Epel: R-Ruggie-san! What’s making that noise?!

Ruggie: No idea. It just started blaring out of nowhere… 

Ghost A: Come on, boys. Everyone up! It’s time to announce your next set of challenges!

CLANG CLANG CLANG!

Epel: The sound is being caused by that ghost banging some pots together…

Ruggie: Okay, hold up. What time is it, exactly?

Because the sun isn’t even up yet. A little too early, don’t you think?!

Vargas: Rise and shine!

Wonderful morning, isn’t it?

Floyd: Come on… I’m still sleepy…

Deuce: Sigh… the ground was so uncomfortable. I don’t feel well-rested at all…

Vargas: For crying out loud… So you’re lacking in manners on top of muscle, eh?

You’d better answer my handsome greeting, or else I’ll disqualify you right here, right now.

Now, once more… Wonderful morning, isn’t it?!!

Students: … Good morning.

Leona: Ugh. It's too early for this aggravating asshole.

Vargas: Then let’s get right to announcing the challenges for day two! There’s three, just like in day one

First of all, “shelter”! You’re going to make a potion to make your time while camping here safer.

Track down a “luminous flower” growing in the wild here for a potion that’ll heal wounds faster.

Sebek: A luminous flower? I believe that’s an increasingly rare item.

And significantly more difficult than yesterday’s challenge as well.

Vargas: Next is “food”! Pay attention to your environment while you’re securing your supply.

Capture one of the giant catfish that devour the other lake fish.

Ruggie: Do they even live here?

I never saw a single one yesterday. I’m gonna have to give our fishing technique some serious thought.

Vargas: The third challenge is “study”! You’ll need to utilize even more advanced information on magic gems than yesterday.

Enter the mines once more and obtain a single gem.

Only it’s got to be a big fella, like this guy! So about two cubic centimeters large, and… seven grams heavy.

Floyd: What a drag!!

Finding one yesterday was already super hard. That one’s like, twice as big.

I’m ready to go home.

Vargas: You have until sunset again. Day two of Camp Vargas’s challenges… begin!!

Chatter chatter chatter…

Pans away.

Sebek: A sizable number of us should be assigned to the forest. The luminous flower is still a rare plant.

Riddle: That they grow in very small quantities is beyond question. We’ll follow Sebek’s lead and search in a group.

Pans away.

Ruggie: They all sound pretty rough… Guess I’ll start with the lakeside challenge for now.

A newbie would have a bad time fishing for catfish.

Pans away.

Deuce: The forest, the lake, or the mines… Which should we go with?

Track Club Member: Let’s just split into three groups. The first-years can pick what they wanna tackle first.

Jack: How about a challenge that’s relevant to what we do in-club? … Like one that’ll double as a work-out.

Deuce: Working out at a time like this… ?! You’re not… actually a complete idiot, or something… are you?

Jack: Like you can talk!

Well hey, if you’re tired, why not chill out? Let the guys who’re actually fit--you know, like me--handle the rest.

Deuce: Wh—I’m not tired at all! I can still do this!

I used a lot of force to dig through granite yesterday… all right. Let’s take on those tunnels!

Jack: Heh. That’s more like it.

Pans away.

Grim: Fnyaaah… so sleepy. 

Floyd: Hey, hey. It’s Seal-chan and Shrimpy-chan.

Grim: Nnah? Floyd and Jamil, huh? What’s up?

Jamil: Have you seen Ace? He didn’t make it back to his tent last night.

> No idea.

> I haven’t seen him.

Jamil: I see… 

… This is that total clown Ace we’re talking about, though. I bet he’s goofing off in some other club’s tent.

Floyd: If you see Crab-chan…

Tell him… “I’ll strangle you later” for me. See ya. 

Grim: … Where the heck did he run off to?

Well, we’re going to all kindsa places today. Maybe we’ll bump into him somewhere.