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The cabin looked pretty normal from the outside, just like every day plain-Jane log cabins. They were square and had little square windows on either side of the door and windows on the sides. There was also no sign of a TV antenna or anything awesome like that. There was a small step up to the actual inside of the cabin. From the door you could see 6 beds total; actually four of the six beds incidentally were bunk beds. One on top of the other, then two singles off to the sides, though they could be made bunk beds too obviously.

There was a small den area that had six bean bag chairs and long coffee table, obviously for snacks or when the kids wanted to sit and talk, play games or do other such fun things. If nothing else but to keep the kids occupied when it was a rainy day and they couldn’t actually do anything outside.

Not far from any of the cabins were washrooms, not quite outhouses or port-a-johns; they were pretty nice for being in a log cabin type building and in fact it sort of reminds one of those fancy restrooms that theme parks, or stadiums, or even race tracks have, with toilets and sinks.

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((Counselors here include Lily, Talia, Griffin, Castille, Lousia, Amelia))

Castille directed one last kid toward their cabin, smiling as they ran off to join other kids entering the log structures. Then she sighed, stretched, and grabbed her long forgotten bag, trudging to her own cabin for a nap. She passed the Mess Hall and saw a sign posted on one cabin .

"Hemlock"

She opened the door, and instantly loved it. The bean bag chairs, the beds, they were all awesome. There were two sets of bunk beds, and two singles. One of which, was taken by a dark haired girl Castille had never met.

"Hi!" She said loudly as she climbed onto one of the bottom bunks. The one with the window of course. She wouldn't mind the top, but Castille had the feeling she was going to be very tired after dealing with these kids all day, and the thought of climbing even the tiny ladder with sore muscles was enough to keep her from snagging the top bunk. She threw her bag on the foot of her bed and flopped dramatically onto her bed.

Castille rolled over and looked back at the girl. "It's nice to meet you!" She said from her position on the bed. "My name is Castille. Or Cub. whichever you'd like!"

She extended her foot towards her bag, pulling it by the strap towards her body. Her laziness was rewarded with the bag flopping slowly next to her, and she rose from her stomach to crossing her legs on the bed, unzipping the backpack and starting to withdraw the various contents.

"I'm totally excited for camp!" She said excitedly "I love kids!" In fact, Castille tried to spend much of her time with kids, though turning into a senshi has severely cut into that time. Or rather, the sleeping in after staying out so late moonlighting as a super hero cut into being with kids.

"So what activities are you supervising?"

Griffin's smile got bigger when Castille said she was excited. Then she said she loved kids. The smile shrank infinitesimally, but that was okay. Kids were okay, and she was glad that she got the cutest, youngest crowd rather than the teenagers who were more likely to sass her. To be honest, she was really just here for the nature and the paper- money that is. She needed a job badly and camp counselor was the perfect one for her.

She thought about which activities she knew she'd be running. "Well, I'm going to have a nature walk, I think some guy is helping me with that, or maybe that's with a photography activity... I know I'll be helping Guen with the Scavenger hunt... Really I'll be helping with nature walks and hiking and stuff like that. And jumping in wherever I'm needed." She smiled and remembered to ask, "Oh! What about you?"

She looked at the door when it swung open, and there stood Talia. She looked pooped. Or was that mad? The stink eye seemed to collaborate with the latter idea. She tried not to make eye contact, as she could tell already that Talia wasn't having the time of her life at camp, sadly. And since she'd been the one to talk her into it, there was likely a price on her head and Talia would probably be looking to exact her revenge down the road.

"Moooooooose!" She smiled at her friend, trying to disarm her with friendly happiness, and hoping her enthusiasm would revive her worn-out spirit. "We're talking about the activities we're going to be supervising. I just told Castille that I'd be working on the nature walks, hiking, the scavenger hunt, and some photography stuff." She nodded and carried on with the last of her unpacking.

Oh yeah, that's right. There was more of this camp stuff with the kids. GREAT reminder Griffin. "Auuuuuuuuugh. I just want to go to sleep and never ever wake up." She was already unfolding her sleeping bag and laying it out very neatly on the bed. No doubt in the morning it would look like a hurricane had hit her bed, but for now she wanted to come across as at least slightly ladylike.

"Hmmm events. I think I'm running dodgeball. I know I'm going to be in the waterfight!" she said with tired enthusiasm.

Carefully she reached into her bag and pulled out all her necessities. Talia had only been camping like ... twice in her life. She had brought shampoo, conditioner, hairspray, hair gel, curling cream- the list went on. Carefully she unpacked her straightener and her curling iron, and set them on a ledge next to her bed. She pulled out her gym shorts and a tank top and changed quickly. Luckily Talia wasn't really shy about her body.

"Are there showers here?" She asked the girls. There had better be showers here, or the camp was going to wake up every morning with a fist full of Talia's anger.

Griffin nodded her head, of course there was photography! When you were in a place as scenic as Camp Larkspur, who wouldn't want to take pictures?! "I'll be using this bad boy." She held up her Nikon proudly, and uncapped it to take a picture of the tired-looking Talia, before she changed.

"Don't be such a poo, Moose. How can you be tired already!?" She pfft'd at her friend and rolled her eyes. "Of course there's showers. They girl ones are in the middle of the girl's cabin area, I'm pretty sure."

She too was signed up for the water fight, and hoped that she and Talia would be on the same team. They could conquer the world if they just worked together. And it'd be fun to have Castille on the team, too! For good measure she snapped a picture of her new blond friend so she could have a box of camp memories, and friends were an important part of that.

Castille looked from 'Hawkeye' to Talia, saying "Lemme guess, you guys know eachother outside of camp huh?" She smiled, awesome! They knew eachother! And Castille sorta knew Talia. They were going to be best friends!

She blinked as a camera appeared in Griffin's hand, and then smiled suddenly when she clicked the shutter at her. So this girl was hardcore photography!

Castille fished through her bag, pulling out her Canon. "This is the equipment I work with." She said, looking through the lens at Griffin and the Talia. "This is the most expensive thing I own right now." She cradled the camera carefully, placing it on the bed next to her gently.

"GET OUT OF HERE AND DELETE THAT PICTURE" Talia shouted as she chucked a pillow at Griffin's face.

Dammit Griffin. Dammit dammit Griffin.

Talia turned to Castile to answer her question. "We unfortunately had the unfortunate occurrence of unfortunately meeting at Crystal," she paused to smile, "Remember how I was telling you about that at the gym Castille?" A sly smile crossed her face. If there was one thing Griffin hated, it was being left out.

Talia sighed. "Cameras shmameras. You guys are boring me with your geek talk!" Truthfully, Talia would've been more than happy to model for them normally, but she was tired.

Tired Talia was a mean Talia.

She flopped down onto her makeshift cabin bed, with her face in her second pillow. Yeah, she'd brought two to camp. Without even removing her face from the pillow she said, "When do we have to get uppppp?"