Camp: private conversations

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Respond here for a private conversation with Red! All comment threads are screened.

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[le_mat]

Then how the hell did he end up here? Wouldn't he be safer back in their world? Or was he already here at that point...

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I didn't bring him here. They did.

[le_mat]

So the counselors are grabbed just like we are?

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Pretty much.

The method they use to get campers isn't so precise. They find uses for the 'leftovers', so to speak.

[le_mat]

...wait. Are you telling me it's like a fucking crane game-?! 'Oh oops I got this kid's dad, might as well put him to work?'

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...I hadn't thought of it that way, but that would be an accurate description.

[le_mat]

Goddamnit I was joking. Ish.

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Even jokes have a basis in reality sometimes.

[le_mat]

Ugh. I hate everything.

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Hey Red, can I ask you something that might sound a little weird?

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You have already asked me some weird things, but go ahead.

[le_mat]

You mentioned making it scream. I didn't hear that but I did hear... something. Did you, or was that just in my head?

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I heard nothing. But someone tried to burn down the camp a few years back, and some of the campers said they heard screaming.

[So yes it's in your head, Ren.]

[le_mat]

...I heard... crying. Like a little kid that was being hurt.

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...crying?

[She is confused by that.]

There was nobody in that shed. Who would be crying?

[le_mat]

I don't know. They didn't sound like anyone here. And it was... far away.

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[She's clearly thinking of something here.]

Well...perhaps the camp? But it shouldn't sound like a child, I don't think.

[le_mat]

That's all I can think of. No one else mentioned hearing anything, and I know some of the others have better hearing than I do.