Summer Camp Cabin of the Kelpie Closed

Let me tell you one thing straight of the dang bat:
Marco? Absolutely didn't want to be here. Lyrell and Mr. Sevyn had left to Ilvermorny to meet with some of the professors from over there and won't be back for a whole month, and there was no way to book him a flight back to Russia to stay with his father in time. So he was stuck here for the summer, which wasn't ideal at all. Fortunately, Marco had a few friends, in fact, the only reason he applied to Kelpie was that a friend of his said they were going to sign up for it too, unfortunately, they signed up for a different cabin last minute, and he's only just now found out about it. He couldn't spot them in the group of students with them at all and even passing by the list and reading it over, he didn't find them on it. He didn't recognize a single name on this list. That's terrifying. He's stuck with a bunch of other students he didn't know, nor WANT to know.

First thing Marco noticed: Water. Lots of water. To someone else, this might have been harmless or even a bit of fun! To Marco, it was hell. You see, he can't swim. If something goes wrong, there's a very high chance he'll drown. That was not a fun idea, no, not at all. He was expecting some water-themed stuff, yeah, definitely. He didn't expect the whole floor to just be water. He glanced around at the others. Was this... normal? Do floors just become water? Can he just do that? This feels like a major safety hazard. Then again, that might have been expected of this school... At this point, he shouldn't be surprised by half of the things that happen on these grounds. He heaved a sigh, tucking some of his hair out of the way as he quickly claimed his bed by taking his bag and chucking it on top. With that, he looked at the other's warily before tugging off his shoes and socks, and just... stepping in. He was already wearing shorts, of course, it's summer, so he wasn't so worried about them getting a bit wet.

He waded through-- no latter. "Нет последних." (No latter.) He repeated his thoughts quietly to himself, sounding bored. "Правильно..." (Right...) He simply pulled himself up, sitting on the bed and crossing his legs. Before doing anything at all, he began unpacking his stuff in the little slots in the walls for their stuff. There were three books, parchment, ink, a quill, and a single image of what looked like to be him and a taller, much bustier girl with a similar hair color to him. She has him sitting on her shoulders. You could almost hear the joy that radiated in the image, the squeals, laughter sibling bonding. Most notably, there seemed to be a rip through the middle of the image, or what looks to be like there used to be a rip, probably poorly fixed by someone who didn't know the spell correctly. But that was fine with him, the image was still fixed, right? It's good enough, at least. He sighed, looking over his cabinmates. He instantly spotted who Thurston had named his second-in-command; Bellamy Landon, a Slytherin boy. Maybe it would be good to get on good terms with him? Get to know him, to have someone to trust, someone to stick close to? He can't spend the whole time alone, right? Lyrell would surely be disappointed if she knew he kept himself locked away from the others and didn't even attempt to make a single friend. There's no harm in at least trying once.

But something still had him wary of the idea, he didn't know what it was, really, but something in the back of his mind told him to just do what he originally thought; Keep your head down and your mouth shut, and your time here would go by in a flash. He gave in, simply pulling out a book and beginning to read. Definitely not the most exciting thing ever, but eh, it's all he really needed. Let's hope his whole summer doesn't look like this...

Rowan trudged along with the rest of her cabin through the site and towards where they would be staying, noting that there seemed to be an awful lot of boys in this particular group. She didn't really care whether the cabins were shared with boys or not - it wasn't as though she wasn't capable to keeping up with a group of boys - but she'd hoped they it would at least be split down the middle, and she wouldn't be stuck as the only girl. It didn't help that all these boys seemed to be taller than her too, which was making it dang hard to see who else was among them, aside from the two that stubbornly stayed in front of her as they moved. She supposed she could have gone around, but she still wasn't too sure about this whole camp idea. She loved Hogwarts and wanted to stay, but now that it was actually here, she was missing her family. Especially Theo, who had been heartbroken about the fact she wouldn't be spending the summer with him. He was eight now, but still too young to be attending Hogwarts, which meant it would be a long time before the two of them really got to hang out again. She hoped he would understand.

She took a glance at the list posted on the front of the cabin, and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw another girl listed there. At least, she assumed 'Lucy' wasn't a boy's name. Poor guy if it was. At least she wouldn't be the only girl in this cabin. He jaw dropped at the sight of the cabin. There was water everywhere! She wasn't daft, she knew what a kelpie was, but she hadn't expected that most of their cabin would be watery. This was so cool! She waded through the water, wishing she knew a spell that would allow her to waterproof her clothes, and snagged a bad in one of the back corners, dropping her things onto the comforter, and turned to listen to the professor name his second in command. She frowned at this, not particularly keen on taking orders from another kid. How come he got to be in charge when none of the rest of them had been given the opportunity? Or perhaps she hadn't been listening when it was announced that they were looking for volunteers. But either way, she wasn't so sure how she would feel when he started bossing them around. Maybe she could leave a frog in his bed.

She turned back to her things, wanting to get a couple of books and other personal items that wouldn't handle water well from her bag. So far, the bed seemed waterproof, but if she was going to be splashing around, anything on top was going to get damp. With her things safe, she turned to the nearest person. "Hey, I'm Rowan," she said, sticking out her hand. She didn't know any of these people, and if she was going to be living with them, she might as well be making some friends. "Pretty crazy with all this water in here, isn't it? I feel like I should have packed a boat or one of those inflatable, muggle pool toys or something like that."

Lucy stayed in the back of the group as they followed their professor or now cabin leader through the path showing them where they will be staying for summer. It wasn't bad seemed pretty cozy at first sight, After listening to their professor explain some things they were allowed to fix their belongings and choose a bed. Quickly finishing what she had to do the girl walked outside with a book in hand. The sudden breeze made her stop in her tracks and look around her. She wasn't really paying attention when they were walking to the cabin more like spacing out and trying to ignore the chatting that happened around her.

She spotted a tree that would make a lovely place to spend the rest of the day reading where hopefully she would have peace, Grabbing a hair tie that was on her wrist she pulled the top part of her out of her eyes. She tucked the book under her arm and made her way onto one of the bigger branches of the tree. After comfortably positioning herself finally she was at peace. She little tweets from birds that came from trees and the breeze moving the bushed and leaves.
She opened her book and began reading, She could have went and tried to find her two friends which were in the same cabin but she didn't really bother. I mean if they needed her they would have just tried to find her. She shrugged off that idea and rested her back against the tree hoping she wouldn't fall off like she did last time she attempted this.

She had put on her reading glasses which she rarely used outside her house but she couldn't see the words clearly, The pair of glasses slipped to the tip of her nose making her put them in the right place every five minutes that passed.

Blaze had been so excited for summer camp he even forgot to go to the main grounds before entering his own cabin. As he burst into the room almost knocking someone over before immediately turning around and apologizing for the best of ten (10) minutes. At first, he didn't see anyone he knew but then his eyes landed on Lucy who was outside for some reason he spotted her sitting under a tree outside the camp, "No... I shouldn't talk to her what if she gets mad at me," Blaze had maybe gotten scared of her... well not scared but maybe a little afraid. She was nice at times but Blaze had had some bad times with her where her inner rage just took over her. Blaze felt as if he was a cause for this anger so...

After a few seconds of thinking Blaze looked away hoping she hadn't seen him. As he took his attention to there room he realized how cozy it was. Sure the room was damp even wet in certain areas Blaze didn't really mind it. He then decided to choose a bed closest to the fireplace and he started unpacking at this point Blaze was in plain sight because there was a window behind him and if she looked trough he would have seen him. He was really surprised that Lucy hadn't approached him. This made him feel weird though it didn't feel like a fear feeling but something else. Something which made him feel... Actually, it wasn't a bad feeling! 

Maybe he had placed himself where he did for a reason... his back to the window in Lucy's line of vision...

     Trailing close in rear of his assigned 'camp counselor' who was, in addition, his astronomy teacher, the boy was eager for this camp to begin. When school ended, he assumed, No, he knew he would have to go home at the end of the month, which he was immensely against in doing. Bellamy didn't want to go home to Manchester with his sister yet. He still despised his father. They were still not in good speaking terms, so he implored his sister to relay the message to his parents that he wasn't going to come home this summer. For he had already signed up for the Summer camp the school was hosting. Approaching the cabin's location, you could smell the filthy algae musk that emanated from the cabin's direction as they got closer. Bellamy was intrigued by this as he smelled took one profound breath to determine what made that smell, 'Hmmm, are we close to the lake?' This examination of the air kept him occupied as they got closer to the cabin. 

       Clearing up from the untamed grove, Bellamy was able to make out what was beyond the pasture of trees. His guess was right as you would think, it was the Great Lake. Unexpectedly though they weren't just close to the lake, they were practically on the lake as the ripples of the lake swayed beside the cabin, 'Noo wayy?' As he sped up his paste behind the counselor as they were closing in the cabin, He got more excited. The leaves below the sole of their shoes rustled more as they ended their tedious journey to their next temporary home. At the steps of the stony structure, he banged boots against the steps of the grandiose building muttering in secrecy as he hit the marble, "ssSorryyy." Dusting off quickly from the dirt, he enters the building with everyone else. Processing its interior, the moderately lit room gave through the generous body of water that filled the room, 'What the heck?' The body of water that encompassed the two sides of the room only giving way to a sliver of a platform that had a sitting area/fireplace. Setting his duffel bag down, Bellamy rolls up his cuffed pants to his knees to get to his bed that was close to the entrance, "So freaking stupid." Tucking his bag away in the cubby that lied above the floating bed he hears the Counselor declare that he became 'second in command', he thought that it was unnecessary to say, being that the board outside already stated that.

      He didn't want the attention; he loathed it. The stern boy just wanted to relax at camp and help out in the process as well, I mean what else would he do there? Some of the activities were unattractive to him, but he wasn't about to open up to people either. He kind of regretted that he asked his assigned counselor to volunteer for there cabin during the bonfire. He merely wanted to express his appreciation for the camp but that was apparently an error in his judgment. Finishing the announcement the Snake exits the building to dry off his legs.

      Smelling the musk once more, the boy takes in the view outside of the cabin. His gaze panes out towards the woods, releasing his breath, "Hhhh...Ba-by-sitting??...Really?" While sitting at the edge of the veranda, pondering, Bellamy spots a girl from his group from earlier. The platinum-haired girl was seated on the branch of a tree, adjacent to the building. She appeared to be reading a book, couldn't make out what type of book it was but it was a book nevertheless. He discreetly glanced at her periodically for a minute, before his simplistic idea came to thought, "Eh, why not?" Stepping off the veranda's steps, the boy trotted his way to her; setting him loose with ease. Coming up to her, the eager boy initiated his conception, "HEY scholar!!.. I need to speak to you."

Arceus ran over to the cabin, he was a bit late but no one seemed to notice so he ran inside and after listening to Thurston talk he threw his heavy bag onto a random bed, looking around he saw Blaze, one of his best friends, on the bed closest to the fireplace so he decided to go next to him instead and quickly moved his things so he was in the bed right by his side.

He looked over to his friend, who had been staring out the window the whole time he had been briefly unpacking, he slowly went behind him and looked over his shoulder to check what he was looking at out of the window, after searching for a little bit he realised that it was Lucy who was sitting on a tree branch, "You look like a stalker you know that, right?" he told his friend who still hadn't noticed him even though he was only an inch away from his back.

He ruffled Blaze's hair with a cheeky smile on his face before jumping onto his bed backwards so he landed on his back in a star position. "This place is pretty cool, don't you think?" he asked Blaze while staring at the roof, "A little damp but all in all cool.." after a few seconds of silence between them he got up, "Should we go and say hi?" he asked, "We are all friends after all", he then looked at Blaze awaiting his response...

Thurston watched his group follow him inside the Cabin of the Kelpie. Most were listening to his explanations, while others went straight to a bed. He had to admit, their reaction was honestly not too bad. Not as bad as he had thought it would be, how sad. It did not take a long time, when a girl of his Cabin was picked up by her parents, because she signed up without their permission. He sighed as he shook his head, concentrating on the rest of his group. He took a glance around, waiting for them to set up their space.

“Attention, Kelpies” he announced and waited until each of them looked at him. One gone, five left. Ten eyes staring at him. ”Kelpies. This is how you will be known for the time of this Camp. Your house doesn’t matter here, you are one group now. If something is the matter you come either to me or Mister Landon” At that he tilted his head in the dark haired boy’s direction. ”Don’t do anything stupid, I can’t give you detention here but don’t think I will let you break any rules… Consequences will follow.”

Thurston cast a quick Tempus without saying the incantation and hummed. ”You may stay up for another hour, but after that it’s time to be quiet and extinguish all lights.” After this was said, Thurston left for his chambers across the room.

As Thurston spoke, Marco lifted his head from his book, listening to him intently. Kelpies, eh? That's a cute nickname for the group. Under his breath, he repeated it back to himself, giving a gentle nod. He's a Kelpie now. 'At least it's better than being a Hufflepuff.' He thought to himself. As soon as Thurston finished speaking and left the room, Marco opened his book again and continued from where he left off.

It wasn't long before he found himself irritable and unable to pay attention to what he was reading due to the noise. He's not used to this much constant noise, this is why he usually likes to read alone in a quiet place, where no one will bug him. With a huff, he closed his book, setting it back onto the shelf above his head. He simply looked over the other students. Now that Lucy was gone, there was an open bed. He wonders, will someone else take her place? Time will only tell.

So far, Marco would have to say that his cabinmates are... interesting, to say the least. Arceus and Flyte seem to already be good friends. Rowan seems pretty nice, maybe he'll try to make friends with her? But Bellamy... Marco's still a bit on the fence with him, wanting to keep on his toes. He doesn't know Bellamy yet, and he's a Slytherin... No! No no, that's wrong. Lyrell would smack you in the back of the head for judging him just because he's a Slytherin. Besides, Thurston said that their houses don't matter here, everyone is equal. He glanced over at Rowan. Marco wants to try to make friends with her first, at least. He slipped out of the bed and let his feet be met once again by the cool water beneath it, wading through and moving towards Rowan's bed. Mustering up a bit of courage, he smiled at her. "Hi, you are Rowan, yes? I'm Marco, it is nice to meet you." He said kindly, his voice dripping with honey.

And all of a sudden, she was the only girl. She frowned as the other girl made her way out, surprised that she would show up when she didn't have permission. Or maybe that was just the excuse that they were being told. Who knew what was really going on in people's real lives? If she'd learned anything over the past year, it was that you never knew what was going on in people's lives outside of what you saw at school.

One of the boys approached her as she was putting away her things, introducing himself as Marco. For a moment, she wanted to ask how he knew who she was, but she supposed that as the only girl now, she was pretty easy to figure out. "Hey, yeah, I'm Rowan," she said, mimicking his friendly expression. "Nice to meet you, Marco. Pretty weird with all this water around, isn't it?" She kicked a bit at the water, feeling even more sink into her shoes. She hadn't really planned for needing waterproof shoes. "What do you think camp is going to be like?" she asked. Sure, they'd been given some information before signing up, but she was still curious about his opinion.