(GS3) Camping Trip - Camping Ground

[Hope]

So basically the Cardfight Club and a bunch of others who take part for the next two days will be on a camping trip. Yay! The objective is to experience Vanguard and apply said experience to real life situations. Also there is a part here the builds teamwork and emphasizes bonding within the Cardfight Club as a whole.

So what is activity?

Well it works similar to fetching things. You get screenshots of fights that you win to fulfill the condition. (Just like GS1 basically). All you have to do is to role play your character scavenging or doing the following activities, even in groups, in order to accomplish the goal. You may contribute only up to twice per day, and after that your character would basically be "tired out."

Let's Kouken~!
- Limit 2 characters per objective.
- This may be with anyone, even a friend, just as long as its a legit fight and you use your rp deck.
- You don't have to be in character for the fight, you just RP your character doing your action. You are fighting against literal forces of nature.

Go get water from the nearby river: Win a game against Aqua Force
Spray insect repellent all over the campsite: Win a game against Megacolony
Start a campfire: Win a game against Kagero
Build a charm to be same from thunderstorms: Win a game against Narukami
Scare off the dangerous wildlife and protect the campsite: Win a game against Great Nature
Patch up injured classmates: Win a game against Angel Feather
Gather berries from plants: Win a game against Neo Nectar
Calm down the panicking football team: Win a game against Spike Brothers
Debunk rumors of the forest having roaming undead: Win a game against Granblue
Wrestle a bear: Win a game against Nova Grappler

[Hope]

After a long walk through the woods, the finally reached their destination.

The clubs all set their tents as instructed by the teachers and supervisors. The Cardfight Club was set along with multiple tents due to its growing number of members.

Isabella jotted down the necessary materials and possible precautions needed to be taken and posted them along the Cardfight Club tent to open it up to the members to contribute should they so wish to. Reaching 10 contributions in a day would make Cardfight Club one of the most successful, so that's a goal to work together for.

Now what to do...

[Jello]

The night before was pleasant. Haruka had stayed at the Espoir Manor with Yukino for the night, accompanying her for the evening as well as relaxing. His memory was a bit fuzzy towards the end of the night, like usual whenever he stayed with Hana. Weird. He seemed to never be able to remember the most interesting parts of the night.

Regardless, he was glad to have gotten some time alone with her. It was a rare occasion these days that Haruka got any alone time at all. By himself that is. He was always with at least one other person. In this case, it's the entire club. After getting dressed this morning, and giving a long good-bye to Yukino who seemed unable to let go of him at some point... he was almost late for the bus. But he caught up and was ready for the trip, no sweat. He brought his normal deck, the one with Overlord in it, and one he had been testing for a bit. What if he tried restanding rear guards instead of just the Vanguard? A crazy thought, he might add. It was Butler-san's deck. He offered it to Haruka before he left, as something to try out. Learn new game mechanics should he want to try it.

At the site...

"Ehh, I'm hungrryyyyyy." Haruka was already complaining about food. Due to the long good-bye this morning, he couldn't make it down the stairs in time for breakfast. Kissing was a lot more effort then just mashing lips it seems.

"Okay, so what's first on the list, captain?" He was addressing Hana of course, considering she was the one who started the club and got them here for this event. It all just depended on what she wanted to do right now though, and he was a bit unsure of her plans. She didn't really say too much on the bus for the pre-meet-up.

[Hope]

After addressing a few other students, she decided that it would be time for herself to head off and do some work. Haruka-kun came at the perfect time since going off and doing these things would kind of be dangerous and lonely if alone.

He looked awfully tired and starving. The rest of the club was still getting their things ready and getting familiarized with the area, but it wouldn't hurt to have a head start. Though, before that. She got up close to him and inspected him very very closely, giving a smile all the while knowing what he was up to the night before.

"Sooo? How'd it go? My...  my, what a busy man." She laughed as she took out a map from her bag, locating the nearest river to get water from. Apparently rivers have drinkable water? Isabella never actually bought into that, but it wouldn't hurt to try. Actually, it might, but as Drake says. YOLO.

The direction would be a little to the north, simple enough. She pointed over there as she gestured Haruka-kun to come with her, they'll get to the conversation as they walked to the destination.

[Jello]

"Ehh... It went splendid. Just as I thoug..." Haruka was dozing a bit. He didn't sleep much last night apparently. Or really too much at all for that matter. He simply trekked behind the bustling Hana.

"I uh... I have no idea what you're talking about." Haruka turned his head to avoid further interrogation and/or embarrassment about the topic. He wasn't even that kind of guy. These things just sort of fell into his lap.

No pun intended.

"So, where are we off to... the river? What, you wanna go swimming in the middle of fall? A bit chilly for that, no?" Haruka pocketed his hands, following Hana's lead. The club all exchanged phone numbers on the bus in case anyone got lost or something so it was no big deal if you wandered around for a bit.

[Hope]

She continued to walk through the forest, keeping a close eye on the map. Eventually there was a trail to follow, making it easy enough so that she an now focus more on the conversation. Haruka-kun was seemingly avoiding the topic, but she found that to be quite hilarious, though, would he perhaps be embarrassed about it? Isabella saw nothing wrong with the topic itself. She turned over to him to inquire him more, "Really now?  You know what I'm talking about Haruka-kun, just tell me. Also, we're going to get water, for everyone. Mhm."

[Jello]

"Just cause I know what you're talking about, doesn't mean I want to talk about what I did with your sister. Doesn't that strike you as like, weird? Why would you want to know what we did anyways? What if we just talked all night. About feeeeeelings. Those things, huh?" Haruka playfully stuck his tongue out at Hana like a kid. He wasn't really mad or anything, but the atmosphere was light and the trip was meant to be fun, so wouldn't it make sense to take advantage of that?

"I thought there was water back at the site? Oh right, you don't like bottled water." Haruka nodded, planting a fist in his hand as he came to a realization. Not that it was a particularly accurate one, but still.

"I mean, I brought a few bottles myself... That might not last me all weekend though. I get really....

......

.........

I need to quench my uh. Thirst." Haruka spit out the word he tried to avoid using so badly. There was no way around it. He was thirsty. For water anyways. Which is why he promptly uncapped the bottle he brought with him and drank half of it in about two seconds.

[Hope]

"Always my sister's thirsty footstool huh?" she teased.

Isabella herself needed water as well. She spent all night by Mi-hime's bedside, waiting for her to wake up. She did anything to stay awake, coffee, ran around, even watched a few movies, but she didn't wake up. All the while the feeling of jealousy over Haruka-kun was really tugging at hear heart. It was actually quite bad, but she took it assuming that it was her punishment. Has her Guardian Angel finally arrived to reap her soul? That would be better than suffering through the heartache, but her Guardian Angel is Nociel, and Nociel can't even hurt a fly. She wanted to press the issue more, just because she was curious after thinking about it for so long, but that was their deal, she had no business in it and like she said, she would be easily able to let Haruka-kun go

Or would she?..

Either way, she still let the feelings get to her, causing a bit of silence as they walked on. The drowsiness was catching up which wasn't really good.

"Talked about feelings all night? I guess that makes sense with Yukino... but isn't what we do more fun?"

[NeoBuster]

Camping!!!!!!!!! Wooooo" Neo yelled as he got off the bus.

The camping trip was finally here and Neo was excited and ready for the adventures that awaited him. However he was carrying 2 big bags worth of supplies. He might have overpacked a bit. He then caught up with Hana and Haruka.

"Hey guys!" Neo said

[Jello]

Haruka instantly felt bad. Not from the teasing, but the second that silence ensued, he realized something was wrong. He wasn't sure what it was exactly, because between him and Hana, they had a world's worth of problems. He reached out for her, just for a second. However the moment he heard that resonating voice. That voice.

It was Neo. He had caught up with them already? They had been walking for a good bit now. He must have ran all the way here to catch up!

"Hey man, are you okay? How far did you run to get over here?" Haruka handed Neo an unopened water bottle from his pack, patting him in the shoulder.

"Come help us with this river business. We're collecting water for the camp apparently." Haruka nodded, instructing Neo of the new goal. They were in for a long haul, literally. But the thought came back to him. It always came back to him.

He walked back up to Hana's side, getting a bit closer.

"Fun...? Hmm, yeah, I guess you might be right." Haruka teased back. He honestly enjoyed Hana's company a great deal, just like Yukino's. The difference wasn't about how fun either one was though. Yukino brought more passion to the way she acted with Haruka. She really wanted to be with him and that bond effectively became stronger after the year had passed. But Hana was something else. She was sickeningly sweet. Everything she did with Haruka felt almost so genuine it was like there was no other relationship the two even had, just themselves. It was like a world inside another world that only they could proceed to exist in. It made Haruka uncomfortable when he thought about it, but that was the reality of the emotions he felt around the two girls.

Love. A true one and a twisted one, but they were love all the same.

He shook is head, letting the thoughts dissipate back into his imagination.

"How much farther, Hana?" He was still standing right next to her. He contemplated taking her hand, but he wasn't sure if she was still upset. That might make things worse. Decisions, decisions.

[NeoBuster]

"Of course I ran to catch up with you guys!" Neo said opening the water and drinking some of it

"Alrighty, lets go get this water then" Neo said

"So Haruka how are ya?" Neo asked

[Hope]

"Neo..." Alone time ruined. "Hi..." Her voice was dark, both welcoming yet full of malice and frustration, as if someone just stepped onto a landmine, or something like it. Things like this were one of her biggest pet peeves.

The fact that his timing didn't mix well with her current conflicted feelings just left a bitter taste in her mouth. If things were to go like this then it may be better to break things off with Haruka-kun right here and now before she proceeds to get hurt even more, but at the same time... she had no desire to do such a thing. The pain was worth it to be with him. His caring attitude and frail, but often funny demeanor always got her heart beating fast. The only problem was that she couldn't stand the thought of him being with Yukino, as much as she said she approved of it. She can't let him know that because he would be forced to choose. Hana had wished that Mi-hime would have woken up before this trip, giving her a single moment to remember as to why she fell for her. It now seemed so distant, and Haruka-kun is the one standing here now. Isabella at first only liked him for his touch, he made her feel more mature and less alone, but now it feels completely different. She walked over closer to him as well, grabbing his hand which at the thought of which have held Yukino made her irk a little.

It really was unfair.

Crying over Mi-hime while Yukino is back for him. Is she really cheating on Mi-hime's feelings? She doesn't even have a single chance to talk to Mi-hime about this situation, much less their relationship in general. If Hana had been able to talk to Mi-hime a long time ago maybe she would have ended the relationship for Haruka-kun, who knows?

She wouldn't have, but she still needs to talk to Mi-hime at the very least.

"We're almost there..."

[Jello]

The grip in his hand made him a bit uncomfortable. Hana had become suddenly really dark and sullen. Haruka's attitude somewhat fell short as well. All he wanted to do now was finish the task at hand. It's not that he didn't like being with Hana, but the way he felt was conflicting more often than not, and this wasn't helping. Haruka desperately wanted to mend the breaks in his psyche and the bonds he had. If he could tell Yukino the truth when he got home, he might. He was that eager to fix everything. But he also didn't want to hurt Hana and just disappear from her life. Going back to Yukino would definitely hurt her... She already seemed upset by just by the interruption of Neo.

Gripping her hand back, Haruka looks over to Hana. He honestly wanted to leave at that point. It wasn't Neo's fault that she was upset about that this happened. But there was no easy way to just tell him to leave, and he couldn't just ask Hana to feel better. Caught in a slight crossfire, Haruka fell altogether silent. There was nothing he had to say.

[Golden Sage NovaRaizer]

With a small yawn, Darren walked through the woods towards the campsite. Normally, he would get lost in a place like this, but he didn't know where he was going to begin with. Somehow that led to him finding people, three people by the looks of it. He looked ahead as he realized that two of them were Hana and Haruka from the club. His first instinct was to leave them alone, but he saw that Neo guy with them as well.

Darren has his backpack as well as another, larger back that seemed to have an attachment for his backpack so they were together. That means everything he carried was currently on his back. He walked up to them as best as he could as he called out, "Hey you guys!"

[Hope]

The silence meant that she was being too selfish, too much in her mind and to herself. There has to be a way to turn this around. For some strange reason, that's what she wanted now. Despite giving him the decision to go back Yukino, a thought in her mind popped that maybe out of irrational choice, she would be able to let Miyuki go for Haruka-kun.

There she goes being selfish again.

Then she would be able to win Haruka-kun over and have him choose her over Yukino. This wasn't going to accomplished by thinking too much on the past, they were holding her back now. Her coping mechanism which originally dealt which stage fright by clearing her mind of all its worries was now being used for all the wrong reasons. For this camping trip Miyuki would escape her mind and so would Yukino. They don't exist. She will focus on Haruka-kun and their relationship only, nothing else. With this decision, she decided to make sure that Haruka-kun would choose her over Yukino. This was digging a deeper hole, but it doesn't matter. Mi-hime has been gone long enough for her to nearly forget the feelings that were for her and almost everything that she had saved up for Mi-hime had been given to Haruka-kun as well.

"I'll win him over..." she thought as a slow smile from the optimism formed on her face.

She leaned over closer once more, her chest touching his arm, and her hands hugging on it now as she did yesterday during the club meeting, but now she was doing so with more force and passion. This was her chance, she had the next two days to win him over, there was no messing this up.

Dogebuster and Darobo were with them, so she turned to them, "Can you guys go get berries and stuff from the plants over there?" Isabella pointed to a nearby clearing. A simple enough task.

Next up, she increased the length of her steps as well as her stride, hopefully getting Haruka-kun away from the two as well.
"S-sorry about that," she apologized as they walked on, "I really just... I don't know, would you feel anything if I were with someone else for the night while you were alone? I think that's how I felt."