97% sure.
Ninety-seven percent? What about the other three?
*laying face down in the dirt* yeah, why do you ask?
*frowns, but kneels down and pats his shoulder* You’re in the dirt, buddy. Come on… get up.
i don’t really wanna.. *he mumbles, shifting so he can at least see Carlos*
A bed will be much more comfortable, and cleaner, I promise. *he smiles at Max when the kid looks at him*
i thought about it but part of me is afraid to move.. *he wipes dirt and tears off his face*
*Carlos’ smile drops* I’m sorry to hear that, buddy… want me to carry you?
*he shrugs* i guess.. probably better then laying in the dirt for hours…
*he rolls Max into one arm and once he has a hold on the boy he stands up, cradling him close* Let’s get you to your tent, pal, huh?
*he loosely clung to Carlos as he stood up, still shaking softly as he nodded* ..okay
*Carlos rubs Max’s shoulder as he walks him over to his tent.* Do you have a different shirt you can change into so you don’t get dirt in your cot?
no.. all the others got wrecked so i had to get rid of them *he sighed softly* i’ve been meaning to get new ones
Oh… well, that’s something we’ll do soon. At least take off your hoodie so you don’t overheat, okay buddy? *he carries Max into the tent and gently sets him down on the cot*
*he hesitates before nodding again, pulling off his hoodie and tossing it aside. before he pulled his blanket over himself, Carlos could see he was wearing more bandages then normal*
*Carlos frowned slightly. He picked up Max’s hoodie and shook it out before folding it and setting it down at the foot of the bed.* Do you just wanna sleep, Max? Or do you wanna talk about anything?
*he shrugged slightly, his voice was quiet* i dunno.. some of the stuff we could talk about might keep me longer
but there’s probably some stuff that needs to be talked about…Might keep you longer? What does that mean, Max?
keep me up longer i mean *he chuckles slightly*
Oh. I’m sorry, I must’ve misheard. So… I take it that you do wanna talk, then?
*he glances away, tightly holding the blanket* do you ever… look at someone you love and realise… you don’t really love them anymore? you want to love them but you just don’t… and it just leaves you feeling guilty because you’ve been with them for so long and they’ve helped you so much a-and you don’t want to leave them but at the same time you’re worried that they’ll leave you *he dries his eyes and looks away*
*blinks at Max* Uh… no… I honestly can’t say that I have. But… I’ve been on the receiving end of unrequited love… *what the hell has Max gone through??*
*he sighs softly, almost whispering* it really sucks…
I’m sorry, buddy… I truly am. Sometimes though… romantic relationships run their course. It doesn’t mean you should stop being friends, but… if the love isn’t there, then…
but i don’t want to be friends with her..! i still want to date her and be with her but i…
But you don’t love her. It’s okay if friends go out sometimes… but if you don’t feel like you love her, then it’s not worth it trying to keep acting like it Max. Trust me, I… I’ve had a similar experience.
I’ve never participated in canoeing, there’s probably like alien guts or something in there. We don’t know what Campbell did.
Yeah… wait, what Campbell did? What did… what did he do?
A lot of shit, man. Dunno if he did anything to the lake, though.
Heey…
What, uh… kind of stuff?
*he gestures around them* Scam camp. His house thing or whatever on spooky island is pretty fu- messed up.
There’s a house on Spooky Island? I didn’t know that… *he looks toward the island*
It’s,,, kinda terrible.
*looks back at Max* Oh yeah?
Yeah. Spooky island in general is just,,, terrible. I’m pretty sure there’s a kid stuck there and- *he looks vaugely disgusted*
There’s a kid stuck there?? Max, are you serious?
Maybe? I don’t know for sure. It was probably a fever day dream or something. Sure as hell wasn’t a ghost so.
What? What are you talking about? Have you been to the island? Did you see a kid there?
Yes, and yes. He just sorta appeared and was talking in weird 90’s lingo. I didn’t question it.
How do you know 90′s lingo? And… why didn’t you question that the kid was there? Was there another camp on the island?
He said stuff like “radical” and had light up shoes. And, There’s like, multiple different camps. But he had “camp campbell yellow” on. I’ve never seen him before that so,
Light-up shoes? Those were cool. But really? Campbell Yellow? And you hadn’t seen him before? That’s… very strange.
Yeah, this is like, my third year and I’ve never seen him before. That whole trip was weird to be fair.
Huh… Can you tell me what happened on that island?
I think I’ve told you parts of it before, we had like a camp fire and “scary” stories a few weeks ago and QM told us not to go to Spooky island so naturally Nikki, Neil, and I went over to spooky island with the platypus. This kid Jasper just appeared out of the bushes talking about monsters, we explored Campbells home thing, found some fucked up stuff, and found QM doing fucked up stuff. It was pretty eventful.
…. I think I remember part of that story. Dios Mio… The kid didn’t come back with you? Jasper, his name was?
Yeah. QM just took me, Niel, and Nikki back. I don’t think he even Acknowledged the other kid.
Have… you asked David or anybody else about Jasper?
Nope. I choose to ignore that whole night.
But… you said Jasper was left behind… what if he were a real person and is still on that island all alone?
Nikki, Neil, and I all saw him. QM didn’t. It’s probably some weird kid thing.
Or the QM didn’t care enough and is hiding something horrible on the island, and the other kid is involved?? Max, are you absolutely sure that kid isn’t real?? *okay, he was very concerned – he didn’t trust the QM in the slightest*
I’ve never participated in canoeing, there’s probably like alien guts or something in there. We don’t know what Campbell did.
Yeah… wait, what Campbell did? What did… what did he do?
A lot of shit, man. Dunno if he did anything to the lake, though.
Heey…
What, uh… kind of stuff?
*he gestures around them* Scam camp. His house thing or whatever on spooky island is pretty fu- messed up.
There’s a house on Spooky Island? I didn’t know that… *he looks toward the island*
It’s,,, kinda terrible.
*looks back at Max* Oh yeah?
Yeah. Spooky island in general is just,,, terrible. I’m pretty sure there’s a kid stuck there and- *he looks vaugely disgusted*
There’s a kid stuck there?? Max, are you serious?
Maybe? I don’t know for sure. It was probably a fever day dream or something. Sure as hell wasn’t a ghost so.
What? What are you talking about? Have you been to the island? Did you see a kid there?
Yes, and yes. He just sorta appeared and was talking in weird 90’s lingo. I didn’t question it.
How do you know 90′s lingo? And… why didn’t you question that the kid was there? Was there another camp on the island?
He said stuff like “radical” and had light up shoes. And, There’s like, multiple different camps. But he had “camp campbell yellow” on. I’ve never seen him before that so,
Light-up shoes? Those were cool. But really? Campbell Yellow? And you hadn’t seen him before? That’s… very strange.
Yeah, this is like, my third year and I’ve never seen him before. That whole trip was weird to be fair.
Huh… Can you tell me what happened on that island?
I think I’ve told you parts of it before, we had like a camp fire and “scary” stories a few weeks ago and QM told us not to go to Spooky island so naturally Nikki, Neil, and I went over to spooky island with the platypus. This kid Jasper just appeared out of the bushes talking about monsters, we explored Campbells home thing, found some fucked up stuff, and found QM doing fucked up stuff. It was pretty eventful.
…. I think I remember part of that story. Dios Mio… The kid didn’t come back with you? Jasper, his name was?
Yeah. QM just took me, Niel, and Nikki back. I don’t think he even Acknowledged the other kid.
Have… you asked David or anybody else about Jasper?
Nope. I choose to ignore that whole night.
But… you said Jasper was left behind… what if he were a real person and is still on that island all alone?
I’ve never participated in canoeing, there’s probably like alien guts or something in there. We don’t know what Campbell did.
Yeah… wait, what Campbell did? What did… what did he do?
A lot of shit, man. Dunno if he did anything to the lake, though.
Heey…
What, uh… kind of stuff?
*he gestures around them* Scam camp. His house thing or whatever on spooky island is pretty fu- messed up.
There’s a house on Spooky Island? I didn’t know that… *he looks toward the island*
It’s,,, kinda terrible.
*looks back at Max* Oh yeah?
Yeah. Spooky island in general is just,,, terrible. I’m pretty sure there’s a kid stuck there and- *he looks vaugely disgusted*
There’s a kid stuck there?? Max, are you serious?
Maybe? I don’t know for sure. It was probably a fever day dream or something. Sure as hell wasn’t a ghost so.
What? What are you talking about? Have you been to the island? Did you see a kid there?
Yes, and yes. He just sorta appeared and was talking in weird 90’s lingo. I didn’t question it.
How do you know 90′s lingo? And… why didn’t you question that the kid was there? Was there another camp on the island?
He said stuff like “radical” and had light up shoes. And, There’s like, multiple different camps. But he had “camp campbell yellow” on. I’ve never seen him before that so,
Light-up shoes? Those were cool. But really? Campbell Yellow? And you hadn’t seen him before? That’s… very strange.
Yeah, this is like, my third year and I’ve never seen him before. That whole trip was weird to be fair.
Huh… Can you tell me what happened on that island?
I think I’ve told you parts of it before, we had like a camp fire and “scary” stories a few weeks ago and QM told us not to go to Spooky island so naturally Nikki, Neil, and I went over to spooky island with the platypus. This kid Jasper just appeared out of the bushes talking about monsters, we explored Campbells home thing, found some fucked up stuff, and found QM doing fucked up stuff. It was pretty eventful.
…. I think I remember part of that story. Dios Mio… The kid didn’t come back with you? Jasper, his name was?
Yeah. QM just took me, Niel, and Nikki back. I don’t think he even Acknowledged the other kid.
Have… you asked David or anybody else about Jasper?
I’ve never participated in canoeing, there’s probably like alien guts or something in there. We don’t know what Campbell did.
Yeah… wait, what Campbell did? What did… what did he do?
A lot of shit, man. Dunno if he did anything to the lake, though.
Heey…
What, uh… kind of stuff?
*he gestures around them* Scam camp. His house thing or whatever on spooky island is pretty fu- messed up.
There’s a house on Spooky Island? I didn’t know that… *he looks toward the island*
It’s,,, kinda terrible.
*looks back at Max* Oh yeah?
Yeah. Spooky island in general is just,,, terrible. I’m pretty sure there’s a kid stuck there and- *he looks vaugely disgusted*
There’s a kid stuck there?? Max, are you serious?
Maybe? I don’t know for sure. It was probably a fever day dream or something. Sure as hell wasn’t a ghost so.
What? What are you talking about? Have you been to the island? Did you see a kid there?
Yes, and yes. He just sorta appeared and was talking in weird 90’s lingo. I didn’t question it.
How do you know 90′s lingo? And… why didn’t you question that the kid was there? Was there another camp on the island?
He said stuff like “radical” and had light up shoes. And, There’s like, multiple different camps. But he had “camp campbell yellow” on. I’ve never seen him before that so,
Light-up shoes? Those were cool. But really? Campbell Yellow? And you hadn’t seen him before? That’s… very strange.
Yeah, this is like, my third year and I’ve never seen him before. That whole trip was weird to be fair.
Huh… Can you tell me what happened on that island?
I think I’ve told you parts of it before, we had like a camp fire and “scary” stories a few weeks ago and QM told us not to go to Spooky island so naturally Nikki, Neil, and I went over to spooky island with the platypus. This kid Jasper just appeared out of the bushes talking about monsters, we explored Campbells home thing, found some fucked up stuff, and found QM doing fucked up stuff. It was pretty eventful.
…. I think I remember part of that story. Dios Mio… The kid didn’t come back with you? Jasper, his name was?
I’ve never participated in canoeing, there’s probably like alien guts or something in there. We don’t know what Campbell did.
Yeah… wait, what Campbell did? What did… what did he do?
A lot of shit, man. Dunno if he did anything to the lake, though.
Heey…
What, uh… kind of stuff?
*he gestures around them* Scam camp. His house thing or whatever on spooky island is pretty fu- messed up.
There’s a house on Spooky Island? I didn’t know that… *he looks toward the island*
It’s,,, kinda terrible.
*looks back at Max* Oh yeah?
Yeah. Spooky island in general is just,,, terrible. I’m pretty sure there’s a kid stuck there and- *he looks vaugely disgusted*
There’s a kid stuck there?? Max, are you serious?
Maybe? I don’t know for sure. It was probably a fever day dream or something. Sure as hell wasn’t a ghost so.
What? What are you talking about? Have you been to the island? Did you see a kid there?
Yes, and yes. He just sorta appeared and was talking in weird 90’s lingo. I didn’t question it.
How do you know 90′s lingo? And… why didn’t you question that the kid was there? Was there another camp on the island?
He said stuff like “radical” and had light up shoes. And, There’s like, multiple different camps. But he had “camp campbell yellow” on. I’ve never seen him before that so,
Light-up shoes? Those were cool. But really? Campbell Yellow? And you hadn’t seen him before? That’s… very strange.
Yeah, this is like, my third year and I’ve never seen him before. That whole trip was weird to be fair.
Huh… Can you tell me what happened on that island?
*laying face down in the dirt* yeah, why do you ask?
*frowns, but kneels down and pats his shoulder* You’re in the dirt, buddy. Come on… get up.
i don’t really wanna.. *he mumbles, shifting so he can at least see Carlos*
A bed will be much more comfortable, and cleaner, I promise. *he smiles at Max when the kid looks at him*
i thought about it but part of me is afraid to move.. *he wipes dirt and tears off his face*
*Carlos’ smile drops* I’m sorry to hear that, buddy… want me to carry you?
*he shrugs* i guess.. probably better then laying in the dirt for hours…
*he rolls Max into one arm and once he has a hold on the boy he stands up, cradling him close* Let’s get you to your tent, pal, huh?
*he loosely clung to Carlos as he stood up, still shaking softly as he nodded* ..okay
*Carlos rubs Max’s shoulder as he walks him over to his tent.* Do you have a different shirt you can change into so you don’t get dirt in your cot?
no.. all the others got wrecked so i had to get rid of them *he sighed softly* i’ve been meaning to get new ones
Oh… well, that’s something we’ll do soon. At least take off your hoodie so you don’t overheat, okay buddy? *he carries Max into the tent and gently sets him down on the cot*
*he hesitates before nodding again, pulling off his hoodie and tossing it aside. before he pulled his blanket over himself, Carlos could see he was wearing more bandages then normal*
*Carlos frowned slightly. He picked up Max’s hoodie and shook it out before folding it and setting it down at the foot of the bed.* Do you just wanna sleep, Max? Or do you wanna talk about anything?
*he shrugged slightly, his voice was quiet* i dunno.. some of the stuff we could talk about might keep me longer
but there’s probably some stuff that needs to be talked about…Might keep you longer? What does that mean, Max?
keep me up longer i mean *he chuckles slightly*
Oh. I’m sorry, I must’ve misheard. So… I take it that you do wanna talk, then?
*he glances away, tightly holding the blanket* do you ever… look at someone you love and realise… you don’t really love them anymore? you want to love them but you just don’t… and it just leaves you feeling guilty because you’ve been with them for so long and they’ve helped you so much a-and you don’t want to leave them but at the same time you’re worried that they’ll leave you *he dries his eyes and looks away*
*blinks at Max* Uh… no… I honestly can’t say that I have. But… I’ve been on the receiving end of unrequited love… *what the hell has Max gone through??*
*he sighs softly, almost whispering* it really sucks…
I’m sorry, buddy… I truly am. Sometimes though… romantic relationships run their course. It doesn’t mean you should stop being friends, but… if the love isn’t there, then…
I’ve never participated in canoeing, there’s probably like alien guts or something in there. We don’t know what Campbell did.
Yeah… wait, what Campbell did? What did… what did he do?
A lot of shit, man. Dunno if he did anything to the lake, though.
Heey…
What, uh… kind of stuff?
*he gestures around them* Scam camp. His house thing or whatever on spooky island is pretty fu- messed up.
There’s a house on Spooky Island? I didn’t know that… *he looks toward the island*
It’s,,, kinda terrible.
*looks back at Max* Oh yeah?
Yeah. Spooky island in general is just,,, terrible. I’m pretty sure there’s a kid stuck there and- *he looks vaugely disgusted*
There’s a kid stuck there?? Max, are you serious?
Maybe? I don’t know for sure. It was probably a fever day dream or something. Sure as hell wasn’t a ghost so.
What? What are you talking about? Have you been to the island? Did you see a kid there?
Yes, and yes. He just sorta appeared and was talking in weird 90’s lingo. I didn’t question it.
How do you know 90′s lingo? And… why didn’t you question that the kid was there? Was there another camp on the island?
He said stuff like “radical” and had light up shoes. And, There’s like, multiple different camps. But he had “camp campbell yellow” on. I’ve never seen him before that so,
Light-up shoes? Those were cool. But really? Campbell Yellow? And you hadn’t seen him before? That’s… very strange.
*laying face down in the dirt* yeah, why do you ask?
*frowns, but kneels down and pats his shoulder* You’re in the dirt, buddy. Come on… get up.
i don’t really wanna.. *he mumbles, shifting so he can at least see Carlos*
A bed will be much more comfortable, and cleaner, I promise. *he smiles at Max when the kid looks at him*
i thought about it but part of me is afraid to move.. *he wipes dirt and tears off his face*
*Carlos’ smile drops* I’m sorry to hear that, buddy… want me to carry you?
*he shrugs* i guess.. probably better then laying in the dirt for hours…
*he rolls Max into one arm and once he has a hold on the boy he stands up, cradling him close* Let’s get you to your tent, pal, huh?
*he loosely clung to Carlos as he stood up, still shaking softly as he nodded* ..okay
*Carlos rubs Max’s shoulder as he walks him over to his tent.* Do you have a different shirt you can change into so you don’t get dirt in your cot?
no.. all the others got wrecked so i had to get rid of them *he sighed softly* i’ve been meaning to get new ones
Oh… well, that’s something we’ll do soon. At least take off your hoodie so you don’t overheat, okay buddy? *he carries Max into the tent and gently sets him down on the cot*
*he hesitates before nodding again, pulling off his hoodie and tossing it aside. before he pulled his blanket over himself, Carlos could see he was wearing more bandages then normal*
*Carlos frowned slightly. He picked up Max’s hoodie and shook it out before folding it and setting it down at the foot of the bed.* Do you just wanna sleep, Max? Or do you wanna talk about anything?
*he shrugged slightly, his voice was quiet* i dunno.. some of the stuff we could talk about might keep me longer
but there’s probably some stuff that needs to be talked about…Might keep you longer? What does that mean, Max?
keep me up longer i mean *he chuckles slightly*
Oh. I’m sorry, I must’ve misheard. So… I take it that you do wanna talk, then?
*he glances away, tightly holding the blanket* do you ever… look at someone you love and realise… you don’t really love them anymore? you want to love them but you just don’t… and it just leaves you feeling guilty because you’ve been with them for so long and they’ve helped you so much a-and you don’t want to leave them but at the same time you’re worried that they’ll leave you *he dries his eyes and looks away*
*blinks at Max* Uh… no… I honestly can’t say that I have. But… I’ve been on the receiving end of unrequited love… *what the hell has Max gone through??*