Camp Lily

Introducing the Campers

"The camping trip is a go! We are about to embark on the greatest Vocaloid adventure ever!"

It all started with a tweet. Lily's decision to host a massive camping trip was made on the fly without much regard for consequences. The Twitter post read "I'm going on a camping trip. Who wants to come with me?" and it received ten responses. That meant there would be eleven campers. Lily's lucky number, so this must have been a premonition for good things to come. Right?

The weather was bright and sunny, and if things went well, the entire five-day trip would go off without a hitch. No bad weather in sight. The perfect week for a bunch of friends to get together and enjoy the great outdoors. Not bad for plans made completely on the fly.

The eleven campers left their van back in the outskirts of Synthania, opting to walk the rest of the way. A simple sign sticking out of the ground read "Execrated Forest," with a tiny arrow pointing forward. "I wonder why it's called that," Lily asked herself as she led the team onward.

Lily was an ambitious leader. Her bright blonde hair and uniquely indescribable outfit were part of her signature appearance, and her fans would always recognize her white and yellow color scheme. While she wasn't the most popular singer in her troupe, the Internet household, she often sought adventure and did not back down whenever an opportunity presented itself. In cases like this, she created the opportunity. To her, that's what living in the world of Vocaloid was all about.

The blonde leader guided the pack while ten others hiked behind her. The first to accept Lily's offer was the great and powerful fairy of darkness, Merli. Normally, she stood at the height of a mouse, but she cast a spell to make herself the same size as everyone else (she would have made herself taller had she been more experienced in that level of magic). Kaai Yuki was also quick to join, despite only being nine years old. She knew Lily and Merli would not likely survive on their own, and offered her survival skills that she picked up from her wise teacher.

Others who accepted Lily's invitation were Kagamine Rin, Meiko, Xin Hua, and Yanhe. Rin and Meiko were members of the biggest house in all of Vocaloid, but Meiko insisted they needed to get out of the house and spend more time in the great outdoors. Rin only agreed to come along to get away from her irksome twin. Xin Hua and Yanhe thought it would be fun after seeing them join.

Gumi, Lily's best friend and partner in crime, offered to join both in real life and on Twitter, just to make sure Lily didn't forget. Lily extended the invitation to her other friends CUL and Otomachi Una, but CUL was too busy with her hit radio show and never received the invitation. Una, on the other hand, preferred to stay at home with her precious technology.

"It'll be fine," Gumi assured Lily. "If we get into trouble, Una can come and save us!"

Among the last people to accept Lily's offer were Sukone Tei and Maika. Tei never missed an opportunity to spend time with Lily, and Maika insisted she was "great at camping." The two of them never saw eye to eye on much, but they were able to put their differences aside to go camping together.

The final person to join in on the adventure was Lily's other partner in crime.

"I-I think a camping trip sounds like a lot of fun! Can I come, too?" kokone feebly asked her blonde pal.

"I don't know. It might be a little rough for you, kokonut," Lily teased her brown-haired buddy, but eventually came around and accepted her request. "Just stay close to me and Gumi at all times."

These eleven hapless adventurers trekked deep into the Execrated Forest, abandoning the sun behind the many tall trees above them. The sweet feeling of nature embraced them, with the sounds of birds chirping and rivers flowing filling the air. The plants and trees covered the scenery in a blanket of green, mixed with the brown from the tree trunks and the blue from the sky peering in through the leaves overhead. Nature could not be more beautiful.