Twisted Wonderland 2

Early Challenges

The Pop Music club, accompanied by Jade, start setting up their tents. They seem to have a nice start at first, though Kalim is looking at all the different parts in confusion.

"Okay, I'm supposed to insert the main pole into the sleeve... Wait, where's the sleeve?"

Lilia glances over. "Kalim, we have to lay out the ground sheets first. Otherwise our tent will flood if it rains."

Kalim's eyes widen. "Wait, what are ground sheets? And where are they?"

Cater scratches his head. "Oof, I can't make heads or tails of all these tent terms. This is gonna take longer than I thought..."

"I'm done over here." Jade stands and walks over to them. "Would you like some help?"

Cater whips his head to Jade's finished tent in surprise. "Whoa, already?! Are you some kind of camping savant?"

Jade only smiles. "The Mountain Lovers Club ventures into the mountains on a regular basis. I'm used to setting up a tent."

"Oh, great!" Cater grins. "We lucked out big time getting paired with you then. I'll gladly take some pointers if you're down. I've only been glamping before."

"Oh yes, I've heard of that." Jade nods. "It's basically camping in style, correct? I hear it's pretty trendy."

Cater shoots the twin finger guns. "Yup, you got it. When I did it, all the tents and stuff were set up in advance. I just had to do the fun parts. I even got pre-made meals. I could just kick back and enjoy the stars."

"That's pretty much what I did." Kalim says as he holds up two materials, trying to figure out which is which. "Several years ago, I asked my parents if I could go camping, so they bought a mountain for it. Our staff handled the tent and campfire, and a chef cooked my meals. It was a nice gesture, but I'd been hoping to try all that stuff myself, y'know?"

Cater stares at Kalim for a moment. "Uh, that sounds way different from my experience. In fact, I'd argue you had the glammest glamping trip of all time."

Lilia laughs. "That's sure not the kind of camping I'm used to. It sounds so delightfully peaceful. I'm curious though, Jade. Malleus isn't with you? We're only a three-man team. I thought for certain he'd get grouped with us as well."

Jade shakes his head. "Coach Vargas told us which groups to join. He put Malleus with the Science Club, as I recall.

Over by the Science & Gargoyle Studies Team, Malleus tries placing the stake in place but it snaps.

"Another stake has snapped." Malleus tosses the broken metal into the pile with the other broken ones. "These tents are surprisingly fragile."

Rook chuckles. "My goodness. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that Roi des Dragons can snap a metal peg."

Trey eyes the pile warily. "With his strength, he'll break the hammer next... Okay, so you need to ease up when you swing and mind the angle when you hammer the stake. Want me to demonstrate?"

Malleus nods. "Yes, please. I'm not entirely familiar with how to handle human tools."

The Science club members whisper amongst themselves as they work.

"THE Malleus Draconia's here, and Trey's just teaching him like he's a regular dude..."

"Isn't he scared?"

Trey rolls his eyes from what he hears. "Good grief... Looks like it'll be a while before they all adjust to this."

The Film Research club seems to be having less success.