june meanders it’s way upon the campus, and with it brings the toil that comes along with the last leg of the spring semester -- deadlines, an overtime of repeated all-nighters, and the dreaded finals week. it’s a stressful time for both students and faculty alike, doing the best they can to wrap up the semester on the best foot they can manage. but with the anguish that comes with june also comes some relief in july -- the annual end of the semester camping retreat is plastered upon every bulletin board within the campus area, advertised within each student run publication and media known -- it would be difficult to not know about the heavily advertised trip.
this year the retreat is taking place in yeongnyu, a scenic town three hours away from seongnam which hosts the starlight resort, a well known luxury camping resort where nature is handed to you upon a silver platter. the entire expanse of the large resort has been rented out for those who have signed up for the trip for the 3 day 2 night stay that starts after finals week on july 1st, and runs throughout july 3rd. those who are going will meet up the morning of the 1st to travel to the town via executive coach bus, and will return back to the campus the evening of the 3rd. check under the cut for accommodations, activities, and a new idea -- the roleplay roulette!
as for accommodations, students and faculty will be split up by major departments into 6 camps ( a list of the split up is here ), each of which has clusters of luxury safari-style tents that rooms up to four people, and a dining pavilion where gatherings can be held ( and will be every night ).
the starlight resort takes place on a former national mountainous park, and provides an unfiltered connection with the natural beauty of countryside of south korea amidst a landscape of impeccable rustic elegance and comfort. some of the most popular wilderness adventures or outdoor activities include ( but isn’t limited to ):
it wouldn’t be camping if it didn’t have the most essential camping activities: you can go fishing within lake salmon, go hiking around the many nature trails specifically made for hiking, even around the mountainous terrain. there are also many rest spots throughout the resort that was made for stargazing -- and there promises to be a meteor shower on thursday night ( july 2nd ), in which a section of the camp will be dimmed in case you want to get that perfect view.
there’s a lake house upon the shores of lake salmon that provide several lake activities: zoom around on a personal watercraft such as jet skiing, waterskiing, wakeboarding, or water tubing, or maybe instead relax and have some fun with paddleboats or a floating trampoline.
the resort is home to many horses that roam around the backcountry, so why not join a group of other trail riders and go horseback riding? you’ll go through spirling meadows and cut through fresh streams while taking in breathtaking sights during the excursion. or maybe if you don’t want to be the one at the saddle, try going on horse drawn carriage rides so all you’ll have to do is sit back and enjoy.
or maybe if you need a need for speed, try taking different trails while driving an ATV or bike instead!
there’s also many exhilarating outdoor games to play, such as a section for capture the flag, a go-kart track, and paintball, as well as various sports.
indulge yourself in the many workshops that the resort has to offer! there will be around 5 classes a day that are taught by experts and are meant to enhance your camping experience. some are related to cooking, another about outdoor & wildlife photography, a paint and pour class where an artist will guide you to paint while drinking ( wine provided, but you are free to bring your own drinks ), and even a jewelry making class
the skyline aerial park adventure is an aerial rope course which will push the boundaries of your comfort zone. the introductory course includes 10 separate platforms, complete with rickety bridges, spider nets, swinging platforms, tight ropes and a heart-pounding 40-foot free fall. and if that isn’t enough, there’s a challenger course that will take you through elements that are more difficult and higher off the ground.
and lastly, every night there will be a gathering every night in each camp’s dining pavilion in order to produce harmony and bonding amongst student of the majors. feel free to play party games or have sing alongs around the campfire, drinking games within the pavilion, or just mingle, chat, and make new friends! participation is highly recommended, but not required.
OOC WISE, this event will start TODAY and will run for three weeks, so you have until JULY 10TH to post about the event. as always, you are free to continue your threads after the deadline, but no new threads can be made. please tag all threads relating to the event as SGN:STARLIGHT.
we are also doing something new for this event, called the roleplay roulette! there will be a new post made after this one calling for all of those that are interested to like the post on all characters you want to participate. all of the characters will be paired up randomly with another, given one of the activites above to set the scene, and will be given two sentences ( taken from sentence starters ) to use for your plot or thread -- it’s mandatory to use at least one of the sentence starters, but feel free to use both and make all of it work!
so take for example: person a & person b would be paired together, and then given paintballing as their activity, and the two sentences may bye “i know your secret,” and “why are you bleeding?”. all the who, what, when, where, and why regarding all this information and how you make the sentences work is between you and your partner! once enough people like the roleplay roulette post, we’ll reblog with the partners and all other information needed to start plotting. there will be multiple roleplay roulette posts so that brand new characters who want to join the event can do so, and you are free to do more than one for a character if you so choose.
also please note: please make sure you will be willing to plot with someone you haven’t before and actually rp with them if you like the post. the last thing we want to find out is someone who attempted to reach their partner but they won’t respond. we will give out warnings if we find out people are doing this, since you are agreeing to the above terms by liking the post when it’s made.
and that’s it! if there any other questions or concerns, please feel free to let us know!
bring college students together in one place and you can expect two things: drama and alcohol. tonight, these two things intertwine together in a game that isn’t new to any of them — truth or dare. call it a mandatory game at college parties or just a reason to make out with your crush, there’s something about this game and the drama it entails that draws people in, no matter how childish it might seem. at least to taeho, who junhyung had dragged along with him to join the game. while the older might grumble about how childish the game is, it doesn’t take much effort for junhyung to tug him along, almost as if he was secretly willing to join (and knowing taeho, he might just be). the two of them approach the group at the dining pavilion, junhyung’s face lighting up at the sight of the girls seated around the empty soju bottle, though unsure whom his excitement stemmed from seeing (read: jiwoo and hyunjoo). he jogs up to the group with an eager grin, leaving taeho behind so he could snatch the empty seat next to hyunjoo. junhyung notices danbi sharing a blanket with jiwoo, spurring him to grab an unused one next to him, pulling it over him and hyunjoo with a bashful smile. when everyone took their places, he leaned forward to spin the bottle, watching it spin in its place for a few seconds before slowing down as it turns towards danbi and jiwoo’s direction. the bottle eventually stops, with its nozzle pointing straight at danbi. junhyung cracks a mischievous grin, clapping his hands together as he turns to face his best friend. “truth or dare?”
far past sober but not quite drunk ( maybe? not like she knows at this point ) -- serena is kind of a bit of a mess.
she should have anticipated the trouble brewing whenever several of her girls from volleyball stormed into her own, coaxing her out of her abode with the promise of camp hopping the night away in lieu of club hopping. the latter was a staple among the team, a regular bonding occurrence that she sometimes joined in, sometimes went without -- and for some reason they wouldn’t take no for an answer even though she was the captain. it’s how she ends up going along with them with a “whatever,” that’s disguised as acceptance, it’s how she feels like she’s part whiskey, part soju, part chardonnay by the time they’ve settled in the third camp of the night, her face dusted with a rose glow.
it’s also how she thinks that she’s well enough to travel back to her own camp without company, or at the very least without supervision, shrugging off the other girls' request with a wave of a hand and several shakes of her head, constant “i’m fine, i’m chill, i’m good,” until it was enough and they were all heading their separate ways. and that is where the fault lies, the assumption that serena when drunk has the same competency as serena when sober. because if that were the case, she wouldn’t of gotten sidetracked by the placidity of the lake this late at night, the impression of the moon’s brilliance glimmering amongst the ripples enough to beckon her over, footsteps slightly unsteady along the dirt path.
but what she comes to realize as she gets closer is that she isn’t alone. no, the closer she comes to the shore, the closer a tall frame comes into view, heading within her direction. there’s some sense of familiarity as they come into view, eyes squinting as if that would help her amidst the fog of night and alcohol, but there’s regret upon her features once the other is close enough for the remembrance to appear. “oh my fucking god,” she says out loud before letting out a hiccup, scaring herself as she looks down at her body, and almost forgets what she was saying in the first place before her attention is drawn back to the boy -- “fuck, what the hell is your name? t -- t uh... timmy? timmy turner?” it’s something with a t at least, “that’s what i’m calling your ass. but go on timmy, get out of here,” she almost slurrs as she wildly moves her hands in front of her to shoo him away while she kicks off her shoes, moving to dip her feet into the water, “i don’t need your lame ass ruining my late night swim. don’t you gotta like ... yell at a cloud or something?”
the entire trip has been extremely fun so far and it’s only the second day. mostly, subin just likes trying new things and enjoys spending time with people who he loves. and all of his favourite hyungs are here currently, and there’s so many interesting things to do all day long. perhaps it’s a bit childish of him, but considering the fact that he’s always surrounded by people who are older than him that baby him? it’s not unexpected.
perhaps he’s just a simple boy who enjoys time with his loved ones.
either way, he’s been very much enjoying himself and today is no different. he had found out that there was going to be a meteor shower, and had dragged sejun with him on a nature slash photo walk before the meteor shower was supposed to start. they had found a lot of interesting things—including the fact that apparently the older male was absolutely terrible with taking photos.
“hey hyung,” subin comments as they’re heading back out after dropping off his camera back in the cabin, turning to look at the art student in curiosity. “do you think the dock might be a better place to watch the meteor shower? we could go check it out and then text the hyungs and let them know ...?”
hello everyone!! hope all is well 💙 i found myself finally caught up on all of taeho’s threads + dazzled by all the shiny new things around here — welcome to all the new folks this week (a whole crowd omg !!!) + new event too?!! so i figured it’d be a good time for a PLOTCALL (general + EVENT) / check-in, for old and new friends alike!
first, i recently updated my plots page with a few new ideas, so feel free to check those out; i’m also always down to cook something unique up from scratch! second, for the many of you i already have threads with: i’m enjoying each one, but if you think any are outdated or getting a bit stale (it happens to everyone, pls don’t be embarrassed), i’m totally open to revamping or starting anew - just lmk! and third: pls see the read below for a list of potential STARLIGHT event plots!
tldr; if you’d like to start something new (event or not) or even plot ahead for future threads, just hit this post with a like, and i’ll head your way whenever i can. thanks, and stay cool snu 😤
haunted: i told you a scary story by the campfire to fuck with you, but now you’re actually scared and can’t sleep at night... and are keeping me up with you as a result. big regrets...
lifeguard: i high key saved your life (dramatic kdrama style, dove into the lake / prevented you from falling off a cliff) so now it’s only fair that you owe me your entire life. great, now go roast me another marshmallow
go fetch: you dropped something in the lake and are now begging me to go get it (“i swear it’s valuable,” “i can’t swim / am afraid of water, “but you’re on swim team right?”). wtf no this is not what swim team does
horsepiggyback riding: you twisted your ankle / hurt yourself doing some outdoors activity (should’ve worn better shoes tsk tsk), and now i have to give you a piggyback ride back to camp. and yes you are too heavy, so stop asking
sunset glow: nothing attracts a photographer/filmmaker like a sunset in nature. sure i guess you can tag along. (potential p.s. this would be kinda romantic if we weren’t, you know... not into in each other haha jk unless?)
lost: we’re 100% lost af and the sun is starting to set... and there’s no phone reception. i refuse to believe it’s my fault we’re lost though, and insist we just keep marching this way. (cliché but could also maybe work for existing relationships / romantic interests?)
let’s go see the stars: inspired by this song (one of my fav korean acoustic songs, translated lyrics here); many ~soft~ feels — stargazing, late night, peace and quiet, nobody else around uwu. perhaps cliché and tbh ~soft~ is not a typical taeho mood, but perhaps there’s an exception to anything ... if the time, place, and person is right
nature treks: honestly i really hate grass (weird peeve, i know) but will go on this hike with you for the photo opp
exterminator: you want me to kill a bug in your tent, except i’m also lowkey highkey scared of bugs fuck. shut up where’d it go?!?
out fishing: fishing is supposed to be a quiet, peaceful, introspective, patient activity. we are none of these things together, why did we even agree to try this out? but maybe if you just shut up and admit i’m right first, we’d at least stop scaring the fish away
adrenaline: you know all those times we’ve said ‘xyz makes me want to jump off a cliff’? well this is our chance!!!
campfire games [5/5]: yes this is immature as hell, but camping always makes people feel like they’re 13 years old again (+ more alcohol and smoking and angst). so... truth or dare?
and much more, just gotta pick my brain! we can think together
with his rather exuberant personality, it’s no surprise that hansung has quite a few friends. he gets along well enough with those he encounters. save for the few who believe in the rumors about him and now have made it clear that they want nothing to do with him; he knows who won’t be getting strawberries as a welcome back to seongnam gift now. though, they’re not quite rumors because they are true. he’ll give it to whoever is running that gossip blog, he’s not sure how they found out about his old habit, but he’s thankful that they posed it more that left room for speculation. plus they did mention that he seemed like he was trying to change. which is true. so far he has not caved, so he mentally pats himself on the back for that.
though he understands why some of friends did leave him, he knows that there will always be a few people who will have his back. his cousin dawon, his best friend jiwon from daegu, and of course, his favorite hyung in the whole wide world, baekso. ( @sgnbaekso ) said hyung is sitting next to him right now and won’t tell him just who he’s making his bracelet for. (hansung hopes it’s him, but maybe he should make a matching one for himself in case his friend is actually making the bracelet for haru). “hyung!” he’s all but whining at this point. “at least give me a hint. i already told you who i’m making it for!” well, kind of. he is going to make a bracelet for dawon and jiwon, in a later class. but right now, he’s putting in all his effort into making the best friendship bracelet for baekso. but he wants to know why his hyung is being so secretive over who will receive his bracelet.
jongin is thinking of lucifer as they climb upwards, he’s thinking of tainted angels with shattered wingspans, he’s thinking about cracks of thunder and hellish voices, and just how far a celestial would have needed to fall, how fast, how deadly, how devastating the angle of trajectory needed to be, in order to destroy something with so much power. he’s thinking about how he’d like to fall someday too, how he’d want the sky to be the last thing he sees, even though he understands the path his life is taking him on, even though he already knows the orbit he’ll cascade through, the trials that will inevitably mar him in his life; it’ll probably be a bullet. something quick and ugly.
he’s not expecting this to be that moment though, he’s not expecting the cliff he and taeho are headed towards to be anything spectacular, not expecting the jump off point to be higher than three meters max, his wishy-washy brain functions leading him to conclude that nothing in this camp is really all that interesting unless he does something himself. but when they get there, when they reach the summit and see the world laid out before them, the earth cutting off sharply, giving way to an expanse of blue ocean and warm overhang, all those thoughts seep out of him, replaced by the absolute certainty that this is the highest fucking bluff he’s ever stood on in his life. the wind pulls and tugs at his clothes and hair, exhilarating him. they are gods up here.
“holy shit,” he grins widely, dark eyes unusually bright and excited, still thinking about the devil’s fall. “look at that drop.”
It had been love at first sight. Gloved hands wrapped reverently around the object of his deepest affection as he settled atop, heart beating wildly in his chest. Purring rumbles beneath him only served to further quicken his pulse. She was sleek, shiny red and probably more than he could handle. Yep, definitely love. Sliding up the kickstand, Sunwoo twisted the throttle and took off on the dirt bike over a beaten trail.
All of his dreams and imaginings could not compare to the wild freedom he felt racing around the forest. Though he’d listened to the safety information thoroughly and even followed it for the first five minutes or so, soon the typically timid youth started pushing the machine faster the farther they went. In the back of his head the soft voice that constantly reminded him to check on his plants and brush his teeth started yelling warnings, but Sunwoo was well past listening. Spotting a few people hanging around the edge of the trail drove him to abandon caution even more, feeling dangerously reckless and cool for possibly the first time in his life.
Seeing a jump before him, the plucky youth gunned it. Everything happened so fast, it was mostly a blur, as though it hadn’t actually been him going through it. Before him had been the trail and then the sky as his bike popped up on one wheel. With a whump, Sunwoo found himself on the ground, breath completely knocked out of lungs and eyes blinking rapidly underneath the visor of his helmet in abject shock. The motorbike wobbled on its leftover momentum a few meters away before finally falling over. Not that he could even think to check on it.
