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It was around 1PM and Klara was finishing her new project of building an artificial arm that you could wear as a glove and it would give you enchanced strenght. At least that's the plan for it. What she was currently building was a prototype.
It was almost done and all it took was connecting 1 simple cable that would supply the whole thing with power. As she was about to put it in place the door slammed open.
''KLARA!''
Klara jumped in her seat and moved her heated pointer she used for the cable and fried half of her work creating a smaller not dangerous explosion.
''Moooommm! I was working on that!''
''Don't give me that! All you do is work. You stay cooped up in your room and rot away with your...your toys!''
''They are certainly not something children should play with. Besides I told you if you need me call me or at least knock first''
Klaras mom going by the name of Sarah rolled her eyes.
''Me and your father have been calling you for the past 5 minutes and when I knocked I got no reply. Anyways. Get your butt downstairs your little ''project'' can wait. We need to talk''
Killjoy swallowed knowing there could be NOTHING good coming out of this.
As she walked down the stairs behind her mom and entered the kitchen she saw her dad Thomas sitting at the table with a serious expression on his face as he was holding some paper in his hands.
She sat down at one of the chairs.
''So uhh...what did you wanna talk about?''
Thomas put what he was reading down and slid it over to Klara whose eyes widened as she saw what was written on it.
''Don't tell me-''
They looked at her and nodded showing they were 100% serious.
Klara opened it and started reading as her parents were talking to her.
''Look Klara we know this is sudden. However we have both discussed it and agreed it's for the best''
''Yes. We know how much you love love LOVE experimenting and tinkering in your room, but you're still young and you should at least get to know some new people, and not just sit in your room. And as much as you're acing all your exams and tests you are still homeschooled and that will not help you make friends''
Klara set the card down.
''This is unfair. Why would I need anyone? I have my bots AND I have friends online. I don't need more, let alone some stupid summer camp I-''
''Klara Bohringer!''
Her dad knew she was trying to get out of it and all he can do in order to try and help her is make her go to that camp.
''Listen. You are gonna go to that camp. It's only a week long and fresh air should do you some good. Try and make some friends it won't hurt you-''
Sarah cut in wanting to add something not so important but she still had to do it.
''And you might just get a boyfriend~''
''Or girlfriend who knows!''
Klara sighed not being interested in it but there was no way she could get out of this one and sadly ever since she came out as bisexual her dad started teasing her about a relationship just as much as her mom. Supposedly they made a bet a while ago seeing if she would get together with a boy or a girl. Dad being the one who bet it will be a girl and mom for a boy. It's almost like gender reveal.
''UGH. Fine- I'll go to your stupid camp. It's tomorrow right? I'll pack-''
She went upstairs and started packing. Clothes, a fantasy book, Snacks, Small toolbox, her robo arm, wires, cables, heat pointer-
''Klara. None of your toys. Put them back''
''...Alright. Can I at least take this one? It's finished. It's just for fun. Don't worry''
''Alright but no laptop. I'll check what you packed later so no hiding anything''
Klara rolled her eyes and re-packed the assentials plus the little robot called Robbie as her mom watched her.
It was 6:30AM and her mom threw her out of bed.
As Klara was walking down the stairs half asleep while already wearing her clothes she tripped, falling to the bottom of the stairs on her butt.
''Ouch...''
''Good morning sweetie. Your bags are already down here. I'll drive you to the location. Here.''
She put down a plate of pancakes to cheer her up and try to get some breakfast into her daughters half asleep zombie-like body.
Klara finished eating as slowly as possible but her mom was prepared for that and they were still ready ahead of schedule. As they were about to leave the house Thomas with his morning coffe in hand happily said goodbye.
''Good bye! See you in a week. Make sure to behave!''
That said Klara closed the doors and entered the car.
The trip was about 6h hours long so she put on some music and fell asleep. She woke up at their first stop to use the bathroom and then continued all the way to the location of the, not so favourite, summer camp.
Her mom helped her get her suitcase out of the trunk.
She came close and kissed Klaras forehead as in saying good bye.
''Alright I'll come pick you up in a week. Be nice to others and don't get in trouble. I warned the leader here about how you can act so DON'T try and escape. I know it's in you plan. Good bye now. Take care!''
Just like that she drove off.
Klara sighed as she stretched in order to wake up and finally processed what her mom said.
'DON'T try and escape-'
She wasn't planning on it but she just got a ''brilliant'' idea. She packed a notebook with a pen a pencil and an eraser somewhere in her backpack which was of course full of snacks that she couldn't fit into her suitcase.
She smiled to herself as she enetered the main cabin to meet the leader of the camp.
She knocked on the door and waited untill she heard a loud voice.
''Come in!''
She opened the door and saw a man around his 40s ish. On the table was a sign that said Liam Byrne.
''Ah hello. Klara I presume?''
''Yes. How did you know?''
''You're the first to arrive and your mom told me you will come here around 10 minutes ago. Anyways. Welcome to the Valorant camp. You will be staying in cabins that will be separated by gender. There will be 2 people in each cabin that is equipped with a bathroom that has a shower and of course a toilet, a desk and 2 beds, meaning you will be rooming with someone. We put together a list of people that might get along and put them together in a room. Cabins are marked with colours. You will be in the yellow cabin together with a girl from Brazil named Tayane Alves''
Klara didn't have much of a reaction but she did have some questions.
''I see. If something is broken who should I go to? Also I heard you have more people working here aswell as some programs right?''
''Yes. We do have quite a bit of people working around here which you will meet later. The schedule will be put on the information board every morning after breakfast. And we also have warm water and electricity so if you need to charge your phone or anything, you can, and if something breaks you come to me or one of your superiors. If that's all here's your key''
He handed her a metal key that was coloured yellow. The cabins were across from the main cabin so finding them won't be a problem for her. As she was about to open the door to leave Liam added something.
''Don't try to escape. We all have our eyes on you''
Klara smiled over her shoulder thinking they underrastimate her.
As she opened the door she almost bumped into another girl. She lokked about the same age but a little taller with a darker skin tone. The other girl was wearing an orange T-shirt which gave Klara a view of the girls tattoo on her left arm which looked like an explosion. How strange.
She stopped and moved next to the door giving the other girl space to walk in. Klara stood in place for a moment but quickly snapped out of it and closed the doors, heading towards the cabin with the yellow roof.
She opened the door and saw 2 beds one on the left and one on the right side of the cabin. on the right side above the bed there was a door which led to the bathroom while on the left was a desk with a chair and a lamp. she claimed the bed on the left. It didn't make much of a diffrence where she was since both of the sides looked the same. They both had a window and the bed sheets were baby yellow.
The cabins were made of wooden logs and the floor was made of wooden planks. The cabin looked small from the outside but it was fairly spacious.
She checked the bathroom and realised it had 2 small windows just barley above the roof so no creeps could watch them, unless they were really good at climbing or made a tower of 3 people.
She shrugged with her shoulders and went back into the room. She put her suitace under the bed where the floor was actually really clean. She expected a huge pile of dust but it was actually quite nice.
She opened her backpack and took out her notebook and her pen, then sat down at the desk and started thinking how could she escape?
Obviously the first thing was that it HAD to be night time. But she could try just running and hopefully get to a town with whatever snacks she had packed.
As she was drawing a sketch of the cabins layout she got inturrupted by a voice coming from behind her.
''Hey, watcha doing?''
She jumped turning around and standing up.
''Ah! Mein gott, you scared me, halo!''
''Ah so you can speak! Nice. My names Tayane great to meet ya. Also I like to listen to music pretty loudly so keep that in mind. Thanks!''
''Oookay! I'm Klara. I guess we are roomates then! Nice to meet ya?''
Raze smiled and threw her bags onto the bed, then walked over to the desk to see what her new roomie was up to.
''Oh, what ya got there? Looks NICE!''
''Oh yea. That is the layout of the cabin, you see I'm trying to find a way to escape this place- why am I telling you that?''
''Don't know, but go right ahead I won't tell anyone. But I should tell you, I tried getting out of here but it didn't work. I'm here for the 3rd time. Not that bad once you get used to it. Plus the activities are always different so it's kinda fun''
''Aha-''
With that said they heard a knock on the door which opened a second later. It was Liam.
''Alright you guys, it's rolecall. Get up to the main cabin, you got 5 minutes. Move''
As he left leaving the door open and Tayane just moved her head telling her to go.
There was quite a bit of them but luckly they didn't have to introduce themselves.
''Alright everyone settle down. We have some rules we will go over before everyone goes off to their cabins!''
Everyone went quiet as Liam stepped up with a few other people.
''Alright. For quick introdusctions we will all be on a 1st name basis. My name is Liam. The colligue to my right is Sabine and then we have Vincent. On the left its Ling Ying and the one next to her is Zyanya. We will be your superiors and guides throughout the week. The schedule will be posted every morning after breakfast so make sure to check it out. It will be up throughout the whole day. Wake up call at 8AM sharp, lights out at 10PM, hope that's clear. Any questions so far?''
Noone raised their hand so he cleared his troath and continued on.
''Alright. We will be seperated into 2 teams. One being led by Vincent and Sabine and the other by Ling Ying and Zyanya. Also I would like for everyone to get along. In this camp everyone is around the same age and different nationalities. Any disrespectful or inapropriate behaviour will be punished. If there's anything that's wrong, you can tell any of us, even if you're on the opposing teams. The teams assambled are only for games and activites. Also if there's any romance I'd like for everyone to keep it or at least try to keep it to yourselves. Also visitng others is alright ONLY during break and only if one of us knows about it. Gender mixing past 8PM is a no go. Any questions?''
Once again everyone was quiet and noone raised their hand. With that Liam had to finish his rules and explenations or whatever he was doing.
''In that case. Dinner will be at 6PM sharp meaning you have 2 hours. Get to know each other and get settled in. The teams will be announced tomorrow before breakfast. you're free to go''
Klara was planning to use the 2 hours for planning so when she got into her cabin she sat down and started to plan her first escape which she will attempt tonight after lights out.
As she was writing the ideas and brainstorming Raze was looking at her eating her chocolate bar.
''Where you from?''
She put her head up for a second.
''Germany, you?''
''I'm from Brazil, you want a candy bar? It's reallyyy goooddd~''
''No thanks. I have to focus on this''
Tayane had an idea and put up a mischevious smile
''Wanna go out and meet some people?''
''Nope''
''C'mon it will be fun!''
''I rather work alone in this. I don't plan on staying till tomorrow''
''Well then I gusee you'll be stuck with me then!''
Klara rolled her eyes and was about to get back to work when suddenly Tayane put up some music.
''Hey put the volume down! Or use headphones or something!''
''No thanks. Unless you wanna go meet some others! Just one time! I promise!''
''UGH FINE! Just don't disturb me anymore!''
''You got it!''
Klara didn't understand. HOW could they have anything in common? In fact how could they even be roommates?