Camp Smoothie: Disappearance Investigation Discussion

[xrosetea]

then again, andrea is a deer and she manages to sign fluently despite her lack of fingers, so maybe i need to stop applying real world logic to a storyline where talking animals in outfits are hanging out at a summer camp lol.

I now have a mental image of a deer using her ears to communicate. We're inventing CSSL.


Also i cant tell which cabin this post from girlychick1 is from. Is that chicken or creamsicle?

That's from chocolate.

Also, for those who are curious, they have been releasing new clues every 3 hours, so the next clues will probably be out in 20 minutes. I am so invested in this, you guys.

[Chip? No.]

On another note, I believe we still need Creamsicle and Chicken cabins' 3rd clue, I don't think I've seen them posted yet. Anyone here know anyone in those cabins? Or should we post in the casual thread to see if anyone there has it?

Hey! Creamsicle cabin I was asleep so couldn't check clues. Just checked now and it's definitely an interesting one..

You decide to get a closer look at the tree. As you pass one of the campsites that is packing up you notice they have a canoe with the word “FINTASTIC” painted on it, and you and your friends stop to tell them how much you like the pun. When you reach the tree you see that there is another bear-proof bag still hanging in it. One of your cabin mates volunteers to climb up and bring it down. When they do you see that Cirrus’ name is written in purple permanent marker on the bag, and it has been opened and rifled through.

[xrosetea]

Apple #4

You gather your gear and your buddy and head back out. It’s getting later in the afternoon now, but there’s still plenty of light to find the trail sign from your photo. The tuft of fur is still stuck to the bark, and you think it definitely looks like it belongs to Seraphine. You follow the trail sign directions into the forest, coming upon some that tell you to keep going straight, others left, and quite a few right. As darkness falls you turn on your flashlights, but the trail signs are thankfully in neon yellow paint and are still easy to pick out.

Gentle reminder we still need Chicken #3

[Amyloid]

Is this just a coincidence or are the daily free pets getting more and more fantasy-based?
(I know that pets with unrealistic colors are common on CS, but just can't help but notice something)

I mean this is the owl on the first day, pretty normal by my standards


And this is the owl for today, complete with purple sparkles and all


The same thing for the squirrels
First day-normal color for both fur and eyes


Today's outcome


Does this have something to do with the plot or am I overthinking

[Spacialdimension]

Lunu calls out to you that you need to get back behind the barrier, so you reluctantly oblige. You dive a few times in the more shallow area, but there isn’t much to see. You also spy your friends from the Chocolate Cabin poking around on the lake shore, and everyone from Berry Cabin agrees that you’re probably going to find a better clue than them. After one final dive–where you find some big fish scales–you see that Lunu has stopped watching you and you head back out into the lake.

[xFlorax]

Chocolate #4

Another group looked around the Glampgrounds, where they saw Creamsicle Cabin talking to the glampers. A lot of people were packing up and leaving, so it was hard to tell what around the site was from them, and what might have been a good clue about Cirrus’ disappearance. However, they did find a purple permanent marker on the ground, and they were able to take a look inside Cirrus’ tent because the flap had fallen open, and they saw that their sleeping bag was in disarray. They closed the flap, but didn’t touch it otherwise.

[Starryfox]

Green cabin 4! <3

You really can see everything from up here. The lake stretches on for some distance, and you didn’t know how truly vast it was. Far away there appears to be some kind of boat or craft in the water. One of your cabin mates pulls out their binoculars and tells you that they can see two figures on the boat, though there is too much glare from the water to tell much more. The boat has the word FINTASTIC painted on the side. As the sun reflects off the mostly still lake, you wonder if you can see a large shadow under its surface.

[Takora Drakan]

Here are apple clues 3 and 4 since I don't see them on the frontpage yet:

You try to figure out what it might mean by yourself for a while, but eventually you admit defeat and work up your courage and approach Conall. You draw the symbol in the dirt in front of the fire pit, and Conall lets you know that it’s the sign that marks the beginning of a trail. Maybe you should go follow it? Conall also shows you the other signs a hiker would use to show the right path on the trail.

You gather your gear and your buddy and head back out. It’s getting later in the afternoon now, but there’s still plenty of light to find the trail sign from your photo. The tuft of fur is still stuck to the bark, and you think it definitely looks like it belongs to Seraphine. You follow the trail sign directions into the forest, coming upon some that tell you to keep going straight, others left, and quite a few right. As darkness falls you turn on your flashlights, but the trail signs are thankfully in neon yellow paint and are still easy to pick out.

[Crystal_Cobble]

Creamsicle 3:

You decide to get a closer look at the tree. As you pass one of the campsites that is packing up you notice they have a canoe with the word “FINTASTIC” painted on it, and you and your friends stop to tell them how much you like the pun. When you reach the tree you see that there is another bear-proof bag still hanging in it. One of your cabin mates volunteers to climb up and bring it down. When they do you see that Cirrus’ name is written in purple permanent marker on the bag, and it has been opened and rifled through

Creamsicle 4:

You continue making your way to the entrance of the Glampgrounds and find another glamper who is staying despite the potential danger. You ask them why they’re not worried, and they tell you that they might enjoy camping with all the amenities, but that doesn’t mean that they are softies. They show you that their tent is made from kevlar material, completely impervious to bears and anything else that might go bump in the night. They also have a solar powered battery and a lot of gadgets, and offer to show you what they have if you come back later in the afternoon once everything is charged up for the day."

[Ch3rry367]

Vanilla 3

After breakfast you head over to HQ to do your daily owl roundup. You have noticed that a lot of forest creatures seem to approach camp, more than you’d think would be normal, but you don’t know for sure. You decide to ask Avian what she thinks, and she agrees that it has never been this frequent before, though she believes the frogs in your beds were unrelated. As you’re about to leave, another bird flies up and drops a broken chain dangling a string light on the ground in front of you.

I think it's consistent with other stuff in the event to assume that the extra animals in camp are here bc there's something in the forest driving them out
The text with one of the trade adopts in the camper cabins area reads:

It seems like the critters are really trying to make Camp Smoothie their home. I wonder if there's something weird in the woods... Anyway, I can take those beads you collected to the Arts & Crafts pavilion if you can check under the cabins for the animals I saw run by.

Also, the bit about the bird and the string light... gives me baaaaaad vibes, kinda freaky.
Quoting again

As you’re about to leave, another bird flies up and drops a broken chain dangling a string light on the ground in front of you.

Why the bird do that?? It's the middle of the night and I'm reading all this stuff about cryptids taking ppl I'm a liiiiittle bit paranoid and jumpy now 👀 /lh
A broken chain dangling a string light; I don't like that it's broken, why is it broken 👀, it almost makes me think the birds or smthn else was like, attacking the stuff, ripping apart some of the decorations and general glamp grounds stuff, which could play into the theory that it's the forest fighting back not liking the disturbances that the campers are causing.