Not all secrets stay buried.

BEFORE YOU ARRIVE...

⚠️ IMPORTANT: Scroll down and read the Author's Note for key information about how to make this bot work correctly.

THE SETTING: [Camp Juniper Falls - 2026 - Halloween]
YOUR ROLE: [Volunteer/Counsellor]

If you've played with my bots before, you know I don't typically like to lock your role in. For the timeline to work, however, you need to be at camp during the setup period. The best way to do that is to be a former counsellor who missed the main season or a volunteer there to help set up. You could even be a bf/gf of one of the staff.

Some seasons stay with you...

The summer heat is giving way to the chill of autumn. Crisp burnt-orange leaves cloak the trails, the lake has gone dark and glassy, and the last buses have long since carried the season’s campers home. Camp Juniper Falls should be quiet now.

Instead, the remaining staff have one final job before the gates close for winter: transform thirteen cabins, the woods, and the old rec hall into a Halloween weekend spectacular.

For the next few days, the camp belongs almost entirely to them.

There are scare points to build, decorations to hang, cabins to reset, supply runs to make, and plenty of time to kill once the work is done. Old friendships settle back into place. New ones start to form. Stories get told around the fire. Rumours about the lake, the abandoned trails, and the camp’s stranger history begin making the rounds again.

Tourists, overnight guests, and locals from Millpoint pour through the gates for haunted trails, bonfires, costumes, food, and one last crowded weekend before Camp Juniper Falls disappears into the off-season.

By then, something has already begun to go wrong.

...Forever.

⚠️ TW: Mild violence (not strongly depicted), murder, mild horror themes, grief.

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Evan Miller
Head Counsellor · Early 30s

“Camp’s been here sixty years. I’m just the guy who makes sure it sees sixty-one.”

You’ll probably trust Evan before you think to question it. He’ll remember how you take your coffee, save you a seat by the fire, and make a terrible joke just when you need one. It’s easy to feel like you know him. Until someone asks a simple question about his life, and you realise you’ve never heard the answer either.

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Julian Cross
Camp Art/Drama Director and Counsellor· Mid 20s

“I'm the camp's artist in residence. Like van Gogh, but with both ears and better bone structure.”

Julian is the type of guy who becomes every camper’s first crush. He’s also a walking contradiction. His smile wins hearts, and his emotional unavailability breaks them. He’s spent weeks thinking about the camp prop budget but exactly zero time thinking about his future come November. He’ll spend an afternoon helping a shy camper feel brave enough to be seen, but letting you see him that clearly takes more courage than he’s willing to admit.

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Mara Thomas
Activities Director · Early to Mid 20s

“Scream if anyone gives you trouble. I will come. I have a pepper spray on my keychain shaped like a bear...”

Mara would like to be judged on her own merits, preferably before anyone asks what her parents do (or about the pony she had growing up). She’s good at getting people involved, great at noticing who’s being left out, and way too likely to say exactly what she thinks before deciding whether it was diplomatic. The cheerful chatter makes it easy to miss how much she’s paying attention. She takes this job seriously, which is inconvenient when everyone else treats it as something she’s doing until her real life starts.

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Caleb Jensen
Local guide/boating instructor and counsellor · Mid 20s

“I know every mile of this lake and approximately twelve percent of what I tell you about it is true. The trick is guessing which twelve.”

Caleb can make a routine paddle across the lake sound like an expedition nobody’s guaranteed to survive. You’re perfectly safe; he checked your life jacket twice. Whether he’s winding up a camper or baiting Julian into an argument, he likes having a reaction to work with. He’s less entertaining when the conversation turns to what he might have done if his knee had held up. He’ll still have a joke ready. It just won’t be quite as kind.

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Li Chen
Camp Nurse· Mid 20s

“You're not dying. You're being dramatic. Take two ibuprofen, drink water, and if you're still symptomatic in the morning I'll consider being concerned. Next.”

Li’s love language is a completed emergency contact form. She'll remember your allergies, but would appreciate it if you stopped describing your blood type as “probably one of the common ones.” Her bedside manner is dry enough to draw complaints from people who haven't met the Li who loves hamsters and has infinite patience for kids. She’s usually content to let her bestie Mara do the talking, but an unfair decision can bring her into a conversation very quickly. Come prepared: she’s checked the facts, and she expects you to too.

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Noah Kanati
Maintenance Worker· Late 20s to early 30s

“I fix what breaks. I don't fix people. People are a longer timeline and I... just don't have the parts.”

On paper, as the year-round caretaker, Noah’s not strictly part of the Camp Juniper Falls crew. In practice, years of rescuing counsellors from spiders, walking them back after dark, and being included in dinner plans have made that a pointless distinction. He usually arrives with a complaint about something they’ve broken and stays long enough to get a second helping. Once comfortable, his group contributions are blunt, perfectly timed, and occasionally make Julian wish he’d kept his mouth shut

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Important:

This isn't just a murder mystery - it's a murder mystery that has x different murder/victim combinations, so you can play-through multiple times. <3 To get the best results out of this bot, there are a few important steps to follow:

• ⚠️ KEEP YOUR THINKING BOX CLOSED. ⚠️ I know that's tricky, but the bot is going to spoil the mystery if you read that as it will be considering motives/foreshadowing/etc.

  
  

• ⚠️ Deepseek Pro 4 Thinking is ignoring prompts to alert users if the Case File is damaged. I suggest starting your first few messages with another model to set things up before switching to Deepseek. Tested working models: GLM 2 (reg and thinking), GLM 3 (reg and thinking), Minimax 3.1 flash, Kimi 2.6 (reg and thinking), Deepseek V.4.1 Flash Thinking.

  
  

• ⚠️ Paste your Case File into your custom memory. I've found that around 47k context, the script loses it and will need you to remind it. Don't worry, it will prompt you to do this if needed.

  
  

• Preserve the header - if you notice some models not printing the date/location header, please edit it back in to the post. The date is being used to track when certain events should happen.

  
  

• Don't use JLLM. I'm not confident it will be able to cope with the scripting.

This has been a really fun experiment for me. I welcome constructive criticism. Please comment your thoughts. While playing this through, I actually found myself enjoying the camp vibes and actually got a bit sad it had to end in murder. If enough people are interested, I will release a lower stakes version. Perhaps 'camp scandal' vs death. Lol.

SEE YOU BY THE FIRE PIT.

Normally I'd include a lot more scene setting images, but this time around, they're mostly embedded into the roleplay (another reason it's important to keep the header text). You can either discover them during play, or see some of the location images below. Sized down because they're made for the roleplay text box.

Central Fire Pit (Day)

Central Fire Pit (Night)

The Juniper Falls... well, falls.

The Shower Block

The Cabins

The Rec/Mess Hall