It was Lidel himself who admitted the fact to the two visiting teams, despite initial hesitation. Terror Mountain team captain Prytariel supported his decision to tell them, and reasserted to their friends on the other teams that this didn’t mean Terror Mountain was out of the running in the next Altador Cup. Winning wasn’t their only plan, though.

Rinok Fitel announced to their new friends that they planned to open up a sports camp in the following month that would run in the Yooyuball off-season. “It’s meant to help other Neopets who are living with disabilities,” he explained. Though the Mystery Island and Dacardian Yooyuball teams were meant to depart a few days after their visit to Terror Mountain, they ended up staying an extra two weeks to help out with any last-minute preparations the camp needed, and to participate in some of the workshops. Lor Benneveldt even shared a few personal stories about adapting to land-based sports as a Neopet without legs, which inspired the campers – some of whom could relate!

The camp, called “Camp Honeysnow,” was opened on-schedule and has been running for a few months now (though it is temporarily closed until the end of the Altador Cup). It is located on the border of Happy Valley and the Ice Caves, with Team Terror Mountain as its coordinators, and friends from other teams, including Xana DiLanche of Team Shenkuu (who had founded a Yooyuball training camp two years prior) as consultants and guest mentors. Programs include but are not limited to: tips and tricks to catching Yooyuballs without sight or hearing, sign language and braille study workshops (that Osielle Lidel and Evrem Guilako participate in alongside campers), para-skating and -skiing lessons, adaptive arts, crafts, and cooking classes, and even mobility aid-bedazzling sessions! Sports and hobbies of all kinds are taught and supported – not just Yooyuball.

“And the buzz honey and oat cookies we serve in the cafeteria are to die for,” Minae Mitora added as she handed out some of said cookies, which she baked herself. “They’re packed full of protein and fibre! Great for breakfast on game days. Make sure you tell everyone! …Um, about the camp. Not the cookies. But you can tell them about the cookies too.”