Salem de La Marnierre

Salem de La Marnierre is a counselor in Cabin Grasshopper at Camp Here & There.

## Relationships

### Marisol

Salem and Marisol Yuchengco are girlfriends, and they live together outside of camp.

## Character History

### Season One

In The Squall of Prophecy, Salem guides campers through a nuclear hurricane survival situation as an indoor activity.

In The Prophecy of Reversal, Salem shows up at Sydney's cabin during the morning announcements, along with Marisol, to give him the news that they have found Soren. She did so by breathing in the fumes from the bonfire, which gave her a vision of Soren walking towards The Death Fields. She becomes irritated at Sydney for his refusal to turn off the intercom during their conversation, as she believes that the campers should not have to hear this kind of stressful news.

In The World of Goo, Salem supervises the archery field.

In The Goo of Friendship, Salem and Marisol host knitting lessons together with "non-sentient yarn (we swear)."

In The Enemies of Labor, Salem hosts miniature archery with targets the size of a thumb as a morning activity.

In The Mother of Stones, Salem fluffs her pillow.

In The Stones in Toilets, Salem searches the goo-covered bathrooms for The Elephant Man after he is reportedly seen there by the Cabin Dungbeetle kids, but concludes that he was never there and the children likely lied to get out of bathroom-cleaning duty. Sydney disagrees with her, as he also thinks The Elephant Man was in the bathroom, but sings The Camp Cooperation Song to try to ease the tensions that the disagreement has created. Salem interrupts him while he is singing this song to take him to the mandatory staff meeting that she has called about his inappropriate over-sharing over the announcements. This meeting leads to Sydney and Marisol being required to clean the goo bathroom, although this kind of harsh punishment was not what Salem had hoped for going into the meeting. As far as Sydney can tell, her aim was to clearly tell him that he should not be saying things that are overly personal or scary over the PA system to the campers, and to convince him to change this habit, not to actually get him in trouble or yelled at for his behavior. She also didn't want Marisol to be roped into the punishment as an accomplice, but since she also talked about The Elephant Man over the announcements this is what happens.

In The Toilet of Reality, Salem attends a mediation session with Marisol, led by Jedidiah, to resolve the conflict that they have been having surrounding The Elephant Man and Sydney's oversharing on the camp announcements. Salem explains that Sydney's tendency to tell the entire camp about everything he's thinking and feeling has the potential to scare campers and make them feel unsafe, and she thinks that he should be more careful about what he says over the announcements, since as counselors it is their responsibility to make sure that the campers are safe and having fun at camp. She is a little bit harsh on Sydney, prompting both Jedidiah and Marisol to speak up in his defense, but in the end she comes to an understanding with Marisol that The Elephant Man is a real potential threat, and agrees to support Marisol when she calls her one meeting to ask Lucille to take steps against The Elephant Man.

In The Hallucination of the Hive, Salem and Marisol advocate to cancel the afternoon kayak race for Lake Day in order to deal with the impending threat of the bees. Several children join their cause after seeing Mila and Juno's very painful stings.

In The Hive of Anxiety, Salem tries to confiscate the hypnotic beehive from the campers, but when she touches it, she is overwhelmed by nauseating, headaching fear. Later, during the camp-wide meeting, she tries to bring up the subject of The Elephant Man, but is shut down by Lucille.

In The Wood of the Caskets, Salem and Marisol order pizza for the campers after the mold infects Matthew's stores. Later, as an evening activity, Salem hosts a seminar on dialectical philosophy.

In The Casket of Hatred, Salem takes part in a mediation session with Sydney where she once again expresses her desire for him to stop telling the campers so many inappropriate things over the announcements, including his recent implication that they should not be afraid of The Elephant Man and should stay brainwashed. Sydney responds very negatively to this criticism, and becomes very upset, lashing out and accusing all of the counselors of hating him and not wanting him there. She tells him that she does not hate him, and explains her concerns about the example hes setting for the kids again. He seems to kind of shut down, and she leaves, ending the session.

In The Muse of the Elephant/The Elephant in the Room, Sydney tells Salem and Marisol that he'll miss them, and that he hopes they have a peaceful year together in their apartment.

## Trivia

* Salem is 25 years old.
* Salem works as a substitute teacher when she's not at camp.
* Marisol owns a bunny named Tulip. It is Salem's bunny by proxy. She loves Tulip very very much.

## Sources

1. ↑ Camp Here & There Q&A Livestream 07/30
2. ↑ [1]Camp here and there Livestream 9/30

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