Juniper Sloan

Juniper Sloan is a camp counselor in Cabin Dung Beetle at Camp Here and There.

## Physical Appearance

Sydney O. Sargent describes Juniper as having a "weirdly long neck."

## Personality

Juniper is known for "having admiration for the little things in life" while also having a tendency to ignore his responsibilities. Yvonne describes him as "irresponsible...and a bit of a twit."

## Character History

### Season 1

In The Squall of Prophecy, Juniper is chosen along with Rowan to deliver the weekly salmon tax to the penguins. He ends up having to make the delivery alone, as Rowan is napping due to his upsetting weather forecast. The delivery goes successfully, except for "...a few dartlike feathers lodged in [Juniper's] throat." Jedidiah extracts these after dinner.

In The Reversal of Norms, Juniper does *not* get mock executed by the campers in the hopes that if he dies on Opposite Day he will live forever. His last rites are *not* read from a book of demonology by thirteen-year-old Natsume Shiota, and he is *not* strung up on the flagpole and sentenced to be hanged by the neck until dead. He does *not* then spend the evening in the nurse's cabin, having the rope burn on his long neck oiled by Sydney.

In The Norms of the World, Juniper is still in Sydney's office, but is seemingly okay (at least according to Sydney).

In The World of Goo, Juniper invites campers to play Cornhole Two, a classic English children's game that he grew up playing. Supposedly, this game is very sticky.

In The Goo of Friendship, Juniper and Rowan play a card game called "Doom or Dare" and implore the campers to join in. Juniper also invites campers to play a game called "Rope Climbing While Your Hands are Coated in Olive Oil: The Game."

In The Friendship of Enemies, Joshua and Yvonne participate in a mediation session surrounding Juniper moving into Cabin Silkworm with them. This happens because Juniper's campers in Cabin Dungbeetle found his father's phone number and threatened to call and tell him that his son was working as a counselor at a camp in downstate Ohio. Juniper gives into the blackmail and steps down as Cabin Dungbeetle counselor, leading Lucille to decide that he should stay in Camp Silkworm for the time being. He gets along well with the Cabin Silkworm kids, teaching them a card game, taking them out for archery, and generally making things more fun. Joshua resents this, as he feels like Juniper isn't teaching the kids useful lessons or productive skills, and feels as though his authority is being undermined by his presence. In the end, Joshua and Yvonne decide to let Juniper continue to stay with them, as Lucille will likely work out the issue with the Cabin Dungbeetle kids in a day or two.

In The Enemies of Labor, the kids in Cabin Dungbeetle rebel against not only Juniper, but all of camp leadership due to the punishment (cleaning the cafeteria for a whole week) that Lucille gave them for their previous behavior towards Juniper. As per the treaty that the kids agree to at the end of the day, Juniper will be moving back to Camp Dungbeetle and being their counselor once again after the rebellion. Meanwhile, Juniper and Rowan are contracted to deliver the weekly salmon tax to the penguins.

In The Labors of Love, an unnamed counselor grabs Juniper by his lapel and begins shaking him after the announcement that Cabin Dungbeetle won the tower-building contest. This instigates an outright fight among many of the counselors, allowing someone (Sydney suspects The Elephant Man) to steal the winning tower or otherwise make it disappear.

In The Mother of Stones, Juniper gets caught in the trap that Jedidiah and Sydney set for Soren due to him attempting to get the carrot used as bait. As of the evening announcements, he is still trapped there.

In The Stones in Toilets, Juniper joins Sydney on the morning announcements to inform the campers that Rowan has entered the bathrooms since the mysterious beast moved in, and found that they were covered completely in mountains of green goo. During this announcement, he and Jedidiah have a bit of a disagreement, as Jedidiah struggles to understand his accent and is very confused by the fact that he does not know what a microphone is.

In The Reality of Hallucination, Jedidiah sees Juniper hanging from the flagpole, fast asleep.

In The Hallucination of the Hive, Juniper fills in as a substitute lake guard along with Marisol. He claims that he "knows the ocean like he knows beans on the cob," but does not demonstrate any ability to actually swim.

In The Hive of Anxiety, Juniper must go with Rowan once again to deliver the penguin tax. When the campers are hypnotized by the beehive, he rushes at it, brandishing a squirrel bone in an attempt to destroy it.

In The Trees of Boys, Juniper takes part in a conflict mediation session with Rowan led by Jedidiah. This is because Rowan is frustrated that Juniper keeps avoiding going with him to take the fish underground to the penguins every week, even though the task was assigned to both of them. He defends himself by saying that it was Rowan's choice to continue to lug all the fish by himself, and he already deals with a lot as the counselor of Cabin Dungbeetle. His attitude leads to Jedidiah becoming angry and clearly projecting his situation with Sydney onto them through an outburst chastising Juniper (and himself) for letting down the person they supposedly love with their actions. Juniper then apologizes and agrees to help with the next delivery. They both express that they appreciate each others company, and Jedidiah ends the meeting by asking if they'll both join a search party if Sydney doesn't return by that night. Juniper is unsure at first, but agrees to do so when Rowan says that he will.

In The Wood of the Caskets, Juniper inhales the mold that makes people into interpersonal zombies, but displays no noticeable change in demeanor or favorite topics of conversation.

In The Hatred of the Hunt, Juniper joins Sydney on the morning announcements to share information about the arrival of The Hunt. He knows about it because it is originally from Britain, and so is he. He advises Sydney not to harbor the silver fox, as interfering with The Hunt is a bad idea, but doesn't push the idea and wishes Sydney the best of luck with it. The day's breakfast is also inspired by Juniper, as it is a delicacy from his hometown called "scrumpledydumps." Later in the day, Juniper attempts to measure the depth of the new river using a fisherman's technique from his hometown called "The Old Pump and Muddle." As The Hunt arries at camp, Juniper becomes confused upon hearing that there is no longer a British Empire.

In The Nurse is Building a Pyre, Juniper and Rowan are not able to participate in the day's activities, as they're delivering more fish to the penguins.

In The Muse of the Elephant/The Elephant in the Room, Cabin Dung Beetle secedes from the camp, and so next year Juniper will be working with Rowan in Cabin Magpie Moth. Sydney also announces that Juniper has invited Rowan back to Legsworth for a few months to help out with his father's fishing business, a venture that Rowan is excited about.

## Trivia

* Juniper is 30 years old.
* He is from the fictional town of Legsworth, which is a reference to Will Wood's BBQ performance of Front Street.
	+ Microphones don't exist in Legsworth.
* His father does not know that he works at Camp Here and There, and it is implied that him finding out would be bad for Juniper.
* When Juniper leaves for Camp Here and There every Summer, he tells his father that he is a legal advisor for diplomats around the world.
* Juniper goes back to Legsworth to help with his fathers fishing business when hes not at camp.

## Sources

1. ↑ Season 1 Episode 5: The Reversal of Norms
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Season 1 Episode 9: The Friendship of Enemies
3. ↑ Season 1 Episode 7: The World of Goo
4. ↑ Season 1 Episode 14: The Stones in Toilets
5. ↑ Mayfield and Belov July Livestream Q&A
6. ↑ Camp Here & There Q&A Livestream 07/30