The prototype for "Sovyonok" is the very real MISIS sports and recreation camp "Volga," located in the Tver region on the banks of, surprisingly, the Volga River. As can be seen from the photos, many locations and even the general layout of the camp have been transferred into the visual novel quite accurately. Although, due to the demolition and relocation of cabins and other buildings, the current camp bears little resemblance to what it was like in 2006, when, according to Khudozhnik-kun, the original photo album used by the background artists as a reference was taken.
…and what happens there
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On May 27-29, 2016, after a number of trial meetups, the first Everlasting Summer festival was held at the aforementioned location. Well, "festival" – the event was more like a large, paid meetup with cosplay, contests, and the participation of the eroge developers themselves. Despite its not-so-large scale, the event triggered a very real cannonade of butthurt across the entire socach. Leton'ko was finally becoming part of mass culture; the elitists were bitterly crying and cursing the social whores who were skvaring Leton'ko with the worst words. And the cosplay girls, in a single night, transformed from second-rate, flabby bodies into goddesses: just imagine, almost as many photos were taken as at a regular festival, but with only nine characters instead of several dozen!
On May 26-28, 2017, the second Sovyonok Fest took place, bigger, more boring, and more expensive than the first.
On May 25-27, 2018, the third Sovyonok Fest happened, surpassing the first two combined in both price and number of participants. The organizers went crazy and planned to hold festivals every year.
On May 23-26, 2019, the fourth Sovyonok Fest was supposed to take place, but the Legion's patience ran out. For their mockery of "ES," war was declared on the organizers, cosplay girls, and fist-pioneers. Through /b/ threads, a significant amount of stink was raised around the 2019 festival. As a result of this hybrid war, "Sovyonok" was disgracefully expelled from the canonical "Volga" camp to the "Zvonkie Golosa" camp, which had no river, no in-game cabins, or anything else. And all would have been well, but the last-minute flight of the pioneers somewhat disrupted the planned IRL raid, and some Legion soldiers got lost on the way.
A raid on the new camp was successfully carried out by a squad of 3 people. At 3 AM, firecrackers were set off, smoke bombs were ignited, chicken heads soaked in ammonia were scattered, along with leaflets designed to sow demoralization in the enemy ranks. The pioneers who rushed out at the noise were brazenly told by the raiders that they were camp staff and were herded back into their barracks. A poster insulting the raiders was captured from one of the buildings, and memorable inscriptions were painted on the walls and asphalt using spray cans.
The pioneers, who shit their pants during the raid and were already mocked by the organizers and low-tier cosplay girls every festival, returned home to their mommies, holed up in threads, and decided to get revenge. They tried in every way to downplay the significance and scale of the raid, ignoring the fact of the venue change, the constant fear of being pelted with feces, and the festival effectively being held under the banner of Dvach. Unfortunately, the raid commander turned out to be a social attention-whore and decided to reconcile with the fist-pioneers. This fact somewhat marred the impression but didn't play a significant role, as the game had already been played.
In the end, it was pure WIN from start to finish, and the fist-pioneers logically got owned.