welcome to the jungle we've got fun and games

[saddleclub]

Who: Y'all
When: Day 8 noonish
Where: THE JUNGLE

[So there is a mostly unexplored jungle out there.

It seems like a good day to explore it, eh?

Please look out for:

Venomous snakes, the smaller ones will leave you fevered and nauseas, the larger may stop your heart.

Spores, inhaling them can leave you with mild to severe continuing hallucinations

Pollen, it may make you sneeze.

Dark shadows in the undergrowth, that seem to whisper as you pass. In familiar voices...? Or that's just the wind.

Vicious monsters. They want to eat you.

And look out, if you go exploring, because halfway through your adventure the sky seems to open up and pour on you, try to find a safe shelter--if that exists in the jungle.

For those of you not inclined to explore well, you may see lights in the jungle, little wisps, of light in the growth, or maybe it's your team colors you see? The more you look the more you feel practically compelled to follow those lights and flashes of something familiar....

Maybe you get caught by the jungle's dangers, trapped in a cave by the downpour, or maybe you make it to an odd break around a still pond, the surface so smooth it's almost like a mirror. If you look in, your reflection looks back. And it smiles at you.

And if you make it this far, if you look deep into your reflection and let it stare back, you might find yourself leaning down, towards it--hopefully you have a companion to pull you back before pale arms reach to pull you in and drown you.

Even if you're pulled back from the glass pool, a strange dread lingers with you for a while. And the urge to be near others is incredibly strong. Be it their presence or their touch you crave, you need reassurance.

((OOC: Explore, use this an excuse for wet huddling together in a cave while hallucinating, get cool new scars from fighting beasts, encounter the glassy pool, or whatever! Grab a buddy, have a good(?) time.))]

Comments

[cawnflict]

[ "Explore the dungeon after exploring a mansion," seems like a fantastic idea.

Not.

Instead, he's gone out for a breather. However, it's not easy to fly in a jungle, so he's hardly actually done any flying; only enough to flit his way up into a lower branch to perch on. And watch everyone suffer with the vicious creatures. ]

You should reconsider that direction.

[ Well okay, he'll b... helpful. ]

[saddleclub]

[Looking up at this asshole.]

And why is that?

[cawnflict]

[ oh look it's one of his favourite targets... ]

Something large and furred ran up there about twenty minutes ago. Oh, but I forgot—you're not afraid of monsters, right?

[saddleclub]

Of course not. Though the warning is appreciated.

[cawnflict]

Don't tell me you're going to go up there anyway.

[saddleclub]

I thought I saw Ceylon or Assam come this way. Neither of them seem terribly useful in a fight.

[cawnflict]

[ ... ]

What kind of names are those?

[ asks a guy named after bread. ]

[saddleclub]

What kind of name is Ciabatta?

[cawnflict]

[ hm. ]

That's a good question, I'm not sure. My parents gave it to me, but I was never able to ask them about it.

[saddleclub]

Perhaps they were hungry.

[cawnflict]

[cawnflict]

Is that how your naming sense works, too?

[saddleclub]

I confess to wanting tea at the time, certainly.

[cawnflict]

[ yes that is exactly how it is

i love hypocrites

time for a buzzfeed quiz. ]

Well, that's pretty cute. What tea would I be?

[howlsitgoin]

--What's that way?

[Says a wet dog climbing through the underbrush on an exploration mission. He's using his Chain to take a lot of photos for later mapping purposes.]

[cawnflict]

[ and there's his other favourite. ]

Something with sharper teeth than you. What are you doing?

[howlsitgoin]

Making a map. What are you doing?

[cawnflict]

[ He's shifting, dangling his legs over the side of his branch. ]

Helping you make a map. [ Just. Volunteering himself into that. ] If you want to go that way, I'll come with you.

[howlsitgoin]

I didn't invite you.

[He's going to keep walking! But he's also not going to try to stop CB or anything.]

[cawnflict]

[ There's a small fluttering noise and then a shadow, passing all of the other shadows in the jungle.

Now he's in front of him. But not in the way, just. In front. ]

I'm an invaluable asset when mapping. You'll see.

[howlsitgoin]

So far I've just seen you creeping around a lot.

[His nose is intact CB he knows you've been hanging around.]

Is that just something you do or am I special?

[cawnflict]

[ ......................................

well now it's time to lie again— ]

You're special.

[howlsitgoin]

...Why?

[cawnflict]

[ Just slightly tipping his head to the side. ]

You can't figure it out?

[howlsitgoin]

[Don't ask him to use his cop brain! Mainly because once he starts he can't stop and he's going to get really bothered really fast.]

You...

[hmmm?]

--Do you know me?