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

[saddleclub]

You do need sobering.

[crimeson]

[backing away from the pond abruptly]

Ugh. Yeah, guess I do.

[saddleclub]

....Is everything all right?

[crimeson]

It's...

That pond's bad news.

[saddleclub]

What are you talking about?

[Now he has to look.]

[crimeson]

[grabs him by the arm, a little harsher than he normally would.]

Don't.

[saddleclub]

[Startled because what.]

You were just looking at it. What happened?

[crimeson]

It-- I don't know. It's just. I've got a bad feeling, now that I'm not looking at it.

[saddleclub]

What kind of bad feeling?

[crimeson]

Lonely. Fucking... goddess damnit, I already felt lonely. This isn't helping.

[saddleclub]

[Oh. He looks so distressed. Awkwardly pats on of his biceps.]

Well you aren't alone.

[The most. Awkward attempt at reassurance. At least he's not making you carry his shopping bags.]

[crimeson]

[scoots close and leans on Jusis, good luck dude.]

Thanks.

[saddleclub]

[Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

So frozen in place. Do you need another bicep pat??? Doing that.]

Of... Course...

[And Rufus is too drunk to be any help.]

[crimeson]

[huffs a sigh, just, trying to chill out, absolutely still leaning on Jusis]

[saddleclub]

[Pat... Pat...? Pat.

Help.

A hot guy is leaning on him all wet and sad and he can't even appreciate how nice it is because the hot guy is sad and he has no idea what to do. What would Rean do? Something embarrassing.

He pats Randy's head??? In panic?]

[crimeson]

[Randy kind of. Blinks. Because whoa there.

But ultimately he nestles into the headpats needily.]

[saddleclub]

[Oh hey look doing the Rean thing worked. Um. Keeps it up...

Goddess he's going to die.]

[crimeson]

Sorry about this...

[bitter, but. clearly still here for the petting, still cuddling close.]

[saddleclub]

[Pretty sure the only physical affection of this level he's gotten in years is from Millium and that's a very very different kind of attention. Like, not comparable. That is little sister tackles vs big hot guy you're attracted to snuggling all up on you with his manly chest and cute smile.

He's going to walk right into that pond to drown himself if he doesn't end this somehow.]

Well, clearly something happened. We should get you and Rufus back.

[crimeson]

We... really should.

[saddleclub]

Yes well.

[Trying to. Escape. Sorry Randy you can cuddle him more later.]

Help me get you both back to the train.

[crimeson]

All right. I'm... pretty steady on my feet, still.

[saddleclub]

Good. Because you have gotten my brother entirely drunk.

[Sorry for your lonely clingy feelings he's a startled cat.]

[crimeson]

Haa... Should I apologize?

[saddleclub]

It's the middle of the day.