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]

Something more important than your memories?

[howlsitgoin]

Weapons and heavy things if we need to barricade the train... or something like that.

[cawnflict]

So you're more concerned with keeping everybody safe.

[ DISGUSTING...LY CUTE. ]

[howlsitgoin]

We're in a hostile environment. It's practical, isn't it?

[cawnflict]

Sure. But it's not very selfish; anyone else could be doing the same thing, but here it is being you.

[howlsitgoin]

Why would I want to be selfish?

[he's a shounen hero deep down in his heart and you know it]

[cawnflict]

We've been told a lot of things the past week. A lot has happened. Wanting something for yourself is perfectly natural.

[ ...probably. ]

[howlsitgoin]

But I don't, really...

[cawnflict]

...you don't want to remember?

[howlsitgoin]

I do, it's just not a priority. Do I have to remember to be helpful?

[cawnflict]

[ The problem here is this is entirely self-perpetuating. He realises this.

He could say something, even a small hint, and he would probably get a better result than this. This is... his fault. He knows. And yet, something in him can't say anything; some sort of fear, which is ridiculous—he's not afraid of anything.

Ah... he's been quiet for too long now. So he's sighing, then forcing out a short laugh. ]

No. You're fine like this.

[howlsitgoin]

...

[Alas, poor Ciabatta. Eclair is too observant.]

You really want me to, don't you?

[cawnflict]

[ UGHHHH STOP BEING A COP. ]

Is that what you think?

[howlsitgoin]

I think it's really obvious.

[cawnflict]

[ ugh ]

[cawnflict]

Well, what you might know could be [ IMPORTANT, BUT HE STILL CAN'T SAY IT. ] valuable.

[howlsitgoin]

[wow why am I thinking that face was so cute??]

...Oookay, then. I'll try it out.

[cawnflict]

[ "try it out," he says, like regaining your memories is a new hobby.

Still, a small sigh escapes. Relief, mostly. Stupid puppy. ]

By the way...

[howlsitgoin]

...Yes?

[cawnflict]

[ Pointing at him. ]

There's something crawling on your shoulder.

[ It's big and strangely furry. ]

[howlsitgoin]

[--Just. Shrieks.]

[cawnflict]

[ Really? ]

These things are pretty useful.

[ He's just taken a few (kind of blurry) pictures with the chain. ]

[howlsitgoin]

[well now that he has SAVED HIMSELF he's whirling on Ciabatta and yelling]

Don't take pictures you asshole!

[cawnflict]

Isn't this a part of mapping? Documenting the wildlife?

[ getting as far away from his feelings as possible?? ]