Jusis Albarea ([personal profile] saddleclub) wrote in [community profile] auroraexpress2019-01-12 10:33 pm

welcome to the jungle we've got fun and games

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.))]
crimeson: (i'm sorry i bring you down)

[personal profile] crimeson 2019-01-20 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Randy shrugs]

Mm. 'Cause I like you. You know you can tell me to back off with this kind of thing if you want, yeah?
ruinatings: (007)

[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-01-20 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
I'm aware.

[BUT!! But.]

...It's only that I'm not sure whether or not I want you to.
crimeson: (i'll take the west train)

[personal profile] crimeson 2019-01-20 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
[nods lightly.]

Okay. That's fine by me.
ruinatings: (009)

[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-01-20 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
You're so agreeable it's almost alarming.
crimeson: (i'm sorry brother)

[personal profile] crimeson 2019-01-20 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
You know very well that I can be a pain in the ass when I want to be! So I wouldn't worry about it.
ruinatings: (073)

[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-01-20 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
Yes you can. Which makes it all the more confusing how we of all people have wound up in this position.
crimeson: (just by the side of the tin man)

[personal profile] crimeson 2019-01-20 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
I'm pretty surprised too. Guess we just... needed an opportunity like this, to get along.

It's nice, though.
ruinatings: (071)

[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-01-20 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Nice"... I suppose it is.

[Okay. OKAY. He's regained some confidence so now he's gonna wiggle his fingers.]

[personal profile] crimeson 2019-01-20 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
Wh--

[BETRAYAL!!

Randy lets out a sound that's basically a verbal keysmash before he starts trying halfheartedly to wiggle free again, laughing.]
ruinatings: (027)

[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-01-20 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Another man falls victim to Rufus' schemes and backstabbing!!]

It's my victory, Randy Orlando.

[He's not a practiced tickler so it's a little clumsy but he's doing his best!!]
crimeson: (you said yourself fantastically)

[personal profile] crimeson 2019-01-20 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Aha, ahaha-- Brutal!!

[Randy's carrying on, flailing but still at least somewhat careful not to like, hit his ASSAILANT, clearly having fun with this.]
ruinatings: (036)

[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-01-20 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
Efficient.

[It's... cute. Randy is cute and Rufus is still confused about that.

Also Randy's squirming around on top of him so Rufus really has to stop after a bit for both their sakes.]

And there you have it.
crimeson: (just by the side of the tin man-)

[personal profile] crimeson 2019-01-20 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
[slumps on top of him bonelessly, sides heaving.]

I have been utterly defeated.
ruinatings: (071)

[personal profile] ruinatings 2019-01-20 12:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes you have. And I think I should quit while I'm ahead and leave you to lick your wounds.

[read: he needs to get out from under randy before it really really physically obvious he doesn't want to get out from under randy]
crimeson: (i'll take the west train)

[personal profile] crimeson 2019-01-20 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Fair enough! I'll even the score another time.

[Randy levers himself up off of Rufus agreeably, stopping without issue just like he said he would.]