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[findaways]

Who: Anyone
When: Day 133, night
Where: The lake
What:

[It's still cold and snowing, and there is an AWFUL LOUD noise outside.

Even from far away, you can see it: there is an ENORMOUS MASS of green glow-in-the-dark, thick, massive vines that are actively crawling from the forest and pouring themselves into the lake. They are going deep. How deep is that lake?

The lake is also glowing itself as they pour in...]


[EVENT! Anyone can join if they like, anyone. People and gods. Some buildup and exploration / partying up / "what the hell" for the next hour is fine, the actual event starts at 8 EST (one hour).

HAPPENIN' PLACES:
THE LAKE
THE FOREST
Zelgadis has some info!
UNDERWATER
DEEP IN THE WOODS
after!]

Comments

[AT THE SHORE]

[findaways]

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[findaways]

At the shore... the vines aren’t so much huge as plentiful, spilling down the small cliff into the water. So many, moving as a common mass, funneling slowly.

There's creatures here.



Some glowing creatures have flopped their way to the surface, making LOUD PITCHED CHIRPING NOISES. They are staying in groups. As they flop out of the water, they gasp to breathe... until they all drop their glowing orb at the end of their doohickey, which flops on the ground like a jello blob. Then they can breathe the air fine.

Some seem confused, some seem aggressive. A little one is by itself wailing. A big, wrinkled one is taking its time.]

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[devotedtothecore]

[ .....ok they seem pretty distressed and not entirely aggressive all around

STILL APPROACHING WITH CAUTION?? are those things actually on the shore yet... ]

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[nolongerslate]

Did these things come with the vines or were disturbed by them?

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[devotedtothecore]

[ shakes his head ]

The vines themselves seemed of a different shape of light than those of these creatures, and the creatures look to be of the water themselves...

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[findaways]

[they are on the shore!

They see you approach and shriek, scattering decidedly not in the direction of the forest - only a few just keep going, most are staying with the group. One curls up like an aggressive snake, it's scyther arms at the ready, though it is keeping its distance.

The big wrinkled one is still ignoring you, slowly shuffling up.

A few of their glowing blobs have been left unattended.]

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[devotedtothecore]

[ HALT ADVANCE, STAY STILL, WATCH LIKE HAWK

...

glance at glowing blob, but don't move ]

[weddingcake]

[it's probably not a good idea to get too close, buuut let's investigating!]

[findaways]

[there's a lot of shireking noises!! they seem skittish, most dashing the hell away from you. One curls upwards with its scythe arms at the ready, but doesn't strike.]

[weddingcake]

[skirts that one warily, not ready to get into a fight just yet]

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[nolongerslate]

[circling towards the vines, trying to stay away from the creatures]

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[findaways]

[the vines are hard to reach. They seem to curl out from the forest in an arc, and deep into the water. The best way to reach would be to swim.]

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[nolongerslate]

[hell with swimming, I'm going to make a magic bubble of air and fly underwater]

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[tonewlengths]

[Little waily one do you need help]

Hey there, it's okay.

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[findaways]

[WAAAAIL WAIL WAIL WAIL]

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[tonewlengths]

[Let me pet you that's a good idea right]

Shh, there there, what are you upset about? Poor little guy.

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[besomeothername]

[Turn away from nature for one minute and now this...]

[Getting a bit closer so he can get a better look at these creatures]

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[findaways]

[moving in social groups - as they pour out onto the shore, they each drop their blob, then try to gather it up. Now that people are present, most of the blobs are being dropped in favor of bolting for their group. Some at the perimeter are rearing up aggressively, while others waddle along behind them as fast as they can.]

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[besomeothername]

[Huh, interesting]

[Once they are a good distance away from one of the blobs, Lavi will slowly edge in that direction. Slow and steady. No sudden movements]

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[rootless]

[alighting near the little one because GOOD DECISIONS???

are you okay tiny thing 8(]

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[findaways]

[WAIIL WAILLLLLLLLLLLLL

It doesn't seem to be hurt, just frightened and distressed]

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[rootless]

[DOESN'T WANT TO GET TOO CLOSE AND SCARE IT MORE BUT

BUT TINY THING IS IN DISTRESS???

shuffles a little closer, sitting in his haunches to make himself seem (even) smaller and less threatening...)

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[ofstormandsea]

[ IGNORING THE CREATURES, but wandering down into the water instead after the vines.

This is clearly the best thing to do while feverish. ]

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[findaways]

[Underwater, it is practically easy to see. Aside from the enormous mass of vines' glow, a lot of the underwater plants are also glowing.

The vines seem to have broken a hole in the floor of the lake.

The hole is very wide, and there is a shimmer of something glowing down there.

More of those creatures are swimming out of that hole and towards the shore. They're much less clumsy in the water. some have been wrapped around by the vines. As one stops moving, it stops glowing and drops out of sight]

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[ofstormandsea]

[ going to investigate that hole... :|a being nocturnal has its perks ]