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[oi_theoi]

Who: Anyone
When: Day 61, Early afternoon
Where: Anywhere!
What: Mingle and stuff

[So it is still raining for sure, and if anyone BOTHERS TO CHECK, they will notice that the water level of Level 2 has risen considerably...

But if you aren't bothering with that shit, levels 3 and 4 are pretty much per usual.

However, if you are one of the people working on Level 5, or maybe just enjoying a walk in the rain and mud, or maybe you just heard there was something weird found upstairs...

What you will arrive at is a very strange grove. A circle of 8 large trees that look very much like dead, twisted, dry wood. Quite an odd sight in a forest usually full of too much life. Stranger still, nothing but a bit of moss and vines are growing in the circle of the grove. The dead trees stretch high into the air, and sometimes they are hard to spot, but a few odd looking, but colorful wind chimes hang from the dry branches here, and over there, some ripe looking, swollen red fruit about the size and shape of a mango.]


((OOC: General mingle, but there will be a thread for exploring the grove!))

Comments

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[confirmed_bachelor]

[okay looking too now]

I was imagining something more like a peach.

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[not_one_of_them]

[finishes cutting it in half so he can look at those seeds more closely]

We'll take another whole one to bring back.

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[confirmed_bachelor]

If we don't awaken something terrible by stealing this lot of forbidden fruits.

[said with his usual atheist tone, despite ... well, everything. how many fruits are left on the tree?]

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[oi_theoi]

[half a dozen at most, which is as much as each tree has]

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[not_one_of_them]

[taking out a handkerchief and wrapping up the fruit bits and seeds, pocketing it, already looking up again at the tree opposite to spread out the thievery]

Don't be so superstitious, John. Now help me up over there.

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[confirmed_bachelor]

I thought that was a side effect of joining the priesthood.

[moving to boost him again]

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[not_one_of_them]

[huphup, coming back down a moment later with another fruit]

That's just your excuse for it.

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[confirmed_bachelor]

The fact does remain that we live in a place with very real and potentially unpleasant deities.

[getting out a scrap of cloth to wrap the second fruit]

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[not_one_of_them]

[thanks buddy, doing just that]

Gather some of the bones as well, I want to try and date them.

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[confirmed_bachelor]

[starts by picking you up a new skull]

I'd suggest flowers, given that chocolates and a romantic dinner are out of the question.

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[not_one_of_them]

[pauses]

What—?

[then gets it, rolling his eyes, going back to picking up a few more bones]

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[confirmed_bachelor]

[just grins a little. being out on investigation with you has put him in a good mood.]

Is that everything?

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[not_one_of_them]

For now. Drop these off, will you?

[not exactly a true question, just handing him a bunch of bones without waiting for an answer, already turning away]

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[confirmed_bachelor]

[well this isn't the first time you've handed a bunch of bones to him, surely. he takes a step back and digs out his tablet. going to pop them back in the flat through the portal.]

Just a moment.

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[not_one_of_them]

[already ignoring you]

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[confirmed_bachelor]

[thanks Sherlock. it does mean popping open the portal is easier at least.]

Hopefully that won't startle Dr. Watson.

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[not_one_of_them]

I'm certain he'll get used to it.

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[confirmed_bachelor]

... well. Yes. Likely he's heavily inured to such things already.

[closes the portal once all the bones are through]

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[not_one_of_them]

Can't imagine why.

[stands straight back up again, taking one last glance around, spinning to look at every corner of the place, coat tails swinging around a bit]

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[confirmed_bachelor]

A few reasons.

[watches him take it in]

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[oi_theoi]

[NOTHING SPECIAL OR NEW TO NOTE. There are probably quiet a few sets of bones at the base of the trees, more so than in the trees. it's obvious that the ones that were better preserved in plastic or strung up with chains stood the test of time better]

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[not_one_of_them]

[nods to himself, turns to head back the way they came]

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[confirmed_bachelor]

[follows after, holding what he didn't deposit in the flat ahead of them]

That was rather more interesting than I'd anticipated.

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[not_one_of_them]

It was certainly new.

[taking out the cut up fruit bits he had in his pocket, poking at it with his knife ... who the hell know how he doesn't trip to run into something like that]

Re: [Level 5 Grove Exploration]

[confirmed_bachelor]

[well John's here to make sure he doesn't walk into a wall, anyway]

... Let's get that purified on the way back.