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Sept 4, 2017 6:55:08 GMT -7
Post by Kitten4u on Sept 4, 2017 6:55:08 GMT -7
The land continues to be featureless, sand an rock as far as the eye can see. This area is covered in softer sand that's easy to sink into, but some parts are even more precariously perched. Some of the sand is hiding small holes that are deep enough to go up to the average person's waist. It's unlikely that they'd be buried completely, but it'll still take a good deal of effort to get out of one, and the area is littered with these holes.
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Sept 5, 2017 0:06:01 GMT -7
Post by Ezra Oak on Sept 5, 2017 0:06:01 GMT -7
Ezra knotted his brow, stared at the cracked ground, and muttered a couple things under his breath as he walked and worked out exactly how sound her logic was. “I guess.” He admitted gruffly. He followed his rebuttal with a raised brow. “You got something against expensive clothes, Sparkle Pants. Or do you just like overextending your parents’ earned money because you can? I’m not unconvinced you’re rubbing your parents’ wealth in my, their, and everyone else’s face too.”
It was hot. Painfully hot, and Ezra was coming to realize why people had bothered with the malfunctioning beasts of cars in the first place. He tried to keep upright and his feet from dragging, and fill the walk forward with conversation. There had to be a lot to talk about in their few numbers and vacant surroundings. Like sand.
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Sept 5, 2017 8:28:55 GMT -7
Post by Alicia Johnson on Sept 5, 2017 8:28:55 GMT -7
Alicia had probably taken only a dozen or so steps and she already felt hot and tired. This did not bode well for the rest of the trip, but she was determined. This time, she wasn't going to let the sun and heat beat her so easily. It was important to get further than last time, to actually find something, anything because there had to be some clue as to what was going on here. Surely the creation of something like this couldn't leave no tracks behind. At least this time she wasn't traveling alone.
"That's the problem, we're not rich. But I guess you wouldn't know that by looking at us. That's the problem. See, my parents don't even tend to notice I'm destroying my fancy clothes until they want to take the family somewhere fancy," she sighed. "Soooo..." she paused for a moment, tapping her chin to collect her thoughts. "Yeah, I guess it's accurate to say I have something against nice clothing." She nodded, satisfied with her answer. "I mean, I guess if you wanted them you could have them, but you don't strike me as someone into rhinestones."
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Sept 6, 2017 10:59:50 GMT -7
Post by Kitten4u on Sept 6, 2017 10:59:50 GMT -7
The land continues to be featureless, sand an rock as far as the eye can see. Some rocks aren't very sturdy. Most of them can be pushed into place just by walking carefully, but sometimes one wrong step can push a rock that was holding up a bunch of other rocks into a more stable place, causing all those rocks it was holding up to fall. Given the number and size of some of those rocks, it can be very dangerous for the explorers. --- Injury terrain hazard was not bypassed. Kaito Iwakiri is injured Loot from this room: 1 Total loot so far: 9 The party has 5 energy Kaito Iwakiri is injured You can go backward, back toward civilization. You can go to the left, back toward civilization. You can go to the right, further into the wasteland.
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Sept 7, 2017 11:32:02 GMT -7
Post by Alicia Johnson on Sept 7, 2017 11:32:02 GMT -7
Shortly after she finished talking, Alicia heard a click of some kind. She didn't have much experience in the wasteland, but she did have enough to know that literally everything inside of it wanted people dead, and it succeeded most of the time. Thus, something even as innocuous as a little click made her adrenaline pump and made her want to get out there as quickly as possible. There was little doubt in her mind that something terrible would happen if she stayed there. Thus, she ran away from the rocks, even diving at the last second to make sure she cleared them. The rocks fell moments later.
She was fine. The worst that happened was that her clothes got a little dusty, but that was a given here and half the reason she even wore these kinds of clothes. Slowly, she stood up and brushed herself off, examining the scene. Alicia was still breathing heavily from that, and didn't see any immediate signs of life. Granted, she couldn't see much of anything because she got a bit of sand in her eye but it was still disheartening. She didn't want more people to get literally eaten by the wasteland.
"Is everyone okay...?"
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Sept 8, 2017 0:06:55 GMT -7
Post by Ezra Oak on Sept 8, 2017 0:06:55 GMT -7
Her parents didn’t notice she was ripping holes in jeans worth a week of food by means of risking her life out in the soul-sucking wasteland? If she could get away with that... She looked young - about that age of surveyors where half the kids didn’t tell their parents why the shower occasionally had a thin line of sand rimming the bottom. Wouldn’t surprise him if her parents were none the wiser, even after they discovered her dresser void of rhinestone jeans. If they couldn’t be bothered to know that the expensive pants they bought kept vanishing, she had every right to go and destroy them.
Didn’t mean he wanted them, though, and he was about to express is acute desire to not be made the owner of a new pair of pants when he heard something. Just a small tap, like a pebble dropped on the floor, but it was enough to get him to look up.
And the falling mound of rocks was plenty to get him to leap wholeheartedly to the side. Poor balance at the start of his jump landed him on his stomach in the sand, but good timing saved him from the heavy rocks that crashed down a moment later where he’d been standing that moment before. As the sand settled, his attention shot directly for the pile of rocks. Everyone had gotten out of the way, right? He couldn’t see any body-like forms through the raised dust. Alicia’s voice confirmed she, at least, was alright.
“I’m fine.” He coughed. “Kaito? Kaito!” Pulling himself up, he paused to listen for their third teammate.
“Shit.” His eyes darted through the pile of rocks in a moderate panic, but no matter how he looked, he couldn’t locate their final teammate. It was showing in the bit of airiness in his voice. “Maybe he got knocked further down or into one of those holes. There’s reports of a cave system around here.” But those reports ended a ways back - whether or not the caves extended to where they were now, he had no proof. He’d have to hope, and just keep looking. “Come on, if we want to find him, we’ve got to hurry. Hey! Kaito!”
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Sept 8, 2017 13:53:41 GMT -7
Post by Kitten4u on Sept 8, 2017 13:53:41 GMT -7
The land continues to be featureless, sand an rock as far as the eye can see. Despite that, it's not flat. There are numerous grooves and canyons filling the area. Some of them are more difficult to explore than others, but the explorers did manage to find a path down one canyon to explore the bottom. Unfortunately, it wasn't a completely smooth path and required going down some rocks. The rocks are covered in sand and salt, making their surfaces rather slick. --- Injury terrain feature was not bypassed. Ezra Oak is injured Loot from this room: 3 Total loot so far: 12 --- Under some of the tall plateaus, those similar to the one New Sumatra itself is on, are some cave networks. Exploring them gives explorers a break from the sun and heat, even if they are a bit dark. This cave system is particularly complex with several winding passages and branches. In one of the branches, observant explorers can see a small glimmer of something shiny. On closer inspection, it looks like there are several diamonds here. Several can be picked up and brought back, and perhaps in the future a mine can be built here. --- This room has no hazard Loot from this room: 1 Bonus from loot room: 2 Total loot so far: 15 --- Moving forward is not possible. Moving to next command. --- Much of the land features deep sand that, because of its soft malleable surface, makes anything even remotely heavy sink into it. The terrain doesn't change much, and gradually the sinking feeling with every movement becomes normal, expected. It makes it so sinking just a little bit further than expected takes longer to notice. Most of the sand is safe to walk on, but sometimes the sand collapses under peoples' feet. In this case, the hole created is deep enough to completely bury the person once the sand starts refilling the hole. Because of the featureless nature of the wasteland, finding them again is nigh impossible. --- Splitting terrain feature was not bypassed. The party is split. Alicia Johnson and Kaito Iwakiri have been separated from the rest of the party. Loot from this room: 1 Total loot so far: 16 For convenience, another thread will not be created for Alicia Johnson and Kaito Iwakiri because the expeditions are ending at the same time. The expedition is over The party has run out of energy and/or is injured. This expedition has ended. Everyone has 16 loot to spread around to their personal GLORY, Industry, the Surveying Association, and/or Science!
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Sept 13, 2017 3:03:51 GMT -7
Post by Alicia Johnson on Sept 13, 2017 3:03:51 GMT -7
It looked like things were already getting bad, but everyone insisted on pressing on. Alicia didn't object, at least not at first, but then somehow things kept getting worse. Not only was she getting tired, He-Who-Would-Never-Be-Named ended up getting hurt too. Still, they kept going. She couldn't blame them for wanting to keep going. After all, she was trying to push herself too even though her legs were starting to feel like jelly, and her arms weren't that much better off due to all the stuff she had to carry around wit her. She wanted to see what was further, but it seemed like every time she tried that something stopped her. So, she had to keep going even when everything hurt and she suspected it wasn't any different for these people.
But there had to be a limit to such things or they would really be seriously hurt or worse. She might be able to handle a little bit more walking, maybe. If she tried really hard and ignored her current desire to curl up on the couch with a huge bowl of ice cream. Alicia wasn't sure if she could say the same for everyone else, and she didn't know them well enough to know if their egos would allow them to back off so easily in front of other people. She didn't want to take any chances, so she took it upon herself to end this.
"Ugh, I feel like I'm dying," Alicia sighed, then paused for a moment as she 'realized' something. "Oh geez, it's Thursday isn't it? My parents are going to kill me if I get home late. Think you can help me home?"
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Sept 17, 2017 15:08:00 GMT -7
Post by Ezra Oak on Sept 17, 2017 15:08:00 GMT -7
The sun, the sand, the heat and the unending stretch of nothing ahead of them; he felt like his soul was being sucked out of every pore of his body while the culprit couldn’t bother the courtesy to be more interesting than watching paint dry. The cars were pathetic lumps of wannabe transportation that couldn’t manage a two-degree incline, but at least they had air conditioning and something remotely interesting to look at. Even if that was only the slap-job of a dashboard. The only benefit of the mind-numbing dullness of the empty wastes was that his mind could numb out to it and the complaints of his legs and other assorted limbs.
It just took him a couple of moments and a couple more tired blinks for what she said to register. Though he sounded like it still hadn’t all the way as he began. “You’ll taunt your parents’ wrath by ripping your gem-encrusted pants to shreds out in the middle of the soul-sucking wasteland, but you won’t risk breaking curfew on thursdays? Either your parents have some weird-ass priorities, or,” or she was getting tired and wanted an excuse to go back. Based on how his legs were operating more like lumps of clay than limbs and the rest of him felt like he’d been systematically drained of all liquid, he was pretty ready to get in that boat with her. “That or you’re not completely committing to this rebellious teenager bit. If you’re going to be edgy and defiant at least go all-in.” He said gruffly.
Though, even as he spoke, he was straightening and turning, preparing for the return march up the hill.
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