I haz le gotten ze plants yum yum.
-After the events of Day 2-
Redbolt strode back over to camp, having washed up in a nearby trickle of crystal clear water. She couldn'tbelieve she let her guard down just like that. Now she owed one to that purple jerk for not letting them fall asleep so easily, no thanks to those darn foliage.
Hmph.
The scene in the camp caused her to stop in her tracks. Purpureus and Ice were huddled together and close to the fire. Their backs were to her but it looked like they were watching over something in the fire....
"What are you dorks up to this time?" she asked, coming over to them.
The rugged Tundra was the one who turned to greet her. But the grin on his face made her feel like regretting butting in.
Because when he had that grin on, there's usually something up his nonexistent sleeve.
"Nuthin' ta worry yer head about, Red," he replied then handed her a bowl Ice procured from the fire. "Here. Have some soup."
She warily did so, watching the flicker of mischief in his Plague red eyes with her Lightning blue ones. Not breaking eye contact, she blew on the steaming broth and sipped from her crudely made bowl.
"What can you tell us about the stuff we have, Ice?" she queried, addressing the group mechanic-slash-brain.
The Skydancer sat back and away from the fire, handing another bowl to Purpureus while he nursed his own.
"Nothing I haven't hypothesized already," he huffed, sounding rather disappointed. "The and indicate that this place has been carved out by an enourmous glacier, possibly big enough to fill up the entire Carrion Canyon judging by the smoothness and the roundness of these samples. First, a highly volcanic area. Second, a sunken utopian diversity. And now, a landscape caught in an Ice Age. Of course, we are in Ice flight territory - "
Purpureus snickered. Ice shot him a withering glare before continuing -
"Overall, this land has seen so many drastic changes. Had we been here thousands, maybe even millions, of years before, we might not even recognize it."
She nodded at this flow of information, taking another sip of her soup. This stuff was surprisingly good.
"Okay. What about the ?"
"Those? Suggest that there has been a significant of organic matter lately. Most likely the fecal residue of whatever created the tunnel."
Putting down her bowl, she cringed and levelled him with a disgusted look.
"So you're telling me that all this time, we're walking on some creature's literal crap?"
He rubbed at his chin in thought.
"Well, when you put it that way, then yes. The conditions are right. It is dark and cool with moisture provided by melting ice. Surely the flora in here must have adapted to the cold if they are to flourish in such an area."
She barely restrained herself from facepalming.
"Alright, so we're stuck in an old cavern system that has creature crap for carpeting. I feel like I should give that thing a piece of my mind when we find it. Where are those mushrooms now?"
At that, Ice grew silent and looked away. That was when she noted that Purpureus hasn't eeked a single word in the conversation and that her two companions hadn't even touched their soup. She abruptly pushed her bowl away from her, not caring that she spilled half of it.
"You IDIOTS!" she shrieked, getting on her feet. "Why the heck did you do that?!"
"I-I hypothesized that when cooked, the mushrooms would lose whatever potency they held," it was Ice who answered, gulping. "Of course, I needed a method to know - "
"So you used me as your unsuspecting GUINEA PIG?!"
"Now calm the frickafrack down, Red," Purpureus tried to soothe but oh, she can hear the amusement in his voice. "No need ta alert whatever's in these here's caves - "
She whirled in on him, snarling.
"It was your darn idea! You really want to see me poisoned, huh?!"
"What, no! I - "
She threw the freshly-washed face mask at him and stalked off.
"I've had enough of you and your want to pick on me all the time! I'm going the heck to sleep!"
She made sure to be as far away from the purple jerk as possible. Purpureus was left to watch her with a flash of sadness in his eyes as Ice just kept on shaking his head in disdain.
"....you just had to ruin it."
@squidragon
-After the events of Day 2-
Redbolt strode back over to camp, having washed up in a nearby trickle of crystal clear water. She couldn'tbelieve she let her guard down just like that. Now she owed one to that purple jerk for not letting them fall asleep so easily, no thanks to those darn foliage.
Hmph.
The scene in the camp caused her to stop in her tracks. Purpureus and Ice were huddled together and close to the fire. Their backs were to her but it looked like they were watching over something in the fire....
"What are you dorks up to this time?" she asked, coming over to them.
The rugged Tundra was the one who turned to greet her. But the grin on his face made her feel like regretting butting in.
Because when he had that grin on, there's usually something up his nonexistent sleeve.
"Nuthin' ta worry yer head about, Red," he replied then handed her a bowl Ice procured from the fire. "Here. Have some soup."
She warily did so, watching the flicker of mischief in his Plague red eyes with her Lightning blue ones. Not breaking eye contact, she blew on the steaming broth and sipped from her crudely made bowl.
"What can you tell us about the stuff we have, Ice?" she queried, addressing the group mechanic-slash-brain.
The Skydancer sat back and away from the fire, handing another bowl to Purpureus while he nursed his own.
"Nothing I haven't hypothesized already," he huffed, sounding rather disappointed. "The and indicate that this place has been carved out by an enourmous glacier, possibly big enough to fill up the entire Carrion Canyon judging by the smoothness and the roundness of these samples. First, a highly volcanic area. Second, a sunken utopian diversity. And now, a landscape caught in an Ice Age. Of course, we are in Ice flight territory - "
Purpureus snickered. Ice shot him a withering glare before continuing -
"Overall, this land has seen so many drastic changes. Had we been here thousands, maybe even millions, of years before, we might not even recognize it."
She nodded at this flow of information, taking another sip of her soup. This stuff was surprisingly good.
"Okay. What about the ?"
"Those? Suggest that there has been a significant of organic matter lately. Most likely the fecal residue of whatever created the tunnel."
Putting down her bowl, she cringed and levelled him with a disgusted look.
"So you're telling me that all this time, we're walking on some creature's literal crap?"
He rubbed at his chin in thought.
"Well, when you put it that way, then yes. The conditions are right. It is dark and cool with moisture provided by melting ice. Surely the flora in here must have adapted to the cold if they are to flourish in such an area."
She barely restrained herself from facepalming.
"Alright, so we're stuck in an old cavern system that has creature crap for carpeting. I feel like I should give that thing a piece of my mind when we find it. Where are those mushrooms now?"
At that, Ice grew silent and looked away. That was when she noted that Purpureus hasn't eeked a single word in the conversation and that her two companions hadn't even touched their soup. She abruptly pushed her bowl away from her, not caring that she spilled half of it.
"You IDIOTS!" she shrieked, getting on her feet. "Why the heck did you do that?!"
"I-I hypothesized that when cooked, the mushrooms would lose whatever potency they held," it was Ice who answered, gulping. "Of course, I needed a method to know - "
"So you used me as your unsuspecting GUINEA PIG?!"
"Now calm the frickafrack down, Red," Purpureus tried to soothe but oh, she can hear the amusement in his voice. "No need ta alert whatever's in these here's caves - "
She whirled in on him, snarling.
"It was your darn idea! You really want to see me poisoned, huh?!"
"What, no! I - "
She threw the freshly-washed face mask at him and stalked off.
"I've had enough of you and your want to pick on me all the time! I'm going the heck to sleep!"
She made sure to be as far away from the purple jerk as possible. Purpureus was left to watch her with a flash of sadness in his eyes as Ice just kept on shaking his head in disdain.
"....you just had to ruin it."
@squidragon
Is currently in anguish over two failed breeding projects orz And not having enough tunics to shame the culprits with