[Day 9, LAte Afternoon] Trust is a Dangerous Game (Open)
[Day 9, LAte Afternoon] Trust is a Dangerous Game (Open)
Ordinarily, Sora couldn't wait to get out of camp. Get away from everybody.
But this... lush paradise struck him wrong.
Two days to the north, a city of the Nezumi tottered on the edge of destruction. North of their, an evil swamp had found them.
And now, here, supposedly closer to the very maw of Jigoku... a tropical paradise?
He'd pointedly avoided foraging, but he wasn't sure anyone else saw the incongruity.
But this... lush paradise struck him wrong.
Two days to the north, a city of the Nezumi tottered on the edge of destruction. North of their, an evil swamp had found them.
And now, here, supposedly closer to the very maw of Jigoku... a tropical paradise?
He'd pointedly avoided foraging, but he wasn't sure anyone else saw the incongruity.
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Re: [Day 9, LAte Afternoon] Trust is a Dangerous Game (Open)
Oblivious to Sora, but not perhaps his concerns, Xia was crouched down on the edge of the camp poking a tall red flower with a stick and then waiting expectantly.
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Re: [Day 9, LAte Afternoon] Trust is a Dangerous Game (Open)
Sora caught sight of his favorite Anjing- to damn her with faint praise- and approached to see what in the name of sanity she was doing.Anjing Xia wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 6:08 amOblivious to Sora, but not perhaps his concerns, Xia was crouched down on the edge of the camp poking a tall red flower with a stick and then waiting expectantly.
He cocked his head to the side.
Cleared his throat.
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Re: [Day 9, LAte Afternoon] Trust is a Dangerous Game (Open)
Xia holds up a hand, not looking at whose behind her
"One uh moment please, it's almost.....almost..." With a final poke the plant ejects a small cloud of yellow spore and the Anjing quickly sits back.
"There we go, now what did you want-" Turning she spots Sora and instantly falls into a deep kowtow "-Sora-sama?!?! Many apologies! I hope I did not inconvenience you."
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Re: [Day 9, LAte Afternoon] Trust is a Dangerous Game (Open)
"Not at all. I am a bit curious, Xia-san, about what it is you're doing there."Anjing Xia wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 6:15 am-Sora-sama?!?! Many apologies! I hope I did not inconvenience you."
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Re: [Day 9, LAte Afternoon] Trust is a Dangerous Game (Open)
"Oh....I am poking a flower with a stick."
She mimes a poke action to demonstrate.
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Re: [Day 9, LAte Afternoon] Trust is a Dangerous Game (Open)
"Are you expecting it to bite you?"Anjing Xia wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 6:22 am"Oh....I am poking a flower with a stick."
She mimes a poke action to demonstrate.
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Re: [Day 9, LAte Afternoon] Trust is a Dangerous Game (Open)
A chuckle
"No! No not at all......the yellow ones do that. The red ones just spray an irritating cloud that burns your skin. I'm pretty excited about what the orange flowers will do by comparison!"
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Re: [Day 9, LAte Afternoon] Trust is a Dangerous Game (Open)
"So, here on the road to the mouth of hell, we have flowers that bite and flowers that spray irritants.... you should probably write this down, in case the orange ones explode."Anjing Xia wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 6:28 amA chuckle
"No! No not at all......the yellow ones do that. The red ones just spray an irritating cloud that burns your skin. I'm pretty excited about what the orange flowers will do by comparison!"
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Re: [Day 9, LAte Afternoon] Trust is a Dangerous Game (Open)
"Absolutely! In fact I was going to name each of them after important expedition leaders."
clearing her throat
"Do you uh....want the irritating flower or the murder flower? Or maybe risk it all on the orange flower?"
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Re: [Day 9, LAte Afternoon] Trust is a Dangerous Game (Open)
"Oh, I'm spoiled for choice, but let's go for irritation, it's a talent I'm known for..."Anjing Xia wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 6:37 am"Do you uh....want the irritating flower or the murder flower? Or maybe risk it all on the orange flower?"
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Re: [Day 9, LAte Afternoon] Trust is a Dangerous Game (Open)
Xia beams and little pokes the flower again, causing it to emit another cloud.
"This is so exciting, Genus Sora."
With a sigh she gets to her feet and brushes off some dirt
"You sound like you're also slightly suspicious of the lush jungle in the middle of what should be a corrupted warzone?"
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Re: [Day 9, LAte Afternoon] Trust is a Dangerous Game (Open)
"Intensely so. So much that I'm sticking to our supply wagon instead of foraging. I don't think anything about this place is what it appears to be."Anjing Xia wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 6:50 amXia beams and little pokes the flower again, causing it to emit another cloud.
"This is so exciting, Genus Sora."
With a sigh she gets to her feet and brushes off some dirt
"You sound like you're also slightly suspicious of the lush jungle in the middle of what should be a corrupted warzone?"
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Re: [Day 9, LAte Afternoon] Trust is a Dangerous Game (Open)
"Like it's some kind of evil illusion?"
She glances behind herself at the flower again to check it hasn't moved or sprouted teeth
"It seems possible, I heard some of the expedition talking about creatures that could disguise themselves, maybe that's something all the evil creatures down here can do? Maybe the rats aren't actually 8 foot tall, they're just pretending to be."
Eyes widening
"It could be that nobody is actually tall."
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Re: [Day 9, LAte Afternoon] Trust is a Dangerous Game (Open)
He chuckled.Anjing Xia wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 7:05 am"It seems possible, I heard some of the expedition talking about creatures that could disguise themselves, maybe that's something all the evil creatures down here can do? Maybe the rats aren't actually 8 foot tall, they're just pretending to be."
Eyes widening
"It could be that nobody is actually tall."
"The Nezumi? Them, I trust. Any lands we cross from here on out? Not so much."
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Re: [Day 9, LAte Afternoon] Trust is a Dangerous Game (Open)
"And I don't even trust the Nezumi, so I double distrust any of the lands further south than them!"
Suspicion was a virtue
"Um, which reminds me. Sora-sama, you're pretty high ranking.....has anyone told you how close we are to our destination?"
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Re: [Day 9, LAte Afternoon] Trust is a Dangerous Game (Open)
"No idea. I stick to what I'm good at..."Anjing Xia wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 7:46 am"And I don't even trust the Nezumi, so I double distrust any of the lands further south than them!"
Suspicion was a virtue
"Um, which reminds me. Sora-sama, you're pretty high ranking.....has anyone told you how close we are to our destination?"
Like sneaking around and killing things.
"... which brings me to a question I have for you, once we've dealt with this particular concern."
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Re: [Day 9, LAte Afternoon] Trust is a Dangerous Game (Open)
"No true Crab is ever fully done with the business of distrusting foreigners....especially giant ones. But I am always availabe for your concerns Sora-sama....not...not that you probably have many, not implying that, but if you have one, which you seem to, I'm available for it."
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Re: [Day 9, LAte Afternoon] Trust is a Dangerous Game (Open)
He grinned.Anjing Xia wrote: ↑Mon Jun 01, 2020 9:25 am"No true Crab is ever fully done with the business of distrusting foreigners....especially giant ones. But I am always availabe for your concerns Sora-sama....not...not that you probably have many, not implying that, but if you have one, which you seem to, I'm available for it."
"Don't you follow a giant foreigner? But in any event-did you see the Nezumi library?"
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Re: [Day 9, LAte Afternoon] Trust is a Dangerous Game (Open)
"Totally different, Hida is not quite so hairy. As for the library I did have a look through it. It was much larger than I thought it would be. So much knowledge....I think."
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