Winchester/Fairfield Expedition - Camping

[not_mafia]

[After a long day of traveling over the hilly, grassy grounds of Nostos after a quick trip in the TARDIS, the sun is slowly starting to inch its way down to the horizon, the light catching on the clouds and making quite a spectacular sunset view. It's time to halt the traveling and rest the animals, get those tents pitched and crack out the canned foods. You're pretty deep into the Dead Zone, now, and stretched before you are rolling plains, with the only foliage being the golden grasses and some shrubbery. The air seems quite a bit warmer than it was in Paradisa as well. It is not an empty plains, though; buffalo roam the area, generally pretty tranquil as they graze on the grasses, sometimes lifting their heads to look curiously at the residents. Well. If they had eyes, that is.]

CAMPFIRE | TENTS | THE GROUNDS | THE BUFFALO

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THE BUFFALO

[paradisamods]

[Paradisa's infamous Buffalo are grazing nearby. Occasionally they look over at the travellers, but seem to be largely unbothered by their presence. If approached, they'll shy away]

[acesarewild]

Now there's somethin' ya don't see every day. [Ace wanders up to one of the buffalo, casually]

Any of you fellas know where I can find the deer and the antel- OH MY GOHOHOHD.

[yep.

can't tell who the newbie is on this trip at ALL]

[paradisamods]

[What's bothering you Ace? It couldn't be that human hand wiggling about in the Buffalo's mouth could it? Nah, it can't possibly be that!

The Buffalo seems put off by his yelling and starts off towards the herd once more]

[acesarewild]

[pardon him while he runs off to retch his granola bars into the nearest bush]

We can't camp here. We can't camp here. They. ... Eat. People.

[kungfuwitch]

[Phoebe spots this and decides to give the poor guy a hand. She walks up, extending a hand to help him up]

They don't, actually. [She looks out towards the herd] I haven't seen it, myself, but a couple of them have been killed in the past. Apparently when someone gutted it a few years ago they found that the when the body is turned inside out it looks like an eyeless human. [She shudders] Of course what possessed someone to actually go hunting for one it in the first place is beyond me. You ask me I say we should just leave these creatures alone to live their lives in peace. There are dangerous things out here but they're not it.

[acesarewild]

I'm ... not a fan of hunters myself. ... Still gives me the crawlin' creepies though. [he shudders, an exaggerated deal that goes the full length of his spine, then shakes his head vigorously before smiling like the perfect picture of calm and extending a hand]

Ace Ventura. Pet Detective.

[kungfuwitch]

[She reaches out to take his hand, giving it a shake. He's an odd character, isn't he?]

Phoebe Halliwell. It's a pleasure to meet you... I've never heard of a pet detective before.

[acesarewild]

Pleasure's all mine. [he raised an eyebrow at her, smiling as he let go of her hand]

But yes... pet detectives are a rare breed - even if there should be more, if you ask me. Not that I'm complaining - being the only one's surprisingly good for business.

[kungfuwitch]

Oh I agree, trust me. You're talking to one of the few vegetarians in the castle.

[She smiles]

Well I'm sure you'll drum up some business here. A surprising amount of people have pets and when someone goes home their pet either ends up abandoned or left to someone else who might not even want them. I know there's an animal shelter in town but the girl who'd been running it went home a long time ago. I don't think anyone's taken it over since then.

[findatree]

[Ted has not actually seen one of these before. He's heard about them, but seeing is something different. Some of the creatures he's seen are really interesting and some are terrifying. Guess which category the buffalo fall under]

[whichwayyoulean]

[Oh hey, guess who's just noticed you're here]

No no, why are you here? You're supposed to be in the nice safe non-alien-bug infested castle.

[findatree]

You're here. [just saying, you are the worst hermit ever]

[whichwayyoulean]

Yes, but I'm an adult. [Once that is the worst argument ever and it doesn't work on Ted] This expedition is actually dangerous this time.

...Probably.

[findatree]

But I don't want to sit around the castle when I could be out here. I bet I can do something to help!

[whichwayyoulean]

Or you could get yourself killed.

Well, you're here now, so there's not a lot I can do about it. Can you at least promise to hide somewhere safe if anything dangerous happens?

...There is 'no' answer to that question, by the way.

[findatree]

Yeah, I will. It's not like I want to get killed, you know.

[whichwayyoulean]

Yeah well, there's a fine line between that and risk taking and sometimes you skitter a little close to it for my comfort.

[findatree]

I brought my helmet. [because that makes alll the difference]

[whichwayyoulean]

...Pretty sure that won't help against aliens, but hey, I'm glad you're remembering it.

[findatree]

I always bring it along.

[whichwayyoulean]

[The Once-ler leans over to ruffle Ted's hair]

And you should, you never know when something might try to land on your head.

[findatree]

[he glances up and gives the Once-ler a smile] You want to get a closer look at the buffalo?

[whichwayyoulean]

I've heard some pretty creepy stories about those things...

[rose_of_battle]

[Sheena has heard stories and rumors about these animals, but nothing compares to actually seeing them, so the young ninja takes up a spot not too far from the buffalo to observe them quietly.]

Re: THE BUFFALO

[silentrunning]

[Chell's never seen a buffalo, period end. Let alone one of... those. So she's sitting on the ground, just watching. Oh hi weird buffalo. Slowly, she gets up and wanders closer... Not saying anything, just too curious.]