Lastlook: Entering the River

[ruin_mania]

[For the past day or so, it's pretty clear the Amber Steppe has been left behind and the Totem Coast is getting closer. The air is more humid and the undergrowth has gone from a burnt amber color to be thicker, greender, and almost bordering on jungle-like. Several other streams have joined the one that the explorers have been following until it's almost large enough to start sailing on. Raine had encouraged everyone to press on, though, not sure it was time just yet (and also because she doesn't particularly like boats, okay). The cliffs around them start to grow up as well, and it probably won't be too long before the jungle becomes a properly impassable one, leaving the river as the only choice.

But this morning, another large stream had joined up with their and now it was more like a proper river. In the late morning they reach a large pier with five boats. The river also begins to take a higher road from here downstream, while the jungle starts to clog the lower road. Looks like it won't be too much longer before they're in the very painting that led them here. It's time to investigate those boats - and unload the smaller onces Percy Jackson has packed. And if you don't trust either of these, there are some inflatable rafts that Raine has packed as well.

So let's load up, and they'll be on the water by the afternoon!]

Comments

[youhavebeenflynned]

[Raises an eyebrow at that] Not often I met people with the same last name as me. There's not relation I s'pose?

[psych0p0mps]

[apparently worms are legit called dirt noodles i am so fucking amused right now sjakfd. and so, with one shoe off and one on, Aradia goes about killing spiders with extreme prejudice and what might be surprising strength.]

Take that! And that! ... [And then, looking at the remains on her shoe...] Hey Jane, try and hang on to the bodies, will you? I brought some jars, we can scrape them into that.

[psych0p0mps]

[Shuffling closer in a manner best described as "fake discreet."]

I mean it is pretty warm out! Maybe you would like to go for a swim.

[psych0p0mps]

[Aradia will just be your most helpful cheerleader over here. GO NEPETA GO]

Get it! Get it!

[psych0p0mps]

[hearing this as she deals with her own horse...]

Uh oh, that sounds like wet barkbeast smell waiting to happen. [but she's joking.]

[craggyfaced]

I confess to the same feeling.

This is Blackalock...[He points to the large black charger standing nearby]

[cyan_maid]

[MM, DIRT NOODLES. But yes, spidercide is happening in here!]

Whatever do you need the bodies for?

[schrodingersghost]

[Eying her warily.]

No, I'm really pretty sure I don't.

[hellshaped]

Has she been on one before?

[persequor]

[ No. ] Yes.

[hellshaped]

A friend of mine had a dog once that couldn't stand bridges. He had to be carried every time they came across one.

How is she on boats?

[persequor]

[ She strokes Nymeria. ] Steady.

[hellshaped]

[He nods.] Well, good. If you need help calming her down or anything, let me know. I'm pretty good with animals.

[cyan_maid]

...You've seen spiders that are as tall as your KNEES?!?

[persequor]

[ If there's anyone who is unlikely to have his arm torn off by an annoyed direwolf, it's him. She nods. ]

I shall. Thank you.

[hellshaped]

[Probably, yes!]

Be careful out here too, huh?

[psych0p0mps]

[She whacks a couple more, then pauses.]

... I'll tell you, but don't tell anyone else, all right? I don't want her to find out before I'm ready.

[persequor]

I always am.

[heliotroping]

There's a reason we avoided the Eldritch Forest...

[heal_theworld]

That's amazing! So these types of fish are familiar to you, then.

[heal_theworld]

Yes, like the tree in Norse mythology. You have no idea how much people ask me that.

[youhavebeenflynned]

Any particular reason why you got such an unusual last name? [Curious smile]

[cyan_maid]

[She squeaks and drops her shoe.]

Oh God! I had no idea!!

[cyan_maid]

[A secret? Jane can keep secrets.]

I won't tell anyone, Aradia. I swear!

[rogueofheart]

[It wriggles and wriggles, but Nepeta's quick to make sure that it won't wiggle any more. Morbid? Purrhaps, but it is the Circle of Life, etc etc.]

I figured if we fish, we can save some of the food that we brought along fur later. That makes it last a lot longer! Plus, I haven't had fish in a while.