mapping party redux

[rebells]

Who: mapping party! (late signups for mapping party can go here)
Where: the near western side of the island
When: Day 85
Open/Closed: semi-open! feel free to mingle/run into mapping party at any of the locations. if you would like to be in mapping party, signups are above!

[So maybe you were invited along on this expedition by Jay or a friend. Maybe you heard a telepathic message a couple days ago looking for people with scouting and mapping skills and answered the call. Maybe you just happened to be in the area. Whatever the reason, there's a small group of people and dragons assembling on the beach near the huts, and Jay appears to be in the center of it, checking that everyone he's expecting is accounted for.

They'll be going by air to map the near western coastline and circling back around to camp, touching down every so often to look for landmarks and other potentially useful areas on the way. You're welcome to come along, if you can bargain yourself space on dragonback.]

Comments

[rebells]

They're certainly unique.

[They're lovely, but he's trying to be stoic about it, especially since this is giving him weird flashbacks to that one field with Harriet's flowers. He reaches down and picks one of the transparent ones, twirling it around in his fingers.]

It's a very odd property that they have. I wonder if it could be used for something.

[potentite]

[Jake considers it for a moment.]

Secret codes? [That really is his first thought.] There might be properties involving poison, too, if they're this sensitive to change... Oh and of course, we could test different soils by seeing their reaction!

[Wait that sounds too confident for something he only vaguely remembers and what if he fucks them over with a dumb idea?]

I think?

[Better.]

[rebells]

That was awfully specific for something you only "think."

[potentite]

It could turn out to be wrong?

[rebells]

But you have some basis for believing it, do you not? What did you mean by testing different soils?

[potentite]

Oh, um, well... plants are quite sensitive to their surroundings. Even the same plant might have different properties depending on the type of soil you stick it in. A different hue, stunted or exaggerated growth, that sort of thing. But it tells you the content of the soil.

[rebells]

So you're thinking that these flowers might be especially sensitive to that?

[He looks down at the flower in his hand thoughtfully.]

That would make sense. Maybe we should try planting them somewhere else, and see.

[potentite]

That seems like a good plan. And even if it doesn't work, it won't do any harm to have flowers planted around.

[rebells]

That we know of, anyway.

[He has to be the asshole and point that out.]

It's certainly something to think about doing in the future.

[potentite]

[Jake chuckles.]

I would ask what harm they could cause but that's just asking for trouble. I'd like it if the hub here remained peaceful.