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Who: a bunch of less-than-upstanding nerd boys
Where: along this route
When: Day 8, or thereabouts
Open/Closed: closed to mapping party; pm

rebells if your character would have icly asked to come!

[So you may have gotten a telepathic message a few days ago about an expedition to map the coastline . . . or maybe you were invited along by a friend. Whatever the reason, it's bright and early this morning, and it's time to set out!

Characters would have gotten a further telepathic message from Jay with a date and time to meet outside the shacks. They'll be heading east along the "shore," tracking the coast, and then heading directly back towards base camp . . . who knows what they'll find along the way?]

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We never got the luxury of misunderstanding the haemospectrum or troll reproduction. Her intention, as far as historians could tell, was to make the Earth more like her home. It's probably also why she flooded the place.

[Fun facts in Earth history.]

There isn't any harm in trying some reeds out.

[ dave knocks his own elbow back into john's side, but very lightly. ]

Make some panpipes and become the pied piper of the frogs?

She sounds like a huge jerk. [A huge jerk they're going to have to fight, but a huge jerk. Still, there's a hint of a grin even when Dave elbows him and he turns to temporarily put down the frogs. Bye frogs.]

Anybody else a little weirded out that this is a floating space island but the animals and plants here seem to be doing just fine?

It's an interesting adaptation of an ecosystem. I'm curious about how it was all preserved in a space rock floatin' around. It could be an element of Qri's magic.

[The accent is slipping back in; it's proximity to Dave, as usual.]

Bro, you need to redefine your definition of "weird" if this is weirdin' you out. Tbh it's basically like a dreambubble except a little more realistic.

[ the dropped g from dirk got a slanted look but dave doesn't comment. he just focuses on responding to the question at hand. ]

But also I was on a rock floatin' through space for three years...but even with that aside, can you name one normal fuckin' thing we did in the past three years and change?

[The accent thing also doesn't go unnoticed, if only because being here is the first time he's ever heard Dave's accent in long periods of time, so hearing Dirk start to slide into it is easy to pick up on. But again, it's stuff he doesn't say.]

I kind of wish I understood her magic better. We got here and there was a huge empty house and a lot of little empty ones on the beach, all of our powers are gone, but we have other ones and the place is crawling with boars, crabs, space worms and now these guys. Maybe it is a normal kind of weird but I still don't get it. And most of the dreambubbles were boring!

[Or just annoying, actually.] Exploring was kind of normal. [He's going to move to try and grab two reeds.] Have either of you found anything else worth noting around here yet? We haven't gone too far, but.

[Dirk's head turned to Dave on 'Bro,' and he only realized that he wasn't the one meant a moment too late. It's why he catches the slanted look.

Instantly, his attention focuses entirely on John.]

I found a hut tucked away into the trees the other day, near a tree. Two doors, window, fireplace and table. It looked nice.

[Yet Dirk hadn't gone to it, despite his anxieties about being around others being clear, and despite that hut seeming nicer than the ones they have. He had stayed put in the hut beside Dave's, where Dave had asked him to be.]

Genette wasn't super forthcomin' about details, but I get the impression she's inclined to follow without knowin' what she's followin'.

[ it's an offhanded opinion, as he shifts his weight to his left foot entirely, leaning towards john to watch him grab some reeds. ]

Do you ever get any kind of weird? I don't think any of us ever really had a handle on the weirdometer, so it's best to kind of accept that. [ then, to dirk as he scans the area: ] Neither of us have found anythin', we agreed not to explore until John was up to it so this is the first real trip. We did help eradicate crabs from the bathhouse.

Another hut? That one sounds way nicer than the ones we're staying in. And I sort of got that impression from Genette's letter to us.

[He assumes Dave's just. Being Dave and thinks nothing of Dave in his vague bubble.]

And it's more like they agreed and I had no choice. [A grin.] But the crabs should hopefully stay away if we keep an eye out and make sure they don't come crawling back. [He does have a question though.] Did the other hut look just as abandoned as everything else around here?

She made it clear she was actin' on pure faith.

[Dirk agrees with Dave's opinion; it's what Dirk read off of her too.]

But yeah, it's pretty decent, and totally abandoned. No furniture other than what I mentioned. It'd be good for getting away from the group.

...Good for you guys, then?

[ since that is apparently important. not that dave doesn't get the impulse, but. ]

I think we caught most of the places they were comin' in from, it...should be solid. Though if they pop up again I guess we just kick them out again. It wasn't the worst way to spend a day, even if it was maybe a kind of ridiculous one. You know, we should have asked Brie what all meats were or weren't safe to eat - she's been here longest, right, she probably knows?

[Well that's not good, but okay. They can talk about that later.]

I guess that's as good a place as any. Maybe other huts like it exist, too. This island is big.

[He's snapping off two of the reeds, holding them up to examine first.] I imagine Brie knows but maybe I will leave it up to you two to ask her questions. I'm not sure I'd ask the right ones anyway.

I ain't going to it.

[That clarification is for Dave, and probably a little too Texan, but the accent has been getting deeper as they talked.]

I wonder if Brie might be totally aware. Maybe my sense of her is off, but it seems unlike her to give us the crab meat to eat if she thought it would cause us harm.

I assume the island was once part of a planet and ripped off. The beach houses, mansions, huts and the like would all be remnants of that settlement. Assuming that we aren't round thirteen in a failed experiment to save Qri's neck.

[ he uncrosses his arms to hold up his hands. ]

Ain't my lookout where any of y'all stay. [ though he does think it'd probably ease some vague concern of john's mentioned once, he doesn't bother to expand on the statement, instead recrossing his arms to say: ] I doubt Brie is that interested in harmin' anyone here. Mostly. She would if she had to, probably, but I don't see anything to be gained from doin' it with the crab.

[ the rest he doesn't have much to comment on, except... ]

You're better at askin' questions than you think sometimes. Once in a blue moon.

[ thanks dave. ]

[Striders...he feels really weirdly in the middle of something he shouldn't be, but he's playing along.]

Have you told Jake? It might be better than a tree. [Idly, he's starting to bop the reeds together.] Brie's been training us so I am under the impression she's less likely to put up with shenanigans but maybe the crab is edible for people who have been here a long time? She was the one cooking, wasn't she?

I'll bring it up to him.

[He ignores the gesture from Dave, focusing on what isn't awkward and stupid and frustrating and painful.]

Right. So she may not be the best person to consult when it comes to edibility. The idea that she's adapted to the meat is definitely possible.

We can't really do much if he doesn't agree, though. [ it has the tone of a reminder, directed at john. they talked about it briefly before, even if he agrees that living in a tree is Kind Of Stupid. ] I didn't keep track of who was cookin' what; I didn't eat any of it.

[ he just saw the after-effects and went "well that was a good decision made mostly out of not bothering". ]

There's gotta be a better way to test out what's edible than just havin' someone get sick when it ain't, though.

[He rolls his eyes. FINE he'll stop worrying about Jake in a tree. Damn Striders.]

If she can adapt then that probably means we can, too, which is a good sign. But yeah, I'll pass on the food poisoning next time. [But instead of fusing like he should, he's suddenly holding a reed out to both of them.] Check these out. They're pretty durable.

[Dirk's eyes flicker to John.]

You've talked to him about it?

[He takes a reed offered. And wobbles it.

This amuses him, because he's an idiot.]

[ dave uncrosses his arms and holds his hand out automatically when john goes to hand him something.

he then proceeds to say nothing as he tries to bend it, because the conversation has officially moved into "nothing further to say about this, welp" territory. ]

[He's monitoring both of them to see how the reeds bend, but also:]

Yes. I talked to him about a couple of things when we first met. [There's a look in Dirk's direction at that.] The tree thing just stuck out the most, but I guess it makes sense. [On the other hand, by proxy of knowing him so well, Dave may be able to pick up on the tiniest of inflections in John's tone to indicate that whatever he and Jake spoke about gave him a lot to think on.] See how far you can bend them. That'll give us an idea of what we can use them for.

[Dirk catches the look and feels a jolt of shame that he hides. Instead, saying nothing, he just grasps the edge of the reed and bends it until he feels the strain start to push back.]

This is it. I'd recommend weaving them or putting them into curved structures. Mats and baskets.

You know you can bend it further than both of us, probably.

[ huge hammers > swords in terms of strength. but dave obligingly bends the reed as far as he can. he makes absolutely no indication of having caught the inflection to john's tone, although he files it away to think about at a later date. ]

[Sorry everyone, this happens when John has a lot on his mind. Still, he watches the reeds bend and he nods in agreement to both parts.]

Baskets would be a good idea to carry stuff to and from exploration sites at least, especially if we are going to other planets. Reeds should be sort of waterproof too if woven together, but I don't know anything about weaving? It could be worth try to fuse them but I have never tried fusing two of the same object before. We could bring some back to the main camp and test them out.

You need to do your experiment with living things, for the sake of your giant frog pet.

[Since that was the point. Dirk bends the reed just that fragment more and it begins to splinter and fray and then snap.

Then he starts trying to destroy its brokenness. It would be easier to destroy it entirely.]

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