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Post by The Jester Of Tortuga on Jan 6, 2018 0:43:30 GMT -8
A twig crunched underneath Stu's foot as he followed along behind English and Forehead as he figured there would be enough of a mean in forehead alone for them to get away while whatever was out here munched its way through him.
"So English, couple of questions. First what are we even supposed to be looking for? It's a big ass island... I think... She could be anywhere. Secondly, what the hell is a Jinx?"
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jan 6, 2018 13:52:51 GMT -8
" Oh, " " Fair enough,: " Then again, perhaps it's best the rest of us don't know the details. Being stranded on an island is heaps of stress to handle. And getting stuck in a hole....well, that just tops the cake,"
My stomach growled. "Ugh. Don't say 'cake'," I grumbled. "Or mention any food, for that matter. Especially stuff we won't see again until we're back home." I closed my eyes and sighed, immediately going against my request. "God I miss chocolate. And showers. Real showers with real hot water, nice, fluffy towels. A real bed..."
I sighed again, wondering what I'd do first if I ever got home. 'When', I corrected myself, frowning slightly over the fact that that wasn't the first time I'd used if instead of when.
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Post by Ariel on Jan 6, 2018 15:16:50 GMT -8
Linda pondered as Heidi rambled on about the things she missed from her life back at home. Linda let out a sigh as she faced the thought that it would probably be a while before they experienced any of those things again. This fact seemed to bother Heidi to the point where she appeared to feel sorrow for the things missed, as it would make anyone feel that way. There was only so much they could distract themselves with until their minds brought them back to reality. Linda caught herself before she allowed herself to dwell any further and braving a grin she managed to tuck away the sad reality of not knowing when they'd return back home.
Leaning her head against the dirt wall of the hole, Linda glanced down at the floor in front of them. "Hey," Her eyes wondered off to the side of the ground "what's this?" Crawling forward she extended her reach and picked up what seemed to be a tattered, old book.
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Post by Ariel on Jan 6, 2018 15:27:37 GMT -8
Hearing noises of voices chattering and bodies rusting through bushes nearby, Bennett seeked solitude rather quickly behind a fairly large tree trunk. Although still slightly embarrassed from what happened on the beach, it wasn't the survivors he was worried about but his own people seeing him flee from his duties. His back up against the trunk, Bennett listened closely to the voices that came closer.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jan 6, 2018 21:39:36 GMT -8
"Hey," "what's this?"
"Hm?" Interest peaked, I opened my eyes to see what Linda was talking about.
She crawled back, something in hand and when she turned it over in her hands, the design on the cover caught the light. "Is that gold?" I asked, sitting up and moving closer to study it. I ran a hand over the design as Linda held onto the book, feeling the texture. It seemed to be leather with a gold design melded onto the front cover. "It looks so old. Really beautiful."
I wondered why we hadn't noticed it. Perhaps because the leather was dark with age and the gold, which would have caught the light, had been face down in the dirt. "Must have belonged to the same person as these," I said, patting the bag of other old items we'd come across earlier.
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Post by Ariel on Jan 6, 2018 21:57:56 GMT -8
" it definitely looks as such," Linda agreed with Heidi before blowing the rest of the dirt off of the cover. Glimmering decorations and designs that looked ages old dressed the front cover of the mystery book. Running her fingers along the old binding that despite age still held the book together, Linda flipped it over to inspect the opening.
" Looks like the lock on this has worn off," Linda announced before cracking the book open, dust escaping from the pages and settling into the air in front of them. Waving the dust away with her hand, Linda peered down at the pages of the book, stained and worn with age. She felt kind of weird flipping through this book, as if she had just opened someone's secret diary. Though, her curiosity caught her attention as she continued to flip through the pages, scanning and taking everything in.
" this book must be ancient, I can't even recall what language this could be," Linda expressed rather puzzled as she showed the open pages to Heidi with weird writing on one side of the page and an illustration on the other than appeared to be some sort of map.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jan 7, 2018 12:03:36 GMT -8
I'd leaned closer, peering at the page Linda had turned to with fascination. "Really ancient," I agreed with a distracted tone. I leaned closer to the paper, trying to see the writing better in the dim light.
The pages were kind of yellow. Not necessarily with age. "I think this is some kind of papyrus. Way old school. And the writing... Can I?" I asked, placing a hand under the book and pulling it closer when she released it into my care.
I held it gently, raising it closer to my face and avoiding touching the actual paper, afraid of ruining it with the natural oils in human skin, like they talked about on some of the archeology shows I'd watched with fascination in the past. "I think that might be some kind of ancient Roman or Greek or something?" My eyes were immediately caught by a few of the lines in something I definitely recognized. "Those are hieroglyphics," I said, moving the book closer to Linda for her view and hovering a finger just above the page of a line of the picturesque form of Egyptian writing.
I was suddenly far more interested. I'd always had a fascination with Egypt for some strange reason and like I usually did when I came across hieroglyphics, I studied it, trying to figure what it said. "It's funny. I think this other language is supposed to read left to right but see the direction the figures in this line of hieroglyphics is facing? They're facing right which means this line reads from right to left. This one is left to right though," I said, hovering a finger over a line of hieroglyphics where the figures were facing left.
"I took a History of Ancient Egypt class in college," I explained, then smiled in amusement at the memory of my first day of class. "I remember I was crazy hyped to learn to read hieroglyphs. Apparently I'm not the only one 'cause the very first thing the teacher said when she stood in front of us for the first time was, 'if you were hoping to learn to read hieroglyphs as part of this class, I'm sorry to say you won't.'" I chuckled softly, handing the book back to Linda. "She said that in order to read hieroglyphs, you need to be fluent in about seven languages. She listed them but I can't remember what they were. It's not like I was gonna make a Rosetta Stone shopping list so kinda pointless," I joked.
"But it's a fascinating language. Each symbol could straight up mean that thing; bird, cup, water," I said, hovering over a few of them, "or symbolism; flight or soaring, to hold or have, flowing or moving," I said, making a circling gesture with my hand to indicate a generalization as my memory of the symbolism part of them was fuzzy, "or each symbol can be a letter." I shrugged. "How you read it depends on the context of the other symbols around it or where it's written, or something like that."
Realizing I was rambling, I gave a slightly embarrassed smile. "Sorry, I've always been weirdly fascinated with Egypt."
So preoccupied was I with the hieroglyphics that I finally took notice of the map on the other page, interest peaked yet again. "Do you think that's a map of somewhere on the island?"
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Post by Just Joe on Jan 12, 2018 2:24:46 GMT -8
"Aww, and we were off to such a good start. Gwen sighed. I'll just have to find another Lewis to my Clark."
"And I was so looking forward to seeing what other misadventures we could get into together" Seb laughed, winking at Gwen as they walked.
"But I can't pick just one. I mean, there's Better Than Ezra, Elvis Costello, Fleetwood Mac, Billie Holiday. Oh, and Jeff Buckley's Grace. Each song more lovely and heartbreaking than the last...on second thought, that one is rather depressing, so let's go with Jinx's Greatest Hits instead."
"Oh, I don't know. They say people who can appreciate sad songs have a high level of empathy, so they're definitely not bad choices", Seb smiled.
"So English, couple of questions. First what are we even supposed to be looking for? It's a big ass island... I think... She could be anywhere. Secondly, what the hell is a Jinx?"
Seb nodded, looking around for any signs that there'd been a struggle, an attack, anything that could indicate that something bad had happened here. Nothing was leaping out at him but then again, he was a therapist, not a detective. Ruling those things out seemed like a good place to start but even so, it wouldn't necessarily bring them any closer to finding her.
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Post by Kristi Lynne on Jan 12, 2018 5:49:10 GMT -8
"And I was so looking forward to seeing what other misadventures we could get into together."
She laughed in response, perhaps too loudly, and nearly stumbled into a tree. Thrown off balance by that wink and the ensuing thoughts of said misadventures. Get ahold of yourself, she inwardly chided, leaning down to re-tie one of her shoes. You're here to find Heidi, not flirt with a snarky, sexy stranger. But there's no rule that you can't do both. Ugh, Jasmine had been a terrible influence on her over the past few days, and she would have to tell her so when they got back to the beach.
"So English, couple of questions. First what are we even supposed to be looking for? It's a big ass island... I think... She could be anywhere. Secondly, what the hell is a Jinx?"
"A Jinx is an international pop star that was on the flight," Gwen answered, addressing the easier question first. "She's had more hits than Charlie's band, I'm sure. You really hadn't noticed her on the beach? I mean, she's the sort that sticks out...."
As she continued walking and scanning the ground, her eyes fell upon something that seemed out of place in color and texture. A backpack that seemed to have appeared in the middle of nowhere, well apart from any other pieces of luggage or wreckage near the caves. "Kind of like...that," Gwen said slowly, turning back to face Seb and Stu. "Is anyone else seeing a backpack there?"
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Post by Just Joe on Jan 12, 2018 7:56:25 GMT -8
Seb looked away and smiled to himself as he saw Gwen's composure slip. Something had made her stumble and from the timing of it, he assumed - and hoped - that it was his doing. It wasn't like him to flirty with a stranger but something about Gwen seemed to bring out a different side of him. She was incredibly attractive but there was more to it than that - her kindhearted nature spoke to the side of him that had gotten into therapy to help people but it was her wicked sense of humour and lighthearted sarcasm that he couldn't get enough of. The more he was around her, the more he found himself wanting to spend more time with her.
"Is anyone else seeing a backpack there?"
"If you're imagining it then I am too" Seb replied, hurrying over and crouching down in front of the backpack. He picked it up and inspected it, turning it over in his hands. "It doesn't look like it's been damaged." Seb was relieved to see that there were no signs of blood on it either. Had someone left it here, or dropped it and run? "If someone left it here then they can't have gone far, surely?" Seb suggested, handing the rucksack over to Gwen.
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Post by The Jester Of Tortuga on Jan 13, 2018 2:07:38 GMT -8
"If someone left it here then they can't have gone far, surely?"
They found a backpack, on an island that had numerous bits of random luggage strewn about yet the other two took it as a good sign.
"It's a backpack... I can't wait to tell my friends, they will be so jealous, they don't have a backpack that cool." Stu said in a mono-tonal voice.
Though Stu did have to admit that Forehead may have had a point with it not being damaged, as dumb as Stu was he did understand that if it had come from the plane crash it surely would have been scuffed up.
"Maybe English should open it, check to actually make sure it belongs to Heidi. I don't know about you but it would be a huge bummer if we got killed for stealing a monsters backpack."
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Post by Ariel on Jan 13, 2018 17:09:06 GMT -8
Linda nodded as she freely handed the book over to Heidi. It was full of strange symbols and illustrations that Linda could not begin to fathom where this book had come from, let alone what it all had meant. Linda listened to Heidi explain the symbolism which tuned out to be hieroglyphics from egypt.
"Jeez, this book must be ancient. Either that or someone was a fan of Pharoah," Linda said as she stared at the book in Heidi's hand.
"Do you think that's a map of somewhere on the island?"
Linda shuffled closer to Heidi to take a closer look, " I honestly haven't seen too much of this place to tell, but it's an intriguing idea that I wouldn't dismiss just yet," Linda said as she contemplated upon the map. It seemed to have been owned by some original joe on this island, it definitely would be an good guess.
"Would be useful if this book could tell us how to get out of here," Linda said, half joking and half seeming desperate as the back of her head rested back against the dirt wall.
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Post by Ariel on Jan 13, 2018 17:22:57 GMT -8
Bennett listened intensely as the voices and rusting came closer. Still unable to figure out who the voices belonged to, he slowly inched his gaze to the edge of the trunk he was behind until his vision came in contact with the jungle. Everything became clear as a whistle as Bennett was relieved that it wasn't any of his people, but just a few survivors from the beach, Seb being with them. Great. Bennett thought that he could get away with hiding until they passed through, but he was wrong.
"Maybe English should open it, check to actually make sure it belongs to Heidi. I don't know about you but it would be a huge bummer if we got killed for stealing a monsters backpack."
Shit ! Bennett's heart stopped as he realized they had found his backpack and were about to open it. And if they did...then Bennett feared his nightmare would be more of a reality than it currently was. He had to reveal himself, he had no choice now. Giving a nasally sigh of regret, Bennett confidently stepped from behind the tree, allowing the awkward encounter to commence.
"That would happen to be mine," Bennett announced as he faced the crew, pointing at his backpack in their care.
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Post by Kristi Lynne on Jan 13, 2018 18:39:46 GMT -8
"Maybe English should open it, check to actually make sure it belongs to Heidi. I don't know about you but it would be a huge bummer if we got killed for stealing a monsters backpack."
Gwen shot a glare at Stu as she tentatively took the bag from Seb. She may not be in uniform at the current moment but she still had an innate aversion to going through passengers' belongings. Partly because you never knew what you might find. Nevertheless, it was the closest thing they had to a clue.
"That would happen to be mine."
At the sound of a strange voice, Gwen whirled around to see Bennett emerge from the trees. The sullen young man who'd been on the beach with them earlier this morning. "Oh, I'm so sorry. We weren't trying to pry," she said in a practiced apologetic tone. She walked toward him and held the bag out to him, placing herself between him and Seb in case he decided to lash out again. "We were just looking for our friend. She seems to have gotten lost between the caves and the beach," she explained. "Have you seen anyone else out here?"
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Post by Just Joe on Jan 15, 2018 1:58:49 GMT -8
Seb stood slowly from his crouched position, keeping his face neutral and his eyes fixed on Bennett. The guy had seemed unstable and volatile earlier, and now Gwen was in his firing line. Seb couldn't be sure that he wouldn't lash out again, either verbally or physically, and if he did then Seb would be ready to get between him and Gwen. He decided to keep quiet, not wanting to provoke the guy any more than he already had today, and just watch him for the moment in case he became violent.
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Post by The Jester Of Tortuga on Jan 17, 2018 2:12:05 GMT -8
"That would happen to be mine."
And like that the bag was claimed. Stu had no idea who this guy was nor where he came from he had just dropped his bang and appeared from nowhere looking pasty and sullen. On the plus side English wasn't about to invade the privacy of a monster, even if she had gave Stu a don't you dare glare. Watching Forehead Stu could see his muscles tense, while he wasn't too good at a lot of things body language was probably the most important thing he had ever learned in his line of work. It was great in the ring or in a bar stopping things before they began... or just for fun though he wasn't sure if Forehead was tense because of getting caught man handling Sulley's bag or something else.
"We were just looking for our friend. She seems to have gotten lost between the caves and the beach,""Have you seen anyone else out here?"
"She's like this tall..." Stu said while indicating several different and incorrect heights. "Has brrrreeeddlloonndee... She has hair, and like a face, kinda always smiling unless I'm around, probably wearing clothes, likes bacon... I assume anyway... probably likes pineapple on her pizza... I don't know what else I can tell you that'll help Sulley.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jan 20, 2018 9:17:16 GMT -8
"I honestly haven't seen too much of this place to tell, but it's an intriguing idea that I wouldn't dismiss just yet," "Would be useful if this book could tell us how to get out of here,"
"Tell me about it." I killed another handful of minutes in companionable silence by carefully turning the pages and exploring the ancient writing and pictures until I was hit with another bought of exhaustion. After placing the book carefully into the sack with the other items, I gently let my head fall back against the wall again and closed my eyes.
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Post by Ariel on Jan 28, 2018 15:04:47 GMT -8
Bennett's body language was cautious as he slowly retrieved the bag from Gwen, eyeing Sebastian every now and then. Though Bennett really didn't have anything to be cautious of with this bunch, his guard remained up as he remembered what went down earlier that day.
"We were just looking for our friend. She seems to have gotten lost between the caves and the beach," "Have you seen anyone else out here?"
Bennett's expression remained neutral yet the first thought that came to mind was whoever their friend was, the smoke monster might have gotten to them first. But he couldn't possibly let the group know that, let alone have them figure out that he knew about the mysterious monster ravaging about in the jungle. " I haven't seen anyone out here," Bennett shook his head " But i could help you look, that is, if you want me to," Bennett offered as he attempted to keep his survivor cover on.
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Post by Ariel on Jan 28, 2018 15:16:54 GMT -8
Linda watched Heidi slip into a slumber, wishing she could do the same. Her body felt exhausted yet her mind was awake and going. Linda really did not converse with the other survivors, the only one that might notice her absence would be Charlie. And who knows if he was at the caves still or down at the beach looking for her. Heidi's friends must have noticed by now, maybe they were out looking ? Thoughts and possible situations swirled around in Linda's mind and she knew for a fact that overthinking was not contributing to the situation, but it wasn't like she had anything better to do.
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Post by Kristi Lynne on Jan 28, 2018 18:35:46 GMT -8
"I haven't seen anyone out here. But i could help you look, that is, if you want me to."
"Of course, we could use the help," Gwen replied. "Though I'm not sure Stu's description of her was all that helpful." She gave him a look as she began walking again, reconsidering her earlier conclusion that he was indeed a wanker. However, the glimmer of hope that Bennett's sudden appearance offered was now gone, leaving them back at square one.
It had been several hours, and with every hour evening grew closer. Which would make it even more difficult to find anyone. And frankly, she didn't want to be out here after the sun went down. Oh, bugger it, she muttered, deciding to take a chance and announce their presence. "Heidi!" she called out, as loudly as possible. "Heidi, are you out here?"
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Post by Just Joe on Jan 29, 2018 6:52:28 GMT -8
Seb kept an eye on Bennett as they searched, troubled by the other man's body language. There was something uncomfortable and tightly wound about it, as if the guy really didn't want to be there with them. Everyone was a bit on edge after the crash but Bennett seemed like a coiled spring that was ready to pop at any moment.
They'd been walking in near silence for so long that Seb nearly jumped when Gwen started shouting right beside him. She could definitely be loud when she wanted to. There was no way he wanted to be on the receiving end of her temper.
I wonder what other ways she's loud in...
Seb coughed in surprise at his own thoughts and looked away from her, scouting the horizon and listening out for anyone replying to Gwen's call.
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Post by The Jester Of Tortuga on Jan 30, 2018 2:08:09 GMT -8
They walked.
They were silent.
And they walked.
Stu was slowly being driven mad by the silence that had over come them. During multiple occasions during the silent walk Stu reached to his ear for his final cigarette only for his heart to drop every time he couldn't find it before remembering it was misplaced during the whole cave in thing. But he did still have one inhumanely small bottle of vodka with one more to come.
It wasn't long till English was screaming out Heidi's name... In the middle of an infested? Haunted? Lurked? Whatever you call a place that is seemingly hunting grounds for a giant monster.
"It's getting late, I don't wanna be a buzz kill but finding them in the dark... or even getting out of this jungle in the dark is going to be a bitch. I'm not saying we split up cause that is a stupid idea that will get us all killed but there has to be a way to get a wider area right? Like a flare or something? I don't know I mostly just hurt people you lot are the smart ones surely your brains like a hamster in a wheel coming up with ideas."
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Post by Ariel on Jan 30, 2018 18:25:16 GMT -8
"Heidi!"
Heidi? Heidi was the missing friend? Bennett's heart sank slightly at the revelation, knowing that nothing good could possibly come out of this situation, not with smoke monster on the prowl. Bennett caught himself as he was borderline to expressing grief over Heidi's whereabouts. What was this? Was Bennett actually becoming attached to these people ? He trailed behind the trio as they trekked aimlessly through the jungle, shaking the sudden feelings that had overcome him and knowing that he was starting to become attached was alarming.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jan 30, 2018 21:16:58 GMT -8
As soon as I began to drift, I was greeted with the hazy beginnings of a dream. More like a nightmarish memory. I immediately jerked awake with an indrawn breath. "Ugh, bad dream," I explained in case I'd worried Linda. I leaned forward and rested my forehead in my palms, waiting for the shot of adrenaline to wear off and my heart rate to return to normal. 'Shit, this is going to haunt me,' I thought with a worried frown.
I was great at mentally blocking bad things when I was awake. Maybe that's why I was so shit at it when asleep. The nightmares my imagination could conjure when I was asleep were eerily realistic and could continue spiraling for a long while before the realization that it wasn't real could kick in my consciousness. It was the main reason I avoided scary movies. Unfortunately, I'd gotten a huge dose of fuel for my imagination today, and not some scripted, acted out stuff that would eventually fade with the knowledge that it was just fiction, easily buried by all the other fiction I rapidly consumed with my love of movies, shows, books...
A sound different from the jungle noises that had surrounded us for hours caught my attention. I lowered my hands and looked up. It had been faint, like a far off echo of what could have been a voice distorted by distance, jungle noises, and wind direction. I wasn't sure if I was being overly hopeful and had imagined it but thought it would be wise to confer with Linda before I went and started shouting again to use up more of my voice or, worse, get the attention of something we didn't want the attention of.
I turned to Linda. "Did you hear something?" I asked quietly.
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Post by Ariel on Jan 30, 2018 22:54:12 GMT -8
Linda sat cross legged on the damp floor of the hole. Head leaning against the wall, her mind was buried deep within her train of daydreams. Imagining she was back on the beach with everyone, with Charlie. Free of the captivity of the deep, darkened hole they had been trapped in for who knows how long now. Hours, perhaps? Amidst her thoughts, Linda swore she could have heard faint shouting. Resorting to the explanation that it was her imagination and that she was wishfully thinking, Linda did not ponder much on it until Heidi piped up.
"Did you hear something?"
It took Linda a few moments to register that there could possibly be someone actually shouting nearby. Eyes widening at the realization, Linda spring to her feet. "Hello?!" Linda shouted, hoping to attract them in their direction.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jan 30, 2018 23:59:24 GMT -8
I saw by Linda's expression that she'd thought she'd heard it, too. I followed suit, getting to my feet and adding, "Is someone out there?!"
I kept silent, closing my eyes and turning my head slightly to the side as I strained to hear any responses. 'Please, please, please,' I mentally pleaded.
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Post by Kristi Lynne on Jan 31, 2018 0:52:56 GMT -8
"It's getting late ... I don't know I mostly just hurt people you lot are the smart ones surely your brains like a hamster in a wheel coming up with ideas."
Stu had plenty of valid points, she was willing to admit. But she didn't have plenty of ideas at the moment. The hamster wheel, as it were, was not turning. "I never claimed to be the smart one," Gwen countered. "But if we split up, then there will be four lost people instead of one. So let's just keep moving forward--"
"Hello?!"
"Is someone out there?!"
Those were definitely not the sounds of jungle, those were definitely voices. Gwen reflexively reached out to grab Seb's arm, turning to him with a beaming smile. "That's her, it has to be!"
She began moving quickly in the direction of what she thought was the voice. "Heidi, we're here," she called out again. "Keep talking, we'll find you!"
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Post by Just Joe on Jan 31, 2018 5:22:41 GMT -8
"That's her, it has to be!"
Seb felt Gwen grab his arm and automatically placed his hand on hers, turning his head as he listened, trying to place where the sound had come from.
He heard what sounded like a distant female voice again and moved toward it, noticing that the earth seemed to have been disturbed recently, suddenly finding himself faced with a large hole.
"Over here!" Seb called out, hurrying over and kneeling down at the edge of it. "Are you down there? Are you injured?"
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Post by Ariel on Jan 31, 2018 13:31:04 GMT -8
Bennett sat comfortably in the background of the group chatter as he peered up and around. Stu was right, it was about to get dark soon and the last thing they all needed was to be trapped in the jungle by the thick of the nightfall. But if they quit now and made their way back, then Heidi's thin chance of survival would become next to nothing. If she was still alive, that is.
Suddenly, the world around them came to a complete stand still. They froze as they heard muffled shouting coming from somewhere nearby, a voice that was definitely recognized as Heidi but it sounded like she wasn't alone. " Well I'll be dammed," Bennett thought to himself in pure relief of Heidi's safety as he followed the voices, unaware that he was trailing Sebastian right to the edge of a hole where the noises were coming from. Peering down the hole, it was pitch black and seemed to be rather deep. "My torch," Bennett thought as he quickly turned to rummage through is backpack, pulling out a flashlight. Bennett acted with slight hesitation before offering the flashlight to Seb.
"Here," Bennett offered rather shortly, but none of the less it was the least he could do right now.
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Post by Ariel on Jan 31, 2018 13:38:29 GMT -8
Linda and Heidi waited for a response from the ground above, hoping for some good to go their way for once today. Come on, come on, Linda thought to herself as she had mentally crossed all of her fingers and toes. Finally, they heard some reciprocated shouting and rusting above seeming to come closer to the hole. Linda beamed at Heidi with excitement, her dirt caked face smiling from ear to ear.
"Are you down there? Are you injured?"
" A few bitty scrapes but nothing major!" Linda shouted back up through the opening of the hole. Things were still a bit dark from the bottom of the hole, so she had no idea who had come to their aide but she didn't care. Linda was over the moon that their saviors had arrived.
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