Nothing like the smell of rotting ape corpse in the morning

[ohnehalfte]

Who: Newt and Everyone Who Either Commented or Is Listed in This Post
What: Searching that Monkey Compound
When: 10/7
Where: Everyone's on a D8
Warnings: Rotting monkey corpses? IDK, tag ur stuff, friendos


"Picking over the remnants of that bloody battle will prove quite advantageous, as long as you don't mind the smell. Not only did the monkeys fashion several abodes mounted in the branches of the trees in the compound, but they had quite a supply of various items on hand. For those who may have been concerned about islet over-crowding, it seems they need not worry; most of the homes remain undamaged, and aside from the strong smell of monkey, are completely habitable."

"Investigating the back of the compound will reveal a very small plot of farmland, where several rows of plants with dark green leaves can be seen growing. Anyone with a knack for identifying useful plants - or anyone who's simply willing to take one for the team and give them a taste - will soon discover that these leaves are the plants from which the monkeys drew their sedative. It makes quite a useful anesthetic in a pinch!"

"The sigil etched deeply onto the door itself will, as the Storyteller warned, be quite effective in keeping people out. The door repels any and all efforts to break through it; those sensitive to magic may note that it does indeed exude a very powerful and dense aura that makes its origins difficult to discern. One thing is clear, however: it will take a great deal more than teamwork between mortals to get through it." ( x )

[Welcome to the Mingle Log, Fam. Around you are the rotting corpses of many dead apes. There's also many items for you to lay claim to. Or you might feel like checking out those sweet sweet monkey nests. Or checking out that door. Whatever you feel like doing, leave a top level for people to pester you with. Or pester other people with top levels. The Mingle Log is your Oyster.]

Comments

[hellawrath]

Alright, she's mad as hell at the Storyteller, but Newt's little fit is kind of on another level and definitely worth two raised eyebrows. She lets the unlucky newcomers get caught up before giving this other dude a 'bingo' finger point.

"Nada! I wouldn't count on getting a warning before it's party time either. Seems like they're gonna have a metaphysical stroke if they have to keep us around for even one more day than absolutely necessary." She rolls her eyes at how incredibly ludicrous that is, like, even she is immortal enough not to consider a couple more days that big of a deal generally.

"They've got beef with water I guess? That's what you said, right," she addresses Newt again. "So maybe they're in trouble with some other rude concepts too."

[prettypurpleparlor]

[Muffet blinks in surprise and looks curiously at Newt and Lup.]

With water? Color me curious, that's the first I've heard of this.

[ohnehalfte]

[Newt folds his arms over his chest, mouth still twisted into a scowl] Yeah, apparently they really really hate water. Won't tell me why, but every time I bring up water, they talk about how much they hate it. Or anything that comes from it. They even disliked Godzilla because he came from the ocean!

[he huffs a bit] I mean, they did give me that--[and now it's time for airquotes yes he is really doing those] "something as old as me has a lot of enemies" bullshit.

[prettypurpleparlor]

Hhhmmm. It does occur to me that their domain is, notably, an island- in other words, bordered by water on all sides. I wonder if that was meant to... keep them in and contained, somehow.

[thisisourfuture]

Or they might be the island. [Hinata offers from where he'd been listening silently to the whole conversation.]

They told me they can't see into our minds or memories. They just know our stories. ...it was the same about the apes. I think anyone with thoughts and feelings they can't predict at all.

[ohnehalfte]

Well, at least they can't read our minds, that's something. [Newt folds his arms over his chest, still scowling and looking sincerely Not Pleased by this situation.] But yeah, I've considered the containment idea. There's also how they got here in the first place, but according to them, they aren't trapped here, they just live here. Or something. Hard to tell because ambiguity seems to be their preferred flavor of discussing anything which is super not helpful at all.

[thisisourfuture]

Have you tried asking where their limits are? That's how I found out about memory and thoughts.

I don't know if they are being contained. They said the apes rejected them long ago. I can try to give you word for word what they said about that if it will help.

[prettypurpleparlor]

Funnily enough, I actually can confirm that they aren't an incarnation of the island itself- the thought occurred to me when I last spoke to them, and I asked.

They seemed a bit baffled at the idea, to be honest.

[thisisourfuture]

[He blinks, and crosses his arms over his chest.] So, so far we know they're not able to see everything. Don't know why we're here. But they're not the island itself.

That's something.