now i need shelter from the raging desert sun [ CLOSED ]

[hyperlit]

Who: Library group (the Drifter, Héctor, Legion, the Knight, and Connor) and search group (Shepard, Keith, the Knight, Kravitz, and Rei)
What: Searching out some new lands and growing some papyrus plants!!
When: 10/5 - 10/12
Where: Predominantly A7 and A6
Warnings: Nothing likely to come up, but I'll edit if that changes!



[The initial search of the area turned up some interesting results. But let's not forget the reason we set off in the first place.]

[ooc: I'm happy to treat this as a mingle where people top-level and tag out, but single threads with a vague order also work if you're about that. Let me know if anything's unclear!]

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search group ; SHEPARD, KEITH, KNIGHT, KRAVITZ, REI ; lost a lot of time in the land of the drought

[hyperlit]

[The initial search of the regions of A6 and A7 turn up several plants worth noting: fireweed, chicory, and sorrel are all handily edible herbs that could benefit from being relocated to Ensō, with a bit of work.]

count this as a single thread no order lets just GO

[deathfindsaway]

[Kravitz has been trying to get a bit more out and about this month. After everything with Umui and the subsequent fallout, he just needs to... put it behind him. And thankfully, he knows nearly everyone in this group, so he doesn't need to be weird about it. It's cool. So cool.

After a bit of silence when they start out, he clears his throat.]

So, how has everyone... been. Since everything.

[Great starter.]

no order we die like drifters who reach the end of their canon and have nowhere to go but down

[hyperlit]

[Discussion about feelings never goes over well, mostly because the Drifter only semi-recently had to come to terms with the fact that they do, in fact, have feelings, and have felt many feelings, and continue to feel things now! They are a little bit tired of feeling things, at this point, and would like to swap that out with some good, old-fashioned Doing Of Things instead.]

alive

[They actually survived! Amazing!]

[lightlessfuture]

[ The Knight gives a tiny, very enthusiastic thumbs-up, for their part, and a sort of 'point back to return the question' in response. They lived! Some people didn't! They're choosing to focus on the first thing instead of the second thing because they're pretty tired of death in general!

They pick out some chicory, clearly delighted with the flowers' pretty blue colours. They scrutinize the Drifter for a second for some unknown purpose, looking back and forth between the blue tones of the flowers they've gathered in their arms and their friend, and then sort of shrug a bit.

What they're doing will remain a mystery for now. They stick one behind their horn, a precariously balanced ornament, and continue to gather. ]

[deathfindsaway]

[Oh man, confronting the fact that you Feel Things is such a trip. Kravitz would also adore replacing Feeling Things with Doing Things, hence why he's out here. But he also feels the pressing need to be polite and make conversation, even though he is horrible at actually doing that. Incredible.

He nods at their responses, casually not mentioning all that dying he did that is thankfully behind him now. (Or well, not thankfully, he shouldn't be alive in the first place-- but that's an entire separate predicament.)]

Alive-- Alive is good. Alive is very good.

[He lapses into silence for another moment while he struggles to think of a safe topic.]

Thankfully this island is much more welcoming, hm? No need to question it's purpose, the god simply tells you. It's wonderful.

[hyperlit]

[The Drifter is busy expanding their current map of the island, denoting their current location and measuring it compared to where they came from. Kravitz chatters on, and the Knight appears to be...picking flowers? That manages to snag their attention for a moment, if only to wonder quietly why they might adorn one of their horns with one, but they do not dwell on it for long.]

[They are not particularly averse to flowers, even after their near scrape.]

[Kravitz is the obvious talker here, so the Drifter addresses him, seemingly apropos of nothing.]

looking for place to grow papyrus

[thermalwind]

[Keith brings up the rear of the group. He only really knows Kravitz. But that's fine. He's out here to scout and make more connections. He'd introduced himself at the start, choosing to walk about in his old black and purple Marmora gear.] Maybe Harv will have some ideas of where to grow it? Unless you already talked to them.

Anyway yeah, it's pretty refreshingly straightforward. Never thought I'd see that again. [After a moment's pause he adds.] It's good downtime.

[deathfindsaway]

[He nods towards the Drifter, because it is important they're out her to actually do something, not just go for a casual stroll.]

Right, we're just-- looking for open spaces, right? Harv didn't let us know there was a field or anything?

[Kravitz glances towards Keith as he speaks, too, seeing as they're asking very similar things.]

[hyperlit]

[A shake of their head. No. No direction. But - ]

will grow best near water
outside corral areas

[So they have a good idea of what sort of landscape they ought to be shooting for, at least.]