Shore Leave / caves

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[Archived] Shore Leave / caves

Vulcan

Ensign Zoe McDonald 01-Dec-20 09:29 PM

*She beamed down into the caves, where the atmosphere took on a musty, dank quality. She was positioned just a few meters from the entrance, but there was little light. She took out the old-fashioned flashlight she'd brought more out of paranoia than anything, and began scouring the area for signs of fungal growth.*

*The cave had a wide entrance, but narrowed as she travelled on. It was eerily silent, spare for the sound of her footsteps against the dirt. The whistling of the wind, barely audible as it was, faded away entirely as she went deeper into the caves.*

Wild Sehlat BOT 01-Dec-20 09:54 PM

*There was a loud cry, ringing through the caves and reverberating off the walls. How spooky.*

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Ensign Zoe McDonald 02-Dec-20 12:27 AM

*The noise took her aback. She quickly took shelter behind a protruding rock as the cry's echo faded. She waited there a few moments, wondering if she should leave while she still could. She decided to continue on - the chances of a new discovery were too good to ignore.*

Wild Sehlat BOT 02-Dec-20 07:23 PM

*He stalked the strange figure who had intruded into his home. He stood still for a few minutes and launched himself forward, fangs bared, for the attack!*

Ensign Zoe McDonald 02-Dec-20 07:24 PM

*She screamed and bonked him in the nose with the flashlight.*

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Wild Sehlat BOT 02-Dec-20 07:24 PM

*The hit had disrupted his trajectory and he crashed into the cave wall. He quickly regained his composure and disappeared into the darkness.*

Ensign Zoe McDonald 02-Dec-20 07:25 PM

*The flashlight flickered once, and the cave was plunged into darkness. Oopsie.*

*The reasonable thing to do at this point was run away, but the cave entrance was nowhere in sight and she couldn't orient herself in the darkness. She ran in a random direction, bumped into a wall, and then ran in another random direction. Suddenly, the rocks beneath her grew slippery and she lost her footing. She fell into a rushing stream of water.*

Wild Sehlat BOT 02-Dec-20 07:31 PM

*He patrolled the area with little difficulty due to his familiarity with the terrain. He caught her scent by the stream and crept into the water.*

Ensign Zoe McDonald 02-Dec-20 07:37 PM

*She was swept along with the current for a few seconds before she caught hold of a root sticking out from the banks of the stream. She almost let go in surprise - who'd ever heard of plants growing out of rocks? - but regained her grip on it and pulled herself out of the water. She sat on the bank and ran her hands over the rocks until she came across something prickly and somewhat shrub-like. She tried to yank it out of the ground, but the roots wouldn't give. Instead, she broke off a small clipping from one of its ends and stored it for later study. Yay!* (edited)

Wild Sehlat BOT 02-Dec-20 07:46 PM

*While she was occupied, the sehlat slipped out of the water and padded over the stones in silence. He sniffed her hand from a mere inch away and then chomped it.*

Ensign Zoe McDonald 02-Dec-20 07:47 PM

*She screamed and kicked him in the eye, sending him to the ground. She scrambled off deeper into the cave as the sehlat pawed at his eye.*

Wild Sehlat BOT 02-Dec-20 07:57 PM

*The sehlat fell back for a second as if deliberating before giving chase.*

Ensign Zoe McDonald 02-Dec-20 07:59 PM

*She ran blindly through the cave and crashed into a wall, nearly knocking herself out in the process. She fell down and rubbed her head.*

Wild Sehlat BOT 02-Dec-20 08:00 PM

*The sehlat bumped into her and shook his head in an attempt to reorient himself.*

Ensign Zoe McDonald 02-Dec-20 08:03 PM

*She spun around and booted him in the face in a panic. He yelped and lost his balance, falling to the ground again.*

*When it became clear he was no longer a threat, she was suddenly overcome by remorse.* "Sorry about that...I just thought...you know, you bit me and all." *She briefly wondered if it was a good idea to be hanging around, but she felt woozy and didn't want to run anymore.* "Then again, there can't be much to eat around here, it being a cave and all."

Wild Sehlat BOT 02-Dec-20 08:08 PM

*He felt a sudden impulse to attack again, but it faded away quickly. He had a very nasty headache, like that time he tried to steal some meat from one of the locals and they hit him with a pan.*

Ensign Zoe McDonald 02-Dec-20 08:10 PM

*She watched some blood drip down her arm with mild interest.* "Except those odd plants, and I doubt they make for a good meal for creatures of your species. What are you anyway, a bear or something? Your teeth felt a bit too big for that. Does Vulcan even have bears? I think I read a study once..."

Wild Sehlat BOT 02-Dec-20 08:10 PM

*He ignored her as she continued on, feeling rather annoyed but too weak to do anything about it.*

Ensign Zoe McDonald 05-Dec-20 05:22 PM

*She woke up from where she had passed out after her player forgot about her. The sehlat was scrounging around for food. She was not missing any limbs, fortunately.*

Ensign Zoe McDonald 06-Dec-20 12:21 PM

*She decided at this point to try to find her way to the cave entrance. It had been several days and she was getting hungry, and she had all the supplies she needed anyway. She walked off as the sehlat scampered after her.*

*She eventually stumbled upon a teeny little hole in a stack of rocks. She whacked it a few times with the now-broken flashlight, and some of the rocks fell away to form a hole large enough to squeeze through. For a human, anyway.*

Wild Sehlat BOT 06-Dec-20 12:28 PM

*He looked sad.*

Ensign Zoe McDonald 06-Dec-20 12:37 PM

*She couldn't bring herself to leave him, even though he had just tried to eat her a few days ago. He looked so cute with his massive teeth and his ears down against his head. She looked back at the hole and tried to think.*

*Inspiration struck her! She grabbed a bit of metal that had broken off the top of the flashlight and used it to unscrew the rest of the flashlight. Eventually it lay disassembled on the ground. She messed around with it for a bit and then put it back together. She took shelter behind a nearby rock and told the sehlat to do the same.*

*Once everyone was hidden, she flicked the flashlight on and threw it at the cave opening. A massive explosion ripped through the air. The ground trembled as bits of rock fell to the ground. When the smoke had cleared, a large entrance to the deserts of Vulcan had opened up.*

*She smiled and gathered the remnants of the explosion. The sehlat bounded out into the fresh air.*

*She sat down on the ground and started to examine the plant sample she found. It was no fungus, but it looked interesting nonetheless.*

Ensign Zoe McDonald 06-Dec-20 06:23 PM

*When she was done, she wandered Vulcan with the sehlat.*

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