❧ Emerald (Game 23)

[dramatispersonae]

You find yourselves in an ornate garden maze, hedges towering high above your head. If you continue to look up, you’ll see a dark sky, glittering with bright stars in unrecognizable constellations. The moon is full and bright. The leaves of the hedges are dense and dark green, riddled with bunches of tiny white flowers and the occasional cluster of red berries.

There are four exits around in the hedge around you, and a gazebo hung heavily with blossoming vines in the center of the small clearing. The air is hushed and quiet; your voices are clear, but other sounds are muffled, as if unwilling to break the silence.

Comments

Re: ❧ NORTH

[authorities]

... we're going down 'loving', then?

Re: ❧ NORTH

[aberdevine]

[brushes off his hands.]

Sure. Let's go.

❧ . . . LOVING

[dramatispersonae]

[okay whatever you guys you can go down this path . . .]

[it's still going uphill, but your steps are slippery now, rather than rocky]

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[aberdevine]

[we're awesome, okay. picking his way caaaarefully up the slope.]

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[authorities]

[going slow and steady, ayup]

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[fairlyheroic]

[uuuuup the path we gooo]

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[tsundead]

[Careful... CONCENTRATING.]

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[steampunked]

[. . . is the one who slips a bit. And mutters a swear word to herself before continuing on more carefully.]

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[dramatispersonae]

[You eventually make it up to a plateau, still surrounded by hedges, but it appears to be something of a clearing for now.]

[In the center of the rocky area is a clear pool of water. There's no way past except through it, and the only exit is on the other side.]

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[tsundead]

...Can't go over it, can't go around it, can't go under it...

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[aberdevine]

Finally.

[peers into the water.]

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[dramatispersonae]

[a pair of bright blue eyes stare back at you!]

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[aberdevine]

[HOLY CRAP what is it]

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[dramatispersonae]

[( ◕‿‿◕ )]

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[aberdevine]

[gosh that's reassuring.]

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[tsundead]

[also looking now]

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[steampunked]

We should check that water's really water before ... getting in it.

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[fairlyheroic]

[. . .splashes onto into the water :D]

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[steampunked]

Oh fuck. Zack! Scream if it's acid!

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[dramatispersonae]

[and that is when Zack's lower half turned into gold]

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[authorities]

...........

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[fairlyheroic]

[skjdl;flkja]

What the—!

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[tsundead]

...did that just


did you just





Really?

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[authorities]

[... picks up a rock, tosses it in]

Re: ❧ . . . LOVING

[dramatispersonae]

[it sinks, turning bright yellow as it does]