Team Tembo: Day one

[sparednothing]

[By now you should have already woken up to your surroundings. Your camp is in the jungle, surrounded by tents, vehicles and cages full of dinosaurs. Wander around, check out the armoury, wonder why there are a bunch of dinosaurs in cages, or get yourself a tent]

[[ooc: The camp | Pick a tent | The dinosaurs | Roland Tembo | Day One OOC post | Plot Hub]]

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[chenwho]

[Terry Sheridan was one confused Scotsman.

A minute ago, he was in the middle of the Cradle of Life in... he can't actually remember where, staring down Lara Croft, and the next...?

He has no idea. He remembers getting shot, though.

So, now, he's just standing. Staring at his surroundings, getting over the shock of waking up somewhere new.]

This is not what I had in mind for my afterlife...

Bloody hell...

[lara_the_explorer]

[Lara was quite the distance away from where Terry is. Checking out the communications equipment at one of the tents. Wat do?]

[chenwho]

[Terry doesn't notice her just yet. He's still getting over the fact that he's not dead...

He's busy checking his chest for a bullet hole, despite his clothes bearing signs of being shot through. One hole in his chest.]

[lara_the_explorer]

[Lara still doesn't notice him yet either. Nope, just minding her business...

Which apparently, is being reunited with her iPod that she lost on the ship before her life turned to crap. Classy]

[chenwho]

[And Terry's going to wander over to the weapons cache. First and foremost on his mind is "why would the afterlife need this many guns?"

It definitely seems more important than communications equipment at the moment, as he picks up a rifle and examines it with a practised eye.]

This is messed up...

[He looks through the sights and stops... staring through as they line up on a certain someone.]

No bloody way...

[lara_the_explorer]

[Lara smiled when a certain song played. Still being unaware of who might be looking at her]

[chenwho]

[What was she doing here? Seriously... as if things weren't bad enough.

He lowers the rifle and hustles to the cover of a tent close by, raising the rifle once more to look through the scopes.

Again, things didn't seem right.]

[lara_the_explorer]

[That is when Lara started to notice the feeling she's being watched. She lowered her iPod to look over her shoulder. No one is there, so she just looked at her iPod again]

[chenwho]

[that was Lara Croft. He was certain of it.

And, now, he was sneaking towards her, drawing a knife from his boot and making sure no-one else is watching.

If he gets away with it, a hand gets clamped over her mouth and an earbud gets popped out.]

Croft. Fancy meeting you here. Scream and my knife goes through your back. [She should feel the point in her back.] We're going to go somewhere quiet to talk.

[lara_the_explorer]

Oomph!

[Lara felt the tip of a knife on her back. She complied with the attacker and didn't scream. Whatever he's planning, she's already thinking up a plan of her own. Better not cause a commotion for now...

But this man knows who she is? Could it be one of those people who want to free the caged dinosaurs Tembo told her about?]

[chenwho]

We're going into the woods.

[He's using one of the fingers on the hand clamped over Lara's mouth to point.

Walk slow. Don't want to draw attention, do we?

[lara_the_explorer]

[And she did comply, and they reached the edge of the jungle]

[chenwho]

[And once they're in the shade of the trees, he stops her.]

I'm going to let go, and you're going to turn around, slowly. No funny stuff, no spinning kicks, no bright ideas. Nod once if you understand.

[lara_the_explorer]

[She nodded with a shrug]

[youfallback]

You're not dead.

[Carolina just happens to be nearby, her red hair conveniently braided tightly against her skull. She's mostly busy checking out the weaponry available and possibly tucking a couple pistols onto a holster to fit about her hips.]

[chenwho]

Well, if you could explain how I don't have a bloody hole in my chest, and why I'm suddenly in the jungle, I'd like to hear it.

[Try him. Terry folds his arms, turning to look at Carolina.]

[youfallback]

A magical Castle brought you here. [She says it just as seriously as someone might say "Someone kidnapped us."] I'm supposed to be dead too.

[chenwho]

So, if you're supposed to be dead... and I'm supposed to be dead...

Sorry, what part of this makes you think this isn't an afterlife?

[youfallback]

[Carolina raises an eyebrow at him.] Because we're here with people who aren't dead. Nowhere close.

[chenwho]

And that can't be explained by us wanting them here subconciously so we're not lonely?

[youfallback]

You're expecting us to feel lonely when we're dead. [She raises an eyebrow at him.]

[chenwho]

And you're firmly of the belief that there is no afterlife.

[He flashes a slight grin.]

Won't your face be red if I'm proven right?

[youfallback]

I'm firmly in the belief that we're not in the afterlife. [She rolls her eyes slightly at him, but there's a hint of a smile at the corners of her lips.] There's a difference.

[chenwho]

Yeah? What's that, then?

[youfallback]

That there's an afterlife, but we're not there yet. [Raising an eyebrow.]