EXPLORING THE WELL

[revulsion]

Here they are, at the well again.

Time to excavate, and find out what's so special about this well.






[NAVIGATION:
IC Back to the Well | Excavation | The Bottom
OOC Plot Organization | Friday Night

A post for the well-exploration group.]

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BACK TO THE WELL

[revulsion]

There are some new faces, and some old, but even so, the well is just the same: old, crumbling, but just preserved enough that the bucket-and-winch is intact, though certainly not sturdy enough to bear the weight of more than water and a cat.

The group is here because they decided that the best way to get answers was to examine the source of the creature itself. They have a useful team for it: detectives, waterbenders, girls with rope for hair, all of them.

But they should have a game plan on how to approach this.

EXCAVATION

[revulsion]

If there are answers, they will be where the cat came from: inside the well. Get down there, explorers.

The Bottom

[revulsion]

[ooc: to be posted later, do not reply]

[deductiongeek]

[Conan fully expected to be lectured about leaving such dangerous situations for adults to handle. If, that is, anyone noticed him before it was too late to try to send him away. And that would be shy he is skulking around the edges of the group.]

[cyan_maid]

[Well it's certainly too late to send anyone back there now, and they need all the help they can get in deciphering whatever's in the well that might be able to help, them, but...

Did no one really notice a child following them on the trip?]

Erm, are you sure you want to be out here? With that horrid creature running about, it's quite dangerous.

[deductiongeek]

[He gives her a bright innocent look.]

I'm sure! Don't worry, I can be very careful.

[workaphilic]

[This one is inappropriately excited about everything that's going down right now. In fact, he seems almost happy that all this is happening.

Seriously, who invited this asshole?]

Ohhh, brilliant. [He bends over double to look into the well.] Bit overdone, the monster from down below, but I'll take it.

[the_effect_she_has]

[Here's your look, Sherlock. Your look of WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?]

Overdone or not, this mutt is killing people. We need to find out where it came from so we can stop it from coming back - or more like it.

[She pulls out a length of rope, and eyes the well itself. Not sturdy looking, no, but there are plenty of trees around...]

Re: EXCAVATION

[the_effect_she_has]

Okay. [She looks at the group gathered around, eyes sharp in the near darkness.] I'm going to tie the rope to that tree there. We need one or two volunteers to stay behind, make sure the rope's in good condition, and most importantly? Look out for that damned cat.

The rest of us need to figure out how to empty the well. Once we do that, we can investigate. Ideas?

[payback]

[She actually leans over the mouth of the well briefly, squinting down into the depths. Before leaning back. How spooky.]

We have somebody who has a mile of alive hair. Why don't we just send down a scout to see what we're dealing with right away?

[the_effect_she_has]

[She looks at the young woman, a thoughtful look on her face.]

I see no problem with that, as long as the girl with the mile long hair doesn't mind me climbing down it. [She reached into her bag, pulling out her hunting knife, and a small flash light.]

Re: EXCAVATION

[mom_to_us_all]

[Hello there, there is a white wolf leaning over the well too, trying to look if there is any water left in it. She doesn't mind at all jumping down there and take it out in the way only she knows. Better her than anyone else. She, in fact, jumps on the edge of the well, pondering how to do this.]

[secondchances]

I'll keep watch up here. If there's some magical cavern down there that needs exploring, or felines that need ass kicking, I can help there, too.

[Says the weirdo in the bat suit.]

Re: EXCAVATION

[the_effect_she_has]

[She's strangely getting used to animals poking their heads around and not trying to eat her. It's the cat with the hands that seems more at home than all these peaceful beasts.]

Hey! ... Wolf! Get back from there. You don't even have a light.

[the_effect_she_has]

[She nods in approval to the .... weirdo in the batsuit. ]Okay, good. First we send in our scout to see what's going on - then we get the rest of the unit down.

[She nods to the woods.] You see something out there, don't hesitate. That's how it keeps hurting our people.

[secondchances]

You don't need to tell me twice. [She's already got a batarang in hand.] Kitty isn't getting anyone out here.

[mom_to_us_all]

[And that's exactly the problem... If she could only summon the sun, or the moon at least. They'd have enough light. But she can't.

What she can, though, is summon a large ball of fire. Do not worry, it floats right above them, where it burns nothing but only gives some light. Doesn't last enough to take good look at the well, and it fades away after only a few seconds.]

[the_effect_she_has]

[.... Huh. She's pretty sure wolves don't normally do that. Still.]

See, that's not going to help. I'm going to have to go down there with a flashlight and see what there is to see.

[the_effect_she_has]

[She's pleased to have someone else in the camp of 'KILL THE EVIL MUTT THING'. Especially a crazy lady wearing a bat on her chest.]

Good. If you hear me yell, pull me up, quick. There might be a whole ... [she pauses, because what the heck is a group of creepy body part animals called?] ...pack of these things.

[secondchances]

[Killing people is bad, but killing cat monsters is okay if they aren't the familiar of a witch boy or something. Sigh.]

You got it. You're in safe hands, pack of cats or no.

[mom_to_us_all]

[Gives her a poker face --which is her regular face-- that sounds like an idea. Jumps down the edge of the well and keeps full attention in this girl.]

[workaphilic]

It killed one person.

[He says it absently -- it's not a defense, just a correction. He sits up to inspect the bucket, turning it every which way like he might glean something useful from the handle.

He glances over at Katniss, his eyes lighting on the rope.]

Always did think I'd like to go potholing one day.

[the_effect_she_has]

[She rolls her eyes.] Right. Sorry. It's maimed lots of people and killed one. That makes it better.

[She loops it around the tree, making sure the knot is firm and tight, just like she learned in training.]

I'm going in first. [She nodded towards Rin, then Rapunzel.] Might use her hair as a back-up. Make sure I've got a way out. Then the rest of you can follow me.

[the_effect_she_has]

[Katniss nods, as she goes to make sure her first rope is tied securely, before going to talk to Rapunzel.]

[cyan_maid]

[She blinks owlishly.]

Well...if you're sure...

[That's her way of saying she'll be keeping an eye on you.]