Expedition Log 1

[lara_the_explorer]

Who: Lara Croft and YOU
What: Lara's arrival to Paradisa
When: June 12.
Where: Woods near the Castle Grounds/Infirmary
Rating: PG-R for language


In the middle of the woods, one could hear rustling bushes and some branches snapping as a female figure in the dark is running with a torch in hand.

"Sam! Reyes! Jonah!" the woman called out. "Shit... What is this place? I could have sworn we got out of that island..."

She looks battered, bruised, and armed with two mismatched handguns on her thigh holsters. She looks like she's been through hell and back, with dried blood, torn clothes and a thousand-yard stare. She doesn't even care about possible wolves, with what she's been through, wolves don't scare her anymore. She just wants to find her friends.

And after a minute of walking, she could see already the exterior of the castle from a distance. Not sure about what's in there, so she grabbed her gun and headed towards the castle grounds...

Comments

[lara_the_explorer]

"I do follow, yes" Lara nodded. She's starting to feel lightheaded, but she followed what everything M had to say. A living entity? That isn't too different from Yamatai, an entire island still under control by the spirit of the long dead queen Himiko, stuck in a decaying body.

At least this place didn't have a cult of crazy people with guns. As far as she knows.

[savethedarkness]

Carefully, M shepherded Lara into the elevator and pushed the button for the 2nd floor that would take them near the clinic. "Stay with me, Lara. Just a moment longer and you'll be able to rest. ... The other ways that the castle changes vary drastically - sometimes it will alter one thing about our environment for a day or so, or even just one person ... and other times, the entire environment changes drastically for days at a time. Most recently, we woke up on ships in space. I'll spare you the details: it was less than a pleasant experience for all involved."

[lara_the_explorer]

"This place sounds less appealing by the second..." Lara said in a low voice. She's starting to nod off.

[savethedarkness]

"Lara." M says her name sharply, mostly to bring her back to attention. "Stay with me. We're almost there. Tell me - where are you from, originally?"

Filling her in was important, yes, but keeping her actively involved in the conversation was more likely to keep her awake.

[lara_the_explorer]

"Surrey. But I've been living in London for 5 years now"

[savethedarkness]

A fellow Londoner? Well, that was certainly going to make keeping her talking far easier. "I'm from London as well - there's a hell of a coincidence for you. This is going to sound like a strange question, Lara, but what year is it for you?"

[lara_the_explorer]

Lara smiled, but her vision starts to get blurry and her head is starting to spin.

"It was 2013"

So if M asked what year is she from, does this mean there are many people from different times in the castle? Lara's fading consciousness thought of that, meeting people from different time periods in Earth just to answer her many questions.

[savethedarkness]

"A year ahead of me," she murmurs, as she hustles Lara into the clinic. The concept suddenly makes her a little unsteady on her own feet. She knows what's waiting at home. Likely, 2013 is a year she won't see... and the thought of talking to someone from such a time is strange.

[lara_the_explorer]

"What?" Lara barely heard Emma's murmured words. She's quite surprised that she's still conscious after all she's been through.

[savethedarkness]

Thank god the clinic is open. M maneuvers Lara through the doors, glad that they arrived in time. "I have someone wounded here, critical, needs a cot...!"

[lara_the_explorer]

"I think I can get on a cot" Lara said in almost whispering voice. The clinic seems to be empty...