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 did not see that when I got here" Lara's eyes squinted. It looks like an ordinary book. So it must be magic? She's definitely curious. "May I?" she asked, wanting to get a closer look at this journal.

[not_nikkiheat]

"Of course," said Kate, handing her the journal. "You can write your own private entries, or speak to others here as well. It comes in handy here."

[lara_the_explorer]

Lara opens the journal and flips through the pages. She gasps in awe upon seeing writings form out of thin air. What Kate just said are etched in ink on the last pages too.

"Amazing..." Lara noticed her words appear on the blank part of the page. "So it's like some kind of online chat room..."

[not_nikkiheat]

Kate nodded.

"That's the best way I can find to describe it, yes."

[lara_the_explorer]

Lara gently closed the journal and hands it back to Kate with a nod.

"How long should I stay in bed? Did the doctor tell you?" Lara lets out a frustrated sigh. She doesn't really like being bedridden like this.

[not_nikkiheat]

Kate shrugs, looking around for a doctor.

"If you're feeling okay, I guess it's fine for you to go. Just be sure to get some rest. I uh, I think I gave you a concussion."

[lara_the_explorer]

"Heh. You got a mean swing, I give you that" Lara cracked a smile. She understands, she probably would have done the same.

[not_nikkiheat]

Kate laughed, relieved she didn't seem to hold a grudge.

"You have to, in my line of work. You didn't make it easy, believe me."

[lara_the_explorer]

"Police, right? Somewhere in America?

[not_nikkiheat]

"Yeah, I'm a homicide detective in New York. What do you do?"

[lara_the_explorer]

Despite her wounds, she casually replied "Archaeologist"

[not_nikkiheat]

Kate gave her injuries a significant look.

"Apparently Archaeology is more dangerous than I was lead to believe on career day in high school."

[lara_the_explorer]

"It really isn't dangerous. A lot would call it boring, actually"

[not_nikkiheat]

Boring? Her injuries didn't look boring.

"So what, you're in some secret archaeology fight club?"

[lara_the_explorer]

Lara looked away and shook her head "So much has happened"

[not_nikkiheat]

Kate narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Did someone hurt you?"

[lara_the_explorer]

"No. Not exactly... We got stranded on an island"

[not_nikkiheat]

Kate remembered her mentioning "the others" when she first arrived, and nodded.

"What happened?"

[lara_the_explorer]

"There were people in there, stranded like we were. A cult that tried to kill us and something else... I-I'm sorry, I'm getting a headache" Lara rubs her forehead when she's getting flashbacks of what happened. It's still a sensitive topic to her.

[not_nikkiheat]

Kate recognized the signs of a flashback and moved away, letting her have a moment.

"Do you need anything for the headache?"

[lara_the_explorer]

"Sure"

[not_nikkiheat]

Kate glanced around, then found a bottle of aspirin. She opened the bottle and handed it to Lara, letting her decide how many to take while Kate poured her a glass of water.

[lara_the_explorer]

"Thank you" Lara took the aspirin, and drank the whole glass of water. She's been so thirsty for days. "I think I could stand now. I could use a shower"

[not_nikkiheat]

Kate nodded, standing up.

"I'll leave you to it, then. You can contact me through the journal or come by my room if you need anything, okay?"

[lara_the_explorer]

"I will"