Tower Expedition - Day 2

[lord_wizard]

Who: Felix's tower expedition team
What: Testing begins
When: Wednesday, May 30th
Where: The ruined tower
Rating: PG
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SECTIONS BELOW: TESTING - PART 1 | CAMP & ELSEWHERE | CAMPING

Things are fairly quiet on the second morning. Felix doesn't seem to be in a hurry to get moving at the break of dawn at any rate. It's nice to work at his own pace rather than one set by the Curia or anyone else for that matter.

Don't let that fool you, however. Once breakfast is out of the way, it's back to the task at hand.

Comments

[ruin_mania]

She nodded, gesturing over to where the tower was located.

"That's the prevailing theory, and there are remnants in the area that support there was a large structure here once cut from the same stone. Beyond that we've little proof, however."

[psych0p0mps]

"But was it magical like ours, or built? Do we know?" Aradia asked.

[ruin_mania]

Raine shook her head.

"It's impossible to tell. Our castle is, to the architect's eye, one built in the normal fashion, despite its non-Euclidian properties."

[psych0p0mps]

"You think? I thought it was more organic, given how it changes all the time. Like it was grown instead of built." She popped a strawberry in her mouth. "I mean, look at the Insolitus. Maybe that's what a castle looks like before it becomes a castle."

[ruin_mania]

"Hmm." Raine thought about it for a few moments.

"It's certainly possible, but in that case why does the Insolitus remain at all? It's a newer addition, or at least the entrance to it is. It's also entirely possible it's the creation of some other consciousness, but for simplicity's sake we all still refer to it as simply 'the castle'."

[psych0p0mps]

"It could be vestigial, who knows." She shrugged. "I guess somebody could have made it, too. There's really no way of knowing right now."

Okay time to try this cheese chicken or whatever. She munched on that for a little bit.

"I can't believe nobody's tried to excavate this location before," she said after a few bites. "It seems like we should at least have a better idea whether it was a magical castle or not. If I just had more time..."

[ruin_mania]

"Indeed, though it shouldn't stop us from looking for answers."

Raine ate a bit more in silence as well until Aradia spoke again. "Oh, it's been explored before. Excavation would require more people with an interest in this world's history, I think, or at the very least someone willing to spend time away from the castle. I've taken several samples to keep in the library."

[psych0p0mps]

Aradia perked up at that. "Really? What kind of samples?"

[ruin_mania]

"Oh, all kinds of samples." Raine pulled out a copy of the old journal with her name on it and flipped to an entry she'd made some time ago.

"You see, I've placed dirt samples on the page here, and I've set samples of the vegetation in the library so anyone can access them. And here, see, I've made sketches of the wildlife - what little we can find."

She smiled a little, proudly. "And I believe there are still saplings of the trees we found in the marshlands in the castle gardens that I brought back. So far, it's the only tree with edible fruit we've found out there."

[psych0p0mps]

Aradia leaned over to have a glance. Oh man, she would have to check that out soon. "Oh, cool! Do the other trees just not bear fruit, or...?"

[ruin_mania]

"None that we've found. In the castle gardens there are a few such as apples which are familiar, but it's far more likely they're imported rather than native."

[psych0p0mps]

She pondered this for a moment.

"Out of curiosity - and this may sound kind of off topic, but - what kind of stuff did you eat when you went on expedition? I mean, especially on a long one, you can't always carry the full amount of provisions. Not without using a sylladex."

[ruin_mania]

"I'd assume that's something similar to a Wing Pack - a device which can carry far more than its exterior would suggest?"

Dwarven technology was the best, really. Sadly, it didn't work in the Dead Zone.

"There are many kinds of travel food, such as dried meats, pemmican, lembas--just look in any of the many resources in the library. Now water is a but more difficult, depending on where you go, but as long as you carry a good filter you can drink from most sources."