'Oh… fuck all of you!' she yelled, 'Especially you, Laliah, stop fucking whining about Irish, you chose your fucking character, didn't you? I actually picked a person I liked, and you're the one who seems to going bat-shit crazy. No offense to bats.' She glared at all and everyone again, scoffing rudely at Carl's comments. 'You know what? I don't know how the hell science works anymore if this is possible, but I'm getting out of here by myself. And don't you dare say anything about "not making it on my own", because I'm a fucking wildlife carer, I know how to go through a fucking forest. No offense to forests either.' And with that, she walked away from everyone else and stepped over a fallen log into the brambles of dark emerald bushes, unable to be seen.
Finally, she got away from them all. All those nerds ever do is watch their stupid little games or read their books, dead tree carcasses who dwindled to nothing more then entertainment for their sick minds. Even that jock girl was too focused on a stupid plastic ball and dumb stadiums that resulted from mass amounts of deforestation… she believed. Actually the jock girl was a bit better then the rest, but thinking about her too often made Charlene uncomfortable with herself. Instead she looked at her trail and found it to be full of mud and moss, the usual kind in the jungle. She was rather grateful for her appropriate jungle gear. It was tons better then what Laliah wore for her character.
Carl wanted to roll his eyes again, he really did but that was going to be at least the third time he did it that day. And honestly at this point he might just roll his eyes out of his head. So he just stood there with a glare and no other real emotion plastered on his face. Maybe just maybe, the rich girl would tone down the high and mighty attitude and maybe help them. But no, that was too much to ask. In reality she ditch them and said something about doing it on her own. Carl thinks he might have scoffed out loud. He wouldn’t know as he was trying to wrap his head around why the rich girl thought it was a good idea to split up. Once she disappeared into the flora and plants of the jungle he said the one thing she demanded not to be said, “She is not going to survive out there by herself. Even if she had all the survival knowledge, groups tend to survive better in this type of situation. But whatever. Not my problem. Whatever suits her fancy I guess.”
"Why does she keep acting like I knew what my character looked like? They were just circles on the screen, for fucks sake! I chose this Luna chick because it said she was a 'Killer of Men'. If I'd known she was white and Irish, I wouldn't have chosen her." She looked down at what she was wearing. "I mean, it's not that bad. The pants could be a little longer and a little less midriff, but I've seen Vivajenne wear worse. Don't know what she's going on about."
She waited until Viviajenne was definitely out of earshot. "She's definitely dying out here. This isn't a forest. It's a jungle. Meaning monkeys, pythons, tigers and-" She looked up, fear in her eyes. "JAGUAR!"
Juno backed up, following Lailah's gaze. Shitshitshit. She wasn't feeling scared for some reason, just determined. "Ok, um, I'm not actually sure what to do about a jaguar, because they're fast and strong and um… I guess I could just, like… punch it. Which might not go well," she spoke softly but rapidly.
Carl didn’t say anything as Lailah ranted about not knowing that her avatar was white and Irish. He just had nothing to say and they already lost one member of this dysfunctional group. He wasn’t too keen on losing another. Then the girl started talking about the dangers of the jungle which he kind of tuned out until there was fear in her voice. Confused he looked at her and she was indeed looking at something. That something was a jaguar in the trees staring down at them. Juno offered to punch it in the face but that would exactly work as the jaguar has the high ground. “Uhhh… I say let’s back away slowly, don't run, and if it attacks protect the back of your head. I don’t know, I think I remember reading somewhere they go for the brain to kill. Oh this would so much easier with someone who actually knows animals.”
(hah, oh dear, Charlene totally bailed the others, but don't worry, she'll be back)
She walked on ahead, rather glad that her character didn't start to huff and puff after the trek. Eventually, she stumbled upon a rather large pond, curiously surrounded by sand and with water that seemed rather light blue. A quick glance upwards showed that the trees parted away from this spot, showing the sunlight and bright blue sky.
'Sweet, an easy drinking place' she thought to herself, 'I was sort of worried I was to find perspiration off a plant or something.' She knelt down to cup some water into her hands, but suddenly, the sand underneath her slipped, and she splashed into the pond, which actually turned out to be rather deep, and the edges seemed to be much farther then they weer before. She tried to swim to the bank, but she felt her ankles, knees and arms all lock up, and her body freaked out weirdly and horrifically.
'OH MY GOD, NO… wait… CAN MY CHARACTER NOT SWIM?' Her anger drove her to splash around more, but the character stayed in place. This was horribly unfair, she believed, because at home, she *always swam in the gigantic pools of her mansion to practice life-saving for animals, a skill not really abundant but useful for her volunteer time. Soon, a gigantic whirlpool started up with absolutely no reason, and Charlene found herself being sucked in. She tried desperately to swim away, but somehow found herself going deeper. She had to give in, otherwise she was never going to escape.
'HELP! HELP ME!' she screamed, 'PLEASE HELP ME, HELP ME, MY PERSON DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO SWIM!'
The jaguar jumped down and landed in front of the trio, baring its teeth. "I think we should just run. It's gonna catch us anyway, but at least then we'll be trying to avoid the death. So….Run!" Lailah yelled, sprinting away. Much to her own surprise, she was running quite fast, faster than she ever could before.
"Listen, I don't like to criticise, but I plan in which we almost certainly die seems like a terrible one," Juno yelled, running after Lailah, because now that she had run, they all had to die.
Lailah looked around for a way they could escape. She spotted something that might not necessarily be a way for them to go, but a way to make an escape. "Keep running!" She yelled to the others, then ran to what she spotted. It was a vine, and one that was sturdier than it looked.
Carl put his arms out to steady himself just in case he got attacked. Of course nobody listened to him because obviously his plan sounds stupid in a stressful situation. So they ran, leaving him behind. Now he had a spilt second to decide if he should follow or stick with what he said. But the moment the jaguar’s eyes landed on him, all thoughts went out the window and he ran. Carl was never athletic so he was surprised on how quickly he caught up with the girls.
Lailah pulled hard on the vine. It snapped, and was much thicker and longer than she was expecting. "Hey!" She yelled at the jaguar. "Over here!" The jaguar's head locked onto her, its eyes glinting. "Yeah, come get me!" She twisted the vine into a lasso of sorts, making sure it was strong. "God, I hope this works," She breathed to herself, watching as it got closer. Right before it reached her, Lailah tossed the vine lasso and looped it around the jaguars neck. This distracted the jaguar, and she pulled herself up onto its back.
"How did that work?" She marvelled, then placed a hand calmly on the jaguar's neck. "And why are you calming down. By all means, it should be impossible. There's probably a reason for it."
Juno leaned against a tree, staring at Lailah. "That… should not have worked," she agreed, shaking her head. "But great job, um, not letting us all die. Um, I'm going to go and try to find the other girl, because I have a feeling that it's not really possible to survive this place solo."
Carl pauses next to Juno when Lailah grabs a vine. It was long and thick but he didn’t know how it would help their jaguar situation. Watching intently, just in case he had to run again, he starts to get her plan. Tie the rope into a some sort of leash contraption and subdue the jaguar. But that seemed crazy to even attempt and Carl wanted to voice this but decided that his chance of survival rested on the decision of him letting the girl concentrate. Somehow someway it worked! The loop caught onto the jaguar and instead of fighting harder it calmed down. After that the other person in their trio suggested to go looking for the rich girl. This caused Carl to groan. “I don’t think she wants to be found. She left on her own free will so…”
Juno frowned. "And yet, our chances of survival without someone who knows about animals while we are in an actual jungle is somewhat smaller than I'd like for it to be. You're welcome to stay here, but I'm going to find her. She's not nice, but we're going to need her," she responded calmly.
Carl pulls a face of uncertainty as he weighs out his options. On one hand he could stay here, most likely by himself, and take his chances that there isn’t another animal attack. The chance of that not happening are very slim but he wouldn’t have to deal with the rich girl. On the other hand, he helps search for the girl and sticks with the group and like Jeno said that girl does have extensive knowledge of animals. It would be helpful to the entire group’s survival to have that knowledge, that is if it’s given willingly. There is also a high chance of complaints and unneeded accusations for the rich girl so that would be a con. Carl takes a few moments to internally debate before sighing. “Fine. Whatever. Let’s go find her but I would like to make it known that I am only doing this because it benefits the group. I hate to think of the next low blow insult she will think of once we meet up again.”
"You guys go ahead, I'm gonna try and figure out what's happening with this jaguar." She slipped down from the jaguar's back, moving to the front of it. It stared at her with it's brown eyes, completely calm. "Why on earth are you trusting me?" She asked. The jaguar simply stared. "I'm gonna let you go, OK. I just wanted to stop you from killing us." She unlooped the vine from the jaguar's neck, then tossed it away. She started to walk away, wanting to leave it alone. She got a few meters and then turned around. It was following her.
Lailah sighed. "I guess you're sticking with me, huh?" The jaguar made a notion as if to nod. "Well I guess you're gonna need a name then. What about Javani?" Again, the jaguar almost nodded. "Well then I guess you're called Javani."
Juno nodded and started walking in the general direction she'd seen the rich girl go in. "I just hope we find her before anything worse happens," she said concernedly.
Carl gives Lailah his attention as she speaks her plan. He almost interjected about leaving her by herself when they were almost attacked when he noticed how the jaguar was attacking. It was still really calm which didn’t seem like normal jaguar behavior. But Lailah said she was going to look into it and the jaguar seemed to proclaim loyalty to her so he assumed she would be fine. Carl then turned to Juno when she spoke and sighed. “Fine, yeah. Whatever. We should get going so she doesn’t get too far.”
(I think we might reach your character in a few replies so it is up to you.)
"Yes, that was my plan," Juno answered, raising an eyebrow. "Let me know if you hear a noise that isn't, you know, jungle noises?"
(I've been really busy for the past couple days)
Javani's head perked up. "What is is…" Lailah looked under the jaguar. "Girl?"
It was clear that Javani wanted to go somewhere, but not without Lailah. So, Lailah climbed onto her back. Almost immediately, she took off in the direction of a river. "Where are we going?"
(Oh, Aqua, you could maybe make some noises, if you want? I don't have anything to do atm lol)
(Sorry. School started and they hit me with an essay, a math test, a play, and another play that is in another language. I am just getting around to my replies. And now I have to learn Greek because I spoke out in class, so busy was one way to describe the past couple of days. Sorry again.)
Carl put his hands up and made a face of mock surrender. “Sorry, I was just trying to agree with you.” He says before walking forward. He wasn’t too enthusiastic to walk through a jungle that doesn’t obey the natural law. And he was less than ecstatic if it was the rich girl, but as the group and logic pointed out it was for better survival. So any comments he had, Carl just bit back. When asked about mentioning any noise that might lead them down the right path, he shrugged. “Yeah, I was planning on it. Hope you do that too.”
(i totally get it with the school thing. except i dont start school for like 3 weeks so im still on holidays)
Javani stopped at the edge of the river, and Lailah saw why. "Oh, for fuck's sake Vivajenne. Seriously?"
She rolled her eyes, sighing. She looked around, grabbing a vine. She tied it into a mock lasso and tossed it at the drowning man, much like when she caught Javani.
"AGH! FINALLY OH GOD!" She had been screaming her lungs out this entire time, which only escalated at the sight of the panther. She loved the big cats a lot, but she knew all animals to some degree were dangerous, and last time she checked, panthers were known to be damned good swimmers. But despite the terror that seemed to strike her, she was able to comprehend being saved, and somehow understand that this particular panther didn't see them as prey. She grabbed on tight, kicking extremely fast and managed to escape the roughest part of the whirlpool. She didn't dare say a word, for she knew that Laliah had every power to let go, not try to save her next time, or just simply not let her take care of herself. For these reasons, she also did everything to make it easier for Laliah by constantly kicking away from the tide, which seemed to help them both out.
