Mod Thread: Round 4 | Falling Students, Rising Tension
The group began to do what was asked of them; knock on as many doors as they could and see who or what would answer. A talented young female would deploy a third eye, one that was free to roam out from the group. But would this eye be able to capture anything of use?
The Eye's View: a few hundred meters out in front of the group, the eye would happen upon bodies half-buried in the sand and half exposed. The figures would not look human, with blue fur and large frames being the defining feature. Chances were, the female most likely didn't know the creature as they were reclusive and often go unmarked in any fauna books of the country... outside of those who lived directly in the lush lands of Sora. If the eye was lucky... (rolling for luck; 7 out of 20 no luck)...it would have caught a sharper image this far out, but because fortune did not favor them, and the distance this instance would happen, the eye would barely notice what appeared to be an entire sand dune shifting forward. Yet, enough was seen for young Moriko to question just what, if anything, it was that happened out up ahead. Or, she could place her focus on the closer, more aware happening of the bodies.
Jintou and the Bone: Jintou would barf, a bone would be exposed, and then Goki's approach to the location would hit almost a perfect point that would cause the ground to open up and collapse downward. The bone that Jintou saw was attached to something else that would roll down to Goki as the ground continued to give out until stopping just short of Jintou's footing. He would be in shock from a previous memory, but he would be spared from losing his footing while in this state. That said, by luck he would have indeed found something... but what?
Goki, Kei, and the Pit: Goki wouldn't have a choice in the matter, as her fall would be a surprise for all within the party. Kei, however, would respond by riding down to their fallen comrade. While in the hollowed-out patch of earth, Goki would find their interest tied to a
finger. Kei, upon seeing it, would make a better assumption; it wasn't a
finger. They wouldn't have long to raise up back into the sunlight, as Uziuke used his jutsu to bring the children, and the thing, back to the surface and seal off the pit below them. However, the two young shinobi (roll for occurrence; 72 out of 100, a gift for you!) as they were being raised back up to the surface, would notice a sand wall within the pit start to give away and expose what looked like carved structures... potentially a hallway. They couldn't be certain, but they would have clearly seen walls, a floor, and a ceiling, that seemed to have been designed by a craftsman as opposed to some burrowed hole from a creature. Was it connected to the Old World? Something to do with burials from the battle long ago? Something entirely different? A figment of their imagination? It would be up to Goki and Kei on how they would sell what their eyes had captured.
Uzi and the not-finger: Uziuke would burn the
finger, which out in the light of day would become much more obvious as to what the creature was; a sandworm. A rather tiny worm, no bigger than a human infant, which alone was an odd thing. The creature was decomposing heavily, part of what Jintou had uncovered with his expelled bile and breakfast, and it would be hard to tell what the true cause of death was for the pitiful thing. For better or worse, no one in the group was a medic, not that they could have saved the long-dead thing, but potentially could have performed a crude autopsy. Instead, Uziuke would give the thing something it did not have before, a proper burial... via cremation. The smell would be awful.
Yuno's Shade: It would continue traversing and it would... (roll 7 out of 100; no luck)... not come across anything yet, but something would have its sight set on the strange dark figure. The shade was serving its purpose correctly, but it seemed that the
fish in this
pond wasn't ready to bite the
bait just yet...
OOC: Sorry for the long layoff! We will now have a deadline of Friday site time for the next round to posting, or earlier if everyone gets a post in! No posting order! Just a reminder, as you all are starting to throw in some awesome creativity in the works: the adventure was to find one thing but if we end up down a completely different rabbit hole, fret not
As with the last round, please use your post to either attempt to find, interact, or disturb things as you wish and we shall see what truly gets thrown at you all. For those of you deploying jutsu, please make sure to mention still using them in the next round if you are maintaining and feel free to give a bit more rp to them to see if they capture anything of use!