《Two Times, Same Story》Chapter 4
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(Marco's POV)
I stepped out of the tent. I saw Mark scowling, while Luke had an calm and focused expression and finally Parker was in between the two looking rather uncomfortable. I glared back at Mark. He tutted and turned his head abruptly. "Uhm well we hope your okay....? I mean it would be impossibly inconvenient if you dropped down dead. We would have to either dump you here or angrily carry you and neither would be okay because goth-energy, 8ft-tall-hot-dude and suddenly-depressed would never leave us alone for evermore if we didn't respectfully bury you and if we carried you they would be crying and annoying." Luke stated, no expression in his tone. "Uhm. Thank you?" I uttered, confused. Mark huffed and then yelled, "YOU BETTER THANK US BECAUSE I WAS FRANTICALLY PANICKING IF MY MAP WAS OKAY!!"
Inside a tent was Yuni, studying a scroll about healing salves and plants. "Well someone's gotta learn it, and if you dumb-bells won't I will." She said, I glanced around quickly, the tent had strings of vines hanging down from a stick that was holding up the tent, jars with small growing weeds and flowers that I could have only assumed had all kind of healing properties. Scrolls upon scrolls with fancy lettering and lists of maladies, plants and pastes. A pestle and mortar was laying there. A few pots of what I imagined to be healing maladies, such as pastes and salves and there was a strong scent of burnt, lavender sprigs. The tent itself was a mint-green and very pretty. I managed to look at all of these fascinating objects before she dismissed me out of the tent.
I visited Inni's tent and saw her working on a bow handle. Chips of wood lay, scattered, across the floor. Feathers were strewn here and there. There were no books in this tent, but there was a single quill and a pot of jet-black ink. There was a small yet deadly-sharp knife in Inni's hand which she was using to carve symbols and runes some of which I recognised and others I didn't, the ones I could recognise where protection 'enchantments' which often didn't do anything except make the user become extremely attached to the object you carved it into. There wasn't a smell I could distinctly recognised but there was a calming presence in the air, whether the 'enchantments' on Inni's bow was the cause or because for once she was calm I didn't know. "Do you have any string?" She asked after a few seconds. I said no and left.
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I walked into another tent greeted with a scowl from Mark who was looking at maps in his study luckily he was too engrossed in his work so he didn't see me. The room had scrolls and parchment everywhere and scattered ink pots seemed like they would never end. The room had a tense feeling to it, like I was in a horror movie yet there was no danger and I knew that something was bound to happen eventually. The tent was a rusty shade of red and smelled of particularly smelly ink, but that was probably because it contained particularly smelly ink. There was broken quills strewn across the floor and stacks more in the corner. I looked back at him to find him glaring at me. "What? Did you think I didn't have more? We planned this whole thing! I'm not dumb enough to only bring one map! I just didn't want your filthy hands all over one of my precious maps!" I stepped out of his tent before he threw something at me.
I slipped inside a tent again, finding Luke stroking Parker's hair. Before I could get a proper look around he looked up at me and muttered something then pointed at me to get out of the tent.
I found Parker's tent and stepped inside. There were a few books here and there but not much otherwise, he was probably not done unpacking since a box was in the middle of the room.
I stopped looking around and finally finished snooping. What should I do now?
Choose : It won't change the storyline much but y'know (just type in the comments)
A : Go find some string, Inni needs some for that bow. (Friendship with Inni 1+)
B : Find Reed I need some comforting cuddles. (Relationship with Reed 1+)
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C : Help Yuni with her research, she did complain about being the only one studying it, and it could bring back old memories. (Friendship with Yuni 1+)
D : Try and befriend Parker and Luke, after all we're all in the same boat aren't we? (Friendship with Parker 1+, Friendship with Luke 1+)
E : Give Mark his map back, he did say he had more but it would be technically stealing to keep it.. (Friendship with Mark 1+)
F : Open the box in Parker's room. He's not there I won't hurt anybody just to take a peek. (Knowledge 2+, Friendship with Parker 1-)
G : Find out what that vision I had earlier, I'm still confused about what that was. (Knowledge 1+)
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