you're in the jungle, baby / you gonna die

[lucetimods]

Who: All draftees
What: Fighting the Third Party... and perhaps the wildlife.
When: June 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th. (Characters will be pulled out at 11:59 of the 6th.)
Where: An as-yet unmapped by the Malnosso tropical rainforest.
Summary: Here are your details. Try to stay alive, won't you?
Rating: Anywhere from PG to R.

No cut for you. Most of you will know how this works by now; if you don't, follow the lead of the others, or perhaps look to the last draft's fighting post for ideas. Don't forget to use your handy dandy character tags. Go forth and conquer thine enemies!

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[all7seas]

I suddenly feel...sullied and unusual, love.

[He sways, and falls.]

[wise_maiden]

... Poison. Damn it. [Right, well if her artes weren't working due to a Shifter being somewhere of 100 meters of them, it would force her to rely on basic first aid for now. Checking his pulse--to make sure he still had one--and hurredly going through her bag of supplies.

The bottles were still in there. Good. She takes out an elixer.]

Jack. [Trying to rouse him again now. Hopefully the Shifter would move further away so she could access her magic. That would be nice.] Jack, wake up.

[all7seas]

Mmmph. Just a few more minutes, my love; I'm havin' a wonderful dream.

[wise_maiden]

We might not have a few more minutes. Come on. [She'll try to pull him back up to a sitting position.] I need you to wake up.

[all7seas]

[He sort of sits and lolls against her, a gentle and faraway smile on his face. Jack is clearly Out Of It.]

You always make such wonderful plum cakes; a man couldn't ask for a more lovely wife. Couldn't. Lovely.

[wise_maiden]

[She frowns again at his words. This is worse than she thought. She tries to keep her voice even, trying to situate them both in a half-sitting position. Enough so that he wouldn't choke while trying. Slow.] ... Jack. Do you think you could drink something for me? It's your favorite, you know.

[all7seas]

My favorite? [He holds on to her with hands that are now trembling badly.]

[wise_maiden]

That's right. But you'll need to drink up all of it for me. It's very important.

[all7seas]

For you I would do it. I would, darling.

[wise_maiden]

It's a promise then. [She carefully brings the glass up to his mouth.

There's no real scent to it; it's medicinal, of course, and the taste would probably be unlike anything he's had before. Unless he remembers how the magic felt while healing him.]

... All right. Drink up.

[all7seas]

[His whole body is shaking, now, apparently with cold, although it is hot and humid in the jungle. Jack sips the liquid, but doesn't react to it as he does. He is staring off into the distance, acting now as though she is not even there.]

And later we'll drink the wine, and then...

[wise_maiden]

Shhh. [She's trying hard to keep her own hands from shaking.] We'll have the wine later, but this is more important.

[all7seas]

Aye. More important. [He seems to be quieting some, now. perhaps the elixir is starting to work.]

[wise_maiden]

[She can only hope that's the case.] You're almost there.

[all7seas]

[It takes several minutes, but finally Jack calms. He opens his eyes, looking up at her in surprise and then at their surroundings. It looks so tomb-like.]

Are we dead, then? I wasn't fast enough.

[wise_maiden]

No -- no, we're all right. Mostly. Maybe. [She sets the empty bottle aside, her hands showing a little of that shakiness.]

[all7seas]

[Jack tries to hold those hands steady. He sounds like he can hardly believe it.] You broke the curse, Mistress?

[wise_maiden]

... Yes, the curse is gone. You should be fine now. [She shakes her head a little. Focus. She still doesn't feel her magic.]

We need to get out of there. There could be enemies close.

[all7seas]

[Right. Enemies. Jack gets to his feet slowly, trying to pull Raine up with him. He resists the urge to say YES THAT IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG.] Your temple, mistress...perhaps you'll have a chance to return to the bloody place one day though I don't know why you'd WANT to and---

[and suddenly his attention is caught by something shiny...]

[wise_maiden]

[She lets him help her to her feet, as she grabs hold of her bag and fallen staff, half listening and nodding and then frowning when his attention suddenly seems to wander-]

And what?

[all7seas]

[Jack reaches down to pick up what he has spotted in the low light of the temple: a small clay tablet covered in runes. This he hands to Raine.]

Dunno. Found this.

[wise_maiden]

[Now you've gone and done it, Jack. Those eyes are all lit up again as she quickly gets her bearings, peering over the object almost greedily.]

Marvelous!

[all7seas]

Raine? You're...............completely obsessed with temple treasures.

[wise_maiden]

Ohhhh, I wonder what it is that these runes say! Perhaps it's a code, or perhaps a clue to the true past here in this world. If only I had the means to decipher them, here! No, surely there must be some way... this tablet may have once been part of something larger. The surface is smooth, but the edges, rough, worn down by years of weather. Even the patterns on them are faded, and yet...

[all7seas]

Mistress Raine, darling? I'll not leave you here to die in this cursed temple.