[audio] @ORACLE; [open]

[spitefullight]

[ Elden's been fiddling with this tablet thing for awhile. Want to know how long? Because for the last ten minutes his tablet has been going on and off voice, you can catch little snippets of; ]

Damn it, work you piece of-

For the love of- why does there need to be so many buttons-UUGGGGH-

[Static.....
....

Finally, though he manages to stay on audio; ]

Right, so, hi everyone, my name's Elden. We've been here a few days now and I'm pretty sure everyone's already looking into whatever's going on here.

I mean, it's a big spooky, dark town, who wouldn't want to figure out what the hell was going on. So, there were a couple of things I wanted to bring up.

One is I think we need to start compiling all the info we've found out about this place so far. Even the stuff they told us when they got here. If we're ever going to figure out why this place is perpetual night that's probably what we should do. Maybe we could keep some kind of log book in the Inn to keep us up to date.

[ He pauses before bringing up his next point. ]

Second, if there's anyone willing to go into the forest with me? I'm not sure what's in there but it'd be dangerous to go in by yourself. Especially if there are undead lurking in that forest.

All right, well that's all for now. Thanks.

Comments

@missprincessmary; voice

[withsadness]

I found out...that the fire will never get bigger!

[...]

And that people ain't shit!

( reaction only. )

[sunborne]

[spitefullight]

....Iiiii Don't think you should be using that language. [ This girl literally sounds like a baby...or well a 10 year old at least. ]

But, right fire never goes out...check. [ he'll just write that down. ]

[withsadness]

Someone else told me that, too! But they said it first, so I think it's okay.

[This is a public network.]

@dysmas :// text

[chardismastic]

👍

[withsadness]

Oh! Oh, you made a little hand appear!

[AMAZE?]

@raylan, text

[ultimatums]

Proud of you kiddo

[withsadness]

Really?

[Okay, admittedly, she doesn't fully understand why, but her own father never told her he was proud of her so this is a very important moment even if it's a shitpost.]

I'll make you proud every day!

@drake; text

[nonscriptum]

i can only imagine who instilled this piece of sage wisdom

[ultimatums]

[ are his ears burning... ]

[withsadness]

It was Raylan!

[So there you go.]

@witch

[hext]

[ she just... pauses, slack-jawed for about a full minute, before finally replying, ]

You know what, little one, none of us can deny either of those things.

@fuckthis

[evocation]

kids leading expeditions into mysterious forests that might be filled with demons and liches and shit?
nope

[spitefullight]

What does my age have to do with anything?
Not to mention who says I would be leading? I'm more of support role than anything.

@Nightshade

[primordialerebus]

Aren't you like, 15.

[ Sure she's only 2 years older, but 17 was way different from 15 okay. She's also ignoring the above chat because she saw rafe's username and immediately had to scroll down before she started another fight. ]

[spitefullight]

...Yes. And how old are you?

@anonymous

[webshoots]

Hey, Elden.

I want to say that right now, we're probably, technically the undead, but— is there something else you're hoping to find in the forest?

[spitefullight]

We're not undead, I checked.

And I don't know what I might find in there, but maybe a clue? Some more locations to explore? Actually seeing what lives out there so we know how to defend ourselves? Anything that's beneficial.

@angor

[vereor]

Ifyouwish to go into the forest, I do not mind aiding in that.

[ Angor no?! Don't encourage bad choices!! May as well spend his time doing something though, right? He's not one to remain idle for long so...]

[spitefullight]

[ He can't help but think, FINALLY. Someone who's not about to immediately dismiss him. There's something of a small breath of relief. ]

Thank you, I'd appreciate the company. We don't need to head in far just enough to get an idea of what's in there.

@helsing; voice

[kungfuey]

I'm in.

[ That was going to be it but then she adds... ]

But can we not let inexperienced hikers tag along.

[ Those words sound like they should make a question but the way she says it? Yeah that's a lot more like an instruction. ]

[spitefullight]

Great!

[ Finally, another adult not automatically telling him no.

He hadn't even thought of the other two who had agreed to join. Were they even capable of handling a fight if something came up? ]

You're right. We should probably ask them if they're capable of defending themselves or what capabilities they have.

@mikaelson; voice

[tribridfreakshow]

I'm coming with you.

@witch — audio

[hext]

[ she recognizes this voice. the boy from the bonfire. she likes that he's organized. keeping a shared log is not something anyone else has suggested.

she doesn't like... a fair bit of what she's heard and read, while tuning in. ]

I will keep public notes with you. Very useful idea.

[ she pauses, considering, fingertips tip-tapping along her lower lip. ]

As for the forest, that needs to be planned in stages. Many groups want to go, it seems; it feels like chaos. We should discuss this further.

[spitefullight]

Thanks, I'm glad you agree!

[ He keeps his tone chipper as much as he can. With everything happening in this conversation well...he's got to at least try not to get too annoyed. ]

Yeah, that's-that's a very good point. I didn't want to go rushing in right away. Some people were mentioning we should figure out each other's capabilities. So we should start from there.