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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Mar 27, 2013 23:11:46 GMT -5
Else's frown slowly quirked up into a slight grin. "The oceans are your hunting grounds, Captain Jones..." She took a few steps toward him and offered a hand to help him up. "... London's forests were mine. Yes I can track."
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Mar 27, 2013 23:16:43 GMT -5
He grinned and let her take the lead.
He trailed behind her for sometime, watching her hips and curves sway as she walked. Else clearly knew what she was doing, stopping and watching.... the dirt, he supposed- for animal tracks? Right, of course...
They came to a small burrow.... just barely big enough for them to crawl through, Hook looked at Else and back at the little cave.... dear god, would they really have to go in?
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Mar 27, 2013 23:46:42 GMT -5
Sadly, yes... Else's look back conveyed to him. The pirate didn't move. The peasant born Queen rolled her eyes and got down on her hands and knees, crawling in.
"The tunnel isn't too deep." She called back to him. But there was something odd... the dirt tunnel kept it the sound muffled, like a faint, dull roar... but as she got closer to the source, it got more piercing to the ear.
That thing was NOT alone... there were multitudes of them.. everywhere: large ones, small ones, infant ones... and they were teeming in the larger expanse of the cave. Else was about to cautiously proceed in, scanning for the key vainly... but a rather large pile of bones in the center caught her attention. Most of them looked like the remains of animals around the forest... but some were distinctively human.
"Back up... BACK. UP." Else shot at Hook, trying not to raise her voice TOO loud. She was already drawing some unwanted attention towards herself. "Gods' sakes... PULL ME OUT, HOOK."
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Mar 28, 2013 13:02:46 GMT -5
On command Hook reached in and grabbed her by her tiny waist, a difficult task having only a single hand, and pulled her out. Dirt flew up as she fell over him, while he'd tried her best not to hurt her in the process of bringing her out of the tunnel it came at a cost; his hook had caught on her blouse and created a huge tear on the side.
He coughed a little at the dust kicking up, but kept an arm around her waist holding her to him as if to keep her from somehow being sucked back into the tunnel," What.. what was in there? What did you see?"
Hook didn't notice the damage on the tunnel.... nor the growing cracks on the ground beneath them....
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Mar 28, 2013 21:02:35 GMT -5
Else coughed into his chest, trying to get the dust out of her lungs.
"Alot... of those... THINGS..." She finally managed. She finally propped herself up on her arms. "I think... they're carnivorous. There was a huge- awww damnit, Hook!" Else said as one the sides of her new deer skin top fell loose from Hook's clean rip. It fell, and although her leather corset held it's remains in place, the majority of the swell of her breast was on display.
She didn't have time to fiddle with it, the ground was becoming unstable underneath them, somehow feeling... ALIVE. Her wide brown eyes met his ice blue and they both scrambled to their feet. To make sure that they didn't hurt themselves with not measuring the distance between the two, Else grabbed hold of his gauntlet hand and led them to higher ground, away from the entrance of the burrow.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Mar 28, 2013 21:12:03 GMT -5
Best thing that could happen to him.....
It was INCREDIBLY hard not to stare at The Clever Queens smooth, plump, and over all well presented breasts, but the loud cracking noises certainly got his attention He peered over the side of the ledge and watched the ground cave in, revealing a cavern with cliffs and leges going further and further down... not impossible to climb, but not exactly appealing.
Hook looked over at Else - again really trying hard not to look at her wonderfully under-dressed form- and gestured to the pit," So.. ladies first?"
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Mar 28, 2013 21:28:31 GMT -5
Else narrowed her eyes at his "gentile" gesture, but her attention snapped back to the burrow. The rabbit demons were... leaving? Perhaps chasing after Else and Hook? If so, they were mistaken in what direction to head. Although it was nearly IMPOSSIBLE, the queen still glanced at the leaving creatures to see if the glimmer of a key could be seen anywhere.
No luck... ALL the creatures were vacating. Odd. But at least it would make ransacking the cave a little easier.
After the creatures were gone for GOOD, Else starting climbing down into the pit. The hole of the burrow had completely collapsed, but the opening of the pit lead under and up into dimly let cave.
"It's clear, Captain Jones." She called up. "You can come down now." Hoping he could pick up on the fact that he was the wilty damsel in this scenario, and she the fearless buccaneer.
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Mar 28, 2013 21:34:35 GMT -5
Hook started down and looked around, there were HUNDREDS of nests....
....and he'd be looking through them all night......
... with a very underdressed, muddy Else. he supposed this could be worse. He walked over to a nest and looked through the contents. It was pretty messy, sticky, and smelled.... great.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Mar 28, 2013 21:54:12 GMT -5
NOT how Else wanted to spend the wee hours of the morning in Neverland. Good thing hours were extra long in this world... this task would take awhile.
She and Hook silently sifted through the nests, trying to keep from gagging. The silence was starting to unnerve her.
"So how does a fine upstanding pirate of your caliber come to end up in Neverland?" She asked. She saw something shiny, but it was just a polished arrow head. She pocketed it, just in case. "Did you happen across a portal jumper?"
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Mar 28, 2013 22:02:31 GMT -5
"I had a magic bean, If you can believe," He cringed at a gurgling sound the nest moved," Smee... uh, my first mate, he has connections of sorts- dealings in rare objects such as portal making beans..."
But that wasn't REALLY what she was asking was it,".... I wanted an escape.... I thought coming to another world... would help me get away from my grief"
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Mar 28, 2013 22:12:10 GMT -5
Else nodded to herself; she already knew this... but she could hear the tightness in his voice over the topic.
"Most of us do..." She murmured. "After... Westly... I waited the few weeks that my body needed to recover, and then I was off, dealing with a portal jumper who brought me here... where there was allegedly a pool of healing water that could cure any dark curse. Much like the one back home... before some prince slew the siren guarding it, drying it up."
Her foot sank into some filthy mud. She pulled out of the mess and tried to clean it off with a small bone off to the side.
"It was a lie. No such thing existed here... so when I told the jumper that I would only pay for his troubles but NOT the agreed upon price for the water... he left. And here I am... What IS this, TAR???"
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Mar 28, 2013 22:26:48 GMT -5
He brushed off the gunk on his Hook, and went over to her-then handed her a piece cloth," I'm sorry to hear that... should I find such a lake, I'll be sure to give you a flask full,"
Hook gave a sigh," I'm starting to think the 'numbness' I was searching for was a lie... truthfully... this eternity here has been Hell, a huge mistake....."
He looked around at the other nests," Not that I don't want to spend a nice, LONG evening with you, Love.... but this won't be the most productive use of our time.... any ideas?"
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Mar 28, 2013 23:00:44 GMT -5
Else grinned at his nice sentiment, though he clearly had higher priorities in his life. She was sure that it was just something nice to say in the moment. She let it pass.
She accepted the cloth and went to work on her heel, huffing in agreement at his comment of this 'hell'. She looked back at him. He was changing topic... the topic of grief brought back too many painful memories for him.
"Unfortunately I'm short on those at the moment." She sighed, straightening up. "Celeste's item locator back at the camp didn't pick up on the key last time, just the gauntlets..." Else scanned the cave hopelessly until her eyes rested on the pile of bones in the center.
One of the carcuases... it looked like one of the Rabbit Demons. She walked over to it and crouched beside it. There were a few more around. "Captain Jones...." She called. When he joined her side she looked up at him. "They eat their own???" When a thought flashed through her head; those things weren't chasing... they were FLEEING. She stood up abruptly. "I'm starting to think that this isn't a Rabbit Hole..."
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Post by Captain Killian 'Hook' Jones on Mar 28, 2013 23:15:58 GMT -5
A sudden growl erupted from the darkness causing the dirt to shake loose and the ledges to crumble.
Hook pulled Else to him, partially seeing an opportunity to have her damp, muddy body pressed against him- but mostly because he knew whatever had made that sound was not about to welcome them to it's humble abode.
Another roar, and the ground began to shake again- but now rhythmically- with the creatures steps. Emerging from the agitated dust came a bearish looking thing, the same build as perhaps a bear... or maybe a lion- but it was far bigger than either of those things. The face morphed into something shrew like with massive sharp front teeth, which were gnashing and snarling at them with a piercing shriek. It's front claws were covered in the same gunk the nests were made of- one of which shot out at them narrowly missing as Hook pulled them out of the way.
They landed in a pit of mud- but behind a few nests which gave them cover.
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Post by Sally Fitch/Clever Else on Mar 28, 2013 23:26:31 GMT -5
Else was glad that Hook took action, because she was briefly frozen in fear. They both landed, Else letting out an "oof!"
Hook's finger came to her lips to keep her quite, and he motioned her to move. The two of them crawled through the filthy mud, as the creature sniffed the air, snarling as it landed back on all fours and slowly came towards the nests concealing them.
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