glencolans: (Default)
Glencola Reef Mod Account ([personal profile] glencolans) wrote 2023-07-19 03:17 am (UTC)

Day 012 ➜ Day 013
Starting Square: III.F.20
Ending Square: III.W.21
Duration: 30 hours
General Search Results:
  • glass jar
  • seventeen rosehips
  • decorative seashell
  • ruined N95 mask
  • cloth scrap
  • glove
  • transceiver skin - lime green with a pair of white racing stripes
  • raincoat
  • small red crab
  • sharp piece of metal
  • broken cane
  • punctured tin of sardines
  • bottlecap
  • weird animal - lizard-like with a mane of rainbow feathers, basking on a rock by the shore
  • a crossbow bolt - exactly matches one of the ones Lalo was shot with, and even has some red blood still staining it
  • two cans of tuna
  • indicator LED
  • eight pods of beach peas
  • sample bottle, empty
  • beach carry case
  • coffee cup lid

Rust lurks near the trap for extended observation, but several hours in, nothing happens. He doesn't spot any tracks around or near the trap - none that he can't immediately identify as belonging to him or Lalo. The trees and bushes around the river aren't anything unusual or spectacular (think your average tropical riverside brush that thrives in sandy soil), and their branches are unblemished from recent, large disturbances.

During the night, Lalo and Rust will be frequently disturbed by loud noises in the surrounding forest, sometimes sounding like breaking branches, sometimes like startled birds taking flight, pretty much every hour. They never catch sight of the culprit(s), and they stop a few hours before daybreak.

Their path along the eastern coastline (following Rust's little cairns, undisturbed) takes them to a familiar landmark: The half-buried plane cockpit in square III.W.21. It's exactly as he remembers it, too. He spots a couple of large, skua-adjacent birds perched on top of the plane that have feathers matching the pile found a couple of days ago. They seem to prefer hovering above the waves and diving for small fish, only coming inland near nightfall.

Post a comment in response:

This account has disabled anonymous posting.
If you don't have an account you can create one now.
HTML doesn't work in the subject.
More info about formatting