[b][color=#38b000]"Looks like we ain't the first here."[/color][/b] Verdant whistled as she eyed the skeleton, before turning her glance somewhere else. The woods felt ancient in a way, but there's no threat in the direct vicinity. As much as a wild forest can contain no threat anyway - who knows what insect or illness lurk all around them. But for whatever responsible over the poor sod underwater, well, chance were it's no longer around.

[b][color=#38b000]"Fella likely died further upstream. The corpse bloat and float down until it burst and sink here some time ago. Cant be sure how long, but it takes time for moss to grow on the shirt."[/color][/b] Another mystery, then. What was upstream? Would there be other people? Yet a community wouldn't normally leave their dead out like that. [b][color=#38b000]"We should take a closer look. Mayhaps guess what exactly done him in."[/color][/b]

Wild animal, or other people? Wild animal bold or desperate enough to attack humans wouldn't waste the meat, and wouldn't toss the remains into a water source. People, then? Hopefully people. Maybe there's a way out of this island sooner after all.