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Hylian Archer
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10 yrs ago
Time to go on a horror movie binge.
10 yrs ago
Seems like I need to replace my phone. I never know how much not being able to check the time bothered me until I started walking around the school campus without my phone.
10 yrs ago
So today my phone fell in water. It was there for no more than two seconds tops, but it's going haywire. Time to see if the old rice trick works.
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11 yrs ago
The semester is almost over!
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11 yrs ago
I'm slowly working on getting replies up. Just be patient with me, please. =)
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Just so my rp partners know, I'm in Central Time.
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Sophia and Tim made their way back down the trail to base. The trek down seemed to take longer than it had coming up. A tense silence seemed to lay over the two new friends as they were each lost in their thoughts. Both sensed that something was incredibly wrong here but neither knew what. Finally they made it back down to the parking lot where Sophia stopped dead in her tracks.
"My car!" She declared, now utterly pissed. "It's fucking gone!" Indeed her gray Altima was gone. Furthermore there were no other cars in sight. Sophia knew that not many people visited the park in November, but it was still early in the day and the park was still open. _Someone else_ should have been there too. Her initial anger past, panic set in. What if someone had stolen her car? She had paid for that thing with her own money! How was she supposed to get around?
Sophia tried to remain calm but there were tears threatening at the corners of her eyes as she turned to Tim. "Let's walk back to the ranger's station," she said, trying and failing to keep her tone even. "See if they know what happened to my car." Feeling utterly frustrated Sophia turned to walk the road leading down to the ranger's station where she had first stopped to pay for Tim's entry fee. She hoped that someone there could tell her what happened to her car. Sophia desperately hoped that it hadn't been stolen or towed for some reason, but she didn't know why else it wouldn't be where she had parked it.
As much as Sophia wanted to vent her frustration, she knew she had to calm down. She took a deep breath, held it for a moment, and then let it out. "Alright," she said, feeling calmer now. "We can't panic. Panicking never helps. We have to go back to base. Find someone to talk to." For a moment Sophia looked around, her thoughts drifting back to the wrongness of it all. She shook her head vigorously. She had to stay calm. She couldn't freak out.
Approaching Tim she grabbed his hands to stop him from tugging at his hair. "It'll be ok," Sophia said, trying to sound more confident than she felt. "We'll work out what happened. Whatever it is that happened. Perhaps we were down there longer than we thought, giving the land time to dry out some. Maybe that cave is worked by a series of trap doors and we happened to trigger it. Whatever it is, it's not that important. Let's just get to the car and go home." But despite her attempts to reassure Tim and convince herself that everything would be ok, a part of Sophia--the part that had immersed itself in books and games for years--knew that there was definitely something going on. She tried not to act like it, however, as they began trudging back up the service road that led to the top of the cliff. At least that was where it should be.
Sophia stopped dead in her tracks and looked around. "Holy shit, you're right!" She exclaimed in surprise. Everything was bone dry without even a hint of the recent storm. Yet it was overcast and everything looked dull, almost gray. There was something else that was putting her off, but she couldn't place her finger on what. Still, natural phenomenons not doing what they should do was too much for her to handle.
"No," Sophia started off, more annoyed than anything. "Hell no. Fuck no. I can deal with tunnels with trap doors, but I am _not_, repeat, _not_ dealing with nature being fucky! We are going back in that cave, through that damn tunnel, and back out the cave again. And when we get back there had _better_ be a goddamn storm raging out here, or at least water left over from one." Saying so Sophia angrily marched back toward the mouth of the cave. She wasn't going to deal with any mumbo jumbo magic today. Real life was complicated enough. She didn't need some sort of Narnia crap going on.
Sophia turned a corner along the cliff face and suddenly let out an angry string of curses. "Tim!" She yelled for him. "The goddamn cave is gone!"
Feeling a little frustrated Sophia shook her head. "Come on," she said, patting Tim's shoulder. "Let's head back and see if the rain has stopped. We can come back here later and investigate further." Begrudgingly they tramped back up the trail that lead them to the mouth of the cave. When they got there the rain had stopped, but everything was still cloaked in dull gray shadows from the clouds overhead. Sophia looked around, wondering where their jackets.
"Our jackets are gone!" She exclaimed a little angrily. Trying to reason she added, "Maybe someone came by here and found them, thinking they were abandoned. They might be in the lost and found or something. I think it's time we go back anyway." Tim agreed, though he too was a little annoyed that their jackets were missing, and they started the trek up the nearby service trail and back to base where her car was parked and the visitor center was located.
Sophia followed behind Tim. They followed the tunnel for a long time and eventually it let in a gentle curve. Suddenly Tim let out a surprised cry when his hand met only air, and Sophia prepared herself to quickly back pedal in case he started to fall and she needed to pull him up. But once Tim had all four limbs on solid tunnel he used Sophia's flashlight to investigate.
"We've come back around to the chamber," he informed her.
They clambered out of the tunnel and found themselves in the chamber they had come from. They untied the rope from themselves and Sophia stuffed it into her backpack. Using flashlight and cell phone they confirmed that they were indeed back in the mysterious chamber covered in runes. "That's weird," Sophia said, her mouth turning down in a frown. She investigated the room closely to find the tunnel they had first crawled into but only saw the one they had just crawled out of.
"That's even weirder," Sophia remarked as her skin started to goosebump. "Tim, there's only the hole we came out of. Do you think at some point the tunnel looped around on itself and we didn't realize it?" She felt it could be the only explanation unless there were in fact two holes that led to the same tunnel, creating a U-shape, but they were worked by some sort of mechanism and they had happened to open one and then closed it only to open the other--like in a video game.
Sophia thought for a while, her mouth turned down in a grimace. Part of her wanted to go explore the hole, but the other part of her warned her not to. Years of playing video games and reading books said that either something good, something bad, or nothing at all awaited them on the end of this. This was real life and not a game or a book so the only monsters they might run into would have to either be an animal or a human. Being that the cave entrance had looked uninhabited Sophia doubted either of those were possible (unless it bats lived there). They were more likely to fall down a hole or something. But what if there was something of significance down there? Like a way to decode the runes? A hint as to what this cave was? Or a treasure? A treasure would be on the better end of the spectrum, but just the thought of being like a real adventurer was starting to warm Sophia up to the idea of exploring the little crawl space.
"Let's check it out," she finally decided. "But to be safe I have some rope we can tie around our waists in case one of us should fall. I also have a pocket knife. It's not much, but it's something. And my flashlight has a wrist strap to make it easier to hold onto to light our way."
"Let's check it out," she finally decided. "But to be safe I have some rope we can tie around our waists in case one of us should fall. I also have a pocket knife. It's not much, but it's something. And my flashlight has a wrist strap to make it easier to hold onto to light our way."
"That--," Sophia paused, astounded. "I don't think that was there before, Tim." She had encircled the whole cave just moments before to take pictures of everything. She had not noticed it. But perhaps she had over looked it? It was a large cavern, and it was pretty dark where their light had not shined. "Maybe I missed it," she mumbled more to herself than Tim. She stepped a little closer to the mouth of this smooth, shining hallway, but did not go in. Sophia felt a little unsure about it.
Moving back to stand beside Tim once more she turned to look at him and asked, "What should we do? Should we go take a look or head back?" She was a little worried that if they went too far and the hall split off into branches they may get lost. That and the fact that they had already come so far that if something were to happen no one may find them until it was too late. She watched Tim, wondering what he might say.
Moving back to stand beside Tim once more she turned to look at him and asked, "What should we do? Should we go take a look or head back?" She was a little worried that if they went too far and the hall split off into branches they may get lost. That and the fact that they had already come so far that if something were to happen no one may find them until it was too late. She watched Tim, wondering what he might say.
"Not yet," Sophia said and shook her head. Now, however, she was intrigued. Stepping close to the wall Sophia put her hand out and ran her fingertips along the runes. They were smooth, but if you moved your hand off of them and onto the rest of the wall the surface was rough. She looked closely at the symbols, examining them. As Tim said the runes looked to be a mixture of hieroglyphic pictures and various kinds of alphabets. But maybe it was a language all its own.
"Amazing," she sighed. Then she turned to Tim and grinned. "This was an amazing discovery, Tim!" She exclaimed happily. "I'm glad you noticed these runes. Perhaps that storm hitting wasn't so bad after all." Sophia was simply overwhelmed. Never before had she thought she would actually stumble upon something like this: something ancient and mysterious and magical. "It's like something out of a book or a video game."
"Amazing," she sighed. Then she turned to Tim and grinned. "This was an amazing discovery, Tim!" She exclaimed happily. "I'm glad you noticed these runes. Perhaps that storm hitting wasn't so bad after all." Sophia was simply overwhelmed. Never before had she thought she would actually stumble upon something like this: something ancient and mysterious and magical. "It's like something out of a book or a video game."
As Sophia studied the strange markings she felt an abounding excitement settling over her and her face split into a wide grin. "Amazing!" She exclaimed. A few things Sophia loved was adventure, mystery, and history. And here they were all bundled up in one! Having immersed herself for years in video games and books, Sophia had explored hundreds of places, discovered ancient civilizations, fought armies, and brought kingdoms to their knees. But none of that could compare to finding something in real life.
"I feel like Lara Croft!" Sophia declared excitedly. "Way to go, Tim!" She studied the runes for a while, looked carefully at the room. But nothing there revealed what the room might have been used for. Anything that had once been there was since long gone. "I'm not sure what was here," she said, "but I doubt anyone knows it's here. If they did the park rangers would have roped it off or opened it as an attraction. I'm glad no one else knows." Taking her phone out of her pocket, Sophia slowly spun around the room and took pictures of all the runes. "It's like an adventure! Maybe we can find out later what these runes mean."
"I feel like Lara Croft!" Sophia declared excitedly. "Way to go, Tim!" She studied the runes for a while, looked carefully at the room. But nothing there revealed what the room might have been used for. Anything that had once been there was since long gone. "I'm not sure what was here," she said, "but I doubt anyone knows it's here. If they did the park rangers would have roped it off or opened it as an attraction. I'm glad no one else knows." Taking her phone out of her pocket, Sophia slowly spun around the room and took pictures of all the runes. "It's like an adventure! Maybe we can find out later what these runes mean."
Their lunch finished, Sophia packed up the remains, folded the blanket, and put it in her backpack. Picking up her flashlight she stood and went over to where Tim was, her backpack over her shoulders once more. She played the beam around the darkness and saw that the cave did indeed go deeper. "Let's check it out," she suggested."Kill some time. Just be sure to watch your step." Without hesitating Sophia took a step toward the darkness. Her light brightened the gloom but did not make it fully recede. She kept going, stopping to look over her shoulder to ensure that Tim was still with her.
They walked for a good fifteen minutes without finding anything of particular interest. The path was rather even, if not somewhat narrow, but always seemed to be sloping gently downwards. The air was getting colder, though it was at least dry here. Still, the two already damp from the storm felt a chill setting into them. Sophia pulled out the blanket she had packed and handed it to Tim, not really worrying about herself since she had long sleeves on.
Finally the cave appeared to end in a small rounded chamber. "It appears uninhabited," Sophia remarked as she scanned the area."Lucky for us."
They walked for a good fifteen minutes without finding anything of particular interest. The path was rather even, if not somewhat narrow, but always seemed to be sloping gently downwards. The air was getting colder, though it was at least dry here. Still, the two already damp from the storm felt a chill setting into them. Sophia pulled out the blanket she had packed and handed it to Tim, not really worrying about herself since she had long sleeves on.
Finally the cave appeared to end in a small rounded chamber. "It appears uninhabited," Sophia remarked as she scanned the area."Lucky for us."
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