Tanyuu Karibusa (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
fourthscribe) wrote2022-10-12 05:34 pm
fourthscribe) wrote2022-10-12 05:34 pm
oops all monsters (and they were roommates)
Something has moved into Rosswood Trails, or so the rumor goes. The animals are growing bolder, the plants encroaching closer over trails normally easy to traverse. Hikers get turned around on clearly marked trails, and are found by rangers well after the trails closed but insist they'd only been out for a few hours. There hasn't been anyone hurt or gone missing yet, but it's only a matter of time.
All of that hadn't really bothered Tanyuu, however. Her main concern was that her new all-terrain chair had finally arrived (to the right address, with the correct accessories included, and not charged a second fucking time--) and she could actually check the area out for herself. So she and Lucy packed up and headed out for a day-long hike, ready to be sunburned like she rarely ever had the chance to be. For the first half of the day nothing was unusual; there was some excitement from spotting a few early migrating birds, but otherwise a wonderfully relaxing day. But after lunch and starting on a trail heading back, things got...weird.
For one, while Tanyuu was certain they'd followed the right signs the surrounding woods were looking less and less familiar. Not that she had ever been out here before, of course, but something was...off. The leaves were excessively green for the time of year, the scent of flowers on the air almost too sweet. The turns of the trail were matching the map they had less and less, but the path hadn't branched at all--there was no way they could have gotten lost already--right?
All of that hadn't really bothered Tanyuu, however. Her main concern was that her new all-terrain chair had finally arrived (to the right address, with the correct accessories included, and not charged a second fucking time--) and she could actually check the area out for herself. So she and Lucy packed up and headed out for a day-long hike, ready to be sunburned like she rarely ever had the chance to be. For the first half of the day nothing was unusual; there was some excitement from spotting a few early migrating birds, but otherwise a wonderfully relaxing day. But after lunch and starting on a trail heading back, things got...weird.
For one, while Tanyuu was certain they'd followed the right signs the surrounding woods were looking less and less familiar. Not that she had ever been out here before, of course, but something was...off. The leaves were excessively green for the time of year, the scent of flowers on the air almost too sweet. The turns of the trail were matching the map they had less and less, but the path hadn't branched at all--there was no way they could have gotten lost already--right?
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As it is, she's barely been paying attention to those rumors, more occupied with scraping her part of rent together, and... well, planning for this trip, so that Tanyuu wouldn't have more logistical crap to worry about on top of just trying to get everything sorted with her new chair.
...She's starting to wonder, though, if she might've missed... something? Something, somehow. She frowns, looking around as if the trees might give some kind of hint as to where they've gone wrong. "Uh... can I take another look at the map?"
Probably not likely that she'll notice anything this time that they'd missed the last few times they've passed it back and forth, but, uh. Worth a shot.
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Shifting herself a little bit in the seat of her chair, Tanyuu looks around ahead of them on the trail, then wheels forward to turn around and look behind again while Lucy checks the map. "Maybe we should double back..."
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Frankly, she's starting to think this trail might not match anywhere on the map, but that can't be right.
She folds the map enough not to risk crumpling it while she bends down to pull at the back of her shoes, where her ankles have started to hurt under her thin socks. "It's worth a shot... worst-case scenario, we're exactly as lost as we are now, right?"
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So there [citation needed].
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Tanyuu chuckles again and shakes her head, wheeling herself back along the way they both came. "I told you I wanted to take a day long hike. What did you think that meant?"
The path back, despite having literally just gone through, has become narrower as they continue on. Bushes and brambles at the edges of the trail seem to push in, reaching out to snag on clothes and bags. And did those have thorns before?
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"Ow! Ugh, hang on..." Lucy pauses her complaining to free herself from a thorny branch that's managed to catch her shorts. She could have sworn this path was wider before... maybe it's just the stress getting to her.
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Tanyuu jerks to a sudden stop as well, confused for a moment and looking over herself before finding a tough vine somehow caught in the wheel of her chair. "Oh, for heavens'..." she grumbles, leaning over to try and pull the thing free and ignoring the slight sting of it's prickly skin biting into her own. "How did that even get in there?"
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Or maybe those stories, but like hell she's going to say it out loud and invite that trouble. Her palms are already itching like mad, but getting somewhere they can recognize takes priority.
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