more late night fun [Video/action]

[not_good_not_wicked]

[Video. Marisa has bags under her eyes, and looks exhausted. She emits a little giggle before slapping her hand over her mouth until she managed to stop.]

Okay so, those woods behind my house? They're so wet and marshy because it's got something to do with filtering part of the city's water supply. Or something. I've never figured out the exact details, but it seems like something we should check out, as that laughing thing seriously sucks.

It also made me go over a bunch of the weird memories I've been getting, along with a new one. Something about a party, and some people I remember knowing. It's kinda hard to focus on this one clearly for some reason.

There's a guy on the network who says he can see the gigglevenom in water, so I'm gonna drag him along and we'll look around for anything unusual. Anyone who wants to come along and supply extra manpower, or who just wants to hang around afterwards and shoot the breeze for a while, lemme know. I know we have a lot of new people. Here's a good chance to meet some of us in person!

Anyways, I brought drinks last time, so it's someone else's turn this time.

[Action 1]

Behind Marisa's house, the backyard drops away into a dark and dank forest, complete with twisty branched trees, hanging vines, moss, and mushrooms. The whole thing is shot through with narrow dirt trails that go in long looping paths, usually with mud of varying levels of wetness.

There is, unfortunately, absolutely nothing linked to the contaminated water here, but no one can know that until it's been thoroughly searched.

[Action 2]

And because it's Marisa, afterwards, she regathers anyone interested at the base of the big tree in the middle of the woods, which is surrounded by a largish patch of dry ground. This time she's brought a little folding table and some board games. Playing cards, apples to apples, and other such party games can be found, along with a camping lantern, some flashlights, and firewood.

Ah, summer memories in the making.

Comments

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[shiromadoushi]

You look like crap. Flashbacks doing it?

video

[not_good_not_wicked]

No, laughing uncontrollably for half an hour did it. I-

[Silent laughter]

ahem, I've got it MOSTLY under control now.

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[shiromadoushi]

Got caught by dinner, did you?

[not_good_not_wicked]

No, actually, I just wanted to try it out.

[Text]

[shiromadoushi]

...you're an idiot. The hell did you want to do something like that?!

[not_good_not_wicked]

Curiosity, mainly. I only had a little bit, but it was stronger than I was expecting.

[Text]

[shiromadoushi]

Hope you at least were somewhere you could hide it.

[not_good_not_wicked]

I was in my room. Totally safe.

[shiromadoushi]

Good. Else I was going to have to revise my estimate of your INT.

[not_good_not_wicked]

Give me SOME credit.

Anyways you gonna show up today or are you still working through stuff?

[shiromadoushi]

Maybe. Dunno. Got a new game yesterday, kinda rooted in my desk chair~

Gonna make it worth my while?

[not_good_not_wicked]

We ARE searching for the source of the gigglevenom. That's important, right?

[shiromadoushi]

You really think it's going to be in your backyard?

[not_good_not_wicked]

I think it's in the water, which is inextricably tied to my back yard.

[shiromadoushi]

Lemme see if I can find some rainboots.

[[Since he's.. not really in the mood to get his feet soaking wet. Multiple doses of that stupid water are really starting to wear him out.]]

[not_good_not_wicked]

Rad. I'll bring lots of bottled water.

I'm also considering bringing twister for afterwards, but that feels like it might be kinda weird with a bunch of strangers being there. Maybe I should stick to board games.

[shiromadoushi]

Twister? In a swamp?

[not_good_not_wicked]

That area we were hanging out at last time was plenty big and dry enough.

[shiromadoushi]

And full of tree roots and moss.

Also, why do you even have Twister anyway.

[not_good_not_wicked]

I thought it would be fun at parties.

[She hoped she didn't look as embarrassed as she felt. She hadn't actually BEEN to that many parties before moving here.]

[shiromadoushi]

In 5th grade maybe...

[not_good_not_wicked]

So no twister, then.

[shiromadoushi]

I'd rather avoid the rom-com set up, so yeah. No Twister.

You ever play Munchkin?

[not_good_not_wicked]

No, but I've seen it at stores.

[shiromadoushi]

I'll bring it then. I think you'll like it.

And it's hella better than Twister.

[Text | Handwritten]

[scramasax]

Hello. It's Anthony.

When will this be?

[not_good_not_wicked]

[Some date and time or another go here.]

[Audio]

[soulsborderline]

Sooooo...digging around in muddy woods for nothing in particular, then some kind of network tea party? You sure know how to plan a good time.

[not_good_not_wicked]

Do you have a better idea at how to figure out why I can't drink tap water without giggling for half an hour, I'm open to suggestions.

[soulsborderline]

I suppose if you actually have some way of testing the water it's not so bad, or if you can find the source, but right now this plan seems vague to the point of idiocy.

[espigeonage]

"Gigglevenom", huh? Interesting phrase.

[not_good_not_wicked]

Apparently Tavia and some guy ran into a giant scorpion that made anyone it stung laugh uncontrollably. We called it gigglevenom.

[espigeonage]

I wonder if it's the same substance? Intravenous =/ oral after all. Could be related somehow, maybe they're milking scorpion monsters for it.

[not_good_not_wicked]

It'd be a heck of a coincidence if they weren't related somehow.