14th Howl: Cave Shenanigans [Action]

[professorwolf]

Lyall was less than pleased about the group decision to head out to this mine and explore, but as there was no way to forbid them all from doing it, the only option was to make sure it happened as safely as possible, and under supervision. So here he was, showing up at the site, making sure everyone had a flashlight with spare batteries, a bottle of water, some sturdy climbing rope, and a walkie talkie in case they got separated, plus a first aid kit or two. And making sure nobody went too far from the group, with any luck.

"All right, we don't know how safe it is in there, so everyone stick together and don't go exploring off on your own, all right?" he said, standing just on the outside side of the rusty, broken fence so ineffectively blocking the mine entrance off. He'd already passed out all the supplies he had, and looked a bit dorkier than usual in jeans, jacket, a Firefly t-shirt instead of his usual teacher-like clothes. "If you see something that interests you, let us all know, and we'll all look. If you do get separated, don't keep moving. Call on the radio, and someone will come find you."

He eyed the mine entrance with mild misgivings, then sighed and gave in to the inevitable. "Everyone ready? Come on, then."


((note: this is not for finding the Sage, this is just for the High School Numbers Club to bumble around together :) see comment threads below for different scenarios!))

Comments

[scramasax]

"...Maybe we can leave markers behind us -- just to tell us where to turn to find our way back." Anthony was, again, looking back - anxiously, but not so tensely. "We could gather rocks and stack them together - perhaps."

[shiromadoushi]

"Rock marks are pretty easy to knock over," Bakura pointed out, thumb moving over the screen of his phone. "I'm mapping everything anyway, so yeah, make a pattern, right right left or something so we don't go in circles and I'll mark it down here too."

[reckless_fire]

"Yeah, and if we get lost anyway...well, we'll just have to eat each other."

That was said mostly for Tadashi's benefit--because if you can't terrorize your best friend while wandering around in a dark cave, then who can you terrorize?

As for which direction to go, he didn't really care--one was as good as another as far as he was concerned. But...he didn't trust some the others to just pick one and go with it instead of talking it to death, so when Bakura made his suggestion, he nodded his agreement. Yeah, right right left sounds good to me. Let's go."

[professorwolf]

"Kenji, don't be ridiculous, no one is eating anyone." Lyall cast his least serious student a pointed look, but then turned back to the tunnels and started down the tunnel to the right. "Right it is, then, come along everyone. And don't worry too much about getting lost-- if we stay together and no one gets separated, I'll be able to backtrack which way we came out." And he'd be able to track anyone who got separated, too; that was a big part of why he insisted he be here for this venture, anyhow. Between sniffing out potential threats and being able to find anyone who got lost, it was the only way he could think of this as even remotely safe for them.

[spideyfanone]

"Though in the interests of personal safety, I bet I taste terrible." Kurt let himself fall behind for a few seconds to scrape a bit of fungus into a tube, mostly because he was making a point at this juncture. He couldn't imagine a bit of slime mold could really have any possible impact on any of this.

[odd_jobs]

There's a fwump and a scuffle in the back as Tadashi delivered a sound punch to Kenji's shoulder. "Like hell!" he hissed. Still, he double timed his steps into the rightmost tunnel even as Kurt fell behind.

"So traps, cannibals, rabies... why do monsters sound like the safest option?" He kept his own light trained at their feet, picking his own steps carefully.