A sudden revelation: Open RP

[bestdigger.livejournal.com]

((Takes place a couple of days after Musical Day.  Much like last time, start a new comment thread when your character shows up.))

In the classic manner of all great ideas, this one came to Sallah at an unlikely time.

He dreamed he was walking through the Temple of Mara -- the original, not the replica.  Before him was the cistern, and within he could hear a tap-tap-tapping of metal on stone, and a voice: Becker's.  He leaned forward to hear what the man was saying, but it was faint, so faint -- six feet ... down ... below ... below ... six feet ... more ...

He leaned further into the cistern, straining to hear, and then his foot slipped and he fell, down into darkness --

-- and Sallah sat bolt upright on his cot.

Of course!

The entire entrance display to the Indiana Jones Adventure was underground.  More than six feet underground -- past the putative barrier that they'd encountered!

He burst out laughing and, too excited to sleep (dawn was still at least a couple of hours away, he guessed), scrambled out of bed and dressed.  He scrawled a note on a scrap of paper, grabbed a pickaxe, shovel, and lantern and headed out, first to tack the note onto the front gates of Adventureland, next to fill a rucksack with food and water, and then onward to the Indiana Jones Adventure itself.  He descended into the tunnels and when he'd reached a suitably deep spot -- as best as he could tell -- he set up operations.

The walkway shattered most satisfyingly when he smashed into it with his pickaxe.  This was more like it.

***

The note tacked to the Adventureland gate read:

Not done exploring yet.  Continuing work inside the Indiana Jones Adventure.  All are welcome to join.  --Sallah

Comments

[snitchnicker.livejournal.com]

Not done yet? Did this mean that they had potentially found a way out?

James headed towards the Indiana Jones Adventure as fast as he could.

reposting for the very simple fact that I can't notice jack...

[hidden-paw.livejournal.com]

Macavity studied the note for a moment, then grinned the kind of grin that did not bode well for this 'Sallah'. He hadn't actually met the man yet, and considering the fact that most of the humans he had met in this place seemed frightened or suprised by his obvious difference in species, and also the one that he was so bored that had he been in his own domain he would have killed a few people by now...exploring seemed like a very good idea indeed.

He'd only just reached the entrance to the ride when the sounds of destruction reached his sensitive ears. The Jellicle followed the noise until he encountered a fat man working tirelessly at a hole in pathway, with thinner man who smelled of magic talking to him. He crept up behind them and growled softly, before darting silently back into the shadows before either man could possibly notice him.

[tas-wanderlust.livejournal.com]

Explore? Oh boy!

"What are you exploring?" Tas asked, seeming to appear out of no where beside Sallah.

[kuchiki.livejournal.com]

Rukia took time enough showing up, but when she did get there, the girl was all business. "Is there anything I can do, Mr. Sallah?" she asked, eyeing the shovels hopefully, but still waiting for an assignment before making any move.

[a-good-man.livejournal.com]

Daniel woke that morning from a full night’s sleep, feeling better than he had since he’d first arrived in this place. He went for a walk, stopping to get some water and fruit from one of the little stands, and when he saw the note on the gates of Adventureland curiosity led him to the ride where Sallah claimed to be exploring.

There were already several people down inside the ride working with pick axes and shovels, not many of whom Daniel recognized. He found Sallah and gave them man a smile in greeting.

“Hey Sallah,” he said. “What are you digging for?”

[swordandchalice.livejournal.com]

When Setsuna got bored, he looked for Kira. When he couldn't find Kira, he walked around the park and looked for other people he knew. And when that didn't happen, thankfully he found Sallah's note before he decided to go off and get drunk.

Grinning at the chance, Setsuna went straight to Indiana Jones Adventure and called out, "Hey! Sallah, you here? I'm definitely up for continuing."

[king-longshanks.livejournal.com]

Having explored the caged-in place thoroughly and found it to be strange beyond measure, Aragorn decided that the wisest thing to do in his current position was to meet the others similarly trapped there.

Thus, when he read the note posted on the gates which claimed to be the border of “Adventureland”- an odd appellation indeed and one which Aragorn resolved to consider further at another time- and saw it to be an invitation to all, he decided to offer his service in whatever work was being done.

The Indiana Jones Adventure was easy to find, as it was well marked, and the sound of voices and work being done was direction enough.

Upon reaching the group inside he paused, letting his eyes adjust to the dusk and lamplight of the dimly-lit tunnels, such as they were.

[bestdigger.livejournal.com]

After several hours of work, they came to the expected conclusion.

Concrete. Sproingy concrete, just like last time.

Sallah wasn't exactly disappointed, although he certainly would have liked something at least a little different. But it was clear that the six-food depth was constant, following the overall depth of the park.