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(So... we found a way into the plant area without a key, did we? Thank goodness for person-sized vents!)


"Hrm... Nothing but vines and this is where the scream came from? Don't like the sound of that."
 
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Mina looks about for a bit, and raises her hand as if in class, still with that saddened look on her face.

"I'll... I'll go first..." she said in a grim manner, as if they had to sacrifice someone to continue, and she was volunteering.
 

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Having gotten the vent cover off, Melissa turns at Mina's worrisome tone of voice.

"Hey... don't sound like THAT. If you really want to go first, we'll be right behind you - those plant vines won't have a chance to do anything before we're in there. In fact, I'll be second... just so I can ogle your butt for a bit."

She gives Mina a hopeful smile, trying to cheer her up a bit.
 

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Jenn rolls her eyes.


"Just go already. It's not like 2 seconds more in there is going to make any difference."

(If nobody's moving in about 10 seconds, Jenn tries to push through and go herself. Otherwise she follows the other two.)
 
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Mina giggled, and seemed to return to her goofy self in a way.

"Ha, ha, ha! Okay, Melissa!" she said with a happy nod, and when Jenn started getting angry, or just irritated, Mina turned to her, and raspberried in her direction, "I'm sorry, I don't listen to people who are mean to me! I only listen to Melissa, so there!" she announced, almost proud. And when Jenn tried to storm through after her 10 second mark, Mina dragged her away from the vent, holding her ankles, and giggling a little, before leaping to the ground herself, and crawling into the vent, Melissa following, and Jenn coming in last, due to catering to her burns from being dragged that Mina gave her.

Once Mina reached the other side, and finishing moving her butt around playfully in front of Melissa in the process, the other three soon followed, and found themselves in a very claustrophobic recreation of a jungle path, not even enough room on either side to stretch out your arms without meeting a tree, or a branch, or vine, and while there were some wooden walls, with doors on them, the path was mostly just a dirt road, with forestation on either side of it.

Looking around, Mina blinked curiously at her surroundings, before turning to the left of where they had come out of the vent, along one of the afore mentioned walls, made into a wooden fence, towards a door along the other route of the path, to the North

"I hear... Water... And I think that way just leads back to that place we were already at..." she motioned at the path south, that bended and curved to no end. And, with that in mind, Mina, without making much more thought, as was her style, she started heading north, towards that door...
 

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"Sure, why not. Just be careful, we're close to where that scream came from, now..."
 

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Melissa follows, eyeing the surroundings suspiciously. It doesn't help her nerves that the path is so tightly enclosed with plantlife... neither her eyes nor her Sight can see very far, and by preference she fights from as great a distance as possible.
 
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After following Mina through the door, they came across a large lake, and a wooden bridge with railings on the sides, to prevent anyone from falling off, that leads to the other side of the body of water, and to some kind of green house. There still wasn't much option to go around the water, lest the three went through the thick forestation, provided that they actually managed to walk through it.

After taking in their surroundings, each of the girls saw ripples in the water, and the suggestion that something down there was waiting for them, which Mina noticed first, and shouted,

"T-there's something in the water!" she announced, fear in her voice.
 

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"Great. Another octopus-thing?"

Jenn draws her rapier and goes into a defensive stance, not eager to get grabbed again.
 

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Melissa also pulls back, aiming her rifle at the ripples but not wanting to waste a bullet without a better target.

"Hell if I know. Snake? Crocodile? Motile water lily? Just stay back, until we know what it is..."

She tries to focus her Sight. With the clue of the ripples, perhaps she can See specifically what's causing them, without getting blinded by the plantlife in all directions...

(Defend. Try and spot the thing.)
 
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After the ripples, the three women didn't see much after... The water remained still.

With all the trees around, covering the water, almost making the light from the sun nonexistent, Mina pouted.

"I wish we could turn those lights on..." she said, pointing out something neither Jenn nor Melissa saw in the shade, a control panel that staff must have operated for tourists to see what was in the water...

(Jenn's intelligence check reveals to her that the creature is likely waiting to trap them.)
 

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"Whatever it is, it'll probably wait until we're out over the water to ambush us.

Maybe that control panel controls something that can help us."


Jenn walks over to it, hoping it's helpfully labeled.
 
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For whatever reason, Mina suddenly decided she'd be mean to Jenn, and throw an insult at her,

"The power isn't on, stupid!" she spat childishly, and when Jenn checked it... There was nothing she could do with any of the buttons that were available to her, all of which had basic labels that referenced which lights to turn on... The control panel didn't seem to do much else.
 

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"It could have been battery powered or something. Worth a try, at any rate."

(Heh, how long until the other group flips the power on for us? :p)
 
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(Until they fight their boss, and proceed into the main building with the code, and activate the power for you guys to have an easier time fighting your own boss.)
 

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(You mean those jellyfish weren't their boss? Oi.)

"Hrmph. And we have no idea how to get the power back on... Y'know what, call in with the radio. Maybe the Director has some idea of how to get the power back on. And even if not, she'll be able to tell other people where we are if we have to fight that whatever-it-is."

(I was SO TEMPTED to have Melissa take a shot at the water... but let's give brains a chance.)
 

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"Oh, good point.

Hey, we managed to maneuver our way into a plant-filled area with a big pond in it, following the sound of a woman screaming. Melissa sees something in the lake that looks like it's waiting in ambush. There's a control panel here that might help, but it's not powered. Is there any word on the power? Or any existing information on this area we ought to know about?"
 
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"Screaming...?" the Director asked slowly, "While I'd recommend you investigate it, dark water is too dangerous to safely cross, especially if it's already preparing an ambush. That control panel would have been helpful, but as far as the word I've received, the other group has not yet activated the power. And as for recommendations... Use your best judgment..."
 

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(Or... lack of brains. Hrmph. Just as a reminder, thetwo, everybody saw ripples on the surface of the water, suggesting something big was moving around underneath. Mina spoke up first about it. Melissa can't see that far with her Divine Sight; all the plantlife around would blind her if she "looked" that far.)

"Well, that was helpful. Just to check, we're SURE that scream came from further up this path?"

She pauses to think some more.

"Maybe... we could get it to fight up here instead of on the bridge, or down in the lake?"
 
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Re: Zoo scouting party [Melissa, Jenn, Mina]

Mina nodded.

"Yeah, I think it came from the green house..." she noted, while not saying anything about Melissa's suggestion, being clueless herself.
 
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