Day Two

[diejoubu]

Day Two The sun begins to rise and cool morning comes. Early in the morning, there is a low mist coming from the forest but it isn't anything strange considering the environment. However, combined with how quiet it is. . . it does look kind of creepy. Fortunately, as the day goes on, it gets warmer and brighter. The mist dissipates and the birds begin to call out. The first few people to wake up might notice some things have moved around while they were asleep. The pots and pans that were left outside have been moved several feet away. Several bottles of water are missing from the cases and can be found scattered around the sand. The spring is calm and peaceful. It is quiet but not too quiet like it was last night. Status Weather: Sunny, clear, and very warm with a light breeze. Electronics: It is impossible to get any sort of reception on the beach. Any nation will a cell phone will wake up to find a message from the United Nations. Some nations might receive the same message more than once. It looks like someone tried to send the message multiple times to make sure it went through. Message: "do not make him angry again" Magic: Magic is not always effective today. For every five times you cast a spell, it might not work once. Otherwise, everything is normal. Animals: Normal on the beach. Any pets that go into the woods will stay close to their owners. Pets will become upset around the spring and staying around too long will result in the pets leaving for the beach. ???: Several bottles of water are missing from camp. They can be found scattered in the sand. The entrance to Tent Four was left open over night. The pans and pots have been moved. Day Two | Night Two Day 3 will go up 6 June

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[bauhinia]

[ Hong Kong is ready to follow, but he still has his camera ready. If you come back, evil mysterious licking creature, he will get a picture of you.

In fact, when they reach the beach again, he almost seems disappointed. He looks behind at the forest for a second before he even acknowledges that Iceland's fallen over. ]

Hey, are you okay? [ He sinks to his knees opposite Iceland, camera in hand. His other hand digs around in his bag for his water bottle, which he holds out to Iceland. ] Here.

[volcanoes]

[Swallowing hard and grabbing the water, drinking some.] I-I'm okay. What was that? Did you see it? [There's a pause.] Where's Mr. Puffin?

[bauhinia]

[ He sits down properly, shaking his head. ] I didn't see it, but it was close. [ He's not keen to say how close. ]

He had to've been ahead of us, right?

[volcanoes]

Yeah, we were following him... Puffin! Puffin!

[He's rewarded for his worry with flapping wings and some stern pecking on the head. At least everyone is present and accounted for now.]

[bauhinia]

[ Hong Kong is secretly relieved to see Puffin too, but he doesn't show it. Besides, there are other things to address too. ]

That was definitely not normal.

[volcanoes]

Definitely not. There's something going on. [He looks out at everyone else, still sleeping and going through their morning routines. It's like they weren't gone at all.] ...How long were we gone?

[bauhinia]

[ Pulling out his phone, Hong Kong checks the time. ]

It's like we never left. [ Yeah, this is a Mystery all right. ]

[volcanoes]

We definitely did... [He looks back at the forest, suddenly uncertain.] We did, right?

[bauhinia]

Yeah. We definitely did. [ He pulls out his camera again. ] Hang on, I'll check the timestamps on my pictures. ]

[volcanoes]

[Iceland leans in a bit to get a look at the photos.] What should we do?

[bauhinia]

You want my honest opinion? [ He scrolls past the ones from last night, which show the dark shadow in the last few. ]

[volcanoes]

[That shadow seems more ominous now.] That's why I asked.

[bauhinia]

We have to get to the bottom of this. [ He's made it to today's pictures. Everything seems normal at first, until... some of them have the same weird distortions as before. ] Look at that.

[volcanoes]

Whoa. [He examines the picture and then notices the timestamp.] ...1565. [Iceland is pretty sure the photo wasn't taken in that year?]

[bauhinia]

Right, so either we traveled back in time or something's seriously wrong here.

And it's not my camera, this thing worked fine before I got here. [ He keeps scrolling. More of the same. ] Look, 1786. And this one's just a buncha zeroes.

[volcanoes]

Something must have been messing with it. [He looks back at the forest again.] I don't know if we should go right back through...

[bauhinia]

How're we gonna figure it out if we don't? If we tell anyone, you know they're just gonna blow us off. [ Except maybe like. All the people they wouldn't want to tell. Magically inclined people who happen to be related to them, directly or indirectly. ]

[volcanoes]

[He frowns, but Hong Kong has a point, and Iceland doesn't really want Norway swooping in and telling him to stand back like he's a hundred years old again.]

Maybe there's a way around the forest.

[bauhinia]

[ Feeling much the same, Hong Kong seems intrigued by that suggestion. ] You think if we followed the beach for awhile, we might find a way in?

[volcanoes]

Yeah. We could check up on the cliffs, I bet we could see most of the island from there. [He gestures off to one of the cliffs on either end of the beach.]

[bauhinia]

Well, since we didn't lose any time with that little adventure- [ he waves his hand in the direction of the forest ] wanna go?

[volcanoes]

[He probably shouldn't. Iceland knows he probably shouldn't. He folds the map he crumpled up more properly.]

Let's go.

[bauhinia]

[ Good man. ]

If we don't find anything by nightfall, what should we do? Might be good to have a plan. [ And/or more supplies? ]

[volcanoes]

[Iceland frowns, looking over the supplies.]

We should take some more stuff with us. If I have to I could send Puffin back here, too.

[To alert someone if--

The stories Norway told him are sliding through his mind again. He convinces himself, mostly, that nothing weird is going to happen.]

[bauhinia]

[ Hong Kong simply nods along. ] Sounds good.

[ He stands up, dusting himself off and offering Iceland his hand. ] Wanna grab some stuff and meet back here? [ He's trying not to think about stories he's heard. Because they're just stories. This is totally different. There's some kind of logical explanation, they just have to find it. ]