[TEXT] Wishing Well

[wisdomreceiver]

[Henry is not the one with the most social skills out there, definitely not, but he can still make himself useful and he won't hesitate, especially when he knows that Eileen is in danger. He might not be able to help her from here, but if he contributes to whatever this new mission is he will be able to go home sooner, or at least he wouldn't waste time.

So there he is, walking through the woods and using his great sense of direction to make a map - sure came in handy in Silent Hill. Now that he promised Tommy he would make him one, he has to, so he might as well get to it immediately. After he's done with his touring of a medium-large area - he won't go too deep in the woods or caves without finishing the map first or without backup, he's dumb but not that dumb - he copies it onto the mirror with his crayon, broadcasting it for everyone.]

Hi everyone, I'm Henry. I'm making a map of the area, here is what I have so far. Let me know if you can see it.

[The map has a clear indication of where the common area is, but now there is an arrow being added next to a circular shape.]

I am here. I found what seems to be a wishing well? It says that if you toss a coin it will make your wishes come true through magic. I don't want to try it, but if you do just follow the directions, you will get here in no time.

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[the_hit_list]

Henry - I don’t want to sound alarmist, but I think you should move away from the magic well. Tim

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[wisdomreceiver]

Yeah, it sounds like the smartest thing to do...

[AND YET he still stays there, watching the well carefully.]

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[the_hit_list]

You should come back to camp.

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[wisdomreceiver]

[Henry texts back from the mirror as he might have fallen down the well with it.]

Yeah.

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[unsealthecatbox]

[A wishing well? Usually Ange would just dismiss it as nonsense because magic doesn't exist and therefore it's just some random well, but here...? In this world where magic is very obviously real?]

That sounds too good to be true. Step away and pretend you never saw it.

[Never make deals with anything that has magic]

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[millenyal_pink]

[Elle is at the unfortunate intersection of not trusting that for one second but desperately wanting to know what it does.]

I'd advise you to not interact with the mysterious, magical well in the middle of the mysterious, magical woods.

[A pause before her next message.]

But if you do end up messing with it, please tell us how it goes. And don't die.

[wheyoftheadept]

I'm on team Don't Fuck With It.

But also, if you do fuck with it, find out if it can send us back home.

[wisdomreceiver]

Send us back home? I hadn't thought of that...Maybe I really should find out.

[wheyoftheadept]

[Saturday had gone off to do something else soon after this exchange. She probably, at this point, owes Elle another drink.]

[diedforyoursins]

[No longer using text now that he realizes some in their group might have an issue with that. Which means y'all can tell he's already on the move, albeit at a very relaxed pace.]

I'm willing to try if no one else is comfortable with it.

[unsealthecatbox]

Don't die.

[Thanks for the absolutely necessary contribution, Ange. But yeah, she's not coming]

[diedforyoursins]

[He smiles like this is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to him. Please raise your standards, Kaworu.]

It's alright. Death isn't necessarily an ending.

[unsealthecatbox]

We'll have to agree to disagree on that one.

[That death isn't a complete end feels so optimistic; therefore she can't accept it. She insists on always having a grim outlook, it seems]

[bringinghopewithme]

[Is that some Fair Folk entrapment on the horizon???!?]

NO ONE TEST THAT UNTIL I'VE CHECKED IT OUT!

[hallelujahjunction]

[Dan, being completely illiterate, got exactly one thing from Henry's mirror message: a map. Being both incurably curious and bored, he didn't wait around to see what the other people's messages were, and instead headed out with his longbow and quiver to see if it's a matter of danger, but instead the setting he finds is very peaceful. He waits for a moment to see if anyone else shows up, then investigates the only obvious attraction to this location: the well.

It's very obvious what it is, even to someone who can't read the instructions. The well doesn't appear to be a functional well, not because it's dry but because it lacks a proper means of retrieving the water, which means that, given the whimsy of their location, it can only be used for one purpose.

He tosses a coin into the well, cheerly shouting down the well:

I wish for cocaine!

[bringinghopewithme]

[Bunny arrives, having sprinted across the entire camp, skidding in the dirt just in time to see Dan toss his coin and make his wish.]

Dan!

[First comes the anxiety over the possibility that Dan has entered into some contract he can't possibly have all the details of.

Second comes the indignation that of all things, that was Dan's wish.]

No!

[hallelujahjunction]

[Well, there's only one thing Dan can do when Bunny rushes up to him with that expression.]

What?

[Play stupid.]

[bringinghopewithme]

Why would you do that!

[The question is so rhetorical it isn't even a question. It's just a demand.]

[wisdomreceiver]

Oh, hey, hi, I was just--

[Henry doesn't even have the time to finish his pathetic attempt at greeting that Dan tossed a coin and wished for cocaine already.]

...What the hell?

[hallelujahjunction]

[Dan greets Henry with the sort of easy grin that shows that he knows Henry's judging him, but that the judgment doesn't bother him at all.]

If this thing works, it ain't instantaneous.

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[furtitude]

I'm gonna go climb down it and see who's down there!

[Someone please stop the child.]

Don't worry, if it's something bad, I'll just stab it.

[Please stop the child, his player is begging you all in the actionspam, please. This is the "let me see what you have" "a knife!" "NO" vine, please save him.]

[The mirror makes it clear he's already made the tree line, please hurry.]

If it's a monster, I'm gonna kill it so good and so hard!!!

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[cookiehusband]

[Gary is clearly sprinting and having a hard time of it by his breathing rate as he shrieks into the mirror -] He's already in the trees someone get him!!!

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[millenyal_pink]

[Elle sees that Cato is going for the well and-- no. Absolutely not.

She shifts to feline and bolts, following his scent until she can intercept him. She then full body tackles him (making sure to not actually injure the cub) and proceeds to just... lay on top of him. Now he can't move, and Elle is looking at him very judgmentally.]

[takenalive]

A wishing what?

[wisdomreceiver]

A wishing well. We are yet to test it. I have a coin, but I doubt I can use it...From this height.

[This height being the literal bottom of the well. Good job, Henry.]