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@SpiritOfWrath @Spark of Hope @Through The Living Glass 

Rust (and presumably the others) keep walking across the alien landscape. There are more of the blade-plants in small bunches along the way, but after around a hour, you reach a massive field of them, the twisting spirals of flat metal melding and interlocking. “What is that?” asks Rust, while you’re still far off. “I have never seen anything like this.” 

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1 minute ago, Dragonheir said:

@SpiritOfWrath @Spark of Hope @Through The Living Glass 

Rust (and presumably the others) keep walking across the alien landscape. There are more of the blade-plants in small bunches along the way, but after around a hour, you reach a massive field of them, the twisting spirals of flat metal melding and interlocking. “What is that?” asks Rust, while you’re still far off. “I have never seen anything like this.” 

Adtae looks at them. This may be challenging to traverse. I can make shadow bridges, to traverse the plants. But it may take some time.

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I am assuming that the plants are sharp.

 

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17 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

@SpiritOfWrath @Spark of Hope @Through The Living Glass 

Rust (and presumably the others) keep walking across the alien landscape. There are more of the blade-plants in small bunches along the way, but after around a hour, you reach a massive field of them, the twisting spirals of flat metal melding and interlocking. “What is that?” asks Rust, while you’re still far off. “I have never seen anything like this.” 

“I don’t know…”

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30 minutes ago, Spark of Hope said:

“I don’t know…”

8 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

The bird woke up, stretched, and chirped happily at the man.

It looked curiously at the metal plants.

43 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Adtae looks at them. This may be challenging to traverse. I can make shadow bridges, to traverse the plants. But it may take some time.

 

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The plants are indeed sharp. 

“Why would it be challenging to transverse? Oh, because you are like one node. You do not fit.”  Rust expands a lot to try to see. “I think you can see farther than me. How far do they go?” The blade plants exist in a strip of land perhaps a hundred feet deep, but going off as far as the eye can see in both directions. 

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1 minute ago, Dragonheir said:

“Why would it be challenging to transverse? Oh, because you are like one node. You do not fit.”  Rust expands a lot to try to see. “I think you can see farther than me. How far do they go?” The blade plants exist in a strip of land perhaps a hundred feet deep, but going off as far as the eye can see in both directions. 

The bird chirped curiously.

It hopped down from the man's shoulder and approached the plants, pecking at them.

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3 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

The bird chirped curiously.

It hopped down from the man's shoulder and approached the plants, pecking at them.

The plants are slightly brittle, at least on the outside. They’re also very hot (they are metal that’s been in the abnormally hot sun for weeks). The suit will stop you from getting actually burned, but it still heats you up quickly. 

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Alright, I think I’ll go to sleep. Good night. 

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Frustrating unmatched parenthesis.
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Just now, Dragonheir said:

The plants are slightly brittle, at least on the outside. They’re also very hot (they are metal that’s been in the abnormally hot sun for weeks. The suit will stop you from getting actually burned, but it still heats you up quickly. 

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Goodnight!

 

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9 hours ago, Spark of Hope said:

He knelt down next to it. 

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Now that I think about it, the metal pieces on the ground are probably also very hot. Not quite as bad, though; they haven’t been intact for nearly as long. 

18 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

It waddled over to him and hopped up and down, chirping excitedly.

Then it ran back over to the plants, hopping up and down once more. It twittered at him happily.

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1 hour ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

It seems to be a vast expanse. I can see the end across, but not to the sides.

Rust contracts, thinking. “If you can see the end, I could go through and get help. But where did this thing come from? How long have I been gone?” 

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Technically, this is Adtae’s fault. It wasn’t before, but I have a retcon for why there can be such a strange thing here, without Rust knowing about it. 

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Just now, Dragonheir said:

Rust contracts, thinking. “If you can see the end, I could go through and get help. But where did this thing come from? How long have I been gone?” 

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How is it my fault?

*innocent pleading eyes*

Adtae nods.

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Just now, SpiritOfWrath said:

Adtae nods.

“I will split, and leave the translator here. I can fit through the gaps - I think Bird can too - so I will go to the planet spirit and get the sky people to bring a device. The split me will be less smart - I can eat the plants here so I can avoid having to forget.” 

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You see, Adtae said it had been a long time. Thus, now it’s been a long time here too. 

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5 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

“I will split, and leave the translator here. I can fit through the gaps - I think Bird can too - so I will go to the planet spirit and get the sky people to bring a device. The split me will be less smart - I can eat the plants here so I can avoid having to forget.” 

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Aaaaaaahhhhhhh

Adtae nodded again. This is good.

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Just now, SpiritOfWrath said:

Adtae nodded again. This is good.

@Spark of Hope @Through The Living Glass 
Rust parts down the middle, separating into two swarms, one slightly larger than the other. The smaller swarm waves a hand-shaped tendril goodbye, then goes off through the thicket. 
What remains of Rust wraps around one blade-plant. “I will eat this; I will not remember things unless they are important until I have more nodes.” 

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Let’s see… if we say Rust can move half again as quickly on their own, this will still take several hours. 

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59 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

@Spark of Hope @Through The Living Glass 
Rust parts down the middle, separating into two swarms, one slightly larger than the other. The smaller swarm waves a hand-shaped tendril goodbye, then goes off through the thicket. 
What remains of Rust wraps around one blade-plant. “I will eat this; I will not remember things unless they are important until I have more nodes.” 

Adtae stood stock still, waiting.

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