November 15, 2015, 08:40 AM
(This post was last modified: November 15, 2015, 08:40 AM by ThE nArRaToR.)
Buried in the middle of Overture Downs was another body.
It's fresh, no more than a few days old, and - rather unusually - has not been unearthed by scavengers. Someone has taken the time to dig a deep hole for the body, burying everything except the snout. What remains of the face (which isn't much) is caked in mud. It is very likely that the perpetrator tried to cover the head, but misjudged the depth of the grave.
There is nothing around to suggest a struggle. No blood, no fur - only the quickly fading scent of someone moving north towards Jade Fern Grove. The rain has washed away the scent markers that might make identification possible; there is just an ominous hint of something in the air. Musky, predatory - too distorted to peg. There are no other markers around the grave. No rocks or ornaments, as you might expect from someone burying their dead. Perhaps that is on purpose, to disguise the body and preserve it for as long as possible. Was this the work of a roaming pack, paying their last respects to a departed friend? The evidence certainly suggests this to be the case.
But why, then, do you feel a chin run down your spine every time you look at the body?
It's fresh, no more than a few days old, and - rather unusually - has not been unearthed by scavengers. Someone has taken the time to dig a deep hole for the body, burying everything except the snout. What remains of the face (which isn't much) is caked in mud. It is very likely that the perpetrator tried to cover the head, but misjudged the depth of the grave.
There is nothing around to suggest a struggle. No blood, no fur - only the quickly fading scent of someone moving north towards Jade Fern Grove. The rain has washed away the scent markers that might make identification possible; there is just an ominous hint of something in the air. Musky, predatory - too distorted to peg. There are no other markers around the grave. No rocks or ornaments, as you might expect from someone burying their dead. Perhaps that is on purpose, to disguise the body and preserve it for as long as possible. Was this the work of a roaming pack, paying their last respects to a departed friend? The evidence certainly suggests this to be the case.
But why, then, do you feel a chin run down your spine every time you look at the body?
Anyone whose character has knowledge of the mass grave in JFG or the abandoned den in JFG is welcome to identify the scents of those bodies and this one as being distinctly similar! Plot description: http://wolf-rpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11742
Tagging LCH for visibility, since you're closest: @Mordecai @Harlyn @Luke @Ilya @Andalusia @Misty @Numa - totally optional of course, you certainly don't have to notice it! Written by @Behati (Karm) for the Corpse Gardener plot.
Tagging LCH for visibility, since you're closest: @Mordecai @Harlyn @Luke @Ilya @Andalusia @Misty @Numa - totally optional of course, you certainly don't have to notice it! Written by @Behati (Karm) for the Corpse Gardener plot.
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the lonely last page - by ThE nArRaToR - November 15, 2015, 08:40 AM
RE: the lonely last page - by Regipre - November 15, 2015, 06:33 PM
RE: the lonely last page - by Corvasa - November 16, 2015, 08:53 AM
RE: the lonely last page - by Regipre - November 16, 2015, 09:53 AM
RE: the lonely last page - by Corvasa - November 16, 2015, 11:43 AM
RE: the lonely last page - by Regipre - November 16, 2015, 08:55 PM
RE: the lonely last page - by Cougar - November 24, 2015, 09:33 AM
RE: the lonely last page - by Regipre - December 01, 2015, 01:42 PM