The Expedition Gone Wrong

[Embri]

MOVED: From the Wilds, to the Training Dojo, for now. This concept was originally Kazumaru's, so I cannot in good conscience keep it inaccessible, not to mention the fact that several promising RPer's are currently posting in it. As a trial run for the potential belt system, I'm classing this RP.

OPEN TO: All Members

The beginnings brought auspicious tidings. The beasts of burden were loaded, the gear stowed, and the team members assembled in good order.

The mission was simple: Explore the Uncharted territory of Psychotopia, collecting samples of flora and fauna for the Dojodian Science Institute. However, things went very wrong, very quickly. After several days of travel from the drop off point, a freak flood of chocolate milk through a dry riverbed has scattered the pack animals and ruined all of the equipment, leaving the exploratory team lost and completely without supplies. To make matters worse, they seem to have stumbled into a Warp Rift or distortion, carrying the group of beings far from their original destination.

You now have a new mission: Survive long enough to find a way back home.

Well, pick a job and join the team, if you'd like. There is but one restriction: You can bring nothing other than your regular clothing, if any. That's it. No swords, no armor, no guns, no vehicles or special equipment. Leave it at home. It's time to show off your survival skills.

Non-survival expedition equipment/items are okay, like cameras, binoculars, pocket knives, etc. are okay, if you can come up with a reasonable explanation of how you didn't manage to lose it in the chocolate flood.

Current Particpants, Characters and Jobs

Kazumaru - Kazumaru - Soil Sample Collector
Embri - Embri - Aerial Recon and Field Medic
TROT84 - Natu - Researcher and Jack of all Trades
coolpikaaa - coolpikaaa - Field Hazard Assessment
Leporidae - Feline & Lep - Underground Recon/Sample Collector, Bodyguard and Photographer
Somefreakoverthere - Linda - Security
Shee Mon - Angel - Aerial Recon and Large Animal Detainment
TheSensei - Blackfoot - Obstacle Demolition and Security
3kul - "the new guy" - Archeologist
Micka - Melody - Long Range Recon
Goliath Bird Eater - Alec - Flora/Fauna Expert, Chef, Tracker/Guide
Azaria Matthews - Azaria - Animal Tranquilizer & Equipment Maintenence

Other jobs that you would likely see in this type of group:
(feel free to ignore this and make your own job, I just thought I'd provide some ideas.)

At least one more Medic
Another Navigator
Some animal handlers/packmasters, both for the domestic beasts which are currently lost and the wild ones we were expected to bring back.
Security - you can never have too much security personnel in Psychotopia. Ever.
Archivist - someone to record this expedition in written form.

[Kazumaru]

((Job: Soil Sample collector. What? You'd need soil samples too!))

Kazumaru shook his head as he stood up. He brushed off some debris from his clothing and looked around. "Holy Hailstorm... where are we?" he said, clearly dazed and confused.

Kazumaru looked at the others who he'd decided to join "And of course... I'm the first one awake..."

[Embri]

((Job: aerial recon and field medic.))

Embri shook her head dazedly and moaned. What the hell had happened? One moment, they were settling down for the evening, the next... it was mostly a blur. Rolling over, the unicorn shook out her mane and tail, looking down in dismay at the sticky chocolate milk residue drying in her fur.

"I--" She coughed, and tried again. "I most certainly did not get offered enough compensation for this."

[Kazumaru]

Kazumaru heard a moan and looked over at the flaming horse, coming to her senses. He walked over and kneeled beside her.

"You ok, Embri?" he said, covering his eyes slightly so the bright light of her flames didn't blind him.

He then looked up and thought to himself: Well... at least it's a clear night...

[Jent]

(( Natu

Job: Backup guy(substitute for some jobs)
Researcher on new Flora/Fauna


Katara

Job: Backup girl
Nurse. (You need one ) Is this good? Also, is it dark right now?))

*Natu wakes up, still wondering if he and his sister should have stayed back with Trace. Slowly, he gradually gets up, Natu runs fast to Katara.*

"Are you ok?" *She opens her eyes, replying to Natu's question* "Yes I'm fine, I'm see if the others are safe." "Ok."

*Katara stands up, still mad of the chocolate milk river that hit the team hard. She walks over to Embri and Kazumaru.* "Are you fine you two?"

[Coolpikaaa]

Coolpikaaa fell out of a tree,he slightly expected this,being the natural dangers researcher.
Hitting the ground,he realized that he wasn't laying on hard rocks,pointy pines,or any other thing that he expected to get hurt on.He slowly looked around and saw that he DID land on something.He landed on Embri....

-coolpikaaa

[Leporidae]

((Leporidae: Underground recon and underground flora/fauna sample collector. Feline: Bodyguard and photographer))

Feline sits still. He became unconcious when a bear attacked him. Although he was alive, he was unable to save his teammates from the flood and the rift. At least he came along with them. He lays still, needing some kind of medical treatment to get him out of his coma. Although his fur is soggy with chocolate milk and he lost most of his extra bullets, his gun and camrea are still with him, for he was holding them at the time.

Leporidae layed awake, but paralised by the intesnse chocolate. Since she was tired and there fore started yawning right when the flood came. So she gotten some in her mouth. And to this day, the richness of it numbed her to the point to where she can't move. Although, they might be able to find a treatment for it. Luckly, she kept her samples. Her fur was wet aswell as coverd in bits of dirt.

[Kazumaru]

((Embri said no guns, dude...))

[Coolpikaaa]

Coolpikaaa quickly slid off Embri hoping she didn't notice that he fell on her.He recovered quickly,after noticing some of the other peoples gear was gone,probably washed away by the choclate milk.At least the milk tasted good....

-coolpikaaa

[Kazumaru]

Kazumaru looked up "Uh, yeah... I'm fine... Disoriented and wondering why I'm not dead, but fine none the less."

A small, yellow creature fell out of a tree and landed on top of Embri, then promptly scattered off of her.

"... oookay..." Kaz said, standing up. "So... Where are we and why aren't we dead?"

[Somefreakoverthere]

((Linda:Secrurity.))

Linda was sitting upright,a bit further away from the rest.she was simply staring at her arm and leg,and turned her head slowly to look at her tail.

All the metal parts of her body had frozen stiff due to the chocolate milk,and her fur was matted and sticky.It wasn't pleasent being partly unable to move,and the fact part of her neck was stiff made if difficult to breath.She let out a moan and blinked,slowly looking around.

Moving would be hard.Simply swallowing would now be harder for her,as her right jawline was stiff too.She let out another moan and started trieing to stand up.

[Angel]

(( Angel: Air Recon and large animal detainment ))

*Angel had been locking down the cages for the night when the flood had hit. she'd lost conciousness after being hurled into the door of the carin tiger's cage.

she is woken up by a rough tonge licking her forehead. she groans and tries to move away*

Jax.. gerroff me...

*she shifts, still with her eyes closed, and bats at the offending muzzle. instead of the familiar face of Embri's son she meets a rather heftier and soggyer face. she cracks open one eye and is blinded by morning sun hitting her face over the shoulder of a huge, muscular shape. she groans again and closes her eyes, the licking persists and refuses to become a dream again so she shuffles into a sitting position, leaning heavily on something cold and metalic.

her head protests painfully that she should have stayed lying down and she is almost over whelmed by nausea. after a moment it passes and she dares open her eyes again.*

oh its you. how did, oww...

*she trails off and stops trying to stand up. the big cat looks at her for a moment bofore purring and continues to like the chocolate milk of of her shirt and arms. she looks around, wondering where everyone else is in a kind of bemused way. she spots Embri and a few others and waves to them. after two more attempts a standing she manages, with the help of the bizzare tiger, but thinks nothing of it in her chocolate induced delerium.

she reaches Embri, coolpikaaa and Kazumaru*

what happened? are you ok? you're fuzzy...

*she never quite looks at any of them and her eyes roam ramdomly about. she leans against the soggy tiger, who seems to have neglected cleaning the chocolate off himself in favour of washing Angels face. her head still throbs and her thoughts are all muzzy.*

[Embri]

((Lep, if you'd like to bring along a non-functional gun, that's fine, but NO working weapons or equipment that would be used for survival - i.e. a tent, or backpack with camping gear, please. This is going to be a live off the land Swiss Family Robinson type deal, with the obligatory Dojo twist of course. ))


In the twilight gloom, it was hard to say what time it was, for the heavy ever present foliage that stretched above the expedition team seemed to hunger for every last wisp of light.

"I'm okay, thanks." Embri shook her head in disbelief as she looked around, not even noticing coolpikaaa falling on her back. "Where the heck are we? This isn't the landing site... this isn't camp, either."

The landscape, indeed the flora as well, was drastically different from the area they had been in just hours ago. The dry open plains and light forest of the drop site had been replaced by towering trees in strange hues, gnarled roots, vines and broad leafed plants, and other creatures suited to the hot, humid clime. Water was everywhere... dripping off leaves, pooling in every depression, and generally making life miserable.

"Who's here?" Embri did a roll call, finding they were a few members short. "Okay then... no idea where we are, there's no sense in laying about in the muck." The unicorn clambers to her hooves, tossing her head nervously.

((I'll leave the exact size of the team open so other people can come and join in as they wish - you simply got separated a bit more than the main group.))

[LordPsycho]

((Name: Blackfoot
Job:Obstacle Demolition/Security))

The Sensei had decided that the team could probably use someone to help them with any obstacles they might encounter. So he sent Blackfoot, his pupil, to deal with them.

Blackfoot had been using his stone body to start the group's fire when the flood hit. But the flood waters were even too strong for him, and washed him away, tumbling on the riverbed's floor.

When he awoken, his stone body was missing several chunks of stone, and the skin underneath felt quiet battered and bruised. Changing, he lifted himself up high enough to survey the group as Embri asked for a roll call.

Blackfoot here...and wishing I wasn't....OH...Nurse...I think my arms broken...

[Somefreakoverthere]

"Consider...your'self luck....y.I'm...here."

Linda said slowly,her jaw being a large hinderance.

"At...least yo...u can walk and....talk fine.My arm...leg and....jaw are all para....lised."

She whimpered and managed to stand up,but only just.

"And i'm finding it hard to talk,but it's...getting easier..."she said,and the looked at her arm again and mafde a notisbly larger whimper.

Part of her fur had been pulled off in the river,leaving only the metal parts below it.If anybody looked at her jaw closely,they would of notised that it was getting easier to move for her,but only because blood and what appered to a light blue liquid was tricking down her right jawline and getting into the stiff joints,enabling them to move easier.

"Oww."she groaned,and help onto the tree tightly with her organic arm as she tried to take deep breaths after she had been talking.the metal over her neck was going to become a large promblem for her.