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Iceland Camping Trip
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The town of scenic Akureyri provides a perfect backdrop for a summer camping trip. It’s more than warm enough for greenery and unfrozen waters, and the townspeople, having been informed of the appointment ahead of time, are amenable and friendly to the newcomers passing through on their way to the planned site.

This is no ordinary holiday, however. Though the town is certainly welcoming, the idea is to camp, and camping is what everyone will be doing - at least for a little while. Professor Emille has her own planned schedule of activities, including river rafting and climbing, and in the spirit of physical education and getting some fresh air away from the Academy, attending students are highly encouraged to follow along with her. As well as those activities, the normal range of camping 'highlights' is present: cooking your own food over campfires and portable stoves, setting up tents, finding good places to sleep or hide, and simply passing the time in the beauty of nature. Just look out for puffins; they seem to be intensely curious about what all these strange people are up to, and you're no exception.

To occupy the campers while they’re recovering between stints of physical exertion, other activities have been provided; the Academy figures it can cover two things in one by providing arts and crafts materials for making convincing-looking ‘extraterrestrial debris’. Strange ‘artifacts’, bits and pieces of apparently offworld ‘technology’, and for those more morbid or curious students, making convincing-looking ‘alien’ skeletons are among the extra camping tasks that both students and staff can choose to take on.

(This event is being partially run by

hatesdragons, who will be doing the relevant activity top level/s. You are also free to use this log as a mingle for your own purposes.)

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An animal's home.... [ She can sort of connect the dots there, though she's never seen one herself. They're small, fleet animals, from what she knows, not unlike the burrowing creatures around Hallownest. She joins Sira in their search. ] I see.

[ And if all else fails...her physical capabilities aren't exactly specialised for strength, but a boulder isn't beyond her. If need be, she's prepared to try her best to shift it. ]

[Around the base of the boulder, on the side pointing towards the continuing trail so the group wouldn't have been able to see it without prior investigation, is a cluster of trampled grasses. Someone or something has been in this area recently, but it's immediately obvious that the visitor was larger than a rabbit.

Even so, thinking about rabbit holes isn't exactly too far off the mark... The bell's ring grows louder the closer it is to that group of grasses.]

[ This means getting down from the boulder :( Miach is a little sad about that, she's enjoying the vantage point. Maybe she is not a fae or anything but a mountain goat, in truth.

The sound of the bell does lure here though, so she jumps down to find the others again. Are there any discernible footprints in the dirt? ]

[If any footprints can be made out, they will look canid in shape. Further investigation will reveal that there is dirt scattered about around the trampled grass, leaving quite a dirty mess. And... loose clumps of grass?]

So much for rabbits.

[If there ever were any, they're gone now.

They pick up loose bits of grass and then release it all to the wind.]

We might be able to follow a trail.

[ Hornet doesn't reply; she crouches to inspect the tracks and the disturbance, and then proceeds to follow the tracks. She goes slowly mostly for the benefit of her teammates, who she assumes aren't as used to such things. ]

[Actually, when Sira throws the grass away from the ground, a larger patch of freshly dug dirt is unearthed. That spot is where the bell's chime continues to resonate the loudest.

Hornet's investigation will lead her in a circle around the boulder, as if the creature in question was busy looking for somewhere to do some digging.

Anybody feel like getting their hands dirty? Quite figuratively and maybe literally too...]

Maybe the rabbit is still down here.

[ The idea of finding the deceased remains of a cuddly critter doesn't seem to discourage Miach at least. For someone who looks very prim and pretty most of the time, she sure has very few problems with kneeling in the dirt and using her hands to shovel it to the side.

She doesn't actually believe she'll find anything gruesome, but hey. It's something to do. ]

[Sira outright giggles. Clearly they think it funny too. They sing-song.]

A paw for luck but not the rabbit's~

[Thankfully, the rabbit was able to live another day, as what Miach unearths isn't furry, but a small metal box that opens to reveal a paper map and a piece of paper that reads, "Remember your animal guide."

The map has their current location dotted, and the next plateau area is circled. There is quite an uphill climb between this section and the next, however.

Congratulations, the group has cleared the first step!]

[ Hornet pauses to look at the uphill slope, judging the difficulty of it.

Then, she looks back to Sira. ]

Will you require aid?

[ Well, that's... okay, it's not really disappointing, because it's progress and it's progress going up to even better view, so that's really all Miach can wish for. ]

They're really not going easy on us...

[ However, she's absolutely holding onto that map and leading the group, don't expect her to be helpful else... ]

Keep an eye out for bunnies.

[A map! How exciting! Perhaps treasures to be found! They bounce a little on their feet and then turn to that uphill slope. They don't think much of the ordeal until they're offered help. That makes them hesitate.]

Ah... [This was unwise of them.] Perhaps.

[They can at least make a start for it on their own, following Miach. They sing-song again.]

Bunnies or beasts~

[The hike up the trail begins easily, like the previous section of the path, but quickly becomes more strenuous. There are places where crags jut out of the path in front of the group, causing them to climb over or around them, or otherwise cross them in order to proceed. It seems that, pretty soon, they may be scaling entire cliff faces!

Alas, it's at the top of one of these cliffs that the ground evens out again, revealing a rocky but grassy tundra scene. Off in the distance, a pair of reindeer are grazing, their antlers beginning to grow back after shedding them the previous winter. No rabbits can be seen upon first glance.

There are several rocky outcroppings along the way that may be hiding a rabbit hutch: one to the left, one to the right, and one closer to the reindeer. Or, conduct your own investigation!]

[ Sira seems to be very down for Miach's brand of humor and excitement, so she's gradually gaining interest in their company and actually not going as fast as she could in order to not disappear from sight. Do not call her out on this.

Though by the time they get to cliffs, she is also struggling. She may come from the mountains, but that was a long time ago, and what's carrying her now is mostly determination. She breathes heavily when they're at the top.

But then there's reindeer and hey, reindeer ARE better than people, so she's going to 'shh' her companions and very cautiously walk that way and try not to startle them. ]

[If they notice Miach slowing down for them, they actually don't point it out. The main issue is whether or not Hornet opts to help them or leave them to do some rather fantastic scrambling up the cliff face.

Whichever way they do get up, they're in time to see Miach fix upon the deer. Bunny, dog, deer. They don't make a sound but look to Hornet to see which way she's going.]

[The reindeer, with their backs to the group, continue to graze as Miach approaches. The closer she gets, the more audible their eating is -- they rip up the grasses with their teeth, and snort from time to time. Their noisiness makes it unlikely that a rabbit would want to be in this area at this time.

That also means Sira or Hornet may have better luck finding a rabbit from their positions.]

[ Miach is unbothered by the noise or lack of rabbit probability, so she's just going to keep going and stare at reindeer for a bit...

One of the others is likely better suited to progressing this endeavour. ]

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cw for morbid joke I AM SO SORRY.

cw for morbid joke continuing...

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