Location: Outskirts of River Port
Time: Late Morning
Interactions: Ashari
@Shard @funnyguy
An entire day… The two had been traveling for an entire day on their path to River Port. Through the brush, over creeks, and in the company of several foreign creatures for part of the way. Of all the humans that had arrived in Avalia, Dante and Darius were arguably the most acquainted to the natural world of Avalia.
“How much longer? We’ve been on this path forever! You sure we aren’t lost or something?”Darius groaned as he attempted to peek at the map Dante currently held up. They’d been traveling without much rest, mostly due to their lives being threatened a few times since their arrival.
“Dude, would you stop complaining for two seconds? I almost forgot why I joined the army.” Dante said, patting his brother’s shoulder ending with a laugh.
“You want to hold the map?” Dante asked as he handed the map over. Darius swiftly snatched the map with a glare towards his older brother’s previous comments.
“Sure!” He said, purposely delaying the exclamation after he had taken the map in a somewhat rude fashion.
“Two seconds…” Darius chuckled, opening the map to the foreign land the two now found themselves in.
“Wait…” Darius stopped in his tracks and looked at Dante with an almost troubled expression.
“What’s wrong?” Dante said looking back at him. With a confused look across his face. Darius was shaking his head with his eyes focused on the map again.
“How the hell am I supposed to know where we are? You didn’t even put a marker or anything on here! Look!” Darius flipped the map over to Dante.
“Nothin.” Darius had been so used to maps showcased in video games that displayed one’s current position with a reticle of some kind.
”Man are you stupid? We have nothing to mark it with nor do we want to ruin the only map we have of this place. All I know is if we continue on this path we will end up in the place over here.” He replied pointing to River Port on the map for Darius. The younger of the two brothers stared at where the town was for a moment. He was a stranger to things like map reading and navigating the wilderness, so it was hard for him to argue against his brother’s reasoning, even if it did seem kind of off to him.
With a quiet sigh of defeat he started walking again, passing Dante.
“You better be right! Come on, hurry up, why are you just standing there?” Darius obnoxiously called.
“And I’m not stupid.” Darius hid a smirk as he currently led the way.
Dante went from standing to running past Darius taking this as a challenge
“Yeah I’ll race you! Let’s see you keep up!” He said as he looked back at his brother.
“I’ll do more than just keep up!” Darius sprinted after Dante, nearly forgetting their situation. Perhaps it was the lack of sleep, the weird food they ate from the big green guys they met, or maybe this fever dream had reached the point where there was little care anymore. Darius was gaining, but that’s because he had the luxury of not having to be as careful and deliberate as Dante in the front. Unfortunately, it was the lack of deliberateness and attentiveness that had Darius step right into a noose of a tree spring trap.
“WHOA!” One second, Darius was staring at Dante’s back, the next he was suspended above ground by the rope trap. The map and sheathed sword Darius had in his possession fell to the ground below.
“Fuck! Dante! Hey! Dante! Stop running! Dante!” Darius shouted as his body swung back and forth. He attempted to reach for the rope around his ankle, but he didn’t have the strength or skill to do anything but touch tap the knot with his fingertips.
“Damn it!”Dante stopped in his tracks looking back at him laughing before realizing where he was.
”Oh,fuck you really are dumb.” He took the sword he had on his side and began walking toward him in a rush, getting about ten feet from his brother and swoop! Dante’s feet came out from under him springing another similar trap making him drop his weapon.
“Holy Fuck! God damn this place.” He shouted.
“Hmm… Looks like we’re both dumb, huh?” Darius would cross his arms if it was comfortable to do so.
“Dumb and about to be dead. Dumb, dead, Dante and Darius.”“Dude let’s not fuck around now. We need to think about how to get out of these.” Dante said, struggling to free himself.
“When all else fails… especially your brother… HELP! HELP! WE’RE TRAPPED! PLEASE HELP US!” He screamed without much of a choice.