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BanaBatGirl · 09-23-2010, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Narrator

As you enter the cave, the last bit of light from the outside is extinguished as the entry squeezes closed behind you. Without your wand, you're pitched into darkness and no matter how you try to adjust your eyes, it is without use. There are no shapes, no shadows, nothing.

That is, until you notice a faint glow around what seems to be a twist in the cave. As you draw nearer, it illuminates the area around it, but if you look further past, it is again black. Light, and heat, radiate from the now visible bush, indeed, radiate from each seed.

A fireseed bush.

The cave was narrower than Fletcher had expected, and even though the boy was not claustraphobic, he was starting to convince himself that he was. He could feel a small boil of panic roiling within his stomach and swallowed again, trying to push the nerves away so he could focus.

Focus, Fletcher, focus. But on what? What was there to see in this complete and total blackness?

He focused on his own breathing instead of on the lack of sight he had at the moment. In and out, in and out. One foot in front of the other, he continued marching on. Fletcher put his left hand out and groped for the edge of the cave, using the wall as a sort of guide as he kept walking. He felt the cool stone start to curve and he followed it slowly, hoping that against all odds, his wand would be around the bend.

The cave turned and Fletcher stumbled slightly as his eyes picked up on a hazy, reddish light not to far ahead. He opened his eyelids as wide as possible and hurried forward, eager to get a bit of relief from the complete darkness.

Approaching the glow, he stopped abruptly as the source of the light was illuminated before his feet. A... bush? A burning bush? What could this mean?

Fletcher stretched out his left hand again toward the fiery little plant and felt considerable warmth. He crouched down for a closer look and noticed that each seed seemed to be pulsing with an internal light.

Awesome. He glanced back up and around the cave, wondering if perhaps the path forward would be illuminated by more of these bushes, but seeing none, Fletcher realized what he would have to do.

Use the bush as a torch. But how? Could he just... dig it up and carry it forward? He started pawing at the cave floor....

09-23-2010, 02:12 PM	#17 (permalink)
BanaBatGirl Banshee Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gotham Posts: 51,216 Hogwarts RPG Name: TBD Gryffindor Hogwarts RPG Name: Zara H. Bunbury-Foster Slytherin Fifth Year	Professor Pink \| Mrs. Bruce Wayne \| I'm on a Goat \| Glitterpuff \| Dumbledore's Defense Squad \| BHB Quote: Originally Posted by The Narrator As you enter the cave, the last bit of light from the outside is extinguished as the entry squeezes closed behind you. Without your wand, you're pitched into darkness and no matter how you try to adjust your eyes, it is without use. There are no shapes, no shadows, nothing. That is, until you notice a faint glow around what seems to be a twist in the cave. As you draw nearer, it illuminates the area around it, but if you look further past, it is again black. Light, and heat, radiate from the now visible bush, indeed, radiate from each seed. A fireseed bush. The cave was narrower than Fletcher had expected, and even though the boy was not claustraphobic, he was starting to convince himself that he was. He could feel a small boil of panic roiling within his stomach and swallowed again, trying to push the nerves away so he could focus. Focus, Fletcher, focus. But on what? What was there to see in this complete and total blackness? He focused on his own breathing instead of on the lack of sight he had at the moment. In and out, in and out. One foot in front of the other, he continued marching on. Fletcher put his left hand out and groped for the edge of the cave, using the wall as a sort of guide as he kept walking. He felt the cool stone start to curve and he followed it slowly, hoping that against all odds, his wand would be around the bend. The cave turned and Fletcher stumbled slightly as his eyes picked up on a hazy, reddish light not to far ahead. He opened his eyelids as wide as possible and hurried forward, eager to get a bit of relief from the complete darkness. Approaching the glow, he stopped abruptly as the source of the light was illuminated before his feet. A... bush? A burning bush? What could this mean? Fletcher stretched out his left hand again toward the fiery little plant and felt considerable warmth. He crouched down for a closer look and noticed that each seed seemed to be pulsing with an internal light. Awesome. He glanced back up and around the cave, wondering if perhaps the path forward would be illuminated by more of these bushes, but seeing none, Fletcher realized what he would have to do. Use the bush as a torch. But how? Could he just... dig it up and carry it forward? He started pawing at the cave floor.... __________________ yeah, there's one thing about me that you should know________________________________ __________________________________________that I can't help from speaking my mind