Treasurehats

>Rush towards your respective goals, ignoring each other, with results fitting a romantic comedy. Or tragedy.

"AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!"

"AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!"



"Ouch, itch, outch, note to self, this clearing seems to coincide with the area of effect exerted by the magical-allergic presence of butterflies."

"A-are you alright?"

"I'll be fine. But for you: don't get too close to Suretain's tomb!"

"Why, is it the center of the energy flux?"

"No, the flux is coming from those portals up above! Technically that place is my inheritance, and I don't want you to put your filthy hands on it!

"Umm, excuse me...?"

"Er, yes, anyways, don't mind me, I'll be doing my experiments from here! If I find something dangerous, I'll yell at you. I don't want you to get hurt on my watch."

Surely that dimensional instability won't affect you, right?

You need as many photos as you can get. Taking nature photos is not a rush job. Most of the time, it takes months of work and thousands of photos to get the perfect one. But that vanishing cow made you realize you can't spend much time here.

Get this noise a feature article in the National Geodographic

Perhaps you'll call Chief Gertie to get some drones, and take some remote photos? But sadly, Nurture is a bit understaffed and underfunded. Maybe you could send it to National Geodographic....no. You have to stay loyal to Gertie.

OMG. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE. TAKE A PICTURE.

As a few hours pass, your digital camera gets filled with pictures of butterflies resting on the bushes, and a few of the gates. Nothing too interesting, but hopefully you'll find something.

I wonder what their natural predators look like?

You wonder if there is anything that hunts them. Perhaps Elderbirds? Maybe one will show up in a few weeks. You'll have to return to make sure!

It is getting a bit late, and you don't want to get Energy Flux Infection or whatever. Although if there was any sign of danger, Meramis would have yelled by now. Probably.