Wildcrafting Club: Wednesday, October 12, 6PM

[studentwillow.livejournal.com]

Willow arrives at the front door of the library, dressed as usual for an outing in the woods. This time, she's covered herself with DEET-intensive bug repellent so that she doesn't have to tuck her socks into the cuffs of her jeans - at least not until they hit the high grass. She's also got her usual bag of tricks and basket for specimens.

[[OOC Please note: Wildcrafting Club will take place each week in slow-time, so members please feel free to post and check back for replies over the course of the next couple of days. Let's keep the thread going through Saturday so we can find some interesting monstersspecimens this week.]]

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[kikidelivers.livejournal.com]

Kiki looks at it cautiously. Sure, it's cute but...

The creature zips about a moment, and then settles, with a saucy grin, down on Willow's hand, where it promptly pees and then takes off again, cackling gleefully.

Kiki makes a face. "It must be some type of toad-pixie. Good thing you've got those gloves on."

[studentwillow.livejournal.com]

Willow wrinkles her nose, gingerly removing the gloves and placing them in a Ziploc sample bag.

"I wonder if its pee has any unusual properties," she muses, shaking the bag vigorously a few times before placing it back in her knapsack.

The group continues on through the woods. Dying sunlight slants through the trees.

[kikidelivers.livejournal.com]

"Yuck," Kiki agrees. "We'll have to look it up. Or, if your gloves have dissolved by the time we get back to the school, we'll know something is particular about it, anyway."

Kiki shivers a little. As the sun drops further in the sky, so does the temperature. The leaves crunch under their feet as they walk. The trees become less densely grown, and presently they emerge from the woods far down the fields from where they entered. Kiki has set a small stick cross-wise over the samples in her basket to prevent any breeze from blowing them out.

"Say, here's an idea," Kiki says suddenly. "When we start identifying the things we've collected and identifying their use, it might be handy to start marking down the locations where we find them, so if we ever need the plants, we know exactly where to look."

[ooc: More can still happen on the way back, if you like; I'm just trying to put the thread in an easily-wrap-up-able place to reset it for the meeting tomorrow :) ]

[studentwillow.livejournal.com]

Willow smiles at Kiki. "I've been making notes of where I found stuff in my notebook -- at least plants I can already identify. I think it's a good idea, though. Also a good idea to map these woods here."

The group heads back toward the school in the crepuscular light.

[kikidelivers.livejournal.com]

[ooc: 20 bonus points for using the word crepuscular!!]

[studentwillow.livejournal.com]

[ooc: squee! bonus points! Can I trade them in for a shiny nickel?]

[kikidelivers.livejournal.com]

[ooc: Sure! Kiki digs in her pocket and hands Willow a shiny nickel. Kiki buffs it on the hem of her dress first to give it a little extra sparkle :) ]

[studentwillow.livejournal.com]

[OOC: It shines dully in the crepuscular light! Squee!]