Day in Port

[Narvin sticks close to the fire. There’s so much noise emanating from the darkness of the jungle. All his senses are on alert and he’s torn between conflicting desires: to hide away in fear or to explore whatever unknowns are lurking out there.]

Ardent was tramping around the woods, a little more comfortable now the sun had set, and finally had his hood down. It was hot wearing that thing all day, and he didn't feel too well at all, but it was improving in the cool of the night, if nothing else.

He spotted Narvin by the fire and wandered behind him, and said, quite casually, "Scared of the dark, Narvin?"

He didn't think he actually was, otherwise he wouldn't have said it.

He turned sharply at the sound of Ardent's voice.

"Darkness is just an absence of photons. There's nothing dangerous about that. Some of the animals that come out at night, on the other hand..."

He glanced back at the jungle.

"I prefer the darkness of space, or even the vaults under the Capitol. Empty darkness or civilized darkness. I don't like wilderness."

Ardent shrugged, "Animals that come out at night only take advantage of the fact they can see and you can't."

He looked around him, clearly and definitely calm, "I prefer my mine's darkness, but this is an improvement on the light, if you ask me."

"I don't like it when a large carnivorous creature has an advantage over me. Time Lords have better night vision than humans, but unfortunately not nearly as good as Dwarfs."

Leaves shifted in the jungle. Narvin whipped his head around to look, but between the darkness and the thick foliage, he saw nothing. It could be the wind, or a fox, or a mouse, or a jaguar. He'd never know.

"Well, I'm glad you're enjoying yourself at least."

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[Animals have often been said to have a sixth sense about predicting natural disasters. They get uneasy, and the people around them have no idea why. They're cleverer than we give them credit for sometimes.

So the apes go quiet. And the birds go quiet. And the frogs stay loud, but they seem much further away. There's a brief commotion when an entire flock of aracari goes overhead, shrieking and beating their wings like all hell has broken loose. And if you look at what the bugs on the ground are doing, they all seem to be hauling ass in the same direction as the birds. To something. Or away from it.]

[Narvin has been paying attention to his surroundings, with some senses humans don't even have. So when the noises fall silent and the whole area begins to resonate with the quivering psychic aura of animal terror, Narvin thinks that there's trouble coming and he's right in its way, which is not a good position to be in.

He can abandon his fire and try to hide in the darkness, or he can stay where he is and hope that the flames are a deterrent. He decides to stay, if only so he can see what's coming well enough to fight it, if it comes to that. He scans the black jungle for movement with wide, frightened eyes.]

[The temperature drops ten degrees and there's a crack of branches very close to the camp. A black-on-black shadow separates out of the shade of the trees just enough for an observer to discern that those luminous pinpoints are probably eyes.

Psychically, of course, it'll ping as a perfectly normal human, which does dampen the suspense somewhat.]

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it is because i love him so

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we hurt the ones we love nods solemnly

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when doves cryyyyy

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WAY TO TERRIFY NARVIN

it is my favorite hobby

Sunrise, on the beach

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