[ picking it up, making sure there's nothing in it, before beginning to pour water from bucket to bucket. once he's done, he lowers the bucket just a little. . .
There's a little bit of cricket-song and cicada-noises, too, but most of the evidence of anything else living outside in this world is the birdsong, trilling high above when everything stills. Somehow it's only one melody at a time, one singular voice, although each time the tone is a little different, as if it's different birds.
They don't get close, though. And in-between you think you might hear someone whispering, again, distantly, from the well. ]
pulling the bucket up again, empty of water; he's taking his phone out too, open to the instructions but more importantly on with its screen light, tying it to the bucket's rope securely before sending the bucket back down
and the cavern below is something larger and deeper than any real well. it might go down forever, into a roughly round cavern full of impossibly tall monuments that are difficult to look at—
Not any kind of scythe you'd do battle with—just something meant for cutting stalks of wheat. The blade gleams in the light, and the handle—
You have to drop it—the handle is metal, and it's been outside in the sun this whole time, hasn't it? So it's gotten hot enough to burn, leaving your palm bright red and stinging. ]
[ all righty. wrapping some cloth around the handle does in fact make it possible to hold, although it... radiates a sort of uncomfortable heat regardless.
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looking for the bucket to carry the water in with, where's that one ]
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. . .
are there still voices coming from the well ]
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There's a little bit of cricket-song and cicada-noises, too, but most of the evidence of anything else living outside in this world is the birdsong, trilling high above when everything stills. Somehow it's only one melody at a time, one singular voice, although each time the tone is a little different, as if it's different birds.
They don't get close, though. And in-between you think you might hear someone whispering, again, distantly, from the well. ]
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pulling the bucket up again, empty of water; he's taking his phone out too, open to the instructions but more importantly on with its screen light, tying it to the bucket's rope securely before sending the bucket back down
hopefully, this time the journey is illuminated ]
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the bucket travels down,
down,
down,
and the cavern below is something larger and deeper than any real well. it might go down forever, into a roughly round cavern full of impossibly tall monuments that are difficult to look at—
and then something happens. ]
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i do not take responsibility for any of that okay
pulling the bucket and his phone back up, taking his phone off and like. pulling the rope between his hands. is it a sturdy rope or nah ]
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because he really doesn't want to ruin a bucket when he jumps down the well. ]
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godspeed, dude. ]
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looking arounnndddd before going to the tools and picking up the small scythe ]
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Not any kind of scythe you'd do battle with—just something meant for cutting stalks of wheat. The blade gleams in the light, and the handle—
You have to drop it—the handle is metal, and it's been outside in the sun this whole time, hasn't it? So it's gotten hot enough to burn, leaving your palm bright red and stinging. ]
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reeling back, looking at his hand . . . and, trying to heal it (obviously it will not work and i oocly know this but he has to try anyway) ]
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it really stings! ]
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guess this drawn water is going toward cooling my hand off ]
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stretching his hand out a few times, before tearing off some of his skirt to wrap around and protect his palm
back to the scythe. attempt the second ]
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but it's fine! it's holdable. ]
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back to the well. standing on the edge of the well, fitting his foot into the bucket and holding onto the rope with one hand, before
yanno
just jumping in. ]
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