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Who: Martin Blackwood (gotaknife)
What: October Catch-All
When: October
Where: Throughout Trench

Content Warnings: Will tag the threads as necessary

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3. Lost in the Woods (Open)

[gotaknife]

[When he first wakes up in the middle of the woods, he thinks it's a dream. Probably the most reasonable explanation, he thinks, given he's sure he was in his bed when he went to sleep. Except, no. If it was a dream, he wouldn't be able to tell how uncomfortable the ground is - the way the sticks and tiny stones poke into his back, or the way the leaves itch against his scalp.

Martin sits up, and runs his hands through his hair to shake free the debris. God, how long was he asleep even? It's dark, but it gets dark early in Trench these days, so that's hardly any indication. Long enough to be stiff and sore from sleeping on the ground, at least.

He stands and stretches to try to shake off at least some of the stiffness when the scrap of metal catches his eye and he scoops it up to take a better look. It looks like a round bit of... something? A piece of a watch? Or a compass? Probably just garbage. Probably nothing important. He steps forward so he can lay it on top of a rock, where it will be a bit easier for the next person who comes by to spot when it starts to glow.

That's... weird. Okay. Maybe he'll hang onto it instead. At least it offers a tiny amount of light.]

Right. Oookay then. Now, which way is home?

[There's the uncomfortable feeling of being watched, but that's nothing new, and it only sets him mildly ill at ease until he hears something scuffling through the brush nearby.

He whirls, and brandishing the bit of compass like a weapon, he calls out:]

Who- Who's there? You better show yourself!