[Kaguya]

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A question of sanity

Sanity is a fragile thing, like glass, once broken it is very hard to pick up the pieces. What if you where a perfectly happy person, going about your business, you thought nothing could go wrong, and what goes and happens? the curtain falls and your whole world -every logic and reason- is thrown right out of the window. Do you really think you could still remain sane?

This happened to a group of such individuals. Now, you might be thinking, how did the curtain fall? What happened? Where did they end up? We will get to all ofthis in good time, but first we need to show how it all began, how these normal everyday people came to be in the predicament they are in at the moment.

The year is 1851, the archaeology field is booming, finding a lot on the cultures of the past, but the recent discovery that has everyone in the know talking, is what has been found on the Norse culture, but some so called experts scoff at they myths and history of the Norse people, so a party is put together to see if any real proof can be found to support the myths.

Travelling to Bornholm in Denmark, where a recent discovery has been found, the historical and excavation party meet up, and this is where we shall begin...

[Hermes]

When Horace arrived at the dig site, he was made fully aware of what he had been sent here for. He had thought he fully understood the magnitude of the discovery, but it was truly a different thing to stand here facing its majesty.

A large, gleaming object lay in the background of the dig site, workers sitting and having their lunch, staring, full of awe, at the object. Horace had been told not to go near it, had been told it was dangerous, but not briefed on what that meant. However, he was smart enough to know he wouldn't have been given the order with no reason. He hollerred at the workers to take their eyes away, and focus on their meals, lest he make it the last they eat. He would have not one man or woman lost to lust over this object on his watch. This was his site now, and he intended on protecting it.

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Roland stared even after Horace's order. He couldn't take his eyes away from it, it was just too stunning. He obsessed over it day and night, just wanting to go near it, see it for what it was, feel it in his hands. He, like the rest of the men still here, had been kept out of eyeshot of it, and he was just so curious. He could feel the claws of curiosity digging in his skull, and it scratched and scratched until insomnia ran rampant throughout the camp, for he was not the only one with this beast. However, his curiosity seemed worst of all, others even telling him to try and get some rest, that his eyes looked ready to burst. He knew they were right, but he just couldn't help it...had to have it...

'No, no...' his mind echoed, reaching for some solace in reason, 'It's not your place. Your place is assisting Horace. You get the water, you make the food. You do not go around grabbing up valuable, ancient artifacts.'

Valuable indeed...So wonderful...If only it were mine... Voices, a cacophony in the corridors of his mind, was the last thing he heard before he finally, FINALLY, drifted off for a short rest.

[Kaguya]

Maitsu moved onto the scene, she was Asian by appearance her long raven black hair tied back with a cord made of red silk, though tied back her hair still landed at knee length, her milky jade eyes looked around her new surroundings “My it's cold” she spoke to her self. Looking no older than perhaps twenty years of age and was dressed in a dark blue mandarin suit, she wore glasses, on her left shoulder she had what would have looked like a book bag, but all in all it gave her a somewhat intellectual look. she had been briefed on why she had been sent here, now she just had to find the one who was in charge of digging.

She moved to a digger and smiled gently “Excuse me, I am looking for Doctor Horace, would you happen to know where I could find him?” her voice was thick with her Chinese heritage, and was respectful as she spoke to the elder man. The man not wanting to be disturbed during his break just pointed to the one who she wanted to see before going back to talking to his friends.

Maitsu looked to the man and bowed her head to the man and headed towards her associate, bowing her head a little “Doctor Horance” she said respecting the one she was addressing. “My name is Doctor Yaihu Maitsu, I'm your linguist and translator...” a smile remained as she spoke to her associate “It is a pleasure to be working with you.” she moved her hand forward as to shake his hand.

[Hermes]

Horace tried to make a warm smile at the young woman, but age and the like had withered it down to something more like a baring of one's fangs. Nonetheless, he was a friendly man, and was glad for some human company.

"It's a fine pleasure to meet you. Don't mind my looks, they're just not used to strangers." He thought himself a funny man, though he was becoming ever more aware that he wasn't. Despite that, the jolly way he said thing seemed to make people laugh. "Lift yer head, ma'am, this is a dig site, not an office! We're all friends here. I don' mind if ya want me to call you by any fancy titles, that's a gentleman's duty and such, but I'd like if you'd just call me Horace, er whatever you might like." He put his hand out, "I shake the hand of my fellow man, if ya please." any formality he might have had in his voice faded, as he hoped to make the woman comfortable, by opening up his own casual attitude towards other people. Outside of work, Horace was a casual man, disliking when he had to be strict, but knowing when it was necessary.

[Kaguya]

Maitsu raised from bowing her head, her hair shifting in the light breeze, her smile making her seemingly in her mid teens “Looks count for nothing in this field Doctor Horace, and I would like to bring to your attention I am not a secretary and thus do not work in an office” she felt somewhat offended and belittled at what he had unknowingly insinuated, but her voice and smiled remained.
“I work in one of the most prestigious museums in the world, and just are you are the worlds fore most expert on archaeology , I am the the person to come to when it comes to ancient translations” her milky jade eyes going around the wonders that had been brought to light for the first time in century’s.

She knew however they had one thing that no other could beat them on and that was their knowledge on world myths, she had never met the Doctor before, but she often dreamed when she was a child to one day be good enough to work with him and followed his journals. “Anything I can help with Doctor Horace?” her voice tweeted in excitement, it was easy to see she was raring to go with how her eyes twinkled.

[Hermes]

As Roland drifted off to this "rest", what the rest of the crew saw was his body slumping over and rolling down into the ditch they'd been carving out around the find. Horace saw this a bit tool ate, only after his aide, Fredreick, pointed out that there was a problem.

One of the workers was pointing to where the man had fallen, but wouldn't go down there, as they all had been forbidden to do so.

"Well, it looks like you most certainly can. Help me get my boy down there, looks like he needs the medic!" Horace started to run down the side of the hole, intent on getting the man out and into the sick bay they had set up not two hours earlier.

[Kaguya]

Maitsu looked to the artefacts a smile crossing her feet, her eyes showing excitement, she truly couldn't wait to begin doing her job, it was a wonderful experience seeing things first hand and being able to catalogue the items as they were unearthed. Though she got distracted seeing the man fall into the ditch. She didn't even have to be said she moved the instant she seen the sleeping man fall into the ditch, her face showing concern for the uncontentious man.

She found it strange that the man hadn't even groaned in pain, but she put this down to the fact he was already out for the count. Seeing where Horace had ran to she herself followed him, she was trained in first aid and perhaps not the best medic in the world, she could give some advice on how the best way to get him out of the hole with little back lash.

Maitsu bit her lip a little as she really had a bad feeling about this but she didn't voice it as she put it down to her being nervous, after all she was surrounded by people who had plenty of years of experience to her three years field experience, and didn't want to seem the fool by saying something that would make her seem like an idiot on her first day of the expedition.

[Hermes]

Horae wasn't surprised that nobody else had come to the man's aid, but he wished they had. He wasn't about to ask a lady to help him lift anything, so it looked like this was his job. Horace lifted Roland into his arms, and turned back to Maitsu. "You know anything 'bout medicine ma'am? cause we only have two people on staff in the sick bay, and I know they're both workin' on Richard, so we're gonna need a hand on this one."

[Kaguya]

Maitsu looked and noticed no one else had followed and sighed, 'Human seems to hold little worth in this world, back in the past life held a lot of meaning. Why can't it be like back then?' she thought to herself, but her thoughts where short lived as she heard her companions words. Moving closer to the man she took his wrist, the first thing she needed to check was if the man was still alive.

Her eyes went wide as she moved back a little startled and dipped her head “Horace, he is dead” she said quietly, tears falling from her eyes as she spoke the words, though she hadn't ever met the man she believed all life was special and should be mourned on it's passing. Wiping the tears away she looked to Horace now wondering what was going to happen.

[Hermes]

Horace nearly dropped the man in shock "How? From a little fall like that? But I've seen this man! He was in his prime! I mean, a little twitchy, but that's to be expected out here. Are you absolutely sure?" He looked at the mans face, making sure he memorized the whole thing, for whatever reason he seemed to think this important. "I think it's best we get him up the hill, maybe you read him wrong. I'd damn well hope so. No need for tears, now. these men live a good life out here, for what it is. If he DID go, he went fine." He scooped the man up once more.

"Let's get him up there..." He started to march towards the large tented area they called a sick bay, his face like stone.