Amazing Race (RW Edition) - Fifth Piece of Map
Camp Willow: Willow Tree - Library and Study
<----> Camp Willow - Beneath the Willow Tree - Library and Study <---->
This room is perhaps one of the only ones in the whole camp that has any books in it. There are many bookshelves in here that have an assortment of books in them, as well as old scrolls, maps. The shelves are in the middle of the room, while on the outside against the walls are desk, that are free to use by anyone at any time.
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-- [B]ack [T]o [C]orridor --
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Alteira generally spends most of her time in either a boat or a library, but right now she isn't reading a book, she's pulling book after book off the shelves and rifling through them in search of the map piece. As she looks through one, its binding falls apart and pages flutter to the ground.
Zephyr meanders in (her favorite pace) and leans up against the doorjamb watching her fellow otter as she scavenges through the books. "Well now, not sure the Skippah would be all too happy witcha if'n she caughtya tearin' books apart, eh?" She says it with a smile, just playing around. "What're you doin' in 'ere?"
Sighing, Alteira gently sets the book down on a desk and turns to Zephyr. "Lookin' for the map piece. I 'ad a thought that this would be a good place to 'ide somethin' small, like a piece of a map. 'Ow about ye?"
Zephyr perks up. "I hadn't thought about that! You're right." Suddenly a bit more interested, she enters the room and starts poking through the scrolls and ancient books. "Eeesh though. Lotsa books in 'ere." Paws on her hips, she stands in the middle of the room and looks from side to side, a bit overwhelmed at the task that lays before them. "Errr, did you have a system goin' or somethin'?"
Alteira shakes her head, saying "I was tacklin' this shelf, started about half an hour ago and only 'alfway through it. Maybe... I do this shelf, you do the next? And keep goin' until we find it?"
Zephyr nods. "Sounds good!" She grabs the first book on the shelf, a blue one, and begins flipping through it page by page but soon gets distracted and begins reading the text. "Whoa....did you know that you can get thread out of some catterpillars?" Obviously the entire concept is lost on her and she does not understand silk or silkworms. "Tha's weird..I wonder how they do that..."
Alteira sighs again. "We're lookin' for a map piece... not readin' about caterpillars..." she says quietly while opening up a huge black book. After flipping a few pages, most of the center of the book has been cut away to reveal a rectangular hole. Inside is a small red bag, soft to the touch and secured with a drawstring. "Come an' take a look at this!"
Zephyr is completely immersed in the world of insects and is just fascinated by the fact that dragonflies can't walk even though they have six legs. "Uhm...what?" She glances over to Alteira and whistles low. "Well now, what might that be, eh?" She carefully closes the book and places it on a nearby pile of other books that appear to have already been searched through. "You gon' open it?"
Alteira sets the book down on a desk and takes out the bag. She opens it and carefully pulls out the fragment of parchment. "Wow. We found it!"
Zephyr peers at the small rip of parchment. "What's it say?" In her head she's imagining letters and all sorts of clever colors inscribed on a piece of very old paper. "Did we get th' part with the 'X'?" She laughs.
Alteira chuckles and shakes her head. "No, but I /think/ that's the Moss," she answers, pointing to a thick line on the parchment that has some semblance of a river.
Zephyr traces the line with a fingertip and nods. "Could be, yeh. Hmm.." She looks curiously around the library. "I wonder if anyone else has found one o' these? And also, how many more make up the whole map?"
Alteira shrugs. "Dunno. We could ask around, see if anybeast found one o' 'em mebbe..." She heads for the door, intending to do exactly what she said.
