Board Thread:Important Logs/@comment-25687356-20171017213941/@comment-28929139-20171022213441

One by one, what was left of the ensemble started branching off to go one way or the other. After trying unsuccessfully to find water, Kai gulped back her shock and immediately kicked into action. She had only ever read this in books and could only hope that this would actually work. Running toward the nearest tree she could find, Kai went and broke off a thin branch and then broke off the three thinner twigs that branched off from that. She ran in the direction of the plain and just far enough out of the forest to be in any direct sunlight that still remained. Stabbing the largest branch into the ground, she analyzed its shadow and planted one of the three twigs at the very edge of the shadow. Then she placed the two remaining ones perpendicularly against that twig while maintaining an off-center distance of 31 centimeters.

After that, she looked around and noticed that the boy with the puppet and Ozai were already on their way chasing after the older boys. Frowning, her eyes flicked off to where the girls and two remaining boys were. The oldest girl was starting to walk off and so was the albino, and immediately she ran after them. Clapping the shoulder of the albino, she tried to stop her. "Please, do not leave. I have an idea." If the albino did at least cease, Kai took off after  [Kyo] and grabbed her arm. "You as well. It was your idea that we stick together, wasn't it?"

Following that, Kai approached the blonde boy and Nobu, walking up to the two of them. "We got off to a bad start, and I'm sorry, but don't leave just yet. Please. Trust me." Kai could only hope that they would indeed just hear her out just the once, and if they did, she would usher them back over to the girls, and she went over to tug Inari back toward the [hopefully] reformed posse. "Inari, was it? Please stay."

Hoping and assuming that everyone had complied, Kookaijunoh would now sprint her way that she'd seen Ozai and Puppet boy move toward. By then, Ozai had been kicked down and [Umut] had been soundly rejected. Moving to help Ozai up to his feet, she looked between them. "Come back to us. I have an idea to get us all through, but I will need all of you." She looked furtively at Umut specifically but also to Ozai, lifting her chin in silent confirmation that she agreed to do what he'd initially asked of her. Kookaijunoh was holding her breath through all of this, in dire hope that they could try this again. Two failures already on the first day but perhaps three was the charm?