Simpernaturals: Marley’s Passion
Hey all! Just another update as I have more pictures to post! Hope you all are enjoying the adventuring going on! Let’s just jump in, shall we?
When Michael got back to the Villa there was Marley and Melanie sitting at the table, one with a cup of coffee and the other with some juice. They were talking about their day and just as the words “When your father is up....” were said, was the exact time that Michael walked through the door.
“And where have you been?” Marley asked
“Out in the wilds.......”
“You promised me that you were only going to go fishing and come back” she said a little put out.
“That I did, but I thought that if I had a little knowledge of where to go and all that we’d have a chance of not getting lost. Plus, I only went swimming”
“They don’t allow you to swim in the lakes here........where is there a swimming place?”
“Yeah okay........” she sighed. That was Marley’s cue to leave. Michael looked at Melanie and shrugged.
“You should have waited honey........I know its exciting, but it’s exciting to her too”
“Yeah, I’ll go make things right, you’ll see”
“You better” Melanie took a sip of coffee as Michael went upstairs. When he got there though, there was no Marley.
“She left!” Michael called down.
“Not to worry.......I’ll go and talk with the vendors, maybe they saw her” Melanie told him. She sounded so cool and calm, but in her heart she was worried. She got up from the table and went out the door to the market place a couple of yards away from their villa. As soon as she spotted one, she asked them if they saw her.
“Yeah, she got a bunch of supplies and went off into the jungle” a vendor with a thick accent said. Melanie deflated, shook her head, and thanked the gentleman. As she turned around, she bumped into Michael as he was standing right behind her.
“I know” Michael said, looking worried.
“If you are worried....” the vendor spoke up, “don’t be, there are guides everywhere. Chances are she would have run into a hut or two along the way meant for travelers wanting to explore. The jungle itself is dangerous, but we do all we can to keep people safe”
At this Melanie and Micheal visibly relaxed knowing that Marley had a good head on her shoulders. All they could do was to go back to the villa and wait.
Meanwhile, Marley was having a blast! She walked along this path and quickly came upon a site where they must have started digging for artifacts. She got down on her knees and surveyed the area before she started looking herself.
A couple minutes later, she did find some unidentified artifacts that she put in a backpack that she had bought from a vendor. She was so delighted she started dancing and singing to herself.
As she was curious to know what else was ahead and all that she would discover, she moved on to find a tomb! There was an entrance to it that was covered in branches. She swore up and down that she should have gotten a machete for her travels, but hands worked just fine. She would just have to be careful though. Unfortunately, when it was cleared, a swarm of bees started attacking!
That didn’t deter her though, she just found another way in and started looking around the place. She couldn’t believe it, the place was booby-trapped all over the place. Whoever had built this really didn’t want intruders coming in and stealing their stuff. Marley was smart enough to look around and gain some kind of knowledge about the place before she started to try deactivating the traps. It took a lot of doing, but she learned a lot and she found a skeleton that really wanted to talk to her. She was glad that the skeleton wasn’t as frightening as it looked walking around all on its own because it imparted some wisdom too. With all this help she was able to find more artifacts, avoid the dangers even if she did make some mistakes along the way, and even had a blessing of eternal sunshine put upon her!
Half the day had come and gone, but she was having way too much fun! She felt as though she was just about to come to the heart of the place where they buried someone very important. She had to get through one last booby-trap and she was there. It took her a few tries, but in the end it was worth it! As she came up to the stone casket, it took her breath away. She stood in awe for a minute or two and then pushed the top off a bit. There, she found her treasure!
It was a quick celebration, but one she felt personal pride over. She couldn’t wait to get home and clean these off to see if they were real true artifacts she found. However, there was one more spot that she knew she hadn’t been to. It was the very top of the tomb. She thought to herself that that would be the last place to stop because there were stairs leading out of it down to the jungle floor and it was free of any sort of traps.
Getting up, she tracked along the halls and up steps. It was getting hot and humid, but she could feel that evening was going to be coming along soon. She had to hurry and pushed herself get up to the top. Once there, she fell upon another excavation site and started digging there too.
She couldn’t believe how much stuff she had found in there and thought that, after the digging was through, she deserved to post it on social media that she had discovered all of these things on her own. Then, getting up, she took one last look around the place. She spent so long here that she was kind of sad to have to go but she knew her parents were probably going out of their minds with worry. She really didn’t mean to leave without telling them anything, but she was upset with her Dad. If he was going to take off adventuring without her, she was going to do the same thing to him to show him how it felt.
Sighing, she got up and went down the steps. By sunset, she had reached her first digging site again and saw a little picnic area. She thought about how hungry she was, so she stopped and cooked something. She was anxious to get home and share everything, but food had to come first.
At least 45 minutes or so went by and she disposed of what she didn’t eat. She left the site just as she had discovered it. Now, it was time to face the music. Just a couple of minutes later and she was through the front door.
“Young lady.....” Michael said in a firm voice.
“You could have been in SO much danger honey........what were you thinking?!” he started getting visibly upset and angry. It was a good thing that her Mom was there. She landed a hand on his shoulder.
“Most important thing is, is that you are back with us”
Michael deflated, “Don’t ever scare us again.......”
“I’m sorry” Marley hung her head a little. She felt as though the punishment was coming.
“Your father and I had a lot of time to think of a proper punishment.......all day in fact........”
“But,” Michael stepped in, his voice hard, “in the end, you are safe and we are relieved. Consider yourself lucky”
Marley’s head rose up a little surprised that she wasn’t getting punished. She went into the kitchen, breathed, and drank some more water. Soon, her Mom found her again.
“Did you find some neat stuff at least?”
Upon hearing the beginnings of this conversation, Michael hurried in. This was something he really did want to hear about.
“Actually, a lot of really cool unidentified artifacts. That table over there will help me authenticate it all!”
“Cool!” they both chimed in. That was when Marley went in on all that she saw and did that day.
Later, after her talk with her parents she decided to try to authenticate her artifacts. Her Dad, on the other hand, had other plans.
He kept going on and on about how he was glad that she had finally found her passion. She told him though, that she is merely interested and that archaeology was certainly a profession to consider.
Alright, that’s the end of that! Hope you all enjoyed! Come back for more later!
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