Bad Luck Andie II [Badlands Treasure Roll - Complete]

[Andrea Thaddeus]

some coincidences are deliberate

not really / 3 | 4 for November / 268

After managing to reach her brother and letting him know that there was a sparkling package waiting for him (in a way, it was like her belated birthday present for him) she was back again at the “excavation site”. She knew that they only got four chances to search, and this was her third. Who knew if she’d be able to get something again? After falling in line, she then unzipped her backpack and began applying as much sun block as she could all over her face, her arms, and her legs—not minding the fact that the line was moving. As the line moved, she walked forward too. Once she’d reached the “inspection tent” and had turned her things over for checking—she then waited for the guards to give her the green light; and cone she got the “go signal”, she then proceeded out to the area.

Reaching for the collapsible shovel that she’d tied to one of her backpack’s straps, she then shook it open so that it unfurled to its full length, and after looking around as discreetly as she could for a place she hadn’t violated yet. Once she’d spotted an area that hadn’t been disturbed yet, she then proceeded to dig through the area, making sure to avert her eyes from the ground as necessary—because expecting too much had gotten her into a terrible skid of bad luck. Best to just dig, dig, and dig until I find something of value. Can’t get my hopes up too much… she thought to herself as she continued to shunt aside piles of dirt.

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CODED BY DUCKIE OF GS

[Sylvie]

Dig Dig Dig . . .  What's this?!
Congratulations, You've found  CHARIZARDITE X !

[Andrea Thaddeus]

some coincidences are deliberate

not really / claiming! / 293

After shuffling and wiggling around for several moments, Andrea had finally managed to find the “rhythm” that she was looking for. After tossing aside shovel after shovelful of dirt, she thought she’d caught sight of something glimmering up at her. Huh…? Could it be…? She thought, quickly tossing the shovel off to one side and scrambling to the pile that she’d been casting off in order to continue the searching there. I’m sure I spotted it here… it can’t have been in the ground… come on, come on, come on…! She thought frantically, never mind that she’d forgotten to slip on her working gloves (yet again) as she brushed aside the rather large pile of dirt that she was now working on. Come on, don’t get lost on me! She continued with a rather frantic look on her face as she then decided to paw through the mound that she was digging through; and began shunting aside handfuls of dirt behind her.

Never mind the fact that her clothes were getting dirty, but she just really wanted to make sure that she had not seen that sparkling under the ground and had dismissed it as a figment of her imagination; and after some silent minutes of panic-digging—she’d found it. As she extracted the bluish marble, she then noticed that it had something similar to the reddish-tinted marble that she’d given to her younger brother (and was definitely not expecting the hefty exchange for it), but this one… spoke a different set of volumes entirely. “Well, wonder who would be in the market for this shining thing…” she said to herself, examining the bluish hue before quickly polishing it and then retrieving her carrying case, before dropping it inside and sealing it up.

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CODED BY DUCKIE OF GS