Ico
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"Hmm..."
"What is it, ma'am?"
"I'm not quite sure yet..."
In the shade of the jungle canopy, two people crouched amidst the ruins of a large wooden building, overgrown and decomposed by decades of neglect. One was a young man, almost a teenager, dressed in a loose t-shirt, its red colour almost completely obscured by encrusted mud and dirt, some baggy jean shorts and sandals. With his hands on his knees, leaning forward, he peeked over the other's shoulder.
"It seems to be a stone idol of some sort... this building might have been a temple, or the chieftain's hut..."
The woman worked to clear the dirt and mud away from the artifact she had uncovered. Her slender hands dug around the stone statue, scooping out dirt with a small garden shovel, and her fingers cleared the remaining mud away with more delicacy. She wiped the sweat off her brow, only to stain her elegant features with dirt, and stood up, stretching her arms and arching her back. She had an elegant figure, and even covered in mud she had an air of nobility. What had once been a white shirt, now a lot more brown in colour, covered her slender arms and sizeable chest, tucked into a pair of khakis pants at her thin waist. She turned to the tan young man beside her.
"Help me pull this thing out of the ground, dear?"
"Yes ma'am."
With some effort, they managed to drag the heavy stone idol out of the dirt. It was oddly large - whereas most idols of primitive cultures were usually no more than a couple feet high, this thing was big enough that its head was at the same height as the woman's chest. If it wasn't missing its legs from the knees down, it might've been as tall as a grown man.
"Well. I think we know what this is now."
"Ma'am?"
"It must be a fertility idol of some description." She said dejectedly while looking at the statue's... distinctive masculinity. Extensive, even. "It is odd that it's so big, and fertility divinities are most often portrayed as women... but other than that, this is not much of a find." She sighed, utterly disappointed. She removed the old school explorer's cap from her head and undid the bun that held her hair. Her blonde locks fell down her back and she ran her hands through it, unbothered by the dirt.
"Alright folks, let's call it a day!" She shouted to the dozen other men and women digging around ruined huts and carrying tools and materials. "Gabriel, Lucas, help me lug this sodding thing back to the camp, please."
With the help of two other men, older and bulkier than the boy who helped her before, she managed to carry the statue back to her encampment by the riverside. They placed the thing in her tent, a large and expensive affair, along with all the other artifacts they'd uncovered so far. After a quick dinner by the campfire, everyone retired to their tents.
Once inside, she wasted no time slipping out of her dirty, smelly clothes. She thanked the gods for modern technology and money. If these were the times of her grandfather, she'd have nothing more than a bowl of water, boiled beforehand to get rid of all the diseases and parasites. She, on the other hand, could just turn on a faucet in a corner of her tent and some water would be pulled from the river, filtered, heated and pumped to her shower.
The hot water washed the dirt away as it fell over her body. Her pale skin glimmered, the light reflecting off her skin like beautiful lines of starlight hugging her curves. God, that feels so good. she thought while she ran her hands through her hair, trying to clean it at least a little. Slowly, she ran them over her body, her arms, her legs, her breasts...
She stopped herself when they touched her thighs. Shaking her head, she put on a night gown and slipped into her bed. It wasn't very comfortable - just a thin mattress on a steel frame - but it wasn't exactly spartan. Her grandfather had to sleep on the floor more often than not.
She looked back at the old cap lying among her dirty clothes on top of her trunk. What would you think of me now, grandpa?... she thought, frowning. As a child, her elderly grandfather had told her stories of his explorations. She'd been fascinated by them, and when she found out there was still so much they didn't know, hidden in jungles and rainforests, she'd made it her life mission to follow his footsteps. But her first expedition was failing to find anything noteworthy. She loved being an anthropologist, and her work was relatively respected, but she felt it would all be meaningless if she couldn't have an adventure like the old man. She looked back toward the idol and scoffed. It was like it was laughing at her.
Well, Elizabeth, what did you expect, digging up ruins? 'Oh, let's start small, I'm sure it won't be a complete sodding waste of time!' Stupid girl... she thought before burying her head in the pillow and drifting off to sleep.
"What is it, ma'am?"
"I'm not quite sure yet..."
In the shade of the jungle canopy, two people crouched amidst the ruins of a large wooden building, overgrown and decomposed by decades of neglect. One was a young man, almost a teenager, dressed in a loose t-shirt, its red colour almost completely obscured by encrusted mud and dirt, some baggy jean shorts and sandals. With his hands on his knees, leaning forward, he peeked over the other's shoulder.
"It seems to be a stone idol of some sort... this building might have been a temple, or the chieftain's hut..."
The woman worked to clear the dirt and mud away from the artifact she had uncovered. Her slender hands dug around the stone statue, scooping out dirt with a small garden shovel, and her fingers cleared the remaining mud away with more delicacy. She wiped the sweat off her brow, only to stain her elegant features with dirt, and stood up, stretching her arms and arching her back. She had an elegant figure, and even covered in mud she had an air of nobility. What had once been a white shirt, now a lot more brown in colour, covered her slender arms and sizeable chest, tucked into a pair of khakis pants at her thin waist. She turned to the tan young man beside her.
"Help me pull this thing out of the ground, dear?"
"Yes ma'am."
With some effort, they managed to drag the heavy stone idol out of the dirt. It was oddly large - whereas most idols of primitive cultures were usually no more than a couple feet high, this thing was big enough that its head was at the same height as the woman's chest. If it wasn't missing its legs from the knees down, it might've been as tall as a grown man.
"Well. I think we know what this is now."
"Ma'am?"
"It must be a fertility idol of some description." She said dejectedly while looking at the statue's... distinctive masculinity. Extensive, even. "It is odd that it's so big, and fertility divinities are most often portrayed as women... but other than that, this is not much of a find." She sighed, utterly disappointed. She removed the old school explorer's cap from her head and undid the bun that held her hair. Her blonde locks fell down her back and she ran her hands through it, unbothered by the dirt.
"Alright folks, let's call it a day!" She shouted to the dozen other men and women digging around ruined huts and carrying tools and materials. "Gabriel, Lucas, help me lug this sodding thing back to the camp, please."
With the help of two other men, older and bulkier than the boy who helped her before, she managed to carry the statue back to her encampment by the riverside. They placed the thing in her tent, a large and expensive affair, along with all the other artifacts they'd uncovered so far. After a quick dinner by the campfire, everyone retired to their tents.
Once inside, she wasted no time slipping out of her dirty, smelly clothes. She thanked the gods for modern technology and money. If these were the times of her grandfather, she'd have nothing more than a bowl of water, boiled beforehand to get rid of all the diseases and parasites. She, on the other hand, could just turn on a faucet in a corner of her tent and some water would be pulled from the river, filtered, heated and pumped to her shower.
The hot water washed the dirt away as it fell over her body. Her pale skin glimmered, the light reflecting off her skin like beautiful lines of starlight hugging her curves. God, that feels so good. she thought while she ran her hands through her hair, trying to clean it at least a little. Slowly, she ran them over her body, her arms, her legs, her breasts...
She stopped herself when they touched her thighs. Shaking her head, she put on a night gown and slipped into her bed. It wasn't very comfortable - just a thin mattress on a steel frame - but it wasn't exactly spartan. Her grandfather had to sleep on the floor more often than not.
She looked back at the old cap lying among her dirty clothes on top of her trunk. What would you think of me now, grandpa?... she thought, frowning. As a child, her elderly grandfather had told her stories of his explorations. She'd been fascinated by them, and when she found out there was still so much they didn't know, hidden in jungles and rainforests, she'd made it her life mission to follow his footsteps. But her first expedition was failing to find anything noteworthy. She loved being an anthropologist, and her work was relatively respected, but she felt it would all be meaningless if she couldn't have an adventure like the old man. She looked back toward the idol and scoffed. It was like it was laughing at her.
Well, Elizabeth, what did you expect, digging up ruins? 'Oh, let's start small, I'm sure it won't be a complete sodding waste of time!' Stupid girl... she thought before burying her head in the pillow and drifting off to sleep.
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