[COR-CH3A] Well, that's underwhelming

[Puvel]

In one of the bookshops Puvel frequented the owner recommended a newly discovered book called ’The Journal of Father Tholeau, and the Quest for the Fountain of Youth’. Seeing as Puvel was interested in going off to explore in the New World, this should be an interesting read. It was a good read indeed. Apart from the journal and Father Tholeaus thoughts on life, the universe and everything the book also described some of the nearby islands and wildlife. This made the journal more credible and Puvel started to believe the story might be more than the delusions of a religious nut from Oleon.

After spending some time talking to the more adventurous sailors in the local pubs Puvel got a clear picture of what’s out there. He could then use his trading contacts to meet with merchants that interacted a bit more with the locals of the islands he believed were the prime candidates. He found out there were rumours of inhabitants living for a very long time. The way they described the island also matched with the descriptions of the environments in the book. So Puvel ended up with a pretty good idea of where the island could be found.

After arriving he spend a couple of weeks getting to know the locals and their language. Even if the stories about the Fountain were all false, which in all fairness was a big possibility, it would still make for interesting anthropological research. The natives were very cooperative and soon enough he was able to understand them enough to find out that they indeed lived for many many moons, thousands even! This would mean they live for hundreds of years and that would definitely be a clue for being on the right island. Puvel had to make sure this was not a mistranslation so he double checked and indeed the amount of time the moon needed to wax and wane was their way of counting moons.

One of the evenings the all sat around the campfire with the shaman Griebdaukly talking about the magic in the world. They ended up talking about the well of the gods. Puvel couldn’t believe his luck when he was promised a visit it to the sacred site on their next trip. This was exciting news!

A couple of days later the festivities for the full moon celebration were in full swing. Shaman Griebdaukly told Puvel they would go to the lake to get some sacred water. He was then prepared for the hike with some rituals. The next day they’d go up.

After spending a couple of hours walking up the sacred mountain they arrived at a plateau and ended up by what looked like an average green puddle. Griebdaukly proudly pointed at the little lake and told Puvel this was the sacred lake that blessed them with excellent health and a good life. Puvel wasn’t sure what he had expected but this was still a bit underwhelming.

Then again, this was a humble tribe. Of course it would be a simple ‘Fountain’.

[Bregir]

Great story and nice little build. Is Puvel going to publish any of his scientific findings? Know that the Royal Society of Natural Philosophy has their eyes open on Puvel and his scientific exploits! ;)

[Kai NRG]

Great little vignette, the bright colors are very nice! Purvel has the perfect expression too.

[Puvel]

Great story and nice little build. Is Puvel going to publish any of his scientific findings? Know that the Royal Society of Natural Philosophy has their eyes open on Puvel and his scientific exploits! ;)

Thanks Bregir! Let's hope Puvel doesn't get lost at sea as well or his journal could get lost for a while too

Great little vignette, the bright colors are very nice! Purvel has the perfect expression too.

Thanks Kai!

[Elostirion]

That MOC is far from underwhelming I have to say - great contribution to BoBS from you once more!

[TitusV]

Tough small, this build contains everything IT should: nice fig combos, great story, lovely vegetation...

[Garmadon]

Perfect expression there on Puvel's face, as well as on the two grinning tribesmen! Very nice vegetation and pond/lake too - although, I have to say, drinking from it doesn't exactly sound promising!

[Puvel]

Thanks guys!

[SilentWolf]

This is a great story. It builds the fountain of youth up and then plummets it down with great success. The build does an excellent job of portraying the underwhelming and disappointing fountain. In short, great job!