by Narrator » Wed Apr 15, 2015 5:52 pm
It's hard to know what Gemma was expecting. Rumors had abounded about the state of the university, and certainly, like the rest of the countryside, it must have been scavenged for parts and supplies over the years. A disaster zone would probably be an apt way to describe the expectations.
Only...that wasn't what was there. Not really, anyway. From the boundaries of Haley's Pond, one could see that the border of the university--the gated walls and the cliff face, specifically from this angle--were covered in thick, thick thick foliage. Past them, however, things seemed to get...calmer. The grass was even mowed. The sun was shining, and there was a cool sea breeze coming in from...well, the sea, presumably.
The pond proper had a bit of a ring of free space around it, so Gemma didn't immediately stick her head into something nasty. It looked, however, like something had moved some of the hedges from the hedge maze over here, as the pond itself was surrounded by a circle of brambles and thorns, stretching a good 15 feet in the air.