The Muck Pond

[Fleegle]

(Pie and Leo, I got nothing for you... just continue what you're doing, and AoM, I'll wait for Razorlance to reply before I respond to you guys)

[Leo Luncid]

Andrik went out of focus from the body; whether it made progress into experiencing it's fate or no, one cannot tell for the construct's absence of expression. Moving on, it helped Ithicus into making a proper hole for one such as the turtle to bury, which may only took as much as digging it's fingers into the very earth in one stroke. It then carried the dead and laid it to where it could stand, were it to be alive, and buried it as easily as the hole could be made. It tried to make the dirt pile into a round smooth mound for the burial to be more visible. It stood back to look it fully for the last time before it shook it's head and made leave toward the Muck Pond.

[Pie]

*looks back to the tempal as he is leaving for the muck pond* See you later Ilosep!!!

[Lumin]

Squall was so focused on listening to Gaela and examining and stepping well around the body of the large beast that the light now revealed for the first time, that it wasn't until the new creature by the pond spoke that she even noticed it.

She stiffened, glad she'd brought her club with her, though judging from the size of her adversary she doubted it'd be very effectual. "I really need to get a better weapon," she thought to herself.

Then the creature spoke, and she was relieved that it didn't seem hostile.

Gesturing for Gaela to stay put, she somewhat hesitantly stepped closer to talk, preparing herself to leap back if the snakeman made any sudden moves.

"Uh...hello Skaakh. I'm Squall, and this is Gaela. As for where you are...well, I'm afraid neither one of us can answer that. Apparently Gaela is lost, and I'm just trying to get my bearings myself."

While waiting for him to respond she idly dug her toes into the ground, trying to flip up the rock she'd seen the quick little rodent disappear beneath.

[Schme]

MushBall looked up at the glaring light eminating from the tiny insect.

"The Goddess of life herself has come to tend to me!" he thought happily. "I suppose I'm just that important to the gods. Not that I'm at all surprised."

MushBall would have liked to make a reverent mumble, or perhaps utter some praise and thanks, but he didn't quite feel up to it.

He then lay back down, much happier. "I'm sure she'll be able to fix this." he thought.

[El_Skwidd]

Shaakh, seeing no response from the confused woman, slides away across the edge of the Muck Pond to where he can get a better glimpse of the moon.

He lowers himself closer to the ground and rests a little on his arms, stretching out his shoulders as he watches the orb glide across the sky.

[Fleegle]

(For Pie, Leo, Lumin and El_Skwidd)

Ithicus and Andrik arrived at the Muck Pond to discover two creatures neither of them had met, plus the human female that Andrik had encountered earlier.

(For Schme and Nixit)

As MushBall gazed into the light, he began to become mesmerized. He was no longer in control of his body, and he had difficulty stringing thoughts together. Eventually his mind became a mishmash of unrelated images, sounds, disconnected words and half-words. His mouth went wide and his pupils dilated. The light brightened to a point where nobody in the forest could make out anything else. Almost as quickly as the light came, it vanished. The dragonfly appeared as just an ordinary dragonfly.
MushBall's mouth closed and his eyes drifted shut. He fell into a soft doze, his breathing relaxed. Most significantly, his wound had completely healed, and all the pain had vanished.
Yanisha pulled off the leaf bandage carefully at Bassus' request. She stared in disbelief, as the leaves were covered in blood but MushBall did not appear to have even a mark. Breathing a sigh of relief, she tossed the bandage aside and lay across his chest, laying her head beneath his chin.
"Oh, my Mushy! You are so brave. But you mustn't get yourself killed... I don't know what I'd do without you!"
Of course, MushBall could not hear her words, for he had fallen asleep.

(Schme, you can wake him up whenever you like. You can choose to keep going, or if you want to take a little break, you have that opportunity too. You know that whenever you guys want to, you can have your characters fall asleep for a while if you want to take a break. Of course I have no problem with the insomniac characters You guys have that freedom.)

[Fleegle]

(For Pie, Leo, Lumin, El_Skwidd)

Lumin caught Gaela looking over at the dead Tagus. She wasn't sure whether the look in Gaela's eyes was that of sadness or fear. Gaela quickly looked away as Lumin turned her eyes upon her.

[El_Skwidd]

(OOC: Sorry Lumin, didn't see your post earlier )

Shaakh turns around at the sound of Squall's voice.

"Hello, Squall, Gaela. It appears we are all in the same situation, then."

Shaakh's yellow eyes follow Gaela as she walks over to the body of the Tagus monster.

"What is that... thing? It is enormous! There must have been a great fighter indeed to bring such a beast into submission." He slides closer, unaffected by the smell. He mutters something unintelligible as he looks over the corpse.

[Pie]

*He comes into the muck pond, and is clearly startled by what he sees,Squall standing in a cave.He blushes at the sight of the Woman and he dosent even notic Gaela or Shaakh*

[Leo Luncid]

The tall and erect construct Andrik made a stand-still in front the creatures and turned it's ever searching head around the scene, mostly upon the body of the bear-like creature. It attempted to pick up the body with full strength; if that wasn't to be accomplished, it were to about to drag it instead. Before Andrik made any distance into moving the body, it stared into the eyes of everyone that was here. The helm-like head of aged iron as always never seemed to show anything in it, but it seems like it was waiting for the others to respond about something.

[Pie]

*Ithicus walks up to the rotting corps that is befouling the muck pond, and tryes to see how much it ways, but before he does, he notices Gaela and Shaakh* Hello..... well...... my-my name is Ithicus.

[Fleegle]

(Global statement)
The sun had not yet risen above the horizon, but the sky was quite bright now. The moon just peeked over the horizon as it sunk in the sky. Not a cloud could be seen.

(For El_Skwidd, Leo, Pie, and Lumin)

The dead monster proved difficult to move. Andrik's great strength was only able to shift it a few inches at a time. With persistence, he would be able to remove it from the area. With Ithcus' help, it shifted a little bit faster, for they did not need to rest as much between pulls. It would still take some time to move it, however.
As they worked on the corpse, they noticed a few rats run past them toward the Groff Fields. They seemed to be in a hurry, and were too quick to catch. As suddenly as they had appeared, they were gone.

[Fleegle]

(For AoM and Razorlance - I was waiting for Razorlance to reply, but the wheel of time must roll on...)

"Are you sure, Ao? I'm sure the bridge can hold you, I've seen larger creatures cross it." said Kikkik. He lifted off from Ao's shoulder and buzzed over the bridge, where he waited for Tek and Ao.

[Pie]

*Takes deep breaths after tugging on the bahemath corps*Well... I hope my fate is stronger than me.*He really don't knows what to do, but he just sits doun, and hopes that some elemental creature will come and help move the body.*