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Gross Swamps,Toads and New Friends-LP LOG/DIbbun Slavers TP

Who:

Zolomon-Corporal, Archer, Runner in the LP

Robert-Private 1st class and Fighter in the LP

Rufus- Sea Gull, Collecter of shiny things, tracker and Fierce Fighter

LOG:

Zolomon groaned it was hot, very hot and he was covered in swamp mud from falling once and sinking another time up to his chest.He frowned as he looks around.

Robert just shakes his head"We are lost and I seen no...wormgrass stuff at all, pools of water or mud puddle..its all one large mud..nasty pool!"

Zolomon frowns "Not so loud Private...that is something else in the swamps too..toads and rather not Bally well see them"

It was starting to get foggy and it was clearly night time to make matters worse. And to make matters even worse was the sound they didn't want to hear....croaking.

Zolomon frowns and lays a paw on his longbow "Ok let's try to avoid them and if possible run"He sighs in relief as they find more solid ground.

The hares are not alone and someone else is here as well and comes sailing,then crashing downwards into the murky swamp making loud cawing noises and other bird like noises.

Robert screams and about falls backwards,a frown"What is that thing!"

Zolomon looks on and frowns as..great a toad is seen,he gets his longbow, arrow found and fires hitting the toad in the face as he tries to quickly think,he finds a long stick and reaches it to the bird "Here..grab it"

The bird look over and grabs the stick with his beck and pulls himself out, flapping mud and slime all over...its a seagull.He looks at the hares "Bunnies...help Rufus, want for bunnies 'ere...'ere is death toads."

Robert frowns "Its a gull...and yeah,duhh toads we know" He says as he tests better ground "Let's leave I am sure wormgrass is elsewhere sure but right now we need to blooming run"

Zolomon nods in agreement with the other hare and glances at the bird,"Follow us, unless you know a better way out of here?" He sighs "Yeah maybe wormgrass is further in or on more dryer land for small mud pools"

Rufus peers at them and flaps again"Wings...gross, no fly like this need wash in big water."He looks at the hares "Rufus know where mud pool be ya ya."He starts walking off.

Robert sighs and follows, but stays alert "We need to stay alert, the toad couldn't have been alone he has to have friends."

Zolomon is always alert, more so now as they follow the seagull," Very true, never is just one toad"

And of course, they were correct, there WAS more toads, about 8 of them trying to surround the 3 beasts, pitchforks and muttering that only toads could even know what it was they were saying.

Rufus puffs up looking double his size "Toads...peeeve off!!!!"He looks like a tough fighter and proves it when one toad comes at them by clawing its chest wide open with his talons and beak.

Robert stabs another toad and sidesteps one as he speaks "Sur we are outnumbered"

Zolomon fires off an arrow at a toad and even though it dies, 3 more take it's placed as he slowly puts away the longbow and grabs Robert "Run!!!!" Its ok to run at times and he is one of the fastest runners.

Rufus claws at another toads eyes and one he grabs flies a short way up and drops it on other toads before half fling, half hoping off!

Robert just sort of hangs on to Zolomons neck  as he runs,he is not a fast runner himself, lets go once and does his best to jog beside him."We..a..are gonna get..even..more..lost."

Zolomon pants and slows, he frowns "I..I know chap.."He scans the area "Where is that bird?"

Rufus soon is beside them "Bunnys in dumb bunnys to run in this yark!"He perns a feather or two and tilts his head at them"Why bunnies in swamps, not in bunny home...is not safe 'ere...bad danger 'ere"

Robert shakes his head "Well...we need this wormgrass"He shows a picture and puts the book away again" Its why needed a mud pool...wot ever that is"

Zolomon is alert making sure nothing else is around to grab chase them down."Yeah and then we need out of this foul place"

Rufus nods "Yay ya.follow me..I take you see" He goes a short distance and points at a greyish sort of muddy place , a its center is the grass they seek but the mud sort of bubbles "Is hot..mud is ya ya.."

Robert frowns "Ok...so now wot sure?"

Zolomon was not sure, he hmmms softly,his attention on the grass and where the mud bubbled"Lets see, how to be a way to do this"And not cut his paw, but he has that vile of stuff to drink from.

Rufus looks at the grass this way and that way as it figureing it out he then flies off and comes back with some bit of old clay of some sort and drops it, he finds more and its a bridge of sort but its clear it wont last too long.

Robert frowns, "Ummm....no way,not getting on that it could be deep and...its steaming!"

Zolomon braves it, quickly running across the odd pathway of clay pices and grabing some of the grass,even some mud with it and gets back panting as the clay pices sink,his boots steam a little as he slides them off and frowns at his paw, the vile he takes a couple gulps of and lays back on the dry land.

Robert walks over, afraid to touch the grass he manages to use a bit of paper to push it into its own sack and closes it.He then cleans and bandages Zolomons's paw "I...do hope thats not sore too long sure"

Rufus suddenly is in a panic"Quick quick they come, they come !" He yells as toads show up, not too happy toads either.

Zolomon nods and then "Oh...great they caught up to us......lets go"He looks at Rufus "Please wot way?"

Robert backs up, saber in paw, "DIrection Rufus...now be good"

Rufus motions to follow him quickly and leads them threw the swamp and to a bit of woods that is along the forest edge.

Zolomon follows quickly and decides its best to not look back,least he likely fail at retrea.

Robert manages, fairly well but his legs hurt from trying to go fast.

They soon lose the toads as the toads stop at the edge of the swampland and seems to decide to go back and leave the hares and sea gull alone.

Rufus walks further till they find a clear stream where he washes off his mud and slime and perns his feathers, it shows he has a lot more white to his feathers than they thought.

Zolomon cleans up as well and further upstream they can get some clean water to drink."Ok...chap...some more to go...just got to find wot ever the lee of the stone is"

Robert frowns "The wot now?"

Rufus perns and answers "Is lee....is side of stone not in wind, is shadowed..cool side, protected side some use for bad storms...why find?"

Zolomon nods and sighs "Well...right now we need some sleep, we can find it soon, likely near elm trees was a clue also." They walk till they find an area where some logs have fallen over a sort of dried up ditch, an old beaver damn makes it not flood...it was dry and shaded.

The 3 friends were alseep....but unknown to them a fourth set of glowing eyes watched them as they slept.

2 herbs down...

1 to go

Last edited by oz (2020-05-24 12:59:33 PM)

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