Old Friend and New Friend

Whoe wanders into the campsite, in his random wandering, because that what he does.

Jake opens his good eye, he hasn't had much sleep and seeing a shadow in his campsite isn’t a good thing, he stands up and gets his longbow and starts to fire, he gasps as he sees who it is at the last moment as the arrow is fired.

Whoe jumps at the sight of the arrow, and manages to duck. The arrow catches his fez and pins it to a nearby tree. Whoe walks over and pull the arrowed fez out of the tree, and sits there...trying to get the arrow out.

Jake looks at him closely and shakes his head "You shouldn’t just walk into a campsite that isn’t yours, it could be dangerous" He sits down the longbow and yawns, he needs sleep.

Whoe nods. "I see, well...I had no idea I was walking into a campsite, I just found it". He gets the arrow out of his fez, and it now has a large hole in the center of it. "Don't go down the hidden path by the River Moss, there are some crazy shrews there"

Jake rolls his eye and sighs "I am looking for my daughter; she was taken by a monitor Lizard,"

Whoe stares at Jake. "Good luck with that, you know monitors eat meat right. You, me, we are meat"

Jake stares at him as he speaks “I plan on getting my daughter back from the monitor." He stands and then sits down again and gets out his flask of ale and takes a large swig from it and puts it away again.

Whoe looks at Jake "Right...did I mention we are made out of...MEAT!"

Jake shrugs and looks up in the sky "I am expecting a messenger soon so, oh and if you’re so worried about monitors may want to stay put, it's dark soon."

Whoe nods and sits down, pulling out a needle and thread he starts sewing his fez, because you never know when you may have to sew your fez.

Jake watches and hmmms, "Didn't know you could sew, then again you’re a healer, and healer would need to know that."

Whoe nods and finishes the sewing, he then lies down and falls asleep, tired from a long day of wandering and like the hare said...one shouldn't travel in the dark....with monitors or worse around.

Jake watches the hamster fall asleep and looks around the campsite, "Grand..another traveling

companion"

Couple hours later...

Jake is awake and waiting on news it would seem, anyone else is either out doing something nearby or sleeping by the campfire, he looks up into the sky again and sighs.

Chess looks around the campsite curious, the glow and warmth of fire has drawn him close and the fur bearing creature as well, he steps closer and snaps a twig.

Jake looks at the sound, he had noticed something nearby and now sees it, "Why am I getting visitors..Maythus and Rinzo leave to scout, a hamster joins us and now sleeps...what’s this?"

Chess looks at Jake "I am not a this, I am Newt, that is what Chess is..you are fur creature, like small one only bigger"

Jake looks at Chess and is curious "Small one? What small one? , wait a minute" He gets close to the newt now and glares slightly "You seen a monitor by any chance?...large lizard with fangs and claws, would have had a small hare with him"

Chess blinks “Chess see large lizard, large lizard in woods, not see Chess as Chess hide good..Chess see him go..but go north of here not south, have small hare..yes loud hare, small hare I seen yes"

Jake listens to his odd speech and then makes a fist, he slams it into a tree "That thing tricked me!!" he takes a deep breath and looks at the newt "Wot else ya know newt...or Chess, "

Chess backs up and trips over a large log, he frowns and errrrrs "Chess see go..threw woods, north and east...was south and then not south,..Chess thinking not follow monitor, monitor be very bad, forget monitor Mr. Hare, will led to death or worse"

Jake listens as he speaks "It has my daughter, I follow it..and not to worry I have a longbow, I can strike it from a distance...thanks for info, now best be going"

Chess frowns "Chess not stay?...bow hare can protect Chess...it is alright? Chess stay with bow hare, be friend of Chess?...not wants to find monitor, but...help you maybe find the slaver beast, tis not good"

Jake sighs "Fine...may as well join the happy band..and its Jake.." he doesn’t go into the whole long name thing.

Chess nods "Jake great bow hare, yes..I Chess and Chess stay with you and be safe and be friend, Chess has no friends, no friends at all.." he sits down and looks at Jake "Jake have food for Chess?"

Jake blinks and sighs, he looks in his pack “Hmm apples, bread...ale, water...some rice cakes..hard rice cakes...some wild strawberries, nuts..about all"

Chess nods and gets some nuts and pulls out water of his own and half a piece of cheese and eats them, he curls up beside Jake and falls asleep “Friend..." he says.

Jake frowns and moves slightly, he looks up as an eagle lands with a note and sits back and starts to read it.