shadowbloodmoon
First Post
David and Geoff flip through the journal and notebook respectively, while Dobar slowly grows impatient, itching to explore the ruins.
The journal describes various entries of going out into the desert and searching for the animals that are now in the cages before you. It also mentions finding the remains of a much larger creature in the ruins, but there wasn't enough left of it to determine the type of creature it was.
The notebook contains descriptions of the creatures, but one entry in particular stands out:
The desert worm seems to add segments to its body as it grows. I have found hatchlings with only a single body joint, as well as a huge specimen almost two meters long with several dozen sections. The worms attract the reptiles with a kind of scent exuded from the hairs along their bodies, but when the lizard takes it in its mouth, the hairs deliver a muscle-relaxing poison. The worm then consumes the reptile at its leisure. The poison will affect humans, so the worms should not be handled or numbness and loss of muscle control will result. Whether the desert worm will attempt to consume a human is unknown, but Dr. Thompson is taking no chances. He's ordered us to avoid contact with the creatures, and keep our tents sealed at all times. Since I don't know if there is any size limit to these things, I figure that is a pretty good policy.
There seems to be nothing else of interest in this tent.
Do you guys happen to know what happened to Tyrlaan or thatdarncat? They haven't been around this thread in a while and I'm concerned if they've been bored to death or something.... I have something planned here, but without them.. well, we'll leave it at that.
The journal describes various entries of going out into the desert and searching for the animals that are now in the cages before you. It also mentions finding the remains of a much larger creature in the ruins, but there wasn't enough left of it to determine the type of creature it was.
The notebook contains descriptions of the creatures, but one entry in particular stands out:
The desert worm seems to add segments to its body as it grows. I have found hatchlings with only a single body joint, as well as a huge specimen almost two meters long with several dozen sections. The worms attract the reptiles with a kind of scent exuded from the hairs along their bodies, but when the lizard takes it in its mouth, the hairs deliver a muscle-relaxing poison. The worm then consumes the reptile at its leisure. The poison will affect humans, so the worms should not be handled or numbness and loss of muscle control will result. Whether the desert worm will attempt to consume a human is unknown, but Dr. Thompson is taking no chances. He's ordered us to avoid contact with the creatures, and keep our tents sealed at all times. Since I don't know if there is any size limit to these things, I figure that is a pretty good policy.
There seems to be nothing else of interest in this tent.
Do you guys happen to know what happened to Tyrlaan or thatdarncat? They haven't been around this thread in a while and I'm concerned if they've been bored to death or something.... I have something planned here, but without them.. well, we'll leave it at that.
