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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Eccles" data-source="post: 1541774" data-attributes="member: 5675">The next morning, Halbrinn came out of his trance, and announced to the rest of the group what they had found in their adventures. He then told them that he was exhausted, and needed a rest. So he went to sleep leaving them all to trade magic amongst themselves.When he awoke, the others decided that they were all tired, and needed another night's rest before facing the rigours of Maermydra.Jason, who was perfectly healthy, became extremely frustrated, and began smashing the heads off nearby mushrooms with his maul, until someone asked him to stop destroying the cover.The group slept again, as Halbrinn's body clock adjusted back to resting with the others. (A task made much easier by his Ring of Sustenance, meaning he didn't really need to sleep much at all).Finally, the next morning, the group announced to Jason that they were prepared to go adventuring that day. At least, as soon as they'd finished preparing their magic spells. Jason slumped back into the mushroom-chair he'd managed to carve roughly during the course of the previous day and a half, and waited.An hour later, the priests, assassin and wizard looked up expectantly. "We're ready. Let's - "But Yvgeny was interrupted as the earth beneath him burst upwards, and an enormous mandibled creature smashed through the floor of their cavern, slashing out at him with tremendous claws.Three other armoured, insectile creatures burst out in a shower of rock, one slashing at Jason on his mushroom stalk, and two others turning up on either side of Miles, who flailed around him with his swords to relatively little avail.Jason smashed at the creature, cracking carapace and revealing the flesh beneath. He swung again, this time at the head, trying to smash those strange multi-faceted, beautiful dark eyes. He blinked. Something wasn't right. Here he was, in the dark, with his hammer. And something… big… What was it? Swirly. Crystals? Jason was sure he was close to something. That was it. Something swirly had happened. A big something. And… it was trying to kill him! That was it! A big swirly deep crystalline something was trying to kill him!At that moment, things snapped back into focus. He could hear the shouts and screams of the women and children around him, as he stepped forward to save the day. Bang! Bang! Jason's massive hammer came down upon the head of the strange amphibian which had set his village alight. Bang! A third blow killed the creature, and Jason looked around. They were sneaky things, amphibians. Clear water one minute, clammy clawing hands the next. The women all looked to be safe. But was that an amphibian over there? And why could he still hear screaming? He turned abruptly to the direction of the screams. Or were they yells of rage? No. Screams. The world span, and he became dizzy. So dizzy. Jason suddenly snapped back to himself. The creatures were attacking his new friends! He had to save them. He leapt forwards to smash down the huge creature, as his hammer crashed down alongside the monk's fist blows. As it fell to the ground, he caught one glimpse of its eyes, and his head swam as the world fell back out of focus.He needed to sit down. So he sank onto the nearby big log. It felt slightly warm and slippery, but he'd just cut the tree down, so he was going to sit on it.Nearby, a tittering dryad flitted across the clearing to bash at the side of a large brown ogre. He watched, waiting for the drugs to leave his system.Then he saw it. As the goblins and dryads slashed at the ogres, he saw the evil pixie. It was behind the dryad he'd just saved. It was going to cast a spell! With a bellow, Jason leapt off the warm, bleeding log, and flew across the clearing. His 8 foot axe swept down in one blow, knocking the evil pixie to the floor, and he towered above it, filled with righteous anger.Abruptly, his muscles froze. The ogre-trees fell to the floor, and he was helpless, watching them writhe as they changed into colossal snakes. One of the goblins, which he now saw clearly was some sort of a talking dog, moved to the evil pixie, and touched it. Treachery!</blockquote>

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