Forgotten Heroes IC

[Kafkonia]

Deciding that the swamp is unlikely to present any real burial options, Kay says a brief prayer for the dead man's soul, then stands again.

"I don't know about you, but I'm not in the least hungry right now," she says. "Leave the render for the other creatures in the swamp. It is only natural."

 

[Scotley]

Eglath

Listening to the swamp sounds and feeling uncomfortable in the sticky heat, Eglath speaks, "I think we have paused here long enough. We should be moving along."

 

[Shayuri]

"Agreed," Lily says quickly. "Lets go. I'll keep an eye on the path from above...maybe I can give us more warning the next time something nasty's in our way."

 

[Lot]

Seifer, suffering terribly in his heavy armor, lumber forward.

"Let's keep going then. The sooner we're done in this horrible swamp, the better. I'll head towards the back of the group, though. Don't want me to alert anything we're coming. You know me. I'll probably challenge it to a duel and ruin any tactical advantage we have."

The knight says the words with a joking smile, but he's probably only half-joking.

 

[Amazing Triangle]

The group begins to walk again following the path deeper into the dark, dank swamp. As the mid-day sun moves towards evening you each start to think you see things moving in the swamp. You think you are hearing noises, but at each look and each noise there is nothing like phantoms in the mist.

After five hours of travel you notice a female lizard standing in the middle of the road. She looks at each of you in turn. "Are you the Ungotu?" When no one gives her the answer she is looking for. "Only the Ungotu may meet with my people for we have trained our whole lives to test those that would be the Ungotu. Only the Ungotu may see the book and since you are not the Ungotu you have to leave." She then crosses her arms and waits for you to leave.

 

[Moonstone Spider]

"But we don't wanna see the book." Skitha rasps out, emitting a 198-proof cloud of poisonous breath. "We heard your people are able to drink an amazingly potent alchoholic brew and wish to challenge ourselves by tasting it."

 

[Shayuri]

"Actually, we are the Ungotu," Lily says, descending to just a hair above the mud. "We came for the book after all. And that name's been applied to us before." She glances back at the others briefly.

"So...what tests? We already killed a big old grey render. That's gotta be worth something, right?" She grins.

 

[Moonstone Spider]

"But we wanna try their drinks too right?"

[sblock]Yes, Skitha's an idiot sometimes.[/sblock]

 

[Shayuri]

(lol, it's all good )

 

[Amazing Triangle]

"Is this true for all of you? Do you all wish the test of the Ungotu? Or are there some among you who wish to leave?" The lizard lady does not seem to notice the challenge of drinking, but also does not act enthused in anyway.

"We have tested many who think they are Ungotu, once you commit to the test it can not be stopped. So choose wisely and go home."