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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maidenfine" data-source="post: 806392" data-attributes="member: 8927">The rat chase continues. . .Kiohrin managed to keep the rat in sight despite the children crossing his path. It ran down the street and turned the corner to follow the shoreline. Kiohrin was finally clear of the crowd and took off at a run to keep up with the rat. He followed it straight into Scurvytown.As the rat scurried into the basement window of a nearby building, Kiohrin checked out the competition. Only two women were left. One wore a riding skirt and leggings. The other wore baggy breeches. The first had bright red hair tied into two braids. The other had short brown hair cut off at her shoulders.Kiohrin, hoping to lead the women astray, stopped near the building, panting as if to catch his breath. The redhead caught up first.“Did you see where it went?” she asked, panting as she looked around.“Nope. I lost it about 50 feet back. I thought I’d just keep going straight but I didn’t catch sight of it again.”The other woman caught up. “Do you know where it is?” she asked.“No. He lost it,” the redhead scowled. At her words, the dark-haired woman began crawling around, searching the ground. Kiohrin and the redhead exchanged glances.“Found it!” cried the dark girl. She crawled slowly but surely over to the basement window. “It ran in here!” She turned to give Kiohrin an accusing look before climbing through the window.As the redhead followed the other woman through the window, Kiohrin found a door on the other side of the building. As he ran down the stairs and followed the hall, the women were just opening a door.As he entered the room, Kiohrin saw the rat, but it wouldn’t be causing him any trouble. The room was filled with webs and several large cocoons. The rat was desperately trying to gnaw its way out of the webs that held it.“Leave now and I’ll let you live.” A raspy voice from the corner drew Kiohrin’s attention to a pair of eyes. And the spiderlike form visible behind them.“Just let us have the rat and I’ll bring you something even better to eat.” The dark-haired girl seemed brave, if a bit naïve.“How about I eat you.” The spider said, followed by a stream of web headed toward Kiohrin. Kiohrin easily dodged the web. As the dark-haired girl pulled a greatsword to attack, Kiohrin stepped off to one side to open the nearest cocoon.As he tugged on the webbing, Kiohrin felt a tug on his mind. For a split second a chill of fear ran up his spine. Just as quickly as it came, Kiohrin pushed it away. He ripped a section off of the cocoon, revealing a face; one he recognized.</blockquote>

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