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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 7246663" data-attributes="member: 9255">THE HIDDEN: BEYOND NEW WATER04   NEW WATERSEGMENT 126“ BERRIES OF THE NEW WATER”9/6/17NYMM 23, 1000It is nearly nightfall as they (the raiders and PCs) reach a large island.  A small bonfire is here along with many more raiders.They look to each other.  They judge the numbers and possible skill levels.  Feldrix figures this will be no problem-  between his undead status and his heavy armor they will not be able to harm him.  Zig just thinks this will be a good deed done.  Tyson…. Well he wish Zig never got them into this to begin with.  Ayru plans to go either way.There are over a dozen men and women raiders here that immediately attack the trespassers as they hurry through the tall grass towards the raised bed rock the raiders are using for their bonfire.   Having an easy time of it, the honor knight watches and instructs the changeling as he battles.  As a novice swordsman, the cook is doing decent.The battle is over and they relax.  The raiders are defeated.   They even have a fire started for them.  There is a small wooden platform on one island edge a small windowless hut at the other.  Neither seems to have any danger and are unoccupied.   They decide to set up for the night on the platform.With the honor guard watching out over the shallow New Waters, the three others begin to relax.  Zig is suspiciously quiet as he sits at the center and lays out a small cloth.  On these he places all of the fruit he picked.  He does a drawing of the fruit.  Besides it are notes about size, texture and smell.  He pulls out a small knife.  Carefully he stabs into the skin of the strange fruit.  He notes the clear juice that leaks out from the cut.  He fights licking it off his hand.He feels something hard inside.  Looking around to see if anyone is watching him, he returns to the cutting of the fruit; at least he thinks it’s a fruit.   Slowly he swivels the knife and the fruit splits in two.  A hard core is exposed- like that of a peach.  He sets the two halves down and updates his notes with these new findings.Deciding to explore this further, he searches through his bag for a mortle and pedestal.  Even damp, he begins to crush it into a pulp.  Tyson looks over his notes.  He sees a hint of a pattern here.  The Emerald Claw.  Several members have connections with the terrorist group.  The inquisitive begins to think over what he knows about the once honorable knightly order.  Then he hears Zig give out a surprised sound.   He turns and sees the changeling sitting still but his out to his sides.“By Traveler’s untaken path…… what has the fool idiot done now?!?”  He hurries over to him.  Disgusted with the fruit- he tosses them into the brush off the wooden platform.  “Zig!   Zigland!”“What has happened?” calls out Ayru from the shore.“Zig did something with the fruit he found.  I think he ate it.”Feldrix points to the edge of the platform- “He drank tea…. Looks like… it had some…. In it.”“Does anyone have a neutralize poison spell or potion?!?”“OhhhhHHooooHHHooooooOOO “ whistles the cook with a goofy look on his face.“This is NOT the place or time to do this.  You are endangering yourself and us.  Damn it.”   Tyson tries to get the changeling to register that he is there.  He merely looks straight ahead.   He blows a bubble or two from his small mouth.“Either he is poisoned or very high.” Says the half-elf with some mixed concern and humor.The inquisitive slaps the changeling whom only giggles now.  “OhohhhhhOOOOh- Whoooooah…… Hee.“We have… company.” States Keldrix.Tyson and Ayru look to where he is staring and see three very large humanoid figures in the strange star light.  Ogres.“Ummmm…. The skinny ones… okay….  Likes the…. Biggun ones.” Says one giant-kin in broken common.“Elvis….. they called elvis.   Elvis and drawers.”“Drawers good…..” agrees the third one.“Weeeeeeeeeeeee!    Big ones!” calls out the changeling to everyone’s horror.In giant, the three call to each other then move towards the island.  Ayru and Feldrix step up and stand in their way.  Tyson tries to get the changeling to move away.  Not so easy.  He wants to see what is happening.The battle begins quickly.  The ogres are eager to attack and get more food.  The others hopeful that Tyson can get the drugged cook away before the ogres strike.   Suddenly, Tyson sees a glow from the brush followed by strange growling and a strange mix of sloshing and crinkling sounds.  An ogre goes down but the other two remain.  Zig will not go and seems to have increased strength.  “Ogres!   Those are freakin’ ogres!”   “Zig….. I truly hate you now.”  Growls the bardic inquisitive as he struggles to push and pull him back.Suddenly several mutated worms with legs leap and bound down the shoreline.Tyson stares with a look of “WTF now?”</blockquote>

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