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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 721779" data-attributes="member: 9255">UNDER A DARKSUN SEGMENT 014“Unwelcomed Visitor”Leaning back from treating Dogg’s injuries once more, Dutch looks tired.  He and Mania have been taking turns watching for Gith during the day.  Knowing it was time to move on, Dutch decided to try to heal Dogg a bit more before leaving.   Just as he finishes he turns to the north.“Do you hear something?” he asks quietly.Each strain to hear anything in the morning sun.  Just as they are about to give it up to strained nerves  Mania and Dutch see the source of the sound.  A rather large scorpion is checking them out from about 40 feet away.  It pumps it’s legs up and down trying to scare off the already frieghtened adventurers.  It moves half the distance staring at them with it’s multiple black eyes.   “It looks hungry”, quips Dogg getting to his feet.Thinking about anything and everything he knows about scorpions, Dutch contiplates a plan.  Not sure how long Dogg could run if it came to that he suggests to hold still and not move.  Any movement may be concieved as a threatening action.  As he turns back to the scorpion it scitters directly at him to attack.  It misses with both claws.Dogg moves wide to aviod the chitinious creature while Dutch attacks the reaching claws doing damage there and on the body.  Mania steps up to it’s side, nervously watching the bobbing stinger, thus he misses pathecially.  The scorpion does not however.  One pincer grasps an arm and the other a leg of Dutch.  He screams out as the boney barbs pierce his skin and crush the muscle tissue.  The stinger is fended off however.  Dogg strikes it hard with a piercing action under the heavier armor.  It dies before aiming fully the stinger.“You okay Dutch?”  Mania asks as he aids him out of the pincers.   “Uh….I’ll live.   Damned creature never should have gotten so close.”  Dutch hobbles to the side and inspects his injuries.  Deep purple welts fringed by yellow are already forming on his limbs.  “Comon.  We have to move incase any Gith heard this fight and decide to report it or investigate it.”</blockquote>

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