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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Shaman" data-source="post: 1999669" data-attributes="member: 26473">The scorpion’s stinger lashes forward, missing the legionnaire’s arm. Alerted by Marcel, Dinter sees the scorpion and with a yelp jumps to his feet, then swings his rifle butt at the creature, striking a rock instead. The scorpion, claws extended and tail raised, scuttles under the disturbed stones, out of sight. “Gott in Himmel!” exclaims the German, his face pale.The laughter dies away as Dinter leaps to his feat, then returns but with a nervous quality. Martinez, the Moroccan, says quietly, “You were lucky, Dinter. One of those scorpions killed a friend of my father’s years ago.”Dinter shakes his head. “Scheisse,” he says with feeling. “Thanks, Marcel.”Berg nods at his friend. “Watch where you put your fat arse, Willi. I don’t think Marcel wants to treat THAT wound, ja?” he says with a grinDuval notices the commotion, and says, “Check the ground before you sit down, especially around rock and dunes. There’s a snake you want to watch out for as well as those bugs.”Martinez nods. “Vipers. Very dangerous. They spend the day just under the surface of the sand.” Unconsciously, almost as one man, the legionnaires look around at the ground beneath their feet.The radio handset speaks. “Hourglass 1 this is Trident 1, do you copy?”The jumpmaster takes the handset back from Vidal. “Hourglass 1, go ahead.”“Hourglass 1, start moving toward the junction at 22 Echo 12. Units will rendezvous with you at that location. Good luck.”Duval acknowledges and signs off. “We’re heading for the road junction south of El Abdioh, to meet up with the transport company. Move out.”The legionnaires resume their march eastward. Another hour passes, then another, the sun crawling higher and higher in the sky. The legionnaires notice a gap in the desert floor ahead of them and Duval orders the men to stop and kneel down – motioning to Marcel and Vidal to say put, he moves to the front of the line. “Kerenin, Mador,” he says, pointing ahead, “that’s the Oued Baraba in front of us. Scout ahead. Stay low and be quiet. Signal if it’s clear.”Move Silently, Hide, and Spot checks from Pyotr and Normand, please.</blockquote>

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