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[fallintheriver]

[Guess who spent all night in the rain? And guess who retired to his burrow in the river for sleep, only to wake up in the morning to fog everywhere?]

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do you thinc fog mansters kan suim

[Oh geez he hopes not.]

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[vorpalknifenut]

If you meant frog monsters, most certainly. If you mean fog monsters, I haven't the slightest clue as to their capabilities. You may want to find cover.

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laud

shut up

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[vorpalknifenut]

Your spelling is atrocious. Do you need help?

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spelling is stupid your kraze lev me alon

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[vorpalknifenut]

I'm quite lucid thank you. Are you in any danger or not?

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perobable

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[vorpalknifenut]

Right, now we're getting somewhere. Where are you?

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river

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[vorpalknifenut]

How specific.

I take it you mean the river near the temple area? How far up or down stream?

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to many wurds

just river

dont com if your human

youl die

[That? Was definitely a threat. But through text, it sounds more like a warning than anything.]

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[vorpalknifenut]

Now you're just being ridiculous.

[And Alice is off towards the river~]

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[fallintheriver]

[Ezra has never been good at listening to instructions. He tried to listen to Zeke and stay put, he really did. But the more he felt the things passing by, the more anxious he got. They'll find his hole, and they'll get him.

So when the coast was clear, he swam out into the river, making his way to the temple as quickly as he can without drawing attention to himself. He's making good time, considering how often he's stopping to hide.]

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[vorpalknifenut]

[Alice had a rather good sense of direction when she didn't let herself succumb to various vices such as trailing after small animals into dark holes.

She didn't much fancy herself a hero- she was far too violent, far too insane. But she could never refuse to offer help if someone was in trouble, even if they were some bratty half-wit who'd made residence in a river.

She stopped at the bank, quiet for a moment. The clattering of teeth had faded a little. She knelt, peering into the murky water. No sign of any human life. And if she was any judge, the foul tempered thing probably wasn't human from what he'd said. Maybe some sort of mock turtle.

Well there was nothing for it. Alice took the plunge with surprising grace.]

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[fallintheriver]

[The disturbance in the water took a moment to get to him, but the translation of information was immediate. Something had just entered the river, something that could swim, but not something native to water. It didn't feel like the monsters he had caught glimpses of. It felt... humanoid.

Before he could think to pull himself out of the river, his body reacted on its own, honing in on the disturbance like a missile. By the time he was close enough to be certain the thing in the water was human, it was too late to turn back.

Alice may notice that she is being circled from a distance by a large lizard with reflective golden eyes, as he hums a low, eerie tune.]

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[vorpalknifenut]

[Alice soon spies the thing circling her, and bloody hell if it isn't big. Was that the monster that smart-mouthed juvenile had been hiding from? If soo it was certainly intimidating. But Alice had faced down worse. Much, much worse.

She drew her new blade, nameless for now, and swam, looking for any sign of the boy, though it dawned on her that she didn't actually know what he looked like.]

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[fallintheriver]

[If Alice knew what he looked like, she'd know that she'd already found him. The humming turns to crooning, and the circles grow smaller until he's close enough to bump lightly into Alice.

But he's not being threatening, not in the least--he's playing with you, Alice. Your knife doesn't worry him, not in his current state. He's got you right where he wants you.]