Session One: The Mountain
Liam struggles with the eel for what feels like forever. He is underwater and out of breath. Miraculously, he is able to retrieve his short sword from its scabbard. With strength he didn't know he had, he hacks deep into the creature's flesh, just under the base of its skull. The blade catches, probably in between two vertebrae, and is ripped out of Liam's hand as the giant eel releases its hold and throws itself away from him. In a flash, both the eel and Liam's sword are carried downstream and out of sight.
Dragging himself out of the muddy water, Liam plops himself down on the bank, intent on catching his breath. Posed on a slime-covered branch is a dark-colored osprey with large, almond-shaped eyes. It stares at you for a moment before gliding behind a cedar tree. Almost instantly, Ileosa steps out from the opposite side.
"Impressive," she says, offering Liam her hand as if to help him to his feet. As she nears him, he notices a few dark-colored feathers in her hair that he doesn't recall seeing before. "Now that you're done with your bath, let us return to the others."
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The walk back to Bryn and Sketch doesn't feel as long this time around. Again, you trek through the wood, and again you quickly become covered in the strange ooze; but the further away from the river you go, the less goop you notice covering things. You find Bryn leaning against a redwood, watching Sketch juggle an apple, two vials of liquid, and a dagger. Seeing you approach, he catches both vials in one hand, and the apple and dagger in the other.
"Oi!" he calls out to you, returning his gear to his pack. "Welcome back! We were beginning to th—oh, what happened to you two?" he asks with a disgusted look on his cherubic face. He dips his finger into the slime on Liam's arm, drawing long, thin strings of the substance.
Do you share your experience with the others?