Tainted Cascade
“It was raining, cool, clear water, the deluge coming down hard onto the ancient bridge and oddly sounding like meat sizzling on a grill.
On guard duty, Thal was the only person awake, the rest still snoring in their bedrolls. Which was only natural, since they’d tangled with a wendigo yesterday and only barely managed to escape by chilling a wild boar and quickly stuffing the corpse with river moss. Since a wendigo would eat nearly anything, it happily consumed the entire boar before continuing... the chase of the gang. Then while crossing a river, the mutie suddenly slowed and fell asleep, the currents washing it quickly away. Delighted the ploy worked, the gang reclaimed their hogs and raced away from the area as fast as possible. When it awoke, the wendigo would be insane with rage, but that was somebody else’s problem to solve.
The crackling of the campfire was low and steady, perfectly matching the patter of the rain cascading over both sides of the bridge. Fishing had been good for the gang, and several fat trout were hanging from the iron rod near the flames, slowly jerking the meat for the long journey to Modine.MoreLess
On guard duty, Thal was the only person awake, the rest still snoring in their bedrolls. Which was only natural, since they’d tangled with a wendigo yesterday and only barely managed to escape by chilling a wild boar and quickly stuffing the corpse with river moss. Since a wendigo would eat nearly anything, it happily consumed the entire boar before continuing... the chase of the gang. Then while crossing a river, the mutie suddenly slowed and fell asleep, the currents washing it quickly away. Delighted the ploy worked, the gang reclaimed their hogs and raced away from the area as fast as possible. When it awoke, the wendigo would be insane with rage, but that was somebody else’s problem to solve.
The crackling of the campfire was low and steady, perfectly matching the patter of the rain cascading over both sides of the bridge. Fishing had been good for the gang, and several fat trout were hanging from the iron rod near the flames, slowly jerking the meat for the long journey to Modine.MoreLess
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