Episode 2 Scene 1 The Journey North

Shump administrates heal. Besides doing his best to gather and burn the dead bodies/skeletons, Shump will inspect very closely the spot where he saw his swamp gas female image. He looking for signs she was there. Perhaps she dropped something or some object drew her here. He doesn't know. He is searching. (Assumes someone supplies a means of making a fire. Shump doesn't own oil.)

As the zombie stops twitching, the horse stomps at it once more for good measure, and then trots somewhat proudly back towards the group. With the opponents defeated and no immediate threat - except for the swamp sickness that he hears Shump mention, - Egret slowly returns back to his usual laid-back attitude. He approaches Brindel, and bumps the dwarf with his equine head in a friendly gesture, neighing cheerfully and then reaching to playfully bite at his cloak.

"Shump, I trust your wisdom on this. Is there a better place to camp farther down from here? Hey, ..." he says as the horse interrupts him with a nudge.
Then Brindel pulls his cape from the horse's mouth. "There's no sugar in there."

Does anyone know what happened to Egret?

He turns back to Shump. "I prefer to camp away from the water if possible. And what is this swamp sickness you mentioned? "

Hearing Lex, Brindel turns back to the horse. "Ah, Egret old friend. That is some fine shape-shifting. And fighting."

As he piles away the dead, Here is best for now. Looking to his pile, he says implying he doesn't have a means to burn down the pile, Any Burn be good.

Swamp Fevor. Very bad. Some Yrocs when in swamp. Always close wounds. Don't know others can get.

After pile is done, then Shump will look to try to locate where his swamp gas vison tells him. Shump doesn't go very far as he will not go into the deep water where he believes he saw her. He is just too tired from taking care of the undead and still has damage on himself.

Egret snorts at Brindel's comment - like he could be bribed with sugar! - and bumps against him again in thanks for the compliments. He then raises his head, using the slight height advantage this form grants him to survey the area to check if any other uninvited guests are lurking around. The druid pauses when he sees Shump inspecting the area, and tilts his head in silent question addressed to no one. Perhaps their guide is searching for a safer passage.

Egret paws at the ground absent-mindely as he watches everyone, when a silly thought of whether he could actually eat grass pops in his head; the druid snorts and shakes himself, the horse's long mane whipping around. It wouldn't do to lose focus when there is probably the summoner of these undead around. Speaking of which; he slowly - demonstratively - turns to stare at Lex, fully expecting the alchemist to demonstate some fine pyrotechnics on the bone pile.

Lex and Brindel gather any dry leaves or wood that they can find and puts them on the corpse pile. Brindel adds a couple of torches as kindling, then Lex ignites the pile with a Firebolt from a safe distance. Lex smiles as he feels the warmth of the flames.

Brindel walks to the shore near Shump and asks him, "What are looking for? I'd like to rest here than keep moving until sunset."

Shump as he is giving up looking, When fight, floating lady. There. Few moments. Gone now. He points to the deeper water area. He turns to rest and look over his many closed wounds. He takes time to attend each one. Cleaning as much as possible. Pain doesn't matter to him.

Egret huffs at the notion of camping out here, sending an unimpressed look to Brindel - which isn't very noticeable due to his current equine form. The druid would much rather change locations, for he is already growing slightly agitated by the stench of burning bodies and the newly acquired information about ghostly presence nearby. The horse trots after Brindel, bites at his coat again and motions with his head towards the swamp, trying to convey his wariness about lingering in the area.

After healing who he can and helping Shump stack bodies, Brindel says, "This spot is unsafe. Let's continue forward for an hour, then camp for the night. We'll need all our energy to face the other enemies that are surely ahead."

He turns to Egret, "You look unsettled, my friend. We must trust in our own skills to survive our perilous journey. Shump has proven himself a valuable ally. I trust Gorm Gulthun to help us when needed."

Shump says to Brindel, Travel now and find more undead. Safest place here. Need to rest before more travel.