Chapter 1 - Deep Delving

Jonko, either not knowing or not caring, ignores the acidic ooze until Felix points it out. "Huh, thanks for that." Jonko says in his gruff voice. He then looks at his now bandaged arm then around his surroundings.

Felix jumps back from the vine taking his friend. His heart beats with ferocity and his first instinct kicks in, which is to panic and run. He removes his dagger instead and waits with his breath being held. Ready to run away, or intervene at any moment. Even he does not know which!

Jonko lets out a swear and grabs his knife to cut the vine. He sighs to himself "This is going to hurt." as he cleaves through the vine and starts to plummet to the ground. Jonko lands on his arm and lets out a painful cry. He stands up and checks if it broken, letting out a sigh of relief when he finds out it isn't. "That's goin to hurt in the mornin'. Learn from me, fellas, keep your eyes on the ground as well."

Sadoq curses wildly then says Hit the stem, hit the stems! Those should be the base where all moving happens. And to provide an example, he directs his prodding rod at the stems of the nearby vines and stabs and slashes at them until he's panting with exhaustion. While doing this, he gets grabbed and hit several times by sick purple and vivid green 'tentacles', though he remains mainly intact.

He draws back, shakes his head and mumbles Shoulda worked, shit...

Then he looks around at his companions and adds We need to get out of here, fast., then continues on leading the group. However, everywhere he looks there is danger, more agressive flora and fauna than ever before in this dark land.

Felix takes a seat in the dry hollow, "Thank the maker." he says exasperated. "Anything to get off my feet." He looks up at the others, "It's my professional medical opinion that we rest, as my damn feet hurt. Going on would just mean we'd get even more tired and I'd rather us not die from overexertion." He leans back against the wall of the hollow and stretches out. "Anyone have any disagreements?"

Sadoq seems restless, but after a few seconds of contemplation, he defers to Felix's opinion. You are right, we can't continue like this without lying down a little. - and he drops down to lie on his back, watching the sickly green floral dome above the group for signs of trouble.