Chapter Three: On the Road

Round Three: Mryio
Mryio's attack catches the man on the side of the head and he stumbles backward, almost falling over. With a growl, the man turns and flees into the woods.

The stag stares into Mryio's eyes for a moment before nodding at him; a curiously human gesture.

The stag screams in pain as you pull the bolt out, but allows you to do so without other complaint. When the jaws of the bear trap are opened, it steps out gingerly, taking the mushroom eagerly. You watch the wounds heal before your eyes and it stands straight. You realize now that it's as tall as you are, which it didn't seem to be before.

It leaps past you, brushing your shoulder as it goes, and disappears into the forest.

The man struggles to open his eyes, but eventually gets to his feet. He stretches and yawns, "What in the nine hells happened?" he asks as you begin heading back, "And where's Devin?"

"Hmm... maybe," the man says, but doesn't say anything else about it.

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About an hour after Mryio ran off, he returns in the company of one of the other guards, who looks quite tired.

Leda, a female guard, stands up as he approaches, "So... what happened? You're the first one's back."

The guard looks to be a bit dirty, as if he was rolling around on the ground.

Mryio has a couple of bloodstains on his shirt, but nothing too serious.

Two days later, you stop at an inn on the road which is big enough to house all of you. It is called "The Wayward Wanderer" and there is a sign with a picture of a ragged man carrying a sack over his shoulder out front. The place is warm inside and the staff is friendly. It seems to be your standard roadside inn as far as you can tell.

This night, the cultists actually go inside and get rooms rather than staying with their goods.