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Date Posted: 18:55:11 12/18/01 Tue
Author: Tia, Justin, and Jeremy
Subject: Where those screams we heard?
In reply to: Isobel 's message, "Melee mayhem" on 16:43:21 12/18/01 Tue

Tia was glad to be back among the rest of her traveling companions. Being inside the headquarters of a possible assassin's guild had been rather nerve-wracking. She still felt a little tense as she sat with the others around the campfire. What was supposed to be a fun game had nearly turned into a nightmare for her. She wondered why they all didn't leave this area immediately to find a safer place to camp then remembered that there weren't many safe places in Neromba. If the monsters and undead didn't get you, a damn scorpion crawling up your nose while you slept would!

Thinking of poisonous creatures and assassins made her want to get drunk all over again. With that thought in mind, she reached for Ravin's discarded jug of brandy and took a drink. Her violet eyes glanced around then she shrugged. There weren't many people left to play Jeremy's game. She grinned at Rowan, wondering if they would be chosen to get together in the special cave tonight.

I'm not Jeremy, she reminded herself, thinking that Rowan held special feelings for the otherworldly youth. When she saw Erlic standing off in the distance by himself, she decided to join him. "Do you think we'll get a huge reward for returning that Alakbar boy to his father?"

As Erlic was about to reply, something that sounded like screaming pierced the air. Justin leapt to his feet; withdrawing his sword as he ran towards the cave Marz and Tristan disappeared into earlier. Tia tried not to laugh when the rather rotund merc tripped and fell to the ground; passing out cold after his head hit a rock.

"I think we should be a little more careful," she chirped, before pulling out her daggers and heading for the same cave. She spared a glance at Justin, his deep breathing telling her that the fool hadn't killed himself.

More screams drew her deeper into the cave. When she saw the grotesque monster in the center of a body of water, she wished she had stayed outside! She readied a dagger to throw at the beast but held back when she saw Ravin trying to hit the thing from behind with his sword. Tia knew she was good with throwing knives but what if the creature moved at the last minute and she hit Ravin instead? That wasn't a chance she was willing to take.

She sheathed the daggers then took out her short sword, nearly plunging it into Jeremy when he crept up behind her. "Don't ever sneak up on someone like that again!" she hissed at him.

"Whoa! What the hell is that thing?" he asked.

Tia scowled at the youth then turned around and slowly began to move closer to the water. "The real question is; how do we kill the damned thing?" she muttered, while trying to figure out a plan of attack.

The petite thief nearly gagged when she spotted all kinds of creepy things crawling out of the beast's single eye. She stared in mute fascination at the thing then let out a scream when a tentacle that had been creeping along the ground wrapped around her ankle and dragged her into the water.

The sword flew from her hand when the back of her head connected with the rocks protruding around the stream. Desperately, she tried to retrieve a dagger and keep unconsciousness at bay as she was tossed around in the water.

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