Monday, February 9, 2009

Day 28-31 from the journal of K. M. Bailey

Day 28
Last night on watch, had the tar beat out of me by plant monsters. Damn embarrassing to be so nearly defeated by what amounts to overgrowth with aspirations. Met up with Marion, John and a priest named [Rachel] in the afternoon. Mostly spent today pulling thorns out of ourselves.

Day 29
Returned to the dead town, found that the giant tree was taken, or to have migrated, either way it's gone. Burnt path leading to where it was, a pile of corpses in the center of town. What the hell? Full moon last night may have something to do with it, but my biology instructor always said there's no such thing as were-trees, or something like that. Got my sword back at any rate.

Day 30
Last night on watch, heard a noise in the woods. We set out to find what made it. Found splattered animal remains on the road with some sort of sound-dampening field nearby. Tried to track whatever it was, failed, until Marion found the cause: a young dragon in a cave. Turns out it had been hunting. It told us that evil druids had trapped the tree in the town with the bloodsucker vines. Also confirmed that the thing is carnivorous and likely to head to the nearest human settlement, which can only be Leadvilleton. Dear gods our meandering today led us away from the town and the thing is a day ahead of us on top of that. Pelor guard and protect they people of Leadvilleton, for we may be unable to.

Day 31
Been riding through the night, stopped to rest the donkey. Alcander scouted ahead, said Leadvilleton is safe. Setting out to the waytown.

Found the waytown under siege against a horde of plant monsters. Runners to Ismere say the city is safe. We're setting up to defend the waytown.

Day 32
Last night, I dreamt of Pelor warning me of a mortal struggle that Arcadius may, or will, or must face near the dead town. [Rachel] had the same dream. Very troubling. Does this mean we should return, or stay away?

Marion chose to remain in town to heal and ward the locals. Alcander is… elsewhere. The rest of us set out to find the tree and kill it.

The rest of the journal is currently blank.
Note: I don't actually remember what Rachel's character's name is, in case that wasn't obvious.

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