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Re: (TFT) Solo 1



Day five
Snake meat steak for dinner, now for breakfast. From the look of how much she is grilling it will be for lunch too. Just like you heard, it tastes like chicken. The flooding has gone down a little but this mound is still the only visible dry land. Raccoons are gathered at the waters edge. They have a bunch of fresh water clams. They crack them open on fallen limbs and then wash them before eating. Their opposable thumbs and maners make them seem very human. You realize it has been a long time since you had a bath. Yall load up the Pirogue and set out. Poling along under the arches of moss hanging live oaks, and trees. Eva points out a 'bald eagle'. "He probably ate well last night. They like ground mice, and the water probably drove them out of their homes."
    [get one experience point for seeing a bald eagle.]

An abandoned Home on the bayou appears around the bend. It is weather beaten and overgrown. The wood looks grey with age. Eva speaks up. "Lets stop. An old voodoo lady lived here. She used to worship Simbu, the snake god of darkness. But, she's been gone for years. I might be able to find some cooking supplies in there. At the least she might have tub to bath in." The place is old and creepy. Eva finds everything she needs. She quickly starts a fire and starts boiling many pots of water. "Ohhh, this bath is gonna feel good." She makes you wait outside. About an hour later she calls you in. Redressed and dumping fresh hot water into the tub, she says "Your turn," and goes outside.
   [get two experience points for a hot bath.]

Later she cooks up a great gumbo. Ya'll are gonna stay the night. The gumbo has some fish she caught, some snake meat, countless vegitables, and even some rabit. It is also very well seasoned. This gumbo may be the best soup you have ever had. You lay down on the floor and go to sleep with a smile.
    [get two experience for your first gumbo.]

Due to heavy cloud cover it is dark that night. Very dark. This is what you wake up to in the middle of the night. Why did you wake up? You hear something strange but at first you don't know what it is. Eva is still asleep. Then it hits you. The silence. Every night so far has been a riot of crickets, locust, and frogs. Now there is nothing. Not even wind. You don't like it. Then you really do hear something. It sounds faint and fading yet distressed. You can hear a lady calling out from the wood in the dark. "Heeelllllp Meeeeeeee. Heeeelllllp Meeeeeeeeeeee." A chill goes down your back. That must be what woke you up. You grab your spear and go out the door onto the porch. It is wicked dark out there and you don't like it. "Hellooooo?" You call out. "Is anyone there?" You hear nothing. After standing there for ten minutes you go back in and settle down. You can't sleep. "Heeelllllp Meeeeeeee. Heeeelllllp Meeeeeeeeeeee." You hear it again. It is definetly a lady, somewhere in the wood. Your imagination goes wild. For an hour you lay there, waiting to see if the cries will wake up Lady Eva. The cries continue on and off. You begin to imagine some lady out in the wood slowly sinking in quicksand. You wake up Eva. She's a little groggy, but she sees you are distressed and sits there quietly listening with you. Finaly after fifteen minutes you hear it again. "Heeelllllp Meeeeeeee. Heeeelllllp Meeeeeeeeeeee." Eva lays back down to sleep and mumbles "It's a cat. Go back to sleep." Incredulous you lay there for what seems like eternity. Going out in the dark to fight what may be an Apep or a Voodoo queen doesn't seem like a smart idea. The next thing you know Eva is waking you in the morning light.

Ya'll load up the pirogue and set out. Not very far down the bayou you see a clearing with a fallen log and huge Puma sitting on it. Eva points to it and says "There is your cat right there." She gives you a sideways look. "Did you know they can sound just like a lost girl? They have been know to lure prey that way." Ya'll row on.
    [get twenty experience points for not being eaten by a Puma.]

    David Michael Grouchy II
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