Our adventurers traveled into the dense steel tree forest for a while until they came to a large river. Initial thoughts were to make a log raft, but there was a question about the buoyancy of Steel tree logs which caused them to instead decide to try and make a canoe.
Ray went off and felled a suitable steel tree with his vibro great sword and hauled it back to the others for processing. Florida man and Jayden then set to work trying to shape the tree into a canoe. Neither of them had ever worked with this material before, but Jayden found that like anything else, it became quite pliable with the liberal application of fire. While the trunk was red hot on one side, Florida man used his vibro sword to carve out the molten wood(?) and after a while found himself with a broken vibro sword but a decent canoe.
Wraith went off and bloodily killed some things to throw into the water a ways up river to lure any predators that direction, and then they began to cross the river in their new canoe. The current was very strong and Florida man was having a lot of trouble steering. Jayden stepped up and aided Florida Man and they were half way across he river when they encountered something.
Something large bumped the boat and Grevicus almost fell out but was caught before he could. Florida Man acted fast by seeing the large slithery thing and then jumping into the water onto its back. Florida Man wrestled with it for a moment while Quill attempted to stun it before it wrapped its body around Florida Man and dove.
Before it was completely out of sight, Grevicus dove in after the pair and promptly filleted the monstrous Devil Eel, freeing Florida Man. Then they did a mad scramble to get back in the boat before the current could drag them away and then they traveled uneventfully the rest of the way to the western shore.
The group landed at what appeared to be a mooring spot as there were other canoes like theirs and there was a lot of evidence of foot traffic. They followed the trail to a well established path through the forest and Ray and Florida man ran as scouts.
Ray first found some things dead and stuck to trees and then Florida man found a sing warning of a dangerous Unicorn lair ahead, so obviously had to investigate. Ray and Florida man stalked circles around each other for a while eventually stumbling into each other making enough noise to attract the Devil Unicorn. The monster pounced on Florida Man and cut him up in a sadistically playful way while muttering about new friends before bouncing off into the woods to hide again. This prompted the pair to make haste to join the others who had made their way to the village at the end of the trail.
The village was apparently called Northside E and it was an impressive place primarily because a ley line ran straight through the middle of it. Quill found some kind of strange structure built from dinosaur remains on top of the primary dwelling while exploring the ley line while the others asked about their missing friends and family.
The occupants of the town called themselves Northsiders and were very friendly to the group explaining that the town was neutral territory created by a lot of the local tribes specifically as a center for learning and healing. They constructed a Cradle OF Life atop the 'E' and they performed amazing feats of healing using it.
The Norhtsiders explained that a group of Thurmondites and some foreigners had come through recently but some of the foreigners were lost to the Devil Unicorn. The adventurers decided that they would try and rescue these people and so sought information about the monster. They were told about its sadistic habit of torture and maiming and were told that the town and the local tribes would be forever in their debt if the adventurers were able to kill the beast.
That afternoon into evening the group went into the woods to try and lure the creature out. Ray disguised himself as a tortoise and hid in a bag that Florida Man carried. Florida Man did not 100% understand the bait and switch plan and so when he found the monster attempted to give the tortoise to it. The monster was wary of the Tortoise and made itself scarce for the rest of the day.
That night Quill went back to the town while the others camped out in hopes of attracting the monster. Butch, Jayden and Florida Man lit a conspicuous fire and settled in while Grevicus hid in the woods just outside the campsite. A light rain started and then the monster fumbled right into the middle of the camp. Weapons were drawn and a fight ensued.
Tortoise Wraith attempted to grapple the monsters tail but was not immediately successful. Florida Man tried to kill it with Plasma while Butch pummeled its face with his Gun Arm. They hurt it quite good and so it took off into the woods with Wraith now in dragon form clamped to its tail. Wraith tried in vain to hurt the creature further and Grevicus lunged but misplaced his attack giving the monster a chance to pounce on him and shred him.
With Grevicus laying in a bloody heap on the forest floor, the monster again attempted to flee. What happens next is anyone's guess.
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