Well rested and well fed, Natasha and Yuria finish up the final touches on the Albino Snake Flask as well as their rudimentary breathing tube system using the snake's intestine.
Yuria's Madness: Natasha, we have 30 meters of intestine, it should be plenty to explore the Langor Pools without breathing in the poisonous gas.. However one of us needs to stay behind and keep the other end safe.
Natasha: Can I be the one to explore?
Yuria's Madness: I wouldn't have it any other way. Natasha: One firm pull means more slack. Two long pulls means I'm ready to come up. And any frantic pulling means I'm rushing out/danger.
Yuria's Madness: Take the flask with you.
Yuria's Madness waited patiently for her companion to return. Listening closely to the ways in which her partner tugged on the intestine understanding when to give slack and ever vigilant for their communicated signal of danger.
But it never came.
Yuria's Madness: Two long pulls. Here she comes.
As Yuria's madness carefully pulled back the line, she watched eagerly for her partner to emerge At long last Natasha returned, with the flask and something alive in the other.
Yuria's Madness noticed the toad before seeing the disappointed look on her partners face.
Natasha: There's no sign of them. I found Xilo's traps and blood from the one he killed. I collected water from the pools and this toad, if there's any chance they're still alive
Yuria's Madness: Natasha.. They were so young. If they've left the pools.. You seen the beasts out here, there's no way they surv-
Natasha: There were other footprints. Besides Xilo, besides our own. Smaller. A woman's footprint.
Yuria's Madness: We've come this far.
Natasha: Exactly. Let's at least make our way out of this forest and head to the public square. Possibly someone knows more information. The two make their way out of the Putrid Forest in search of answers..
Pilgrims of
We have collected water from the Langor Pools, as well as a Rock toad. We offer 1 Band of the Bulwark Token to anyone who can point us in the direction of a Female who may have rescued the Cockatrice offspring.
