Treking through the forest...

Who: Eve, Jasmine, Dean/Amber, White Wolf, Phil, MP, Tara, security
thugs & others...
When: Now...
Where: in the forests
<snip>
"I'm coming too. Nothing else to do round here."
"DEAN!" yelled Jasmine.
"Look, I'm in the body of a 15 year old and both my "parents" are
here. What else can I do?"
"You could lead us to find a cave." said WW.
"I thought someone knew where it was?"
"nope." came the resounding reply.
Suddenly, there was a *SNAP* and
then "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! BUMP!"
"Phil." said Tara, "you realise he was up there to look down all of
the ladies cleavages?"
"Unfortunately yes."
"Just checking."
Phil picked him up and threw him over his shoulder.
"Let's go. I missed out on a feast, and I'm not happy."
"This way!" said Amber's vocal chords, before striding off into the
forest. "Someone drop stones or something!" called out Jasmine.
"I'll do it." said Eve, and she started looking for some. "There
aren't any."
"Damn, waste of a good plan." said WW.
"Here it is." said Dean, a whole 10 feet away. "That was hard."
"Hm... yeah, it's going to be cosy" said Jasmine,
"I'm up for that!" said Dean, smiling, "and I'm pretty sure MP won't
mind!"
<end snip>
The Blue Dwarf crew walked through the forest in a silence for
several minutes, when the quiet was broken by Jasmine saying to
Phil, "Uh, Phil? Where's MP?"
"What? He's right here over my shoulder!" protested Phil, turning and
swinging an empty pair of small trousers into view, "Aw smeg! He
must've slipped out of 'em when I ducked underneath that low
overhanging tree branch."
"Okay everybody, let's double back and start a search pattern,
hopefully we'll find him before someone or *something* else does…"
Ordered the huge hamster.
"I believe I have found your… Gnome." Said a large seven foot tall
muscular lizard like biped with chameleon skin which shifted it's
skin pigmentation from a light green of the nearby foliage to a dark
brown, as he silently stepped out of the bushes and placed a very
annoyed looking Mini-Phil on the ground by the scruff of his shirt,
while carefully releasing him from his razor sharp claws that were
barely clutching him retracted back into the bipeds huge hand, "I
retrieved him from one of the human's animal snares. He appears
unharmed, but seems very prone to biting, while his attempts to do so
did not injure me - it was nearly all that I could do to keep him
from hurting himself, while I attempted to return him to you.
Perhaps, you should take better care of your pets, so as not to lose
him during your future treks…"
White Wolf's eyes bulged for moment, while looking up at the huge
fellows stature, and then he spoke, "Ah, Thank you for returning him
to us. Um… I didn't catch your name?"
"I am called, Gomja." Replies the now brown skinned man, slowly
turning to walk back into the bushes from whence he came, "You will
find your brother on the other side of the mountain, about two days
travel from here, in the metal citadel not far from the orc camps.
But, be on your guard for the great wyrm that resides around the
mountain, I had seen him many times. Paridune to you, fellow
travelers."
Phil looked extremely dubious, "Say what? Who's brother? Yours? And
we're supposed to beware of a worm?"
White Wolf answered confusedly, "I don't know Phil, maybe he's
referring to seeing someone that looks like me, like the peasants
back in that castle." trying to follow Gomja, he called, "Um, Gomja,
could we come along with you? Do you have any friends?"
Gomja smiled as answered, "Certainly - I have no reason yet to not
wish you to accompany me to my hunting lodge. Yes, I do have many
friends, and it is quite possible that we may encounter some of my
friends while we are on our way there. Unfortunately, the only food I
can offer you to eat right now is some of my roast grooti."
"Well, after this trek, and missing out the feast, I'll be glad to
eat roast anything - These pine cones taste better than these left
over JMC rations we've got."
"Very good then, this way…" Said Gomja leading the way, "While we are
on our way, perhaps you can answer a few questions of mine, from what
town or country are you travelers from? And have any of you
encountered the monstrous insects that seem to have taken up
residence in these forests before? If so, could you teach me what you
know on how to battle these fearsome spawn?"
<Again, a Double Group Tag - Blue Dwarf Crewmembers & WoC
Participants>