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"Go away!" The little hedgehog grumbled, poking the blue roly poly with his stick. The bug rolled up and Garret headed off again on his 'patrol' only to turn around and see the bug behind him once more. "Ugh."

The hedgehog continued on, twirling his stick as he 'patrolled' the borders of Fangroot, bug trotting along behind him. He still wasn't sure how the thing had attached itself to him, but it wouldn't go away, no matter what he did. It seemed he was stuck with the roly poly, for now at least.

While Garret was lost in thought about the bug, a voice spoke up from nearby. "Hey you... you look like you eat good enough to be good enough to eat."

The young hedgehog jumped, whirling about. "Who said that?" He clutched his stick tighter as he waited for an answer.

Rhys was pretty happy with the idea of a day away from his little mouse companion. He could use some time with out having to worry about someone else and to just relax, the kidnapping thing had stressed him out a little more than he would have liked to admit. So he decided today would be a day of rest. He had shooed Trix out, telling her to go on an adventure or something (words that without fail would get the mouse out of his fur for a while) and he would remain in the spot that could loosely be called a home.

It was an old hole off of one of the tunnels, abandoned they assumed because the original owner had never shown up again while they had been there. Trix had found it and it was barely big enough for the two of them but it would do until they could figure out how to make one of their own.

Once Rhys had gotten Trix to leave he settled down, curling up in his spot and was about half way to sleep when he heard, "Hey you... you look like you eat good enough to be good enough to eat."

He tensed right away and was torn between feeling a little scared and very, very annoyed. There was still memories of what had happened the last time someone got the drop on him but it was one thing to be snuck up on in the dessert, it was dangerous there and it was another thing entirely for someone to come into your home and bother you.

He sat up and looked around for the source of the voice, "Who's there?" Rhys tried to convey that he was not the kind of person that you messed with, and that he was already annoyed in his tone, but whether he did or not was up for debate.

The fall had come at no suprise to Shai, and he had prepared his body for the landing. He was lucky, falling into a pile of thick leaves, and he merely stared up at the tree for a moment.

He could hear the creatures mocking him, and when one came near, close enough for Shai to grab him, he could only stare at the strange looking thing. "What are you?" It wasn't anything like he had seen before, and that, more than anything had driven his annoyance away, leaving only his curiosity.

Silvia

Under your deft paws, the little creature starts to laugh, falling from your body to the dirt below... as you tickle him, his laughs turn into snorts and then grunts and then before you know it he's gasping for air... "UNCLE!" He suddenly shouts, and with the shout he disappears in a puff of dirty green... smoke-like substance. You don't even have a second to think before he suddenly appears again in front of you, grabs your face on either side with his dirty little hands, says "You Win!" And kisses you full on the mouth... leaving little booger trails dripping off your nose. Then he's gone again, and so are the voices. YOU WIN! GAME OVER~ ... your prize is category 1. (Prizes to be announced later when more people have won to try and keep people from warping the game to get what they want)

Tarke

"It's not supposed to be a fun game at all." The little gnome starts to tap on your shinies. "Lets say I ask you a question... you get it right and you get to leave, you get it wrong and I get this." He pulled up sharply on the necklace. Do you give in? Or do you valiantly fight back? (if you fight back roll/rando a 1-5)

Koriss

"Do it then." His little beady eyes somehow manage to go wide, and he stares at you even more intently. Now that he's this close you can see that he's got a very slimy (probably not boogers, probably not boogers, probably not boogers) region on his lips and under his nose. "KISS! KISS! KISS!" the tree's former chanting changes to just the one word..."Kiss" Do you fight him off? Or Kiss his little booger covered face?

Leandar

You barely have time to hold out the potion when another gnome poofs into existence in the air in front of you, grabs the potion and poofs out again. You look around to see where it went, but before you can call out to it you notice that there are now two other creatures with 'Aunt Marge' and one of them has the potion. The whisper over it for a second and then do a quick rock paper scissors game. Marge apparently loses, because she drinks the potion in one fell swoop and falls backwards in a very theatrical way (gasping and pretending to choke to death, staggering this way and that, and eventually landing in the dirt with a plop.) The other gnomes disappear and suddenly you hear... "good move kitty kitty... now you just have to make a choice... Kiss sleeping beauty to wake her up? Or kill the beast dead with a blade...." All the while Marge lays in the dirt not moving... try and kill her? Kiss her? Walk away?

Etto

*poke* *poke* *poke* "I dunno" the little gnome poking at (what can only be described as) your muffin top pursed his lips under his comical nose and continued poking at you. "You are pretty chub." *poke* *poke* *poke* Suddenly two other gnomes appear out of nowhere and start poking you as well, one in the stomach and the other in the muffin top on the other side. "You're right! He's plush!" Cried one. "So pudgy" Purred the other.

Trix You manage to catch sight of the creature before it disappears again... at least now you know what you're looking for/fighting against. But now it's gone again.... even though it's not gone for long. Before you know it, one of the little creatures leaps up onto your back and wraps his strong little hands over your eyes so you can't see. Do you run? Or stop and try to reason with him... or do you attack him? He is only half your size after all.

Jeeves

"Lemme try." Another stream of yellow liquid joins the first, this one hits you a little more... roll/rando a 1-5 to see if you can see the creatures at all.

Marc and Finn

"Oh yeah..." Came the voice again. "The two o ya together on one spit? That'd feed my family for a week! And there's a lot of us!" Suddenly a rock comes sailing out from nowhere and seems to hit one of you *your choice* in the rear end... "Wanna fight me pussies?"

Clarion

Pine nuts start pelting you from all directions... "DANCE SCARFBOY! DANCE!" Comes a call from away. Do you dance? or run? (run requires a 1-5 random number)

Eglantine

A dirty little gnome creature rolls over beside you and runs a chubby dirt covered finger up your arm, twirling languidly around your heart motif. "good morning baby, was it as good for you as it was for me?"

Roland

Suddenly one of the creatures pops up in front of you out of nowhere. "Where you going goggleboy?"

Leslie

"It's an interesting game." The little gnome chewed on a fingernail, and as he removed his hand from his mouth, trails of booger slime pulled away from under his nose... "It's a known fact that the only reason two creatures ever get this close," He suddenly swept forward to put his face about a noselength away from yours, "is to kiss or kill each other.... so." The other gnomes all jumped off your limbs and backed off chanting "Kiss or kill... kiss or kill..." Quietly in the back ground. The gnome on your chest remained the same distance away, just staring at you. "Kiss me or kill me. Your go."

Imogen

The little creature in your bag rolled his eyes and scooted his feet away from the corner where the bug used to be. Unfortunately you don't feel anything there... the bug really is gone, for now. "You just can't play by the rules, can you."

Epra

"Okay." Came a cheery (but gruff) reply, and suddenly a small gnomelike creature poofs out of thin air in front of you and leaps up to grab your hat. He hangs in front of your face, no more than a noselength away and grins. "You look like you eat good enough to be good enough to eat."

Tuck

"Me!" Came the response. "It's me! I'm there.... or rather, I'm here." A small gnomelike creature poofed into existence in front of you, about ten steps away and grinned at you. "What are you gonna do about it?"

Garret

"I did!" came the response, and a small gnomelike creature appeared out of nowhere in front of you on the path. "Nice bug. You mind if I eat him?"

Winnie

"Hey!" the voice called again... "Nice bug! I had one like that for lunch!"

Rhys

Suddenly the ground in front of you starts to sink and a grubby little hand pops out of the sinkhole and grabs your foot. The grip is strong and the hand drags your whole foot and half your leg down the hole before you can really react.... but I'm sure you do react... flail? kick? scream?

Fran

As you hold your map out in front of you, a thin, splashy, warm, stream of yellow liquid pours down onto the canvas and the trees start to giggle at you.

Shai

The little creature quickly climbs up onto your chest, well within your reach now. "Why, I'm the froggy prince! Or I can be the froggy princess, whatever floats your boat!" The dirty little creature laughs at you. "All I need is a kiss and I can become the creature of your dreams." He puckers up his lips and closes his eyes.... kiss him? Deck him? run? sigh and wish Keppit was less crazy?

Newt and Abeya

Before either of you can react, a small, dirty, gnome like creature pops out of nowhere and leaps on Newt. As the two of them hit the dust, they are enveloped and Newt disappears with the gnome. "Whatcha gonna do now, Mousy?" calls a voice from the treetops. --- Newt (I'm spitting them temporarily so that they're both eligible for a prize.), as the dust clears you suddenly realize that you're sitting on a VERY small island in the middle of a lake... but you're not alone, the gnome creature is sitting (almost cross legged) next to you. "wanna play a game?"

Gormen

As you roll, you catch one of the little creatures under your back, and sadly your spikes pass right through him. When that happens the creature gives a yelp and all of your attackers disappear in a puff of dirt, leaving you all alone... but only for a second. One of the Gnomes appears again in front of you and yells "YOU WIN!" and slaps you hard across the face. YOU WIN! GAME OVER~ ... your prize is category 2. (Prizes to be announced later when more people have won to try and keep people from warping the game to get what they want)

Sunfur

As you walk away the little gnome grins at you and shouts "STALEMATE!" and then they all disappear into puffs of dirt. YOU WIN! GAME OVER~ ... your prize is category 3. (Prizes to be announced later when more people have won to try and keep people from warping the game to get what they want)

Marty

Suddenly the little gnome breaks into a giant grin and does a little dance. "YOU WIN!" called the creature, and then he disappeared into a puff of dirt. Just when enough time has passed to make you nervous about your letter, he suddenly appears in front of you. "Almost forgot two things.... this." He pulls your letter out of thin air, not a trace of rips or even dirt on it... "And THIS!" He suddenly grabs your face feathers and kisses you right on the face before disappearing again, leaving you quite alone this time. YOU WIN! GAME OVER~ ... your prize is category 1. (Prizes to be announced later when more people have won to try and keep people from warping the game to get what they want)

That was most certainly not Tuck! Epra blinked in surprise at the small creature before her and failed to react before the thing had jumped up and grabbed her hat, dangling rather too close to her nose for her own comfort. The thing reeked.

"That's not a nice thing to say. Besides, you look a bit small to be trying to eat me." She reached up to dislodge the thing from her nice (formerly clean) hat. "Shoo. Run along and bother some other beast."

The squirrel's face wrinkled upon sight of the creature. "Ew, what are you?" He asked, both curious and disgusted. He took a few steps closer, intrigued in only the way a young boy could be over something so gross. "You have a funny nose..."

Winnie spread a protective wing over her little bug friend, who was trembling now. "You should be ashamed of yourself, frightening Baby like this! For shame. Speaking of eating bugs. So dreadful. Your mother would wash your mouth if she heard you speaking in such a terrible manner!" The small owl scolded the voice. "Come, Baby. Let's go home." She told the roly poly, which remained trembling at her talons.