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The Challenge

Imoogi was listening to his brothers blather as he lounged around their lair, helping them as they healed from the mara events. Then one day, the moon rose and something was different. The moon was red, which was wrong. the moon is supposed to be a pretty silver color. Ah-jooh and Ah-mooh were animatedly talking about some swamp that was only accessible during the blood moon. After them non-stop talking about it and complaining how they wouldn't know what was in it because of their injuries, and how they couldn't "test themselves", Imoogi gave in and told them that he would go and see what was there. He contacted the parents and told them what, when, where, how, and why he was going...so much effort....he sighed and headed off to this special spooky swamp or whatever. Those two always got excited about the strangest things.

So all I have to do is explore this swamp, follow various landmarks and find a tiny black flower that glows purple? great.... what were the landmarks again? cliff side on this random coast, a glowing white tree, a fallen statue and a ruin where the flower grows. Might as well get this over with....I hate swamps, the water is all icky.

Passage

Making his way further into the narrow opening, Imoogi kept grumbling as he smashed rocks and scrapped his way through the crack. The wind made a terrible whistling sound and he sighed as it brought the smell of decayed meat to his nose.

Someone needs to finish eating their food. I mean, really? From the smell, that's a really big waste of meat.

He made it to the end of the crack and found an ugly swamp. It was disgusting in a way most swamps weren't and filled with little red eyes looking at him. the path, which was on solid land, lay underneath the surface of water. Water which had grass and random plants growing on top of it.

Great, I'm going to spend weeks in the ocean before I can get this crap off of me. Well, I'm here, so might as well continue on. I think that's the white tree in the distance. At least its fairly easy to spot in this smelly dead place. Why do people want to come here again? Why test yourself in this nasty place when you could just go hunting and do something useful while testing yourself?

Imoogi waded through the plant life that floated on top of the nasty water. As he made his way through the strange swamp, he kept looking for what was looking at him, but saw and sensed nothing.

I'd burn this place to the ground if I could. How disgusting. And stinky. And all this plant stuff is sticking to my scales...ugh.....and these annoying glowing blue fire balls? what purpose do they serve.....stupid things....stupid swamp... That's a strange hooting sound, wonder what creature makes it. I wonder if its edible...

Path- Encounter-Fallen Statue

As he waded through the swamp, the mists swirled around him blocking the view for very far. He made it to the white tree and looked around for the fallen statue.

Whats this statue supposed to look like anyway? Maybe I should just look for a giant rock that might be carved. This stupid swamp has probably covered it in moss and crap anyway.

After a couple of moments of searching for any type of rock outcrop, Imoogi caught sight of a huge stone face of some type. Before he could properly analysis it, the mists swirled and blocked his view again.

Great. So that's where it is but now I can't see it cause of this mist. I wish there was a proper breeze, that'd get rid of it.

He continued on his way, pushing aside the floating plant life as he made his way in the general direction where he had spotted the statue head thing. As he moved further from the tree, the mists began to glow up ahead. It was four of the flying blue fire balls. They lit up the mist and they were directly in his way. Past their vague glowing skull shapes of fire, he could now spot the fallen statue.

argh! these annoying blue flames! I hate them! How dare they stand in my way and make me spend more time in this ugly swamp! Die you annoying things!

Pulling in his magic Imoogi turned and threw his magic out to grab the water and snuff the annoying little flame balls! The water responded sluggishly. There was something that was interfering with his magic. But Imoogi was fed up with the swamp and hungry, hunting outside had not been good and he hadn't seen anything remotely edible in here. He poured even more of his magic and force of will and smashed a skull straight into the swamp. The three remaining wisps scattered and he turned and threw his magic out again to quench another. His way to the statue was clear so he stalked over to it grumbling and muttering darkly to himself. One of the wisps turned and charged him as he reached the statue but then it pulled up....apparently it wouldn't approach the statue. It hissed and sparked and Imoogi grinned at it.

"So you can't do anything you useless piece of light? die!"

And he reached out and physically pulled the wisp under the water with his muddy claws and smashed the soggy land hard. The wisp flickered and faded away, leaving no sign it was there. Snorting in satisfaction, Imoogi turned to examine the fallen landmark. It was a giant stone head. It was chipped and broken in places, but it was still attached to its body. Not that it was any help as the body was submerged and covered in plant growth. Raising his head, Imoogi looked for the next landmark, a glade....or was that a ruins? Maybe both. He stayed still and quiet waiting for the mists to thin in places and show him what was beyond. The swamp was still and quiet and the mists slowly thinned an d thickened, revealing the hiding. Finally, after who knows how long, Imoogi spotted a moss covered ruin in the distance. He left the fallen statue and walked towards the ruins, hopefully they were the correct ones. He was glad that this little adventure would soon be over and his mood improved. Until he stepped right into a patch of orange slime and a foul stench floated out. Trying to not yell, Imoogi raised his claw and swirled it around trying to get the nasty stuff off. His mood was now even worse.

Sneak

Sneaking through the glade to grab a flower and avoid detection by the Babosa is not the easiest task for an over large Khehora....Especially when his colors clearly stand out in this nasty ugly swamp with a red moon shining down. And the mist wasn't in this glade to make matters even harder.....