CORPSEGHOUL SWAMPLANDS and WITCHES HOLLOW

You may choose up to one companion and one accessory to take through the swamp. There is great risk involved to all that you bring along as well as your chosen character, though you may find there will also be equally great benefit.

Any rewards gained in your adventure will be account bound and therefore not tradeable. A handful of the benefits will be for the character you bring only.

Your choice in character, companion, and accessory will impact your story. Different attributes and aspects of your character, companion, and accessory will provide risks or benefits depending on the various encounters, and where one wolf would fail a situation another wolf might pass it with ease.

As the story progresses, encounters will become riskier though you can choose to abandon the adventure at any time. If you choose to remain, you do so understanding the risks!

Muzet has no companions and no accessories to bring with her.
Lets begin!

CORPSEGHOUL SWAMPLANDS - The Beginning

You enter through the low hanging fog into the Corpseghoul Swamplands. Ahead of you lies a large pond surrounded on all sides by boggy and mucky terrain. Frogs in the distance occasionally bellow out an ominous croak (and if you listen closely it sounds a little like "muuuuuurDER." Creepy.)

To move onward towards the Witches Hollow you must go deeper, but how will you overcome the swamp?

1. The pond appears to be deep, and the water is so murky that you can’t tell what lies in wait beneath. There’s gross foliage that might make swimming it difficult, though a larger wolf may be lucky enough to be able to touch the bottom. Do you choose to brave the water?
   
   
2. The terrain surrounding the water is gross, mucky, and squishy when tested with a paw. There is better visibility through this way, though there is the possibility that the ground may not hold your weight at all. Boggy foliage and obstacles are strewn about, that you’ll need to go around, under, or atop. Will you risk the potentially unsteady ground beneath your paws?
   
   
3. SKILL LOCKED: You do not meet the requirements for this path.
   

It must have been the dimming heat of the summer or the spooky stories she heard that led her to the swamplands. If nothing else it was just the mystery of the land that lingered in the thick, low hanging fog. Muzet thought herself rather brave, but being alone in the creepy and mucky swamplands was just a little taxing on her nerves. At least no one was here to see it, but a companion would have been nice. The sounds of the frogs were creeping her out a little bit, their voices moving towards the words of murder but she tried to shake off the feeling. The frogs couldn't kill her right? Or were they some possessed type of demon waiting to merge and swallow her whole? She'd try to keep her paws moving so she wouldn't get caught up with one or a hoard. Her paws would sink into the mucky water and it would take her by surprise at first. But she didn't want to linger in one spot too long in case the murder frogs decided to make their move. She looked at her options as quickly as she could, feeling the squishy muck under her paw pads and looking out at what looked like a more clear path, but she could see where some places were hollow and there was in fact areas below the ground she could fall into. Nope, not getting stuck in a pit with no one could come out and find her. She would go to move forward into the deepening waters. It was unnerving as the sludge grew up her legs, her chest, and eventually she couldn't touch the floor anymore. It was hard to wade through the moss and almost solid liquid around her body but she managed. Did she make the wrong choice? Or would drowning be better than living underground until you died? Muzet chooses option 1: Swim through the water Walk "Talk" Think

FAILURE

The water's chill consumes you as soon as you step foot into the pond, and before you're halfway across you can already feel creatures below you nibbling at your limbs as you swim past. The bite of their teeth stings, sinking in around your toes and wrists and ankles but it is too late to turn back now. By the time you make it across you are wet and weary and your paws are covered in tiny cuts. The discomfort will be a small nuisance, though you know it could have been worse had the swamp creatures had thicker and more powerful jaws.

[Muzet received small, minor cuts to paws as consequence]

THE WITCHES HOLLOW

Further into the swamplands sits a decayed, broken down cottage. The roof appears to have collapsed long ago, and it appears as if no one has been here for quite some time. Jars, broken glass, and beakers lay strewn about the floor covered in a thick layer of dust and grime. Only three items within the hut appear to have been disturbed recently, and your attention is drawn inexplicably towards them.

In the far corner of the room is a package of fresh, aromatic meat. Upon a hook on the wall beside you a gourd full of paint hangs from a thin string. Lastly, a mysterious corked vial of a crystal clear liquid sits alone in a tray on a nearby shelf. Beside the door you see as a small pouch that can fit one item snugly.

The cottage is eerily silent and outside the sun is beginning to set. You cannot stay long, though you have time to take something on your way out.

Your response at this part of the adventure will have great potential impact later in the story. It is not multiple choice, though multiple choices lay before you. Make your choice in character and write your wolf attempting their exit.

As she swam through the sludge, something started to prick at her legs and paws. But soon the pricking grew deeper and painful as she continued her passage to the other side of the lake. She stood on her back paws, just enough to reach the floor of the pond and looked around at her surroundings, hard to speculate through the fog. It was an even way back and forward and she figured she had come all this way and she wouldn’t abandon it now. She would move forward as the creatures continued to nip at her paws and she felt like she couldn’t get away quick enough. When she escaped the sludge, she would struggle to get the algae and moss off her legs to see the damage but what little she could see was not good. "God damn!" there would be little she could do right now to help ease the pain as the muck settled in her wounds but she hoped someone at Habari would be able to help her later. She looked onward to a strange little hut, a structure unknown to her but clearly some kind of shelter. When she entered, her eyes narrowed at the various things inside as the seemed to have been placed recently by someone or something. Her gaze went about the hut, spotting the pouch beside her. She grabbed it, looked around at the options seeing she could only fit one and was pretty disappointed considering she had to get all bit up on the way over here. She’d stick the glass vial inside the pouch and go to leave the hut. It would probably be wise to get out of here before dark, but she didn’t plan to stick around long anyway. She’d stop before leaving taking one last look around to make sure she wasn’t missing anything else. Muzet takes the mysterious corked vial after putting it in the pouch and turns to leave the hut Walk "Talk" Think

FAILURE

Luck is not with you today. As you reach for the vial, a thick wooden carving falls off of the highest shelving and lands heavily upon the side of your skull. It will likely bruise, though upon close inspection there is no bleeding to be found nor any other warning signs of lasting trauma. If you are to take a glance down at the object in question, it appears to have been a chunk of wood masterly carved into the shape of a witch's hat. Hmm. Regardless, you and your pouch and your vial make it out of the house still in one piece.

[Muzet received a bruise to her head, ouch!]

THE FOUNTAIN

Deeper through the marshes you notice a faint glowing, and are inexplicably compelled to follow it. The trees and reeds open up to a pool of clean, clear water that seems out of place in the gross boggy swamp. Bathing within it are tadpoles, hatchling snakes, and other various baby animals.

(UNLOCKED) The vial in your sack glows brightly as you approach, and the cluster of critters turn to gape in awe. One juvenile monkey springs out from the fountain and before you have time to react, steals the vial from under your nose. He flees back to the water and unceremoniously upends the vial into the water, bringing a chorus of cheers from the animals who have made it their home.

You may stop for a moment and investigate, though you cannot stay long and must continue forward before the night grows too dark.

1. Your thirst is calling to you. There are many other bodies of water to satiate it nearby, though something about the strange water is enticing. Do you take the chance to drink from the fountain?
   
   
2. You would not be the first wolf to worry about ingesting something so odd and unnatural, though some part of you knows the water’s importance. Do you take a moment to soak in the fountain rather than drink from it?
   
   
3. If you are exceptionally cautious you might decide against having anything to do with the unnatural pond. You may leave without any part of it touching you, if that is what you wish.
   
   
4. SKILL LOCKED: You do not meet the requirements for this path.
   

"Ow!" Muzet looked up to the shelf of which the heavy object decided to fall upon her head. "Bitch." She'd finally leave the hut, hoping to get out of the swamplands as quick as she could though somehow she was starting to believe she had become lost inside the mysterious place. She was interrupted by a glowing fountain and as she came closer to it she would notice as the vial she had taken from the hut would too glow and brighter the closer she got to the fountain. She looked around warily at the different animals gathered, though perhaps they were all here for a clean drink of water. Still could be optimistic, right? A quick flash of one of the animals swung by as it pick-pocketed her and when she realized that he had stolen the only thing she retrieved from this whole brutal endeavor, she'd shout out, "Hey!" But it was too late and the monkey had drained the vial into the water. A look of angry disappointment came across her face but there was nothing she could do about it now. And besides, all the other animals seemed to be extremely happy about the mixture. Well, at least someone was happy about it. She'd look around again at the animals before putting her head down to take a drink from the water. She wouldn't think it would give her magical powers or anything, though it could have been a possibility. She figured she could get a fill on her thirst before moving on and looking for a way out of the swamp. Muzet chooses option 1: Drink from the fountain Walk "Talk" Think

FAILURE

The multitude of animals watch carefully as you begin to lap at the water, but as soon as your tongue touches it's surface it begins to change in both color and taste. A thick black pitch spreads from the disturbed surface, and the group of creatures all begin to scream at you in heated anger. The monkeys begin throwing piles of mud in your direction, the snakes hissing at you and displaying their fangs. A knot begins to form in your stomach, and your stomach begins to churn. Something is wrong, though it's impossible to define what has been done to you as of yet.

[Muzet received a [REDACTED] punishment, to be revealed and inflicted on adventure's end or early abandonment!]

NOT SUNFLOWERS NOR DAISIES

Journeying deeper, you encounter a bog of all types of sentient plants as wide as the eye can see. Their herbaceous mouths hang open, and they appear to be waiting for an unaware creature to brush by and fall victim to its fast-shutting clasp. You watch in awe as one particularly large one snaps an unaware eagle right out of the air. You must get past them, but how?

1. These dudes look hungry and unlike anything you’ve ever seen but you need to get past them somehow. If you are quiet and appear unappetizing, perhaps you can wander carefully by without drawing their attention.
   
   
2. If you believe you may appear too tantalizing for the carnivorous plants to ignore, you could try your luck with speed instead. As scary as the field of plants may be, they are rooted to the ground and cannot chase you if they miss their first bite.
   
   
3. SKILL LOCKED: You do not meet the requirements for this path.
   

Muzet would try to be quick with her drink but wasn't disturbed by the other creatures thinking they wouldn't be bothered and that the fountain was to share. That was, until they all started screaming and hissing and when she opened her eyes back up she could see the water had turned into something gross and demonic. "What the..." Her stomach started to churn, "Fuck..." As she threw up, the animals started throwing stuff at her, and she was instantly finding herself in circles as she was pelted and eventually she made herself a clear path to bolt from the fountain. She would run through the brush, hitting her shoulders on trees as her vision seemed to be misformed from the mud that had been thrown at her. But she'd come skidding to halt for an eerie feeling that consumed her, and the feeling was not wrong as she looked up at the strange wolf-eating plants craned from above. If she had never been scared in her life it was caught up now, and she didn't know exactly what she should do. So her only instinct was to tiptoe through the pathway, her head swiveling towards the plants with an anxious eye, hoping they wouldn't reach down to bite her as one had swallowed an eagle whole. Muzet chooses option 1: Try and be careful Walk "Talk" Think

FAILURE

You do your best to be plain and beneath the plant's notice, though you inevitably draw some attention from the biggest plants near the end of the field. They crane their long stems towards you, crowding around you and leaving you no room to run. One by one they look you over, and each seem to decide that you're not the tastiest looking wolf they'd ever seen. It looks like you're in the clear, at least until one particularly bold plant unravels his long tongue and swipes it across the top of your muzzle near your nose.

It's as far as he'll go, his taste check has proven to him that you are not a worthy meal. However, as you begin to exit the field the spot where he licked you begins to burn. You realize his tongue was coated in acid, and though you wipe it off in the muck the damage is done.

[Muzet received a MINOR MAIM in the form of scarring upon the bridge of her muzzle![]

THE WITCHES BODYGUARD

An angry, oversized bullfrog with bright red glowing eyes stands in your way and lets out a bellowing, menacing croak. It stands upon a pile of bones three times it’s height and looks prepared to add your skull to it's collection.

1. A bullfrog can’t have been the worst thing you’ve fought or seen others fight, surely it is a winnable battle. You may choose to stand your ground and enter combat with the frog but be warned, he’s a more formidable opponent than he looks.
   
   
2. Sometimes power comes in small packages, and you are not willing to underestimate this particular opponent. While you may not be willing to put tooth and claw against him, there’s always the chance you can outrun him.
   
   
3. SKILL LOCKED: You do not meet the requirements for this path.
   
   

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It seemed her bad luck was finally running out and she was thinking she was just about out of the woods literally or at least the danger part of it. Well, not for long because all the plants ganged together and closed her in, making her cower under their hungry noses. She'd feel only a little relief as they decided to back off and not bother her. Though one plant stayed and stared her down, though it didn't have any eyes to stare. And out of no where, it lashed out across her face and Muzet tried to shake as she felt the burning acid across her face. It was nearly enough to make her cry and tears welded up in her eyes as the pain grew and eventually her nose went numb as the acid subsided. She'd march forward as she tried to wipe the welded tears away to see her path better. And to her not-surprise a demon created bullfrog was in her way sitting on top a pile of bones. At this point she was fed up, "Come on, get outta my way. I'm ready to get out of this damned swamp." She showed her teeth to the frog, and was ready to take a bite out of him. You think she would have tried to run through another way but she felt like if she did that, she would be stuck in the swamplands forever. Muzet chooses option 1: Fight the bullfrog Walk "Talk" Think

FAILURE

Your pathetic attempt at intimidation does not threaten this frog. As you bare your teeth so does he, his jaw prying open to display row upon row of sharp serrated teeth. Your inexperience shows, and with a mighty push of his powerful hind legs he rockets one of his many thick skulls from the pile directly at you. It collides with your front leg, making a booming crack as something inside breaks. Once your adrenaline wears off will be unable to hold your weight any longer. Your saving grace is his deep croaking laughter. For the moment his enjoyment is too overwhelming to fight you further. You take the chance to make it past him before he recovers and comes at you once more.

[Muzet received a BROKEN LEG as punishment! It will heal on the 1st of Winter]

THE WITCH HERSELF

In a flash of sizzling smoke and mist, an old crone apparates. Stooped in posture, she outstretches an arm in your direction, pointing a knobby finger right at you. "You stole my vial, and drank my bathwater!" She accuses, spittle flinging from her dry, thin lips. Her speech continues in a language unintelligible to you, though it occurs to you that it sounds a heck of a lot like a curse!

1. You have only a few moments before her chanting is complete, and without any idea what exactly the witch has in store for you, perhaps you should take this opportunity to run for it!
   
   
2. For all you know her curse doesn’t require line-of-sight, you might not be free from it even if you flee successfully. Would you like to instead try to explain yourself, reason with her and apologize?
   
   
3. SKILL LOCKED: You do not meet the requirements for this path.
   

The Bullfrog was certainly terrifying but Muzet wasn't quick to back down. Maybe the scare and exhaustion had gotten to her, or the plant acid ran into her brain. But either way, the toad's cowardly attempt at an attack was surprising. And even more so to the fact that the skull would collide and actually break her leg. She'd step on her leg a couple times, seeing it wasn't ideal to walk on but would somehow muster the strength to make it past the evil humored frog. She still tried to walk on her leg, but was met by a limp of excruciating pain each time she tried and mostly hopped on her other front. She'd wince at the sight of something magical in front of her, a creepy and daring creature pointing at her and stating truly facts about what Muzet had done. She couldn't really argue with the upright lady and was in no condition to run. If she hurt her leg anymore it would probably be better removed. Her chanting was a bit scary, as was the entire adventure through the swamps. She'd try to quietly interrupt the lady, but also not really wanting to piss her off especially after her encounter with the bullfrog. "Um.... Sorry but I- No one was around and I was thirsty and uh-" Poorly executed obviously which was very unlike Muzet. She was typically very articulate and put thought into more important situations but here she seemed like a scared child. "I think I already kind of got what I deserved..." She'd lift her paw even though she already held it off the ground and not to mention the numerous scratches that invaded her legs and the burn across her face. It seemed even Karma was after her when she took the vial. It would at least be safe to say she learned her lesson. Don't take stuff or drink from cult circle fountains or maybe just don't go into ghostly spooky forests ever. Muzet chooses option 2: Explain and Apologize Walk "Talk" Think

SUCCESS

The witch does not like being interrupted. Her thin lips fall open in argument and her wagging finger continues to gesture with vague anger in your direction. After a moment her movement stops and she instead crosses her frail arms, glaring down at you in silence. "Fine." She relents. It took a bold creature to admit their mistakes and apologize, and the witch was in a forgiving mood. "Leave here and never return!"

With a poof of smoke the witch vanishes, though you can feel her eyes upon you still. It's best to heed her warning and start heading home. In her place something was left behind, though whether she gifted it to you intentionally or merely left it behind you'll never know.  

[Muzet received [REDACTED] reward, to be revealed and inflicted on adventure's end or early abandonment!]

THANKS FOR PLAYING!

Muzet received a total of 5 punishments and 1 reward.
1 punishment is [REDACTED] and to keep things mysterious for other players still deciding their paths, will be revealed closer to the adventure deadline.
1 punishment is shallow cuts on paws (you may write this IC however you wish and heal it whenever you wish)
1 punishment is a bruise on the head (you may write this IC however you wish and heal it whenever you wish)
1 punishment is a minor maim (scar upon muzzle)
1 punishment is a broken leg (this will give you a fight disability, and will heal on season change to Winter!)
1 reward is [REDACTED] and to keep things mysterious for other players still deciding their paths, will be revealed closer to the adventure deadline.

Stay tuned for REDACTED reveal!

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