Shryke looked around then saw some strange glowing plants. He was about to go and try some as Slurp had said, when he saw some more of the strange, green men. He was much more cautious than he had been last time, as they attacked Slurp on their previous meeting. He screeched to Slurp, but he couldn't see him. He hoped he had heard. Meanwhile, he settled down to wait. He listened to the Mudokons now. He noticed one had many feathers sprouting from his head, elbows and ankles, and was much more brightly coloured than the other, but he was still recognisable sa the same species.
"So, what do you think of this Spooce patch? Seems good, but I have a bad feeling that theres some things around here (he is referring to the Sligs hideout, not Shryke)"
(Shaman)"I sense that too, it is a bad omen that you can sense it too. Maybe we ought not to use this patch regularly, but we might as well gather up what you can in that basket while we're here"
"Hey, what's this?"
The Mudokon picked up a map, but alot more ragged than the other one. It can't have been the same one.
"Looks strange. It appears to be a map or something of the area, some of these things are very recognisable, including our village. It seems very sophisticated. And there's also something scribbled here, its sorta blurry...'base' or something"
"Base for what? This seems weird, lets take it back to the village and have a closer look"
The Mudokons left. Shryke made sure to remember the information in case it came in handy later. He went out into the clearing and chewed on some Spooce. It certainly seemed to be having some effect and eased the pain a bit. There was also a pool nearby, so he washed his arm down. The metal bullet slid out now. That felt much better. He conticued to eat the Spooce. Then he heard the base door opening again.
(The big bro again)"WHAT!? Thats the second map you lost this week, Lou!"
"yeah, but we were attacked by a Fleech and a Shry..."
"Not that AGAIN. I think your playing silly buggars with me, aren't yo? Think its funny to annoy your commanding officer!?"
"Of course not sir. But these creatures, they stole the map..."
"Yes, but they're creatures, Lou. Dumb animals. They can't think straight, for crying out loud, why ddin't you just shoot!? You should be holding your gun at all times, Lou. At least Joe injured one of them, so it can't have been a Shrykull, they're supposedly invincible. We have the most reliable documents available to us that state that clearly. Now get back in there, and thats a weeks toilet duty for you"
"Yes, sir...*sigh*...but I won't know where our base will be until I'm told when I get another map..."
"IF you get another map. And you should know where our base is anyway, you...no. You didn't write 'base' or something stupid on the map, did you Lou?"
"Um...yea..."
"WHAT!? Mudokons can read, Lou! Some of them from that village who used to be slaves will know what it means! Lou, forget toilet duty one week for now, its now a month. And thats after you've retrieved that map..."
"But I can't find it now, sir, and it won't matter. It was written on the other map too. And they're only animals, anyway..."
"How do you know that they were'nt under the Mudokons orders or something? Now get your gun and go find that map...no, both of them. If you're not back here with at least one in 24 hours your on toilet duty for 2 months AND no breaks for a week afterwards either"
"Yes, sir..."
The smaller Slig walked off, while the strange large one stuttered a bit under its weight, then went back inside.
Shryke made sure to remember that too, then carried on eating Spooce. Then he suddenly remembered Slurp 2 again. He'd look for him later, he needed to heal a bit more first. His wound was starting to act up again. But he realised he better be quick, the smell of blood won't do any good at any time during day or night...
OOC: El'Scrabino, quite a bit more info has built up now. Maybe you can try posting again.
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