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“Lucky?” She glanced around but the chicken was nowhere in sight. Maybe it wandered home to Babs? A sizable chunk of centipede was missing, maybe the fowl had eaten its fill. She focused her arcane sight and sighed at the two glowing objects within the bug. Well, at least she had a knife to work with now. The mandibles were separated first, crackling with energy, then she set to work cutting her way into the monster itself.
Thick layers of chitin, muscle, and intestine later revealed the first item, a foul liquid filled organ that she assumed was the heart of the creature. She gingerly set it aside, what exactly she was supposed to do with it was beyond her, maybe Babs would have some insights? She resumed her cutting with a grimace, cutting into the stomach of the creature and pulling out a wooden orb etched with symbols. It crackled with magic, but what was it? She added it to the backpack, another mystery for another time.
<span class="mu-s">7 Centipede Eggs (1) gained
Centipede Mandibles (2) gained
Carved Wooden Orb (2) gained
Hunting Knife gained
Torn Backpack gained </span>
Setting the backpack full of new treasures down on the bank of the stream Mel kicked off her shoes, pulled up her pant legs and let her feet splash in the cool water. She leaned over and looked at her own reflection, black hair just long enough to be disheveled, cut on her eye faded into a scar as expected, and enough dirt, bug slime and blood caked on to grow a garden. She leaned over the water and threw handfuls of it into her face, scrubbing away the grime until the reflection looked familiar again.
Somewhat anyway. She’d always had a face described as pointed or hawkish, but stress, missed meals and lost sleep had sharpened her features. She shook it off, what did it matter how she looked at this point? Her stomach growled a counter argument that she had to concede, fresh water and a touch of cleanliness was nice, but she was completely out of food. And with Babs bringing food over it would be nice to have something to contribute as well. Still, a hundred other things begged for attention.
<span class="mu-s"> Afternoon Day 6 </span>
> Learn a new spell: Imp Summoning, Locate Object, Cure Wounds (Potion Intro), or Emit Light (Rune Intro)
> Meditate to expand mana reserves (Difficult)
> Explore Bird Valley
> Forage up some food, there’s not enough daylight left to butcher an animal, but fruits, nuts, mushrooms add up.
> Write in?
