Curtis hitched a ride on Igor's antler and the two led Merc's mangled little body behind. They ran for the treeline to meet back up with the others.

"holy shit they're going into the woods. don't they know whats out there? dumbasses." General Igor said with a laugh before ordering his soldiers to continue pillaging the village.

Curtis and Igor rejoined the group and broke the news about Merc. Only nine remained.

"Hey asshole, what do we do now." Nofo asked Curtis impatiently.

"We need to go back and save the village. We can't let that madman slaughter all of those people." Curtis shouted as loud as he could.

"Great. I'm not too keen on fighting an army as an animal you know." said KC.

"Keen." replied Bryce. KC growled in his direction.

"What about the witch?" started DS. "Igor said he stole the potion from a witch when he ransacked her place not long ago."

"wtf I never fuckin said that" replied Igor.

Darren shook his head and continued. "If the general pillaged her place it's gotta be around here somewhere. I've heard stories about these woods. Witches, trolls, and some foul beasts all live out here somewhere..."

The group took in their surroundings for the first time. The trees out here were tall and warped. The usual bright and orange autumn leaves were now grey and soggy. The air was thicker and darker, and strange sounds echoed throughout the winding woods.

"Hey this place fucking sucks." KC added.

"I hate this day." said Bryce as he perched himself on a tree branch above.

"If we can find this witch maybe she can revert us back to our human form?" posed Patrick. "I doubt we can take down Igor and his army like this."

"Looks like we've got our mission. Lets get going." said Curtis.

The group traveled a few hundred feet north. It was one month later.

"Uhhh...how do we plan on crossing that?" Brian asked as he motioned his hoof ahead.

A large valley cut through the earth and blocked the groups' path.


"We're gonna have to find a way around" said Curtis.

"that would take two months ain't nobody got time for that" said Jamie

"Over there!" exclaimed Patrick as he trotted forward.

Patrick led the group to a long, rickety wooden bridge spanning from their side of the valley to the other. The crew looked down below. A raging river could faintly be seen through the thick fog at the bottom of the gorge, lined on either side by jagged rocks.

"This should be fun." said Nofo.



ELIMINATION QUEST




- Each of you must cross the rickety bridge to get to the other side of the valley. One of you will not make it.

- Here is the bridge:

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- Each of you must PM me two things. First, you must place an [x] over TWO spots of the board. You will sabotage that part of the bridge. Anyone who steps on that part will be one step closer to death. You cannot choose the very top or the very bottom.

- Next, you must place an [o] somewhere on each row across the bridge. You need to move from one side to the other. Your spots do not have to be touching. For example you can do either of the following options:

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- You may tell your fellow players where you sabotaged, but is everyone telling you the truth? The person who hits the most sabotaged spots on their way across will die.

- You have until 7pm est tomorrow.



MAIN QUEST

You're all quite hungry since you didn't get to enjoy the village's feast. You come across some mushrooms along the side of the valley. Why not!

A. Eat the short yellow mushroom
B. Eat the sticky blue mushroom
C. Eat the dry black mushroom
D. Eat the skinny pink mushroom
E. Eat the long green mushroom


SIDE QUEST #1

Choose any three players. You cannot choose yourself. You must do this


SIDE QUEST #2

This spooky forest needs a name. Everyone has one suggestion they may post. They name I like best will become canon and the player will receive five coins. Everyone who participates will receive 2 coins.


You have until 7pm for all tasks.

Main Quest

A. Eat the short yellow mushroom
"Yellow stands for coins!! \o/" said Bryce excitedly. It didn't. Him and Igor fell asleep after chowing down and woke up to some of their coins missing. [-3 COINS]

B. Eat the sticky blue mushroom
KC picked the sticky blue shroom. It was so delicious that he licked the slimy substance from his fingertips afterwards. [+4 COINS]

C. Eat the dry black mushroom
Jamie, Patrick, and Nofo, freshly healed of their poison, took a shot at the dried out dark mushroom. After plucking them up from the ground, something else was unearthed with it. [+1 KEY]

D. Eat the skinny pink mushroom
"That's not a mushroom..." warned Bryce. Brian waved off his warning and gobbled down the skinny pink mushroom, head and all. He regretted it immediately after as he began to gag violently, [POISONED]

E. Eat the long green mushroom
DS and Rose each split the long green mushroom. It was delectable and fueled them for the rest of the day. [+20 SPLIT EVENLY]

Side Quest #1

+1 coin for each time your name was chosen.

Igor: 3
KC: 2
Jamie: 5
Nofo: 3
Bryce: 5
DS: 2
Rose: 4
Brian: 2
Patrick: 1

"of course." said Patrick.

Side Quest #2

Everyone suggested a forest name and all receive an easy two coin bonus. All the names were poo so I regrettably choose...Diggleberry Forest. +5 for Bryce instead of +2.

Leaderboard	+
Raccoon: Rose - 40 coins Cub: DS - 30 coins Doe: Brian - 29 coins Owl: Nofo - 17 coins Rabbit: Jamie - 17 coins Sparrow: Bryce - 16 coins Wolf: KC - 15 coins Buck: Igor - 11 coins Fox: Patrick - 10 coins *Brian has been poisoned today

"of course." said Patrick as he looked at his coin pouch compared to everyone else's.

The group of nine and Cumtis stared at the foreboding, rickety bridge before them. It was the only way across.

"imma go first." said Igor as he made his way to the front of the pack. "watch and learn pussies."

Igor stepped his hoof outwards onto the first wooden board. It creaked and bent beneath his weight, but it didn't give. As he crossed the midway point, his large frame slowly began to dim through the thick fog until it was lost entirely. One hoof after the other, Igor steadily made his way across the bridge with absolutely no issue.

"LETS GOOOOO!" echoed from the other side of the valley, a sign that he had made it across safety.

Jamie and Brian were next. Brian pranced across as Jamie hopped from plank to plank. Brian's heavy hoof jammed down on a board and snapped it in two, sending the shards of wood tumbling down the deep valley. Brian regained his composure and quickly galloped the rest of the way. The two made it to the other side and rejoined Igor.

"You're one of the lightest, I think I'll go with you." Curtis said to Bryce as he hitched a ride on his wing.

Bryce flew a bit from board to board, the air too thick with fog to allow him to fly straight through. Even his small weight managed to snap a few boards, but the two made it by with little issue.

"Ready partner?" Rose said as she faced DS. Darren sighed. Despite being just a cub he was still undoubtedly one of the heaviest of the group. He didn't like his chances as he waddled his way onto the bridge with Rose just ahead.

Rose danced from plank to plank swiftly as Darren nervously followed suit. His fears were unfounded as the two made it across with little issue.

KC, Patrick, and Nofo remained. They stared down the long bridge, now missing a few more planks.

"Together?" asked Patrick.

"Sure." said KC. Nofo nodded in agreement and flew onto the first beam.

The three slowly crept down the bridge in a single file line. Nofo flew onto the next plank just as it fell loose. He lunged his body forward and managed to land safely onto the next one unharmed.

Curtis and the other six waited nervously on the other side. The thick fog made it impossible to see what was going on, but the sound of planks snapping didn't sound good. Suddenly, the shadow of a figure grew larger and larger as it slowly came into view...





It was Nofo. He faded into view and managed to rejoin the group. Everyone's attention turned back to the bridge where KC and Patrick's fate hung in the balance.

"Hey hurry up." said KC as he marched behind Patrick.

"I hate heights. The wife and I once went to-"



-SNAP-



A board beneath KC gave out suddenly. He slipped down and clawed ferociously at the board in front of him. Patrick sprung into action and turned back to help his former partner. KC's claws dug deep into the wood as his back two legs kicked in the air below the bridge, trying to find some traction.

Patrick held out his front two paws and tried in vain to grip onto KC.

"I don't have any thumbs!" he shouted.

Just then, Patrick lunged over KC's head and positioned himself behind him. Using the force of his snout and forehead, he managed to push KC's body upwards enough for him to claw himself back to safety.

The two regained their breath and composure before chuckling at the close call.

KC continued with Patrick right behind. Patrick took a step forward and heard the board beneath him crack. He looked down and saw the cracks spreading from his paw before looking back up at KC.

"of course." Patrick uttered as the board completely gave way.

Patrick's furry body plunged through the newly formed hole and careened down the valley. KC screamed out as Patrick's shrieking grew more and more faint on his way down. His body crashed off the jagged rocks lining the valley, silencing his screaming and sending him into the raging river below. He was lost.

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Patrick has been eliminated