I had tried to tell the stun jellies what I thought of them as I failed to move a muscle and yet one more beastie crept into the room. There was nothing I could do as a dark troll stomped in from one side and delivered the finishing blow that sent me to yet one more rejection at the feet of the gods. Back beneath the walkway before the adventurers guild, I pieced my shattered pride together and blew off a few sparks.

What now, I thought as I listened to the proposition being shouted to fellow guild members about sneaking up to the pass for some fun. Thinking it was a great idea, I never figured on two things; firstly that I would actually get to lead the group and secondly that it would end most tragically as the group lost quite possibly the best leader they've ever known. *smirks*

It was a little chilly as we followed Aqualizard through the pass, my flame boots kept me well warm however as I tripped up everyone in the group and delivered a skillful charlie horse to Festa when my anxiety got the better of me. I always enjoyed the guild hunts and I was much enjoying this one until we ran into a mage who's curiosity could definitely killed him as he caught wind of our presence and set about uprooting every single one of us from our shadowy safety.

After a lengthy group debate of kill the mage, leave the mage, swarm the mage, hunt with the mage, our forces were divided as Aqualizard got ousted as leader and the position went to Livewire. A wise career choice in my eyes, as I had no desire to let a mage I'd just met lead me about by the nose through a place I had seldom visited and even more rarely survived. Even with Aqua's affirmations, I was apt to follow the others and leave Aqua to hunt with the mage.

It didn't take to long for Live to get a message he was needed elsewhere and the expedition ground to a halt. Left hidden, sitting like bats on the wall, the debate began. So, with the debate raging and my previous attempts to create mutiny and take over the hunt (from the roof) on everyone's mind I was given the lead. Not ever having been this far into the Pass and with no clue as to where we were going, it was determined that there was no kissing or snogging the leader and the hunt began again. Yeti's, Giants, and many cold evil things fell to our small band of rogues, the entire time Aqua and I bragging about kills to prove who's group was the better bonding. *smirks*

Eventually it would have to happen, but Aqua's magi friend coped and he eventually made his way back to our group. We traveled a bit further, passing another hunting group before stumbling into another furious battle of our own creation. Dagger and dirks flew as rogues leapt from the shadows to decent upon their foe, but the battle was too much for some. Balthazore was the first to fall, coincidentally attracting more attention. Too concerned about my group to realize what had happened, I was descended upon by both monster and lag beast and quickly realized I was vitality impaired.

The screams of "nooooo" were many, but I wouldn't allow my stinking corpse to drag even more monsters into the battle and so I decided to visit the gods only to once more feel the rejection of the afterlife and return to charlie horse Festa another day.