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A decent sized creek runs through the forrest from west to east crossing under a small wooden bridge. The bridge connects a road across the creek running north and south. The creek is shallow and swift and the water edies and swirls around large rocks and boulders that rest in the creek bed. You can see lots of trout swimming around in some of the deeper parts of the creek. This little bridge would make an excellent fishing spot!

Head North up the road
Head South down the road
Head West along the banks
Head East along the banks

~When I first arrived.~
I had seen someone heading south, but decided to avoid human contact at the moment and continued west along the banks.

Dangerboy continued south bravely following his compass.

Anza stopped at the middle of the bridge and smiled at the sight. Nature at one of its best... she thought. Then her stomach grumbled at the sight of the trout. "Ugh... fish... now I'm hungry..." she mumbled.

The Gwee stirred from his long catnap and jumped off her head onto the railing of the bridge and stretched. "Ah! What a great nap! I feel energized! Say, Anza, was that your stomach I heard grumbling? Ehehe! I knew it! You were hungry!" he gloated. "Now don't you wish we could've just stayed at the inn?" he said and stuck his tounge out. Suddenly his stomach grumbled too. "Oh... wow... I've never felt this hungry before..." he complained.

Anza rolled her eyes and pointed down at the stream. "Why don't we catch some fish and cook them, smart one?" she suggested and got off the bridge, eventually picking her way down to the stream. Her Gwee was already at the waterside and was trying desperately to catch some fish. Anza sighed and smiled "You're not gonna catch them that way..." she said and pulled her fishing rod out of her backpack. "Here, this should catch us a good meal..." she said and sat down...

A few hours later, Anza had caught a few bass and a guppy or two, but those she returned to the stream. They cooked the fish, with the help of her Gwee's firebreath, and ate a hearty meal. "Mmm! This is great Anza-chan!" the Gwee said with a grin.

Anza sighed and nodded, satisfied after a good meal. "Yup... say, we've got a few hours of sunlight left. Lets walk off our dinner before it gets dark and we lose our way..." she said and packed up their little 'picnic'.

The Gwee complained for a bit then flew along after her when she'd finished cleaning up. "Aw, fine... but as soon as we get to an inn or someplace safe we're going to sleep..."

(Continued South)

All this traveling has made me hungry...I'll gather up some wood for a fire and catch a fish, that would make a very nice lunch!

After a nice meal of trout, I decide to keep walking south.

Zphal blinked uneasily as she approached the bridge. Obviously, she had gone too far along the path, and somehow missed the turn-off for the graveyard. Briefly, she contemplated turning around, but she had the haunting suspision that there might be more zombies further along...

"Ah ha, I'm back to the bridge," Zphal said to no one in particular. Perhaps now she could retrace her steps and get to the graveyard that had been her first idea to look for zombies.

I head through, holding the axe in my hand, gripping it tightly.