Truce - Tent of Warfare
Flowing violet velvet rises up from the four sides of this tent, propped
up on slender poles at each corner. The edges of the velvet are strung
together by canvas ropes to bind the material into the roof of the tent. A
small counter rests at the back of the tent, and a mess of fabrics is strewn
on the floor between it and the entrance.

(] Exits: north [)
Decidrion The Sage of Swords is here.
Dusk - Warrior of Light is here.
A man wearing a turban is dancing about, behind the counter.
A slender human male topped with a turban, Mr Moti is here, swaying about behind a wooden counter.

Decidrion says 'Rabite hunting eh?'

Mr. Moti Jr says 'Yes, yes! Rabite hunting! Rabite killing!'

Mr. Moti Jr looks at Decidrion.

Mr. Moti Jr looks at Dusk.

Decidrion says 'Kill the wabite, kill the wabite!'

Mr. Moti Sr says 'That's the spirit!'

Dusk says 'As tempting as murdering helpless animals sounds, will this get us any closer to finding an entity cable of bending reality to its will or being able to crush the stability of the cleft at one's whim?'

Mr. Moti Jr peers at Dusk quizzically.

Mr. Moti Sr pats Mr. Moti Jr on his back.

Dusk hides his vodka bottle.

Mr. Moti Sr says 'You shouldn't listen too closely to them. They're a bit touched.'

Decidrion says 'I can tell, but no matter I suppose.'

Mr. Moti Sr says 'Maybe not where to start, but I can tell you what to start with.'

Mr. Moti Sr says 'We placed orders for those hunting supplies you asked last week.'

Mr. Moti Sr nudges Mr. Moti Jr.

Dusk says 'Close enough, I suppose.'

Mr. Moti Jr drops a vial of deadly neurotoxin.

Decidrion looks at a vial of deadly neurotoxin.

Mr. Moti Jr drops a floral throw rug.

Dusk looks at a vial of deadly neurotoxin.

Dusk gets a vial of deadly neurotoxin.

Mr. Moti Jr drops a miner's sack.

Dusk looks at a floral throw rug.
Decidrion looks at a floral throw rug.

Dusk gets a floral throw rug.

Decidrion gets a miner's sack.

Mr. Moti Jr grins evilly.

Mr. Moti Sr says 'That's our end of the deal! Now, you bring us one rabite.'

Decidrion says 'D'awww...'

Dusk says 'With tools like these, this will be a breeze.'

Dusk grins evilly.

Decidrion says 'Yar, matey!'

Mr. Moti Sr says 'So, what's your plan?'

Dusk thinks to himself, "Finally! That wretched turtle is gone!"

Decidrion says 'Find the little wabite in his leafy playpen and catch him... maybe nibble on his ear or something for sport.'

Dusk thinks, 'Hmmmm.'

Mr. Moti Jr throws back his head and cackles with insane glee!

Dusk says 'We'll need something to lure it with.'

Dusk gets a shot of Red Star vodka from a migrant's backpack.

Decidrion says 'Food?'

Dusk says 'This will have to do.'

Decidrion says 'It's an alchy?'

Dusk says 'I believe there is a forest home to rabites near here.'

Decidrion says 'Oh really now?'

Dusk says 'We will lure it with this on top of the rug, where we put the put the poison in the vodka.'

Mr. Moti Sr says 'Are rabites really boozers?'

Decidrion says 'That's what I'd like to know.'

Dusk says 'They will be!'

Decidrion says 'Or they'll be food.'

Decidrion rubs stomach hungrily.

Dusk says 'Right. Let's find this rabite and retrieve that artifact before that wretched turtle or his robot girlfriend return.'

Dusk says 'Er, I mean, for the Motis!'

Decidrion says 'Yeah!'

Dusk says 'For the sake of doing the job. Hehehe...'

Mr. Moti Sr says 'Get to it!'

Dusk flies north.
Decidrion flies north.

Rabite Forest - Bridge of Vines
The bridge sways upon stepping on it, but the vines that hold it in
place seem sturdy enough to support a great amount of weight. The bridge
connects to a cliffside road to the west that dips behind a large redwood,
and a path is visible a ways below the bridge. A small opening can be seen
above, its purpose a mystery.

(] Exits: south west [)
Dusk - Warrior of Light is here.
Grazing quietly amid the vegetation, a rabite sways its tail aloofly.

Decidrion flies in from the south.

Dusk says 'And here we are.'

Decidrion says 'Shhhhh be vewy vewy quiet! We're hunting wabites! Heheheheheh!'

Dusk flies west.
Decidrion flies west.

Rabite Forest - Forest Springs
A small oasis in the forest labyrinth, the springs quench the thirst
of travelers, gurgling as liquid spurts out and pools within the marble
basin. The trees around the fountain have been cut down, surrounding the
fountain with a ring of treestumps.

(] Exits: west se [)
A small marble fountain is seen decorated with gemstone rabites.
Dusk - Warrior of Light is here.
A rabite with pitch-black fur is snoozing by the springs.
Decidrion flies in from the se.

Dusk flies west.
Decidrion flies west.

Rabite Forest - Coppice Construction [Room 452]
Amid a tangle of bushes and a shade of trees, someone has been
engineering something. A mass of treetrunks have been nailed together into
something resembling a jumbo-sized washing machine. Tubes made of tubers
adorn the sides, and a little smokestack crowns the top.

(] Exits: east [)
Decidrion The Sage of Swords is here.
Dusk - Warrior of Light is here.
Up in a tizzy about something, a rabite bounces in place here.

Decidrion looks at the feverish rabite.

The feverish rabite screams loudly!

The feverish rabite leaves east.

Dusk says 'It'll be back.'

Dusk says 'Now then..'

Decidrion says 'D'awww, knew I should have pounced it while it was there.'

Dusk says 'First we should dig a pitfall.'

Decidrion says 'I forgot my shovel, but I have a pickaxe.'

Dusk says 'Good enough.'

Dusk gets a titanium pickaxe from a floating disc.

Dusk says 'Let's get digging!'

Dusk wields a titanium pickaxe in its hands.

Decidrion wields a titanium pickaxe in his hands.

Dusk proceeds to dig a small hole.

Decidrion helps Dusk dig the hole.

Dusk says 'There, that should do it.'

Decidrion says 'Place the rug over the hole, with the vodka on it, and the poison in the vodka?'

Dusk says 'And now for the rug. Why a rug, I still don't know. I wasn't entirely paying attention when that accursed turtle was bellyaching to the Motis.'

Dusk says 'Imean, our dear friend Kolem!'

Dusk nods.

Dusk drops a floral throw rug.

Decidrion covers the hole with the rug.

Dusk says 'Hmm, a 'floral' rug. Fitting!'

Dusk grins evilly.

Dusk drops a shot of Red Star vodka.
A shot of Red Star vodka dissolves into smoke.

Dusk blinks in utter disbelief.

Decidrion says 'The laws of physics have been tampered with!'

Decidrion says 'Curse that Rabite!'

Decidrion stomps his feet and throws a tantrum like a baby.

Dusk says 'Ooookay I'll just pour the vodka into the poison vial instead of the other way around.'

Dusk looks at a vial of deadly neurotoxin in its inventory.

Dusk says 'There we go!'

Dusk drops a vial of deadly neurotoxin.

Dusk says 'Hmm..'

Dusk says 'something's missing..'

Decidrion says 'What would that be?'

Dusk looks around.

Dusk flies east.
Decidrion flies east.

Rabite Forest - Forest Springs [Room 1119]
A small oasis in the forest labyrinth, the springs quench the thirst
of travelers, gurgling as liquid spurts out and pools within the marble
basin. The trees around the fountain have been cut down, surrounding the
fountain with a ring of treestumps.

(] Exits: west se [)
A small marble fountain is seen decorated with gemstone rabites.
Dusk - Warrior of Light is here.
Up in a tizzy about something, a rabite bounces in place here.
A rabite with pitch-black fur is snoozing by the springs.

Decidrion flies in from the west.

Dusk inverts an LA Funk Canteen, spilling water all over the ground.
Dusk fills an LA Funk Canteen with nectar from rabite springs.

Dusk flies west.
Decidrion flies west.

Rabite Forest - Coppice Construction [Room 452]
Amid a tangle of bushes and a shade of trees, someone has been
engineering something. A mass of treetrunks have been nailed together into
something resembling a jumbo-sized washing machine. Tubes made of tubers
adorn the sides, and a little smokestack crowns the top.

(] Exits: east [)
A vial of deadly neurotoxin is on the ground. That's incredibly careless!
A rug is here, covered in a frumpy floral pattern.
Decidrion The Sage of Swords is here.
Dusk - Warrior of Light is here.

Dusk says 'This!'

Dusk inverts an LA Funk Canteen, spilling nectar all over the ground.

Decidrion says 'Brilliant!'

Dusk says 'This nectar has quite a story to it.'

Dusk says 'But that can wait.'

Dusk says 'Alright. Now let's take our posistions.'

Decidrion hides behind a bush.

Dusk hides behind a treetrunk.

The aroma of distilled nectar wafts through the air.

Pee-yew!

The feverish rabite has arrived from the east.

Dusk whispers, "Wait for it."

The feverish rabite is sniffing the air.

The feverish rabite eyes the vial of neurotoxin and takes a couple bounces towards it.

The feverish rabite thinks, 'Hmmmm.'

The feverish rabite stops.

The feverish rabite starts hacking and coughing.

Bleeeaurgh!

The feverish rabite vomits up a remote control.

Dusk grits his teeth and thinks to himself, "Hurry up, you wretched, filthy, accursed, foolish lower being!"

Dusk continues thinking, "Oh, hello!"

The feverish rabite uses its ears to push some buttons on the remote control.

Suddenly, a crane folds out of the tree Dusk was hiding behind!

Dusk blinks in utter disbelief.

The feverish rabite navigates the crane using a joystick on the remote control.

Decidrion blinks in utter disbelief.

Vwwwrrrr.... vwwwrrrrr... *tink*

The crane descends onto the vial of neurotoxin and nabs it!

Vwwwrrr... vwwwrrr....

The crane rotates and drops the neurotoxin next to the feverish rabite.

The feverish rabite gets a vial of deadly neurotoxin.

Dusk winces. Ouch!

Decidrion readies the sack, waiting for it to drink the vial.

The feverish rabite makes a laughing sort of sound. It's hard to tell because rabites laugh funny.

Decidrion thinks to himself, "Come on! Come on! Come on already!"

The feverish rabite quaffs a vial of deadly neurotoxin.
The feverish rabite looks very ill.

The feverish rabite gacks!

The feverish rabite goes to sleep.

Dusk emits an unrivaled cheer! Woo!

Decidrion bursts out from the bush he hid behind and pounces the rabite with the sack.

Dusk says 'Take that, you foul, insipid, inferior creature!'

Dusk says 'Er, I mean, good rabite! I hope that didn't hurt!'

Dusk says 'Well done!'

Decidrion shoving the rabite into the sack, he began tying it up with complex knots to make sure it doesn't break out.

Dusk gets a floral throw rug.

Dusk says 'But first..'

The feverish rabite is sacked.

Decidrion hefts the sack over his shoulder, and thinks "That wasn't too hard, just time consuming. I'm hungry again."

Dusk says 'Hmm..no, that could be risky. Let's just get this over with.'

Decidrion says 'Want to kill it?'

Dusk says 'The way I see it:'

Dusk says 'One party wished to kill it, another wished to capture it.'

Decidrion says 'Kill it while it's in the sack, that way it's both dead and captured?'

Dusk says 'I belive our method is the perfect compromise of the two. Capture with the possibility of it slowly dying.'

Dusk says 'Let us first return to the Motis.'

Dusk says 'I wish to inspect it, dead or alive.'

Dusk flies east.
Decidrion flies east.
The sacked rabite leaves east.

Rabite Forest - Forest Lake
The lake's water is clear and crisp and appears to be inhabited by many
fish. The sun's rays bombard the surface of the lake causing it to
shimmer with vibrant energy. The lake appears serene as small waves
ripple across its surface.

(] Exits: south nw [)
A wooden cabin has been built here, its door standing open invitingly.
A feverish rabite is tied up in a sack.
Decidrion The Sage of Swords is here.
Dusk - Warrior of Light is here.

Dusk says 'Oh bollucks, this cabin is in the way.'

Dusk steps into a cabin door.

Rabite Forest - Lakeside Cabin
Constructed simply of rough wooden logs with no finishing or insulation,
this airy cottage is dry and pleasant, probably serving as someone's hunting
lodge or summer retreat. Heavy rafters form the ceiling and there is no
furniture. The door outside is to the south and another door lies north.

(] Exits: [north] south [)
Dusk - Warrior of Light is here.
A rickety old ladder sticks through a hole in the ceiling.
The tall humanoid cat, Nikita, paces around the room.

Decidrion has arrived.
The sacked rabite has arrived.

Dusk says 'Excuse us, important mission from god, yadda yadda, suck your soul out if you do not move.'

Decidrion says 'Indeed.'

Nikita says 'The nerve!'

Dusk opens the door.

Nikita stands aside.

Dusk says 'Thank you, your place will be remembered in hell.'

Dusk says 'Er I mean heaven.'

Dusk bows deeply.
Dusk flies north.
Decidrion flies north.
The sacked rabite leaves north.

Decidrion says 'Now be nice. He at least moved.'

Dusk says 'My good sir, I am a religious scholar! I am the very essence of kindness!'

Dusk grins evilly.

Decidrion says 'Kind people don't send others to Hell, now do they?'

Dusk thinks, 'Hmmmm.'

Dusk says 'It occured to me..'

Dusk says 'That we just took the long route.'

Dusk shrugs helplessly.

Decidrion says 'As long as we get back with this rabite, we're fine.'

Truce - Tent of Warfare
Flowing violet velvet rises up from the four sides of this tent, propped
up on slender poles at each corner. The edges of the velvet are strung
together by canvas ropes to bind the material into the roof of the tent. A
small counter rests at the back of the tent, and a mess of fabrics is strewn
on the floor between it and the entrance.

(] Exits: north [)
A feverish rabite is tied up in a sack.
Decidrion is here.
Dusk is here.
A man wearing a turban is dancing about, behind the counter.
A slender human male topped with a turban, Mr Moti is here, swaying about behind a wooden counter.

Decidrion swings the sack over his shoulder and puts it on the counter.

Dusk says 'Good Motis, I present to you: Your bounty!'

Mr. Moti Sr says 'You're back! Excellent!'

Decidrion unties the sack slowly, unraveling all the knots.

Dusk says 'Which may or may not be slowly dying.'

Dusk says 'I have a request, however.'

Mr. Moti Jr says 'Slowly dying! Aha! Classic.'

Mr. Moti Jr says 'What's your request?'

Dusk says 'If this rabite is the same one I saw before, it may have something I'd like to acquire.'

Mr. Moti Sr peers into the sack.

Mr. Moti Sr says 'And what's that?'

Decidrion says 'That's a good question, what is it?'

Dusk stops suddenly.

Mr. Moti Sr pulls the rabite out of the sack.

Dusk mumbles softly toward Decidrion, "We forgot the remote!"

Decidrion smacks his face down into his palms.

Dusk mumbles softly again, "No matter."

Dusk says 'To be honest.'

Dusk says 'Which is a first for me.'

Dusk says 'Second, I guess, since I'm admitting that.'

Dusk says 'I'm not sure!'

Decidrion says 'Wow, mark it on the calendar.'

Mr. Moti Jr says 'Out with it! What are you going on about?'

Mr. Moti Sr looks at a dying rabite.

Decidrion rubs his growling stomach.

Dusk says 'The rabite in question had a tool in its possession capable of creating what appeared to be a black hole.'

Dusk says 'Also, something glimmered on its ear.'

Mr. Moti Sr lifts up the rabite's floppy ear and peers inside.

Dusk says 'Alternatively we could just cut its stomach out for anything else of use that it may have swallowed.'

Dusk grins evilly.

Mr. Moti Sr says 'Uh, hmm. What am I looking for? It's, uh, dark. And goopy.'

Decidrion puts hand on Dusk's shoulder and whispers, "So much for the embodiment of kindness."

Mr. Moti Jr says 'Cut its stomach out? Not a bad plan!'

Dusk says 'Just imagine, Mr. Moti! Everything this wretched creature stole, all the money lost, simply waiting in its stomach to be saved and sold to a worthy customer!'

Decidrion says 'After it's cleaned of course.'

Mr. Moti Jr says 'Little thieving bastard!'

Dusk says 'What? Oh, yes, cleaned.'

Mr. Moti Sr hands over the rabite to his younger brother.

A dying rabite whimpers loudly.

Dusk says 'Silence! Such is the punishment for your sins.'

Decidrion laughs.

Mr. Moti Jr gets a knife from behind the counter and STABS the dying rabite!

Decidrion says 'Oh wow, brutal.'

Dusk grabs his notepad and reads a solemn verse.

A dying rabite screams loudly!

A dying rabite bleeds.

A dying rabite bleeds.

Dusk says 'And so, let us give a Buck for Drinks, and share one's Couch in his time of need.'

A dying rabite gurgles.

A dying rabite looks at Mr. Moti Jr.

Decidrion says 'What kind of crooked verse is that?'

A dying rabite dies.

Dusk says 'Amen.'

Dusk closes his notepad.

Dusk says 'It may or may not be a deviation of a verse said by the Prophet of Alcoholism.'

Decidrion says 'Awww, but I wanted it.'

Decidrion says 'Would make a nice trophy.'

Dusk says 'And so it is done. Let this soul pass from this world.'

Mr. Moti Jr says 'So, there's loot in this rabite?'

Dusk says 'Now let's see if there's anything of use inside of it.'

Dusk says 'Well it puked up a remote control earlier that turned a tree into a crane.'

Mr. Moti Jr gets the corpse of a dying rabite.

Dusk says 'So perhaps!'

Decidrion says 'It might have other things in one of it's many stomachs?'

Mr. Moti Jr says 'Let's get whatshisface to gut this thing.'

Decidrion says 'Who? Me?'

Mr. Moti Jr says 'Oh, don't tell him I called him that. You know. The pet shop owner.'

Decidrion says 'That guy across the way?'

Dusk says 'Granted, we probably could have fed it half a dozen pep pills, causing it to empty its stomach and save its life, but no matter!'

Mr. Moti Jr says 'Yeah, that's the one. Could you lead the way?'

Decidrion says 'Of course.'

Decidrion says 'You coming Dusk?'

Dusk says 'But of course.'

Dusk grins evilly.

Decidrion flies north.
Dusk flies north.
Mr. Moti Jr leaves north.

Truce - Hut of Animal Husbandry
A dried-up, caked slurry of rotting timber, straw, and mud makes up this
hut. There are no windows, which is probably for the better, and the door
leading to the alley is just a hole that may have literally been punched out
of the wall. Incessantly quacking cages and odd-looking jars are stacked up
all around the hut.

(] Exits: se [)
A bulletin board has been nailed to the wall, revealing info on pets.
Dusk is here.
Decidrion is here.
[!] A barbarian clad in various furs is trying his best to stay alert.

Mr. Moti Jr has arrived from the se.

Decidrion bursts into the room in glory saying, "We come bearing a gift!"

Vor says 'Gifts! Did you bring some delicious slimes?'

Vor licks his lips and smiles.

Dusk says 'S..omething like that?'

Decidrion says 'Nay mate, we brought you a devious, heinous, diabolical, horrendous creature made of teeth, claws, and fur!'

Decidrion says 'We'd like you to look at it.'

Mr. Moti Jr gives the corpse of the rabite to Vor.

Mr. Moti Jr says 'These heros just solved our thief problem!'

Mr. Moti Jr says 'Well, my thief problem anyway. Not like anyone was going to steal your ducks.'

Mr. Moti Jr says 'No offense.'

Dusk says 'Heroically, I might add. With completely honest, good willed intentions!'

Vor says 'None taken!'

Dusk shifts his eyes.

Decidrion whispers to Dusk, "What a liar..."

Dusk says 'We believe objects of great importance may be inside of it.'

Vor quickly cracks open the rabite's ribs and gets to work on the insides.

Dusk says 'But only one as skilled in this craft as you are may show us the way!'

Dusk says '..that and no one wants to touch it.'

Vor feels around inside.

Decidrion pulls out notepad to scribble notes in.

Vor says 'Yikes! What'd you feed this guy?'

Vor says 'Was this rabite on a diet of scrap metal or something?'

Dusk says 'An ancient piece of armor that may or may not be related to the stability of the cleft, a remote control capable of creating cranes from trees, and uh.'

Dusk says 'A vial of vodka that may or may not have been poisoned!'

Vor says 'I think I... wait, it's slippery...'

Decidrion writes notes, "How to retrieve swallowed items from Rabite: Step 1, crack ribs. Step 2, proceed to constantly ravage it's body till you find items. Step 3, get items."

*beep*

Dusk says 'Oh dear.'

Decidrion smacks his face down into his palms.

*beep* *beep* *beep*

Decidrion dives for cover yelling, "HIT THE DECK!"

Vor says 'Got it!'

Dusk says 'This had better be a time warp to the age of creation, where I can destro--oh, great!'

Decidrion pokes his head up from cover, "Huh? I thought it was a bomb."

Vor pulls out something that looks like a one-foot tall buoy with a flashing red light on top.

*BEEP*

Decidrion says 'Wow, how'd that fit inside that Rabite?'

Vor says 'Oh, ho ho ho! You have no idea how long your intestines really are!'

Dusk winces. Ouch!

*BEEP*

Vor says 'But, uh, seriously, what is this?'

Decidrion says 'You got me. I haven't a clue.'

Decidrion points at Dusk, "Ask him maybe?"

Dusk says 'I have to wonder if the flashing red light is a sign.'

Dusk grabs his notepad and proceeds to sketch a copy of the device.

*AWOOOOOOOOGA*

Suddenly, the device disintegrates!

Dusk says 'Whatever it is, it will certainly be a trump card--'

Dusk blinks in utter disbelief.

Decidrion scratches his head, blinking like a fool.

Dusk flips to a new page and writes a message, "Oh bollucks."

Decidrion says 'Did... that really just... happen?'

The ground starts to shake!

There is a distant, roaring sound.

Dusk says 'Ah, how pleasant! Nothing like a chaos inducing shaking of the Earth to celebrate this momentous occasion.'

Decidrion says 'Ah damn, what now?'

A weary pumpkinhead yells 'Everybody! Take cover!'

A weary pumpkinhead yells 'They're coming down!'

Dusk says 'Perhaps we should go outside and investigate.'

Decidrion says 'Might as well.'

Dusk flies se.
Decidrion flies se.
Mr. Moti Jr leaves se.

Truce - Alley [Room 1029]
This alley sticks out of the end of Leene Square like a tail. The less
reputable businesses are forced to set up shop back here, pushed out of
sight of tourists and travelers. The ground is overgrown with weeds, and
the unpruned trees submerge the alley in all the shade a black market could
ask for.

(] Exits: north south west nw [)
Dusk is here.
A weary pumpkinhead is slouched here next to the Tent of Wonders.

Decidrion flies in from the nw.
Mr. Moti Jr has arrived from the nw.

A weary pumpkinhead screams loudly!

Dusk says 'You, cowardly pumpkinhead! What is coming dow--'

Dusk realizes that it would probably be more effecient to look up into the sky than to shake down random people. But the latter is more fun.

A weary pumpkinhead says 'Whoa! WHOA! Did you see it? Did you?'

Decidrion says 'See what?'

Dusk says 'I did not. Speak!'

Decidrion says 'What happened?'

A weary pumpkinhead says 'You do NOT want to go to the Rabite Forest.'

Decidrion says 'We don't?'

Dusk says 'Sounds great! Let's go to the Rabite Forest.'

A weary pumpkinhead says 'I saw some craaaaazy shit there. The trees. They're coming down!'

Decidrion says 'Coming down?'

A weary pumpkinhead says 'Like, timbeeeeeeer!'

Dusk says 'Let us make haste!'

A weary pumpkinhead pantomimes a tree falling over.