[@Pyromaniacwolf] [@DocRock] [hr][h3]Chapter I[/h3]"With great trouble in the depths of your heart, you decide not to, for the time being at least, delve into the dark undergrowth. A jungle as this could contain any manner of threat from the tearing, gnashing fangs of carnivores to the sickening and insidious venom of any manner of dreadful insect, particular in this place under the guise of darkness. If it were any consolation to this understanding, as the fire at sea died down, more of the stars above revealed themselves and through your bearings, you are of reasonable confidence dawn was not terribly far removed. Some more hours of suffering, wandering of the beachhead, and first light would surely be upon you. However, this turn of fates so too made it more difficult to read once more and thus your opportunity to leaf through the mysterious book you clung to, clutched fast to your chest, would need so too wait."

"For now you returned to combing the beach, fingers prying at the vanilla-tinged leather, tacky mouth thirsting for water. A lesser man might have surrendered to the urge to sip from the sea but the tales of lost sailors ages past forewarned this outcome only spelt doom. So you busied your thoughts with praying that more goods might find themselves ashore. Which in turn was answered with a compass-like pull..."