[center][img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/230120/a43c1391d36ad41d7b3afa38147dbe11.png[/img][/center] Zell's comment made his grimace deepen a little more and a weight settled on his stomach as the group moved to follow his decision... which lasted exactly 18 seconds as MacKenzie suddenly decided it was a good idea to become French Spiderwoman. [color=6ecff6][i]"SINCE WHEN THE FUCK CAN SHE DO THAT!!!!???"[/i][/color] After a moment of gaping he quickly composed himself, fuck the look on his face must have been stupid, thankfully almost everyone else had similar expressions of stupefaction on their faces. After they managed to get their act together the journey proved to be as stressful as he dreaded, even if they didn't outright start a fight it was still pretty fucking scary when one of the bigger wolves seemed to want to get a quick bite, thank fucking god for the arrow wielding fighters and their quick hands. But of course, it couldn't be as simple as crossing the wolves' territory and being fine and dandy afterward, could it? there had to be a damned [i]maze[/i] of what appeared to be natural means blocking the path. An idle part of him wondered if perhaps they had somehow managed to offend god so much that he went to mess with them just because. [quote=Hardcore folklore man] [color=a36209]Fuck me. Were any of you good at those maze puzzles when you were alive?[/color] [/quote] [color=6ecff6]"Fuck both of us then" [/color] Undeterred by their pessimism the party continued ahead following Adam's instructions until they come to a dead end, for a moment he was afraid that they had to double back because that would just suck only for Adam to decide to put on his Big-Boy-Magical-Pants and cast something that put to shame his light show a while ago. [color=6ecff6][i]"Well that is one way to make someone feel inferior"[/i][/color] Then he remembered Lilliana's coffin exit and his brow twitched [color=6ecff6][i]"D-Did I just get the short end of the stick or what?"[/i][/color] Whatever the case he followed Adam's instructions and carefully crossed the improvised tree bridge alongside Joji, plant control seemed like a terrifingly cozy power if he could say so himself, for a moment he wondered if the Druid could command two trees to grow a hammock between them and what would it take to convince him to make one for him if he could, sleeping rolls were fine and everything but hammocks just ruled for a reas- A sudden noise and an exclamation of fear later made his heart jump to his throat, looking back at the bridge he barely managed to get a glimpse of Zell's armor as he fell but before he could even think about moving a muscle to help MacKenzie threw herself over the edge and pulled both of them a moment later. He could still hear his heart roaring in his chest as he watched them cross the rest of the way, only after MacKenzie went to scout ahead did he escape from his stupor. The first thing he did was let out a series of curses as he went to check on the almost-fallen Sworman. [color=6ecff6]"Shit, fuck, crap, shit, hell, shit, fuck!" [/color] Reaching him he didn't wait for a second before examining him and firing question after question [color=6ecff6]"How do you feel? Does anything hurt? Can you talk?"[/color] It was only after he heard Zell's response that he calmed himself, said calm then switched to anger, then worry, then irritation, and finally settled on concern, taking a deep breath he said [color=6ecff6]"Just... just be careful dude" [/color]. Then he went to talk to MacKenzie as she came back with yet more [i]wonderful[/i] news, at least this time the dead weren't coming for their brains. [color=6ecff6]"Hey dude, just wanted to say thank you, without you we would have likely lost Zell and that would have sucked, even if he is a moron sometimes"[/color] He attempted to give her a smile but all it came to his face was a tired grimace and a sigh, but as he talked he could vaguely remember her trying to talk to zombie-him in the morning, man that made him feel like an asshole [color=6ecff6]"Also, I think you tried to speak to me after we cleaned camp? Sorry I am really bad at the whole 'being a morning person thing' and I'm basically on autopilot, could you tell me what you wanted to say?" [/color] Hopefully it wasn't too late to make amends, god knows he didn't want to lose one of the few people he was coming to see as a friend.