Gary is MVP

by Jaxi Nyaldaashkmeller

In a dark room, there is no light except for eight lanterns hanging on columns.
One shattered on the ground; Five hold a bright warm light; Two hold swirling darkness.

Gary and I have another significantly difficult time trudging through the desert. Not surprisingly, Gax is doing just fine. Though being in the back of the group does give us a lot of time to chat. Apparently, he noticed what I did last night to the kobolds, though I was hoping there was nothing to be noticed.

Luckily, Gax (who, at this point, had thrown Gary up on his shoulders) moved the conversation from me to Pip. Gary seemed delighted to hear about our mouscapades in the forest with that crazy old elf. Our time there already feels so long ago...

Gary had some interesting stories to share himself, mostly about Mikayla his snake. Apparently she is a Cottonmouth, a type of water snake found typically in the swamp. And she likes pigeons. How do I know that you might ask? Well. Gary reaches into his bag of holding, and oh so casually pulls out a dead pigeon and stuffs it into his hood for her. For an hour we watch this snake swallow and digest this entire dead bird that Gary just happened to have in his inventory. According to him, his parents send him a lot of mail via carrier pigeons and instead of sending them back, he thought it was good enough to store them in his vacuum of a bag.

It's been a while since I've contacted mother and father... I think when we reach Shidon, I'll want to send out a carrier bird of my own.
When I said that Gax and I haven't gotten letters from our parents, he thought it'd be cute to write a letter and throw a dead bird at me after crudely tying his scroll to it.
Note to self, burn Gary's bag of holding.

When we stopped for the final night before reaching Shidon, we of course had another encounter. This time with a group of bandits looking to take our supplies. They had taken Jem as a hostage and threatened his life. I sprung into action and can be the only one blamed for Jem's injuries. I could not diffuse the conflict, only ignite it. Recklessly I chose to try and save Jem instead of fight the group of 16 bandits and their massive lizard mounts. Jem and I were easily surrounded, but suddenly the sand behind us exploded in a ball of fire. I looked up to see Gary flying. This little fucker was majestic as all hell, soaring through the air and blasting our opponents with a massive fireball.

Noring was quick to join Jem and I to help protect us from the bandit chief, who unfortunately did not perish in the blast. I remember Noring getting in some powerful hits, but the bandit was still taking shots at me while I tried to protect Jem. And then I remember shouting at the chief, not expecting it to do anything, only to let out my rage. But, he looked terrified. And then he ran away. I ... don't know what that was about.

Fortunately, Jem still lives. He will get proper treatment in Shidon, I'm sure. And after one last night in the desert, we finally got to see the grand capital city just over the dunes.

In a dark room, there is no light except for eight lanterns hanging on columns.
One shattered on the ground; Four hold a bright warm light; Three hold swirling darkness.

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