Terry paced back and forth, his tail wagging and sending a flurry of dust and dog hair to sweep over Alpha's prone form. She had been waiting in the grassy meadow for a while now and she had yet to get up, sleeping comfortably on her bag filled with sharp, pointy things. Luckily the bag wasn't so sharp and pointy due to mysterious game mechanics that Alpha never read the guide book to before. Tied to her waist by a rubber band she had somehow obtained along the way, was a piece of parchment with a detailed, colored photo on top. Despite the time period the game took place in, the picture suspiciously looked like it was photographed (or, maybe, there were just really good photo-realistic artists around here). Alpha couldn't help but be charmed by the little hamster with the pinkest cheeks and a heart floating atop his head (although she couldn't be sure how much was artistic flexibility and creative license) so she had decided to enlist some of her friends (mostly Lucia because she had ditched Nalani and her, and Dempsey, who'd been free for the first time after their initial meeting fighting trolls. She couldn't help but shiver at the memory of those gangrene-green creatures with the smelliest, hairiest feet known to mankind, the thoughts of her friend bringing the memories forefront into invading her little dreams. With a startled gasp, she jumped up, sweating. Terry looked at her worriedly as she awoke. Alpha stared back, trying to form words on her lips. "Trolls," she simply said. Terry nodded with sad eyes in complete understanding, having been victim of troll feet once before. Then she laid back down on her bag and watched the clouds roll by, waiting still for her friends to arrive to catch that runaway hamster. @Lucia Mierz @Dempsey Fabijain
