MTG Salvation

**The assassins and their "target" reach the swamp shortly after the sun's final rays sink below the horizon.

Any experts on reptiles among them would know this to be in the group's favor; alligators and the like tend to be nocturnal, after all.**

Start of this whole quest here: <how it all began>

Jougo, not having very much experience hunting without blowing everything up spoke to Arl. "So, kid, Got any plans?"

Arl - "Well, the reptiles we're looking for probably live in the deeper swamp waters so I suppose we should see if there's anyone nearby with a boat we can borrow?"

"Sounds like a plan, kiddo. Let's go find someone." Jougo says a he picks an arbitrary direction along the shore line hoping to lead to someone.

Colt followed Jougo while holding his sword above the water.

Colt - "See Arl, this is why I need you. When you aren't around, this is the sort of thing I get up to."

**The water thankfully isn't very deep. At the swamp's edge, anyway. The group soon finds an old sign pointing towards "Jed's Swamp Boats"**

Cee - "Arl's been trying to tone it down since you left."

Arl - "It hasn't been working out very well though. I got forced by an elven god to free some other ones, ran into two serial killers, got attacked by a random pirate ship, bandits, ..."

**The group sees Jed's Swamp Boats in the distance.

A spiderweb as been spun over the open door, and dust covers every part of the unkempt shack. A lone boat is docked in the adjacent swamp waters.**

Arl - "... I think I might be cursed."

Jougo listened to their conversation with an absent mind. When they got to the place, he gave a quick shout and waited for a response. "Hey! Jed, anybody home?" He didn't really want to walk into what looked a trap he would set up.

**There is no response from the shack**

"Well, I say we just take the boat. Any objections?" Jougo asked.

Colt first responded to Arl. "The only curse we know of was placed on its owner by a trickster Djinn due to his own twisted wish. Have you made any wishes lately Arl?"

Then he replied to Jougo. "No objection here."

Arl, to Colt - "I don't... think I've made any wishes?"

Cee - "Maybe it's the sash! It's a divine healing item thing made when the elvish gods asked you to describe a thing and an object. Maybe it destines you to make sacrifices for others?"

Arl - "...I wouldn't put that past them.

**Arl had no objections either, although she left a note explaining the situation [minus the involvement of anyone besides herself] along with a way to contact her in the shack for Jed. Normally she probably wouldn't but.. the condition of the shack was itself more than a little suspicious.

A suspision that was confirmed about a half hour later when the group's boat floated within sight of the second of "Jed's Boats"... and the corpse it bore upon it. The body looked looked like some animals and insects had been nibbling on it, and to the untrained eye it was rather hard to tell how long it'd been since the man had died. The body was still loosely clutching its chest, but there were no obvious mortal injuries on the coprse. Although, again, it would be hard to tell due to the nibbling.**

Jougo piloted the boat closer. 'Hey, Akane, go send the babies to check it out. See if they can find anything shiny."

Akane bated her eyes at him, "Sure thing Puddin'. What ever you want. BABIES! Go find mama a shiny over there." She sent them to go search the body for anything. If they found anything, they held it up for her to confirm or deny their bringing it back.

**They find.. 5g, some lesser coinage, and an iron machete. The boat continues to drift towards the body.

Anyone paying close attention to their surroundings might hear some thrashing in the distance.**

Jougo does not let the boat go towards the other boat. He tries to keep it as close to the center of the river while avoiding the the other ship as he could. He prepared himself for the inevitable ambush that he would totally plan just around the corner. He also keeps looking for the large reptiles they are after.

**Passing by the boat gave the group a closer look at the body; still no obvious cause of death.

The source of the thrashing soon becomes apparent, at least, when the group glimpses an alligator about 70' away. The boat is currently not on a course to cross paths with the creature (or even float near it).**

Cee - "Is it.. attacking a tree?"

Y'know, the group has a couple ways they could be looking about in the dark, but which one are they actually using?

Jougo turns to the group, holding the piece of wood (that has been on fire as a torch for the whole boat ride obviously) and says, "Will that alligator work for the thing we need? Or should we keep looking?"