"Oh, good. Some tourists got so jittery instead..." He stopped in front of a hut from which a column of smoke came. "Gale, you in? It's Dolmen, I came for the bread!"
A couple of minutes later, an elder female came out. Despite her muzzle showing the signs of age, and one eye being blind with cataract, she still moved as if she were royalty. She wore a long green robe dusted with flour and crumbs. She carried two loaves of freshly-baked bread. "Here you are, boy. Say Hi to your mate for me..." Then her good eye fellon Adrian. She sniffed at the air, as if examining him with the only olfact. "Hm, interesting little fellow you are. He your guest Dolmen?"
The male lycaon nodded. "Yup. Can't have him visit Salisgrave without him tasting Baxter's cuisine."
"I see. Just make sure you two don't stat fighting over him."
"Gale..."
The female turned and went back into the shop. She was giggling.
"Crazy ol'--"
"I heard you."
"Sorry!" Dolmen turned to Adrian. "Now let's go home. Then we'll go visit the shaman."
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Roarin wrote:Flint gave the seagull a weird look. "Ok?...". He crossed his arms (arm) and looked up in thought. "So... Essex's pretty old then. And your pretty old too. No offense. Was the resort always here? Or was it built recently.". He noticed the forest seemed to be getting thinner. "I think we're almost there. But thats just an assumption." he thought about J-Li's ghostly state. And if there were ghosts around here. There must be some other unusual creatures lurking on this island.
"Wow, so many question in such a small head..." J-Li chuckled. "Anyway, one at a time.
"A Titanboa can live up to 150 years. When he ate me, he had just shed his skin and was half-blind. He was also quite irritable. I was like you, always teasing him for the fun of it, but this time he was hungry as well. He mistook me for prey and paralyzed me with a shot of poison, and then I had to rearrange my existence.
"The resort was built in the '70s after Mr. Spencers bought it back from the United Kingdom. Since the, the place had been constantly updated to the latest commodities fad. It has been built of what's left of a WWII base the Allies used in the Atlantic War to protect their cargo.
"And no, we're still two days at least if we keep walking. And yes, there are creatures who you'd like and things you would NOT like to meet not even with an army backing you up.
"For example, though I suspect you'll be the first to ignore my advice but I better tell you so you won't spend eternity scolding me for not telling you, stay far, far away from the Jules Verne Caves, okay?"