
#225: Untold Interactive Tales of the Lair Legion: Dangerous Paths
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The waterfall fell from a high cliff ridge into a deep lush valley, where it bubbled into a crystal pool that eventually fed the larger lake the heroes had discovered. The forest floor was particularly green in the canyon, but dotted with a profusion of colourful orchids. Trickshot and Yo stealthily moved forward round the top of the valley wall. Carl Bastion stalked with the assurance of a hunter, and Yo thought him/herself a great tracker at the moment (and whatever Yo believed him/herself to be s/he was). Half an hour’s slow crawl brought them to a spot where they could see down into the pool at the base of the waterfall, where the spray rose up in clouds of mist and spawned a thousand rainbows. “What are they doing now?” Hatman asked CSFB! as the forward guard reached the cliff edge. CrazySugarFreakBoy! adjusted his gawker goggles to maximum magnification and followed the stealthy movements of his teammates. “They’re looking over the cliff edge. They seem surprised… They’re standing up!” “Standing up?” Hatman objected. “They’re supposed to be hiding.” “Something is wrong,” the Manga Shoggoth realised. Yo waved happily to his teammates then jumped off the cliff. Trickshot shrugged and jumped off after him. “What?” shrieked Uhuna. “What did they just do? And what do we do?”
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