Entry number 21

Etho and Doc got into a fight, I don't know about what. It was scary, seeing Etho of all people lose his cool. Is the nHo falling apart? We have to stay together, right? This Jungle... it's thrown a spanner in everything, but I still think we should stay friends. I can't imagine a future where, say, Doc and I are constantly bickering like bad neighbors.

I feel like something bad is about to happen.

Long live the nHo?

BDoubleO100

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Cub gasped as he stepped on the skull of some kind of bird. Clearly there was a dangerous predator around these parts: he and Ren shouldn't stick around for long. He looked around. The tree directly above them seemed weird, too, with those strange vines hanging from it.

Cub rolled his neck: his scarf was sitting funny, and it was starting to chafe. He paused, and reached up to adjust it, just as Ren walked past. Cub looked up, and his eye was drawn to the scarf wrapped around Ren's arm as a makeshift bandage — wait. If Cub's scarf was wrapped around Ren's arm, then what was around his neck?

Cub suddenly went very pale. He scrabbled at whatever it was, trying to pull himself free. He soon realised what it was - vines. He realised this because they began to grow over his hands. Cub struggled even more, beginning to panic, but the vines just grew tighter. Ren turned around, confused, and gasped when he saw Cub.

Ren ran over to help, but as he was trying to pull Cub free, another vine wrapped itself around his chest. Ren yelled and struggled, until he suddenly came to another realisation. The realisation was that his feet were suddenly not touching the ground. Cub had gone into a full panic, meanwhile, and had stopped doing anything productive.

Cub's vision was tunnelling, he couldn't think, couldn't hear anything over the rush of blood in his ears. He was convinced that he was going to die, and was honestly terrified. Suddenly, a thought floated to the front of confusion — fight. He had to fight whatever was trying to kill him. Before he fully knew what was going on, his hands were crackling with arcane power.

He slashed at the vines that held him, until he was free. He then realised that he had been several blocks off the ground, and the vines had been the only thing supporting him. And he was now travelling very quickly in a downward direction. Desperately, he made the rather foolish decision of putting a hand out to break his fall.

Next thing he knew, he was flat on the Jungle floor, screaming in pain, and his arm hurt so much. He rolled off of it, gasping. Ren. He had to help Ren. He began to weakly cast a spell that would cut Ren loose and land him safely, but the movement required for it caused waves of pain to run up his arm. Giving up on that, he went for the next best solution. More panicked screaming.

Whilst we are Time Skipping, go and read the previous chapter to see what we skipped! Thanks!

"Don't worry, I got this." Scar assured Cub. He then teleported up into the tree, magically cut Ren loose, teleported to catch Ren, then teleported the both of them to the ground, before teleporting somewhere else and returning with two healing potions, the old tension-killers, which he gave to each of them.

"Uggh... my head..." He groaned once it was all done, looking around dazedly.

"Scar? Scar!" Cub yelled, standing up after drinking his potion. He caught Scar as the latter collapsed.

"I think I've lost my sense of direction... bit dizzy... just need to lie down..." Scar replied, slumping out of Cub's arms to the ground. Doc and Ren rushed over, concerned.

"He's just teleportation-sick. He'll be fine in an hour or so." Cub assured. "Once he's up, we should move in case this tree tries to get us again."

"Once he's up?" Doc replied, picking Scar up bridal-style.

"Ha, ha." Scar remarked, still half out of it. The quartet continued on through the Jungle, in a straight line so as to not mess up Scar even more. Eventually, they came to a clearing, and they set up camp while Scar recovered.

"Oh, humans!" A voice suddenly called out.

DUN DUN DUNNNNNN!

And, no, AC, you are NOT allowed to say anything, I mean it, yes it is exactly who you think it is, but hush, spoilers.

I've been Entropy, peace out from the present!