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Post by knightc3 on Mar 21, 2008 9:19:25 GMT -5
"Massage my leg, I got a cramp...", he said then smiled at Starla to relieve the tension. He turned serious soon after. "You got a vine? Thats very good. Ok, tie the vine on the stick and throw it to me. Loop the vine around that tree over there if its long enough", he said nodding at a tree nearby.
"No need to hurry, take your time..."
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Post by Ze on Mar 21, 2008 9:22:04 GMT -5
"y'know, this isn't really the time to joke." she sighed and tied the vine around the branch and tossed it out to him, then she ran to the tree.
"it'll go around, but not enough to tie." she said, holding the vine as far around the tree as she could.
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Post by knightc3 on Mar 21, 2008 9:29:03 GMT -5
"Ok, leave it then. If I go under, use it to try and pull me out. It shouldn't come to that though." He untied the vine from the stick and tied the vine around his free hand. He looked at Starla, and spoke, "Ok, come to the edge and take hold of the stick and pull...". He took a deep breath and turned himself leaving face down in the mud. The stick sticking from under him, held under his chest.
The longer she took the more he would sink in. He was hoping to avoid doing this on his own as that would mean going upright.
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Post by Ze on Mar 21, 2008 9:36:39 GMT -5
She nodded and ran back to him, grabbing onto the stick and trying to pull him out.
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Post by knightc3 on Mar 21, 2008 9:41:52 GMT -5
The stick suddenly slipped from his hand and was pulled out due to the sudden loss of tension on it as Starla pulled. He quickly moved his hand up and took hold of it before it went out of his reach. But the sudden movement made his body turn sideways and sank under.
The mud closed up over him with only his hand sticking out of the mud now. Holding onto the stick and tied to the vine.
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Post by Ze on Mar 21, 2008 9:43:11 GMT -5
"holy sh** holy sh** holy sh**...!" she held onto the stick tightly and grabbed the vine as well, trying really hard to pull him out.
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Post by knightc3 on Mar 21, 2008 9:46:06 GMT -5
Inside, panic set in. It took all his will power to stop himself from making frantic movements that would have sunk him further in.
Very slowly he inched forward and upward. He was running out of breath and his head was still under mud.
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Post by Ze on Mar 21, 2008 9:46:54 GMT -5
She pulled as hard as she could, taking steps back as she tried to get him out.
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Post by knightc3 on Mar 21, 2008 9:55:33 GMT -5
As the top of his head broke the mud, he pulled his head out and took a big gulp of air. He freed his other arm and tried to help Starla pull him out.
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Post by Ze on Mar 21, 2008 9:57:25 GMT -5
"ok... not much longer Simon." she grunted, pulling more.
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Post by knightc3 on Mar 21, 2008 10:04:42 GMT -5
After what seemed like hours of work from both of them, he was out on hard ground. He collapsed on the ground, breathing heavily, the cramp dissolving as if on que.
He sat up and smiled at Starla. "Thank you...", and moved forward to hug her out of the relief that he was finally out but stopped a few inches from her as he realized he was coated in mud.
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Post by Ze on Mar 21, 2008 10:07:04 GMT -5
"...hug later, clean now. you're dirty and kinda stinky..." she nodded, sitting down on the ground.
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Post by knightc3 on Mar 21, 2008 10:11:28 GMT -5
"Yep.. gotcha." He started taking his clothes off, not looking back at Starla.
She would have no doubt turned around. He smiled to himself and climbed into the water.
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Post by Ze on Mar 21, 2008 10:12:31 GMT -5
She avoided looking at him, and instead looked at the scenery... lots of green.
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Post by knightc3 on Mar 21, 2008 10:17:37 GMT -5
He came out of the water after cleaning off the mud. He washed his clothes off and wore them. It was either that or walking around naked.
He was sure Starla wold have serious objections to that. He walked up to Starla and tapped her on the shoulder.
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