The group marches southwest at a steady pace, encouraged by the lighter winds and dry weather and Musharib’s insistence on pressing forward. Flavius is quick to find a bounty of mushrooms despite Musharib directing the party to stay close while they forage. Shortly after mid-day, the group arrives at a hill partially washed away from a mudslide. Musharib suggests taking the quicker path down the slope rather than circling around the hill. Sin surveys the mudslide: skeletal remains and bones protrude from the mud below. Unperturbed, Simon suggests the group slide down the hill, and the group embraces a bit of levity, taking turns devising the most effective ways to slide downhill.
Once they’ve gathered together, Musharib asks Sin if she sees the bones moving, and she lobs an orb of acid at the mound. It sizzles and boils, and the earth disgorges as a mass of skeletal remains and mud lurches forward.
The masses of bone and mud lurch forward, engulfing Therdek and Doz, attempting to tear the two of them apart. Goomy beseeches Sehanine and turns one of the skeletal masses, and the group attempts to free Doz by tearing the foe limb from limb. Doz’s armor proves too tough for the skeletal claws, and the group wrenches him free.
The trek through the jungle is quiet, almost peaceful. Perhaps it’s too quiet. During the night, a group of grungs attempts to ambush the party. Sin and Musharib spot the camouflaged grung and Sin rouses the party with a spell.
After a fierce combat, the grung are defeated, with most dead and the remainder fleeing wildly into the jungle,