"Keep safe out there, Sarah."

"You too, Ari. See you in just a bit."

The two heroes of the Forgotten Realms split up, as they approached a menacing looking cave system in the distance. While it might've been safer had they stayed together, they figured that they'd be able to infiltrate the place better due to the cover of darkness. Although the shining moon far above negated that slightly.

As her ally passed out of earshot, Ari traversed over the grassy forest, leaf covered trees upon spindly branches doing their best to try to block out the moonlight. This was fine for her, as not only could she see in complete darkness, but it helped hide her too...something she was not good at much at all, partly due to her choice of primary colors for her outfit.

Her sandals swished quietly upon the grass, their sounds suddenly changing every so often when she stepped onto a dead branch, it snapping with a loud CRACK! under her weight. She'd commonly sigh whenever she did that, and pause for a few seconds to see if anyone heard her.

And then, as she was in what she felt was the densest part of the forest, she stepped upon another dead branch, bringing her to a careful halt once more. She stood there, listening intently, as a chill breeze came out of the darkness and ruffled her loose clothing and her fur.

She heard something...something moving among the grass. Standing still, she looked around, her eyes piercing the darkness around her, staff held outward, ready for whatever it was that was apparently stalking her due to her clumsiness.

She thought she was prepared for anything. But she couldn't be more wrong.

Without further warning, Ari suddenly felt her cloak get tugged downward to one side. As her head turned to see what was going on, she felt something chilly tightly grab her opposite ankle!

Gasping in surprise, her staff burst into flame as she looked to see what had grabbed ahold of her. Her eyes grew wide as she spotted what seemed to be a decaying zombie hand that had burst from the ground and it had latched onto her leg!

Ari yanked hard at her leg, trying to break free, but she could barely budge her limb, so tight was the hand's hold. Before she could try anything else, she saw another hand burst from the ground and grab onto her other leg!

Frantically tugging on both of her legs, she found that she couldn't break either of them free from the strength of the undead hands grabbing her! As she saw another hand erupt from the ground nearby, she screamed out in panic, "SARAH!"

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Technically this happened before the slime cave pic...I just totally forgot to upload this first. Oops. Anyhow,  theboundraccoon truly did an amazing job to what will be the start of a truly awful night for poor Arianna! Love the lighting, the very threatening hands that have taken hold of the poor werewolf, and that expression is totally perfect for the situation she's in. Thank you again for the outstanding picture!