I hope to go and visit the northern civilisation, to become friends with them. Unfortunately, they are not where I expected them to be, it turns out.�...��John offered, “Your best chance is get a ride aboard one of the merchant ships, one that intends to travel to the north continent. You could walk there, but it might take you a year to do so. You would need to offer a decent amount of trade items for your passage, as it is a fairly long voyage, allowing for trading stops on the way.”John had. That’s when the world froze again.“Hail Ephus,” Aniketos said as he bowed to the ground. Amaunet was also bowing. “I am truly sorry that things have to end as they are. We had thought you might have had another idea for the first problem. Alas, as we can see that is not to be. They have all formed the ring exactly as we instructed you. As you said it ends today no matter what.”“It will be quick dear friend, neither will feel a thing when it happens.” Amaunet said. “We will be forever thankful. I looked Cindy's luscious corpse over real closely. She certainly didn't look dead to me; only sleeping. The only indication I saw that gave away that I was truly looking at a corpse was a port-wine stain on the inside of her left wrist. I have seen those stains numerous times over the years and assume they are caused by the blood pooling in the extremities before embalming.Before I had a chance to look any more; an older woman came in to view Cindy's luscious corpse. I moved over to the flower. Across from me I saw what looked like a large brown furry blob breathing heavily. I immediately knew it was Natalie. I got up and walked closer to her and gently shook what I guessed was her shoulder. A pair of large black bear eyes looked up at me. "Look at what has happened to me" she whispered. I was amazed she could still talk with her large mouth full of sharp teeth. " dont worry Nat, even as a grizzly you still look good to me" What I guessed was a smile appeared on her face. I pressed my.