PMS 21

	<Halifax	plays alone on a lonely road, despite her age and status.
	<Halifax>	Yo. Ho.... Yo... Ho... A. Pirates. Life. For me...
	* Halifax	sings in a monotone voice.
	<Ellisa>	Capt'n!
	<Halifax>	She hops in the squares of an abandoned hopscotch drawing.
	<Halifax>	She sails the seven seas.
	<`Ellisa>	...hey... capt'n... are you ok?
	<Halifax>	Oh what to do for the rest of the crew.
	* Halifax	mutters and shambles a sad jig, unaware of the world around her.
	* `Ellisa	prods Capt'n on the shoulder.
	<Halifax>	Eh?
	* Halifax	turns around and looks. Her eyes seem empty.
	* Halifax	returns to the nonsensical things she was doing...
	<`Ellisa>	...this isn't right...
	<`Ellisa>	Nor is it funny anymore.
	<Halifax>	Through fire and water we sail on and on.
	<Halifax>	...and on and on and on and on...
	* `Ellisa	holds Cap'tn.
	<`Ellisa>	This ain't right!.. not right at all!... snap out of it!
	* Halifax	isn't breathing.
	<`Ellisa>	...w-what's.. the matter?
	<Halifax>	[Halifax is pale. White as a sheet. Her body has rag dolled.]
	<`Ellisa>	N..no.. this.. can't...
	* `Ellisa	turns captain around facing her, she's frantically trying to shake her awake.
	* Halifax	's hat falls off. Blood trickles down her slightly parted lips...
	<`Ellisa>	WAKE UP!... Dammt... c..cmon....dam you....no.......no
	* Ellisa	holds her tightly.. cmon.. cmon..
	<Ellisa>	We gotta get you back to the ship NOW..
	<Halifax>	[ The ship is still two days ride away. Moored on the beaches with a hole in the hull. Not exactly nearby and stable. ]
	<Ellisa>	[Well.. shit.]
	<Ellisa>	...fucking.. GOD DAMN IT...
	<Halifax>	[Yesterdays campsite, which has yet to be torn down, is just south of you, the group has been traveling north for a full day's tread now.]
	* Ellisa	just had a click in her head.. god damn distance.
	<Ellisa>	...c-camp.. first..
	* Ellisa	carries you back to the nearby encampment where the others are.
	<Halifax>	[=-=you>Halifax]
	<Ellisa>	[aye.]
	<Ellisa>	[I was sorta waiting on you to write us back to the camp Myschii...]
	<Halifax>	[=-= ah, sorry then.]
	<Halifax>	[=-= #maidrpg ]
	<Halifax>	[Ellisa arrives at camp holding a very dead looking captain. The campsite itself isn't much more then a couple of makeshift tents made from heavy cloth laid over low hanging branches and a fire. ]
	<Ellisa>	 Ellisa looks around frantically and catches eye of Tony.
	<Ellisa>	<Ellisa> Here. NOW
	<Ellisa>	* [Tess]Tony crawls out of the tent, walking over and then hurrying when he sees the captain.
	<Ellisa>	<[Tess]Tony> What happened?!
	<Ellisa>	<Ellisa> I.. I don't know!
	<Ellisa>	* [Tess]Tony checks the captain's pulse, listening for breath.
	* [Rut]Allison	mumbles in her sleep and turns over, oblivious to what goes on outside her tent.
	<Halifax>	[ The captain's pulse is incredibly weak and her breathing practically nonexistent.]
	<[Rut]Allison>	... Mmm... oh, we don't need that Anthonygnnn... let's sail the Nile together~...
	<[Tess]Tony>	This... is bad. Very bad.
	<[Tess]Tony>	Are you sure nothing happened? Did the captain eat anything?
	<Ellisa>	N-no.. she was up in that place over there, I went to go check on her and she started saying delusional things.
	<[Tess]Tony>	...Tch. No easy way to get a physician out here either, is it...?
	<Ellisa>	N-no... I.. I don't even know what
	<Ellisa>	*What's wrong.
	<Halifax>	[There is a spider on Ellisa's shoulder... It scurries around.]
	<Ellisa>	The f---..
	* [Tess]Tony	takes notice, his eyes narrowing immediately thereafter.
	<Ellisa>	...do you think?....
	<Ellisa>	..but first...
	<Ellisa>	DIE
	* Ellisa	crushes the spider under her boots with extreme force, so much that it causes a small crater.
	<Halifax>	[There is a spider on top of the boot you used to crush the other spider... It too scurries around.]
	* Ellisa	scoots it off and steps on it too...
	<Ellisa>	God damn.. how many are there?...
	<Halifax>	[In fact you notice a couple spiders on the ground as well. They skitter to and fro.]
	<[Tess]Tony>	...This actually might explain it. Damnation, this is why I always detested fighting in the tropics.
	<Halifax>	[One of the spiders scampers on top of the captain's face...]
	<Halifax>	[...whereupon it darts into her slightly parted lips.]
	<[Tess]Tony>	Damn!
	<Ellisa>	Oh hell no...
	<Halifax>	[As you reach into her mouth, a few spiders dart up your hand. Swarms of small black and green flecked spiders spill from her mouth as though she were a living ant hill that was just kicked. The amount seems disproportionately large as her face and upper torso are quickly totally covered by them.]
	<[Tess]Tony>	Gah! No wonder! How do we get rid of all these?!
	* Ellisa	crushes the few on her hand and starts removing any on the capt'n's body.
	<Ellisa>	..shit.. .get a torch up!
	* [Tess]Tony	brushes several of them off with caution so as to not get bitten, and then goes over to pull a stick out of the campfire. He trots back, waving it overhead relatively close to see what happens.
	<Halifax>	[Though dozens dart in every odd direction, a great many retreat back into the captain's mouth. There are still plenty around if you are wondering though.]
	<[Tess]Tony>	Damn, we have to move the captain before we keep going. Help me move over to the fire.
	* Ellisa	does so without saying anything... carefully avoiding being bitten herself.
	<Ellisa>	....dammit...what to do.. what to do...
	<Ellisa>	[Yeah yeah... quiet you.]
	* [Tess]Tony	carries the captain over by the fire, running back for the stick and then getting back. He tries giving the captain's ribs a solid kick, trying not to injure but instead just to shake up.
	<Halifax>	[As expected, a large number of spiders once again flow from the captains mouth like lava from a volcano.]
	* [Tess]Tony	waves the flaming stick at them, doing his best to prevent them from reentering the captain.
	<Halifax>	[Tony mildly succeeds. Many of the spiders seem to circle away from the fire. A few still return to the darkness in side the captain's mouth though.]
	<Ellisa>	What the hell is inside captain...
	* [Tess]Tony	rolls his eyes, grabbing the captain's feet and lifting, instead pulling off the boots. He tries again, getting her up into the air upside down.
	<[Tess]Tony>	Ellisa, hit the captain on the back and between the shoulders.
	<Ellisa>	Ok.. ok.. like this?
	* Ellisa	hits a tad bit too hard, she's still panicking after all.
	* Halifax	coughs heavily. Spewing small hordes of spiders each time. You can tell she's breathing though...
	<Halifax>	HAaaaa--ack...
	* Halifax	inhales heavily but stops as she feels more tiny legs lodged in her throat.
	<Ellisa>	G-good...!... a few more times will do it!
	* Halifax	is choking. Again.
	<[Tess]Tony>	Do it now!
	* Ellisa	does so, this time she controls herself a bit she does on the spot ACTUALLY requested this time.
	* Halifax	coughs up another load of spiders. She gasps for air. No more spiders seem to be coming out, but the captain still looks like a wreck. She has passed out despite being held upside down...
	<Ellisa>	Alright.... hold her Tony..
	<Ellisa>	I got some extermination to do.
	* [Tess]Tony	flips the captain over and quickly swtiches locations, carrying her princess style away from the spiders to check her pulse again and listen for breath.
	* Halifax	breathes steadily despite a not so strong pulse.
	<Halifax>	[Approximately, one hundred six spiders scurry around the campgrounds. Many seem to just flee toward the forest while other move in spurts and circles or towards other people sleeping in camp...]
	* [Tess]Tony	nudges the captain, shaking her a little.
	<[Tess]Tony>	Captain, can you hear me? It's Antonio. If you've died I'll go collect what's on your head~...
	<Halifax>	[A single spider crawls out of the captain's mouth and jumps to the ground scurrying off into the darkness...]
	* Halifax	is still very much not conscious.
	<[Tess]Tony>	Geez, it's interminable.
	* [Tess]Tony	turns around to address Ellisa.
	* Ellisa	crushes that very last one as its starts making a squishie noise under her feet.
	<[Tess]Tony>	Hey, what's the situation on those spiders?
	<Ellisa>	..mostly dead. I couldn't get most of them.
	<[Tess]Tony>	Well, where'd they go?
	<Ellisa>	We'll have to have the others checked as soon as possible.
	<Ellisa>	Other tents, the forest, everywhere!
	<[Tess]Tony>	Pick everyone out of the tents. Do it now.
	* [Tess]Tony	walks over to the nearest one, checking inside it.
	<Ellisa>	Yeah!
	* Ellisa pulls Dani out first, making sure there isn't any, and then Captain's own, then Emily's...
	<Ellisa>	I got all of them in my area, none of them are infected yet.
	<Ellisa>	How about you?
	* [Tess]Tony	walks from one to the next, killing all the spiders he finds in each. At the end, he still shakes the captain to try and wake her up.
	<[Tess]Tony>	Same here. Lucky us, I guess, in the midst of this.
	* Ellisa	walks over to captain, and nudges her awake..
	<Ellisa>	Hey.... how's she' doing so far?
	<[Tess]Tony>	Breathing, weak pulse, still out.
	* Halifax	still looks terrible. Another lone spider leaves her mouth...
	* Ellisa	grasps it within her hands and crushes it.
	* [Tess]Tony	shakes the captain, a little more roughly this time.
	* Halifax	is shaken.
	<[Tess]Tony>	Hrm.
	<Ellisa>	....urgh...
	<Ellisa>	...oh crap..
	<[Tess]Tony>	This isn't good.
	<Ellisa>	Her hat.. I forgot about it!
	* Ellisa	runs off back to that forsaken area and gets the captain's hat back.
	* [Tess]Tony	looks at her go, then takes a look at the captain again.
	<[Tess]Tony>	Damn... this would be so much easier if the captain looked like she was actually out peacefully.
	<Halifax>	[End scene]