Day 23.3 - After the fight

After that battle, I decided that Gaius should become known as "The Demon Spawn of the Seas". In my writings, Gaius and I decided to give a name to this beach. Chupa wanted a reference to himself. After their individual performances last night, I agreed to a compromise: "Waterfound Beach" (since this is where we finally found clean drinking water) "upon Chupa's Strand" (I had to explain to him that a strand is another name for a beach).

In the middle of the night, Talia awoke. She looked horrible. Gaius had been up all night reading his grandfather's book, so he immediately noticed and brought her some water. I took her back to the river and she told me of her latest nightmare: she attacked and killed Chupa. Obviously, Chupa was fine, snoring peacefully near the camp fire, but Talia begged me to tie up at night. Before I could argue, a horrible smell assaulted us accompanied by a rustling in the bushes on the other side of the river. We quickly headed back to camp since we were not in the mood to fight anything else. One of the horsemen later told us it was probably a skunk-ape. A dangerous creature in these parts, if you could withstand getting close enough to one.

I finally cave in and agree to Talia's wishes and restrain her, but not too tightly. She struggles through the night, but finally fell asleep.