Gerrin, Aldous and Inabran worked their way through the sweltering jungle followed by their two pirate guards, searching for an object which might or might not have fallen on the jungle floor as the Troll had leveled its descent. Inabran spent more time complaining and swatting at insects than she did searching for something that didn’t belong there, but then she also made it a point to remind everyone in her party every other minute that she didn’t belong there either.

The pirates had split the crew up in order to cover more ground. Gerrin had no idea which of his crew were where. None of them had any idea what they were actually looking for: some kind of package, that was their only clue. They continued, sweating, through the jungle.

Aldous pushed another large leafy plant out of his way, peering at the ground beyond. “Hey!” he yelled toward the two pirates herding them on. “Do either of you even know what this package is supposed to look like?”

The two guards looked at each other. “You’ll know it when you see it. Keep looking”, one responded.

“Yeah”, Aldous muttered under his breath. “I know an idiot when I see one...and I got two here”.

Several minutes passed when Gerrin, stepping over a fallen tree, yelled “Hey! We’ve been at this for three hours. How about a bathroom break?”

One of the guards waved his muzzle toward Gerrin. “Do what you need to do and get back to looking”.

“What? With you two watching?” Gerrin shook his head. “I need a little privacy”.

“This is all the privacy you’re gonna get”, the guard responded harshly.

“Oh, do I really have to see this?” Inabran groaned loudly. “Let him go behind a tree”.

Everyone turned to look at her. Gerrin continued “You gotta at least turn your heads”. He paused for a second before adding “You’re not sly, are you?”

Cocking his weapon, the guard ordered “If you have something to do, do it now”.

Gerrin sighed. Gesturing to Aldous, he s