i suggest we go forward under the alias of The Batlord

The Mind Worm and the rest of your Monstourage eye you expectantly, waiting for your response.

Not saying a word, you rip off your clothes, proudly baring your erection to your followers. Without breaking eye contact, you back up into the stream and start to do a back stroke.

The Monstourage chatter amongst themselves, enquiring as to what the hell just happened. The Mind Worm mentally shushes them, for he understands. Though at first your actions seem lewd and nonsensical, there is a deeper meaning hidden within. The Mind Worm explains that you respect your followers so completely that you have cast away your birth name, and are allowing them to give you a new one in honor of this new stage of your life. Comissioning your followers thusly, you then showed them your naked body as a symbol of purity, to show that you have nothing to hide from them, your erection showing that you live with an unashamed love of all of existence. And your back stroke symbolizes that... I don't know, you're not afraid of swimming against the tide, or some shit like that.

The Monstourage is moved by your display. After discussing the matter for some time, they dub you "Proudly Naked and Ever Erect One", or just "Proudly" for short. You roll with it.

The water is cool and refreshing. You feel 1 point of energy return to you.

The Mind Worm, being a native of the area, recognizes the stream. He informs you that if you follow it to the east, it leads to a small village of humans, although the denizens are fearful of monsters and tend to kill them on sight. If you follow the stream as it bends to the west, it leads to a dark and massive cave from which few that enter ever escape. If you cross the stream, and wander to the north, you'll eventually find a road that leads to a castle town at the edge of the wide forest. As the Mind Worm has only seen it once, he can't offer you many details about it.

What do you do?

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Proudly
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Title: Stiff Swimmer
Health: 10
Energy: 9
Inventory: Whip
Skills: Bull****, Monster Mash, Get In Here

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Monstourage
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Mind Worm (Healthy)
Frownlad the Goblin (Healthy)
Jimmy Four Claws (Healthy)
Banshee Jo (Healthy)

west! lets go.

We go west!

You decide to follow the stream to the west, eager to check out the dangerous cavern. After all, where the danger is greatest is oft where one finds the most badass of treasures.

Your monstourage follows behind. Along the way, you spot a few rabbits, and your stomach begins to gurgle. You haven't eaten anything since those berries that gave you the shits, and those hardly did a thing to sate your hunger. You know that underneath those cute, fluffy coats, the rabbits are basically just sweet, delicious meat, waiting to be roasted. Yet, you doubt that you have the speed necessary to catch them.

Perhaps one of the members of your Monstourage can help you. Or, if you feel so inclined, you could simply ignore the rabbits, and hold out until something slower crosses your path.

What do you do?

*Hint* You can ask characters questions, if you ever want to learn more about them and the powers at their disposal. You can also observe people/places/things, which could reveal important information. If your energy starts to run dangerously low, sleeping can restore it by a fair amount. Sleeping will not affect health, though. In fact, sleeping while injured could cause you to bleed out during the night. To restore your health, you can try to tend to your injuries yourself, or have another character heal you. Most towns have a healer that will gladly assist you, unless you piss them off or something.

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Proudly
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Title: Hungry Wrangler
Health: 10
Energy: 9
Inventory: Whip
Skills: Bullshit, Monster Mash, Get In Here

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Monstourage
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Mind Worm (Healthy)
Frownlad the Goblin (Healthy)
Jimmy Four Claws (Healthy)
Banshee Jo (Healthy)

Set some rabbit traps, build a fire, smoke ‘em if I got ‘em, and lay back and try to get some shut eye.

also can we ask Frownlad to play us a tune?

"I think I'll set some traps for yonder rabbits," you state, whilst stroking your chin thoughtfully.

"But how?" asks the Mind Worm telepathically. "All you have in your inventory is a whip."

"Shh," you reply, raising a hand. "Don't ruin this for me." Though the Mind Worm is correct, you remain set on trapping the furry beasts. Slowly approaching the rabbits, you remove your shirt and begin to flex your abs, knowing that no living thing can resist the allure of your bod.

The rabbits run away. And before they do, they give you as much of a disapproving glare as their expressionless faces allow.

"Here, let me handle this," sighs the Mind Worm, cracking his mental knuckles. Sending out a telepathic message to the rabbits, he convinces them that you and the monstourage are friendly, and mean them no harm. The beasts inch closer.

As soon as they are within range, Banshee Jo paralyzes them with her magical shriek.

Jimmy Four Claws gathers the helpless creatures and uses his namesake to strip and clean their meat. He also makes a neat headband for you out of their pelts.

Frownlad the Goblin rubs a few sticks together in a pile of dry leaves until a flame slowly builds. As the meat cooks over the comforting heat, he whips out his Goblin lute and plays some sweet Goblin tunes for everyone.

Before long, the meat has been both cooked and devoured.

After the meal, you take a nap, and wake up a few hours later with a refreshing orexis in all of your extremities. And I do mean all of them.

Your health and energy both go up by 5.

Your new headband sits proudly atop your brow. The evil legions of sweat now pose no threat to your delicate eyes.

What do you do now?

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Proudly
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Title: Rabid Devourer
Health: 15
Energy: 14
Inventory: Whip, Headband
Skills: Bull****, Monster Mash, Get In Here

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Monstourage
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Mind Worm (Healthy)
Frownlad the Goblin (Healthy)
Jimmy Four Claws (Healthy)
Banshee Jo (Healthy)

continue towards the cave