My brain slowly turns back on and I start to wake up slowly from the deep topor that I was in. Immediately my newly regained senses hit me like a punch to the face snaping me out of my stupor, If I was not laying down I would have fallen over from the shock of it. my ears were ringing as if I stood inside a giant churchbell as it was rung. Making me twist and turn on the ground. Contorting my body inhumanly, I'm really flexible now. There is nothing to be done except grin and bear it.

After a minute It still has not gone away, but its gotten much better. regaining my bearings I sat up and began to take in my enviroment. as a muddling I possessed the sense of sight and hearing. My sight is much worse then when I was a human. Its blurry, ridiculously so at a distance. since my ears were still ringing I was not sure exactly how good my hearing was. But it was mentioned that Muddlings had really great hearing. So i'lll go with that. I also possessed the sense of touch, I could feel the cool, hard, rocky floor beneath me. I could not smell anything so I asume I dont have a sense of smell, though It could just be a really weak sense of smell. Taste, no Idea, though Im sure I'll find out soon enough.

As for where I am. I'm not sure. cave maybe? cavern? dungeon? I mean this is a fantasy world according to Oriana. So a dungeon is not out of the question. Im in a dark naturally formed tunnel made of rough gray stone with lots of light green moss dispersed across the surface, there are many stalactites hanging from the ceiling and numerous stalagmites coming up from the floor. this whole place is a masive safty hazard, all you need to to to get impaled is trip. and on this rough rocky floor that is more of a inevitability then a possibility. As far as what I can hear, I can hear the slow and steady driping of water somewhere in the tunnel, I can also hear a faint distant rustling, that might be a problem.

Having seen the enviroment I then take the time to study myself. I'm made of mud. I have arms and hands with 3 fingers and a thumb per hand. I look kind of like if you did what Thetis did to baby achilles, dip him the river styx holding him by the ankle. But Instead thetis lowered him into a vat of peanut butter. A toddler coated in peanut butter is a good analogy. I take that back. I do not look like a todler dipped in peanut butter. I look like a very small man made out of mud. though while my uppper body is well formed my body below the waist is more mallformed. My lower body is like a mix of legs and slug meaning I can glide across the ground if I want to. I can also feel something in my chest. Its a hard shere slightly bigger than my closed fist, is that my core? I think it is. I don't know what my face looks like, I'll have to try to find some water at some point so I can take a look.

I mean I heard dripping water earlier. So maybe theres a puddle somewhere nearby. I stand up and start moving around, to put it simply it's akward. I'm clearly not used to this body yet. I start heading in the direction of the dripping noise when I hear a familier rustle behind me. its the same one as earler but much louder, and much closer. I spin around, I see a faint silhouette in the tunnel, I cant tell what it is. What should I do, Run? no that may just be what its waiting for. Attack it, also no. I'm not even used to moving my body yet so fighting is not ideal either. I chose to stand my ground and try to make myself look as big as possible. Then I hear the pitter patter of rapid steps, one after the other, and the shape in the dark is growing in both size and clarity. It looks like I may have a fight on my hands.