He is so distracted by the sight of land that it takes him a moment to realize he has reached shallow water. Pausing mid stroke he lets his body sink and can feel pressed, wet sand with the top of his head still above water. Flailing an arm and both legs in what turns out to be a surprisingly effect swimming technique he moves closer still to the promising beach, all the while devoting his left arm to ensuring his hat stays on his head.<br/>A good 20 feet behind him follows a woman, struggling to keep up with him despite boasting a more impressive, subtle muscle tone in her limbs. As he stops she looks down as well, noting the change in the water’s colour before turning back, wondering when they entered the shallow area, but from her elevation all water beyond 10ft seems universally deep.<br/>In less than a minute the pair can stand, the small waves running up and down their lower chests, after which follows a gradual climb out of the water and onto a narrow strip of pale sand, after which a sloped rock leads upwards to an uneven line of boulders. The man pauses at the edge of the water to check his belonging are still with him. The woman takes of couple more steps inland, less concerned about her possessions since she already knows everything not directly attached to her is gone. As she pants heavily, trying to recover from the exertion of reaching land she experiences an increasingly nagging warning that something it not quite right that suddenly spills into her conscious mind.<br/>The sounds of jangling metal and then a pause. Jangle, pause, jangle, pause. On the third repeat she notices a deeper, less noticeable sound in the pause: the thud of a heavy foot step. Seconds later an ugly, green skinned square head with thick, fleshy hair of a like colour and short, stubby fangs in it frowning open mouth appears over the rocky ridge, followed by a lumbering body. The troll is thin even for one of its own kin, and the madness of hunger sparkles in its eyes. Seeing you it sniffs the air and takes a cautious step forwards before desperation overrides its hunter instincts and it charges.<br/><br/>OOC: Kasumi has a surprise round, and you can both have a rounds worth of actions when the troll is 40ft away, after that it will act on an initiative of 14 (forgot to add the one).<br/>Also, you are exhausted, but adrenaline will give you 4 rounds worth of being fatigued instead. You can ignore the penalties altogether for 1 round, but that will cause you to return to the exhaustion state 1 round sooner. Finally, you have taken 9 points worth of subdual damage from the effort of the swim.