You press on with the sun steadily approaching the horizon, heralding the possible return of the trolls. Bushes sporting pale red berries dot the terrain and short stemmed blue flowers can be seen hiding amongst the grass. The deer seem fearful of you and run as soon as you come within 200ft of them.<br/>Suddenly Kasumi, who is in the lead, hears a crack as she is walking past a bush. The martial artist turns swiftly, dropping into a battle stance. A moment before it hits she sees a spiked tendril fly towards her. Reacting fast she thrust her hands out, warding her body. The rope strikes, but her mental defences prevent her from suffering any dame. Whipping round Kasumi  a single spike strikes Vinny on the check, but it has lost too much momentum and fails to penetrate the skin.<br/>Cautiously you examine the bush and discover Kasumi triggered the trap by nudging an almost invisible line of some creature’s intestinal track that runs between a branch and a buried stake. The twine is made from plant fibre, studded with a double ended metal barb every 3 inches and was propelled towards you by a young tree branch, cleverly painted to look like part of the bush at first glance. This would be an very effective hunting trap as once the bars stick in, the creature, such as the deer you saw earlier, would be unable to free themselves without suffering severe bleeding, but even so with the amount of effort required to create the trap it does not seem worth it.