Caught
Jay had left the cannibal village in the darkness of the night, leaving nothing but corpses and death in his wake.
Their stick huts had caught alight after some flame torches had been dropped during the one-sided slaughter; Jay was nothing but a dark silhouette, slipping into the darkness as the fire began to rage.
Somewhere out there was the leaf-skin territory, but Jay couldn’t be sure if they were cannibals.
He entered the dark jungle forest following the path, he was guided by Red with each step to stop him tripping; the two of them followed the stick-path which had been laid atop the roots.
As for the other skeletons, well they were already scouting the nearby forest, searching for any fleeing cannibals, hiding in the night.
Jay wasn’t sure how long it would be before the sun would rise, as he didn’t know how long he had slept before his necrotic helminth woke him up, but he felt well rested enough to keep going on his journey.