Swamp Challenge RP! Aftermath (FINISHED!)

[Aiko]

Huh? I was the first to make the choice actually.

Route #3.

[101927700]

Huh? I was the first to make the choice actually.

Route #3.

Whoops, I forgot... Got so lost in others' replies...
Time to make the Zone 2 results...

[Kimalainen]

Akio- route 3
Zoey- route 2
Tirah- route 2
Bumblebee- route 3
John- route 2
April- route 3
Sonja- route 3
That's what I remember.

[101927700]

Akio- route 3
Zoey- route 2
Tirah- route 2
Bumblebee- route 3
John- route 2
April- route 3
Sonja- route 3
That's what I remember.

Writing Zone 2's results as I type.

[101927700]

It is time! Compiling Zone 2’s results…
No one took Route 1. Good choice, as all of Route 1’s mud is bottomless.
Zoey, John, and Tirah took Route 2. Zoey moves along at a pretty good pace until suddenly, she finds herself unable to move her legs and nearly falls over. She looks around, and realizes she must have accidentally deviated into Route 1. John sees her from Route 2’s real path, and calls out to her, but Zoey seems so panicked that she doesn’t hear him. “Whatever, she’ll get out on her own,” says John. He continues on across the mudflats. Tirah is having quite a difficult time, as the mud is just over the tops of her boots, which are quite tight and hold her down, especially with the mud filling them. She spots Zoey, now sunk to her shoulders in the mud. “I don’t want to risk my own life to save someone else,” she says, and moves on. A few minutes later, Tirah suddenly plunges to her waist in the mud. Luckily, she’s able to kick her legs and loosen the mud, getting back to normal depth. She is now more cautious of where she steps. Near the end of Route 2, Tirah sees John stuck up to his neck in the mud, but not sinking. “I wish I could help you, but the rules specifically say we are not allowed to help others. When everyone else is done, the race crew will probably come out and rescue you.” Meanwhile, Zoey has been sinking deeper. She’s tried kicking her legs, digging, anything, and nothing worked. She’s up to her chin in the thick mud, and knows she won’t make it. She raises her hands and slowly slips under the mud. Her hair is quickly eaten, followed by her arms. All this time, Zoey is releasing her last breath and blacks out, never to awaken.
Aiko, Kim, April, Sonja, and Julie take Route 3. Aiko runs ahead, fighting against the thick mud to try and get to Zone 3 first. Her run is mostly uneventful, except when she was passing by a bottomless area and nearly slipped into it. “That would’ve been the end for me… Luckily I spotted it and was able to dodge it.” She ends up being the first person to complete Route 3. Kim is also running as fast as he can, just focused on getting across the mud first. However, suddenly he begins sinking, and realizes there is a bottomless spot he is currently in. He is quickly sucked under due to his weight. April slowly wades through the thick mud, and her crossing is also uneventful. She finds Aiko at the end of Route 3, taking a break. But April is not as tired, so she continues into Zone 3. Now, Sonja and Julie are where it gets interesting. “I will have my revenge on Sonja for not rescuing me!” A peat-covered Julie runs as fast as she can, hoping to catch up to Sonja so she can push her into a bottomless mud pit. But without warning, the mud deepens under Sonja, who begins sinking. She struggles to escape until she’s up to her chin in the mud. Then, Sonja comes along. “You monster! You better not leave me this time!” “You’re alive?!” Julie reaches her arms out and pulls Sonja into the bottomless mud. The mud quickly sucks Sonja down, but Sonja is able to get her left boot back in the shallow mud. But Julie is still gripping Sonja’s right boot. “Why did you leave me to die like that?!” “We’re not allowed to rescue eachother, remember! And I’m Tirah’s friend! She texted me before the race, saying that contestants weren’t allowed to pull other contestants into the mud! Now LET ME GO!” Julie loses her grip on the boot as Sonja runs to catch up with the others. “I…. I wish… I wish Sonja would’ve just AT LEAST said something to me, like “Hope you get out,” or something! But… I guess it’s in the rules. I guess I’m the one at fault here… I shouldn’t have ran like that…” And with that, Julie slipped under. Beneath the surface, she could’ve sworn she felt a big robot buried down there, but she wasn’t certain. And then everything went black.
Tirah reaches the end of Route 2 at around the same time Sonja reaches the end of Route 3. Her boots and jeans are covered in mud. She takes off her jacket and throws it into the mud, revealing the T-shirt underneath. A wave of water comes up from the river and hits Tirah, washing her off and soaking her.
The results so far:
1. April (22 minutes)
2. Aiko (23 minutes)
3. Tirah and Sonja (24 minutes)
4. John (27 minutes)
DNF: Julie, Zoey, Kimalainen
The next zone is the Marsh. A few inches of thick moss above 10 feet of peat. Occasional ponds and holes in the moss. The 10 feet of peat beneath the moss will mean that all remaining contestants will have to be careful not to break through the marsh’s moss.
You have 2 choices for this:
1. Move a bit inland (thicker moss, longer route)
2. Stay close to the shore (thinner moss, quicker route)
You have exactly 24 hours from when this post goes up to when the decision deadline is. If a decision is not made by then, I will pick for you.

[IxelFate]

"Please... Somebody take my hand..." Zoey thinks, feeling her hand finally slip under the surface. As consciousness fades out, she can feel the movement of the runners on the surface. "How lucky they are..." She thinks as she finally blacks out for good.

[Jon Smith]

I did finish in fact. I didn't sink under, I managed to work my way out. Now in zone 3, I choose route 1.

[101927700]

I did finish in fact. I didn't sink under, I managed to work my way out. Now in zone 3, I choose route 1.

Alright, fixed your time in Zone 2's results.

[bogbud]

Sonja was devastated. She did not want Julie to drown or rather suffocate in that terrible mudbog. It was just impossible to reach her in that situation and she was ashamed that she was feeling so lucky to have made it, at least this time.
This whole area was so weird. She had been in thick and deep mud multiple times before but the stuff here was sucking people down for real. After entering the vast marshy area that was in front of her she noticed the quaking nature of the apparently thin layer of moss she had to cross. A bit more inland (a.k.a. Route #1 according to her map) the bog seemed to be a little more stable and she carefully probed every step with her now mud-filled, heavy boots.

"This will end soon, either way" she thought.

[bogbud]

You have 2 choices for this:
1. Stay close to the shore (thinner moss, quicker route)
2. Move a bit inland (thicker moss, longer route)
You have exactly 24 hours from when this post goes up to when the decision deadline is. If a decision is not made by then, I will pick for you.

A little side-note:
Choices 1 and 2 are the opposite from the numbered-lines in the map.
Sonja did chose the inland-one.