Nightly Visit
"...in a sense. Going to call upon another friend. This one is nicer though so don't worry." Jaahlyn dips the oar into the water and slowly starts to move it in a circular motion. "You might want to stand back a bit."
It doesn't take long until Jim can hear a series of flicking sounds and soon he can see a point on the river where the surface of the water seems to be at the point of breaking but does not. Like something heavy yet extremely light is resting on top of it.
And there is.
It took him a moment to realize since it was just as black as everything else in here but that's a thin yet long hairy leg which is somehow resting on the surface, stretching up endlessly into the darkness. Soon joined in by a couple more which all lead by to a unfathomable creature which must be holding itself above the water, just outside the light's reach.
"'ello there, lad." Jim can just barely hear a chittering voice say as one of the legs lifts itself from the surface of the water and stretches out towards Jim, stopping just in front of him.
"Ah-" Jaahlyn herself seems surprised by this. "Jim, this is Strider Of Woe. They're going to take us across."
"Strider's fine. Jim was it? Nice to meet ya' mate." The leg hasn't moved an inch from it's original position.