Up from the Depths - January 12, 2018

- Noän compiles a report on their observations on the creature and sends it to Commander Dawkins
- Anders calls in to the Commander to verbalize their findings and receives the command to stay and protect the population until the lab can analyze their report
- Anders and Grim borrow a small row boat and go out to the center of the lake to listen and see what they can - Grim tries to measure the depth of the lake with some fishing line, but it is jerked out of their hand. The boat is then attacked by something much larger than the creatures that came ashore in the night and gouges a scratch all the way through the hull. Anders has to book it to make it to shore before the boat sinks
- Pearl offers sandwiches to the trio. They are very nice sandwiches.
- After lunch, the trio go to the van to have naps so as to be refreshed to try to set a trap for the creature, but they are woken by Anders's perscom beeping.
- Harrison Bell from "the lab" has called to let them know the creature is a Grindylow, but if weak to anything, it is weak to fire
-  The trio drives around the lake and sees that Old Ben is now the only rancher who has livestock in easy view of the lake, so the party sets up on his land for the night
- Old Ben wants in on the stakeout
- Just like the previous night, we don't realize anything is happening until we're right in the middle of it.
- Noän manages to net the three grindylows who have gone for a cow.
- Anders goes to shot at the grindylows in the net when he is jumped by another who wasn't under the net making him shot the poor cow instead
- Grimsley stops filming the encounter and throws a fire ball at the netted creatures, who are singed, but it confused Old Ben who turns and unloads some buckshot at them (Grim is now bleeding with 2 harm)
- Anders manages to slice off one of the arms of the grindylow who is grappling him
- Grim dashes over and stabs the grappling grindylow in the back killing it, but gets a good
- Anders stands up and unloads a sub-machine gun into the surviving netted creatures killing them
- Old Ben is right pleased with himself until Grim and Noän remind him that he shot Grim
- Anders uses his army first aid training to patch up Grim
- The squad ties the dead cow to the van and drag it to the barn where he butches what he can from the animal (waste not want not)
- During their next watch, Noän sees a large something surface in the lake. It is mound shape, but it is too far to see any distinguishing features.
- Old Ben provides steak and eggs to the trio for breakfast in recompense for shooting Grim
-  Anders sends a report to the Commander about Noän's observations on the large creature in the lake while Noän finally sleeps
- Around noon Dawkins calls Anders for a verbal report, but he is not pleased with how long this is taking
- Anders and Grim wake Noän and plan:
- Noän will generate a magical rope like the net, and then use it and the van to try to fish the creature shallow enough for Anders to shot it with the sub-machine gun