Storms of Change IC Part 4

[silentspace]

OOC: Hmm, I'm going to assume that Adder, Manzanita's familiar, is also awake and standing guard...

Manzanita feels the sensation of alarm and great caution, and realizes Adder is communicating with her empathically. Waking up, she hears a slight shuffling sound maybe 50 feet away. The moon is waning, and she cannot see far in the dark. She can just barely make out Lucan, awake and alert. The two, seeing each other's shadowy forms looking at each other, know that they both heard the sound.

OOC: Adder's listen check: 11+6 = 17. Lucan's listen check 17+2 = 19. Manzanita's check: 17+5=22. Everyone else has a -10 penalty and continues sleeping.

 

[silentspace]

OOC: No time has past since the sounds were heard. If this were a combat round (and I'm not saying it isn't), this would be a surprise round.

 

[Manzanita]

OOC: Do snakes sleep? I would think. In any case, Manzanita would probably try to get Adder to nap while she was riding, and to stay alert at night. Thank you for remembering Silentspace.

IC: Manzanita rolls to her feet and picks up her sword. "Deer don't snuffle." she says dryly to Lucan and moves to waken Dunathor with her foot.

 

[Someone]

When Dunathar notices Manzanita´s foot on him he spins his arms wildly saying Don´t steal the cakes!, then realizes he´s awake. Listening to what the elf says (or whispers) he gets up, draws his shotsword, and tries to see what´s making the noise.

 

[silentspace]

Lucan (autopilot) remains silent and ready.

Manzanita takes her sword and moves to her feet, kicking Dunathar awake.

As she does so, she and Lucan hear more shuffling, a bit louder moving away.

Dunathar wakes from a dream with an outburst, then realizing he's awake, draws his shortsword and stands. He sees Manzanita, standing with her sword drawn, and just barely hears something in the distance. Peering into the darkness, he just barely sees two humanoid forms moving out of the range of his darkvision.

 

[Insight]

During Lucan's watch, in the middle of the night, the monk hears shuffling sounds in the darkness, maybe fifty feet away.

Lucan, wary of the odd noise and what it could mean, moves slowly forward to investigate the disturbance.

 

[Someone]

"Lucan, beware" whispers Dunathar. "They stand on their feet: they are not animals, that makes them dangerous."

"And if they were, they would be too" mutters to himself. He looks for something to hide behind as he looks around: maybe there are more of them.

 

[silentspace]

OOC: To clarify, the humanoids forms are moving away from you.

 

[Insight]

Lucan continues slowly forward, keeping to cover if at all possible. When or if he spots the silhouette of anything moving in the foliage, he will move into sneak mode.

OOC: Hide and Move Silently bonuses are +8.

 

[Someone]

OOC: To clarify, the humanoids forms are moving away from you.

(I know. Dunathar is a bit too cautious, as you may remember:
where there´s two humanoids there could be more. If he sees no more of them, he´ll follow Lucan, makin as little noise as he can; Move Silently +8)