TUW: The Outpost
Adi waits, on the inside, the excitement of the grand adventure they are on is nearly overwhelming. On the outside he tries to remain calm but his excitement is betrayed by an inability to keep from pacing...
When the others get there he quickly fills them in, tripping over his words at times, showing them the bird and nearly bringing up his joke, but skipping over it with an unsuccessfully hidden grin, that could have been mistaken for excitement... After all is explained he nearly jogs down the stairs down to the trail, and waits for his friends.
Once they actually begin down the trail, he calms down some, and tries his best to be stealthy...using way to muffle his footsteps, conciously avoiding crunchy detritus on the forest floor.
When the others get there he quickly fills them in, tripping over his words at times, showing them the bird and nearly bringing up his joke, but skipping over it with an unsuccessfully hidden grin, that could have been mistaken for excitement... After all is explained he nearly jogs down the stairs down to the trail, and waits for his friends.
Once they actually begin down the trail, he calms down some, and tries his best to be stealthy...using way to muffle his footsteps, conciously avoiding crunchy detritus on the forest floor.
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Tellerian Hawke
Defender of Oerth
Maka, seeing that Taylar and Vittero are behind him, pauses for a moment, to allow them to catch up. He then follows Adi and Raven, attempting to manipulate Way to make his footsteps as quiet as possible.
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MacConnell
Creator of The Untamed Wilds
Day 260: Curious Feathers
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[sblock=Party Discovers]Slate Boulder: 76 stones worth, East Pass
Tin Vein: 43 stones worth, East Pass
Zinc Vein: 61 ingots worth, 7 days north East Pass
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[sblock=Party Discovers]Slate Boulder: 76 stones worth, East Pass
Tin Vein: 43 stones worth, East Pass
Zinc Vein: 61 ingots worth, 7 days north East Pass
Keep of the Rising Sun[/sblock]
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Adi looks to be sure his friends are following, notices that Vittero and Raven Elk are both out of sorts. They are following, but they appear to be distracted or something. It dawns on him that the bird’s song must have a lasting effect. He turns and says, “Hey fellows, it’s getting late, how about we camp out on the keep landing and explore this path tomorrow?” Then something occurs to Adi. “Hey Taylar and Maka help me set up snares along this path while the others go up.”
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Kwargrow
Gamer Extraordinaire
Taylar will help with the snares, bending the trees so that the others can tie the loops and such, and setting up camp. When the question of what to do about the birds comes up he says, "We should keep stones in our pockets and if the mourners come back we can use those to get rid of them."
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MacConnell
Creator of The Untamed Wilds
Day 260: Preparing for the Morrow
Each crew members makes a bedding location upon the porch area of the above keep, no one near its eastern edge. The birds do not return that evening or during the night. At night was certainly not expected since all known songbirds go to roost at night. The late hours of the night bring some strange and loud squealing and growling from far below, waking everyone except Vittero, who is not yet fully cognizant.
The squealing stops almost as soon as it starts, Adi and Taylar knowing that it came from the direction of the snares. being too dark to see, the everyone decides to return to sleep and investigate with the morning light. The Mourner Birds do not return with the morning, either. Anticipation is keen as sleep is rubbed from the eyes, and everyone prepares to descend, including Vittero, who has completely recovered.
Moving as quickly as possible without twisting an ankle or provoking a fall, the crew turns the final bend to stare agape at the disappointment before them. The ground is marred and scored with signs of an obvious struggle. One of the saplings is permanently bent out of shape, and both snares are broken. Whatever the culprit it was small enough to trigger the devices, yet much too strong for them to hold. The area stinks of adrenaline fueled urine, as well.
The animal trail follows the curvature of the cliff rise and then dips into a small ravine that etches back into the stone , the depth shadowed by a larger tree on the opposite side of the trail. Some low growling is heard just before the sound of a clawed animal tearing from its hole. Clambering up the trail facing the party is a weasel like animal, three times larger size, with blood on its claws and in its bared teeth. Though related to the weasel or mink, Fishers are far more vicious and dangerous animals, willing to attack beasts more than twice their own size. The animal, stringing a bit of cord behind it, seems none too happy with the intrusion.
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[sblock=Party Discovers]Slate Boulder: 76 stones worth, East Pass
Tin Vein: 43 stones worth, East Pass
Zinc Vein: 61 ingots worth, 7 days north East Pass
Keep of the Rising Sun[/sblock]
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Each crew members makes a bedding location upon the porch area of the above keep, no one near its eastern edge. The birds do not return that evening or during the night. At night was certainly not expected since all known songbirds go to roost at night. The late hours of the night bring some strange and loud squealing and growling from far below, waking everyone except Vittero, who is not yet fully cognizant.
The squealing stops almost as soon as it starts, Adi and Taylar knowing that it came from the direction of the snares. being too dark to see, the everyone decides to return to sleep and investigate with the morning light. The Mourner Birds do not return with the morning, either. Anticipation is keen as sleep is rubbed from the eyes, and everyone prepares to descend, including Vittero, who has completely recovered.
Moving as quickly as possible without twisting an ankle or provoking a fall, the crew turns the final bend to stare agape at the disappointment before them. The ground is marred and scored with signs of an obvious struggle. One of the saplings is permanently bent out of shape, and both snares are broken. Whatever the culprit it was small enough to trigger the devices, yet much too strong for them to hold. The area stinks of adrenaline fueled urine, as well.
The animal trail follows the curvature of the cliff rise and then dips into a small ravine that etches back into the stone , the depth shadowed by a larger tree on the opposite side of the trail. Some low growling is heard just before the sound of a clawed animal tearing from its hole. Clambering up the trail facing the party is a weasel like animal, three times larger size, with blood on its claws and in its bared teeth. Though related to the weasel or mink, Fishers are far more vicious and dangerous animals, willing to attack beasts more than twice their own size. The animal, stringing a bit of cord behind it, seems none too happy with the intrusion.
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[sblock=Party Discovers]Slate Boulder: 76 stones worth, East Pass
Tin Vein: 43 stones worth, East Pass
Zinc Vein: 61 ingots worth, 7 days north East Pass
Keep of the Rising Sun[/sblock]
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