[LPF] Ryall's Estate

[Systole]

Daylily moves up to the smaller clearing, but keeps his hammer in hand, on the off chance that Quioan wasn't fully up to the task of scouting. He takes a cautious look around, then checks for footprints or a trail of some sort, and tries to make a guess at how long the campsite was in use and how many people were using it. After that's done, he helps himself to the spilled food. No sense letting it go to waste.

 

[Qik]

Quioan files into the clearing behind Daylily, still carrying his bow at the ready. For a brief moment he takes slight offense to the elf's apparent wariness - Does he not trust my abilities? - but decides to attribute it merely to a hunter's instinct: one can't have a surplus of prudence and vigilance when tracking an unknown enemy in unfamiliar terrain. Especially when that enemy has demonstrated a wide range of abilities - they were already aware of his ability to train animals and cast impressive transmutation magic. In light of this, Quioan squelched the pride that had risen up in protest, and gave thanks to be traveling with someone as able as Daylily.

 

[jkason]

[sblock=Daylily]No immediate signs of ambush that Daylily can detect. He can't seem to read the tracks well enough to tell which direction anyone went, but it looks like it's only one medium humanoid, probably been here a few days at a guess. Mixed in among the humanoid, however, are fresh animal tracks. Something with a small cloven foot.[/sblock]

[sblock=Daylily and Quioan]Since you've both seen the animal tracks, you're welcome to make a joint Nature check. Just let me know who's making the Aid check and who's making the primary.[/sblock]

Daylily's movement about the camp scrutinizing tracks unsurprisingly takes a path near the remains of vegetables and over to the dented pot. As he picks up the pot, however, he's disappointed to see it seems to have been licked nearly completely clean inside.

 

[Qik]

As Quioan moved towards the center of the clearing, he began to further scrutinize the animal tracks he had spotted earlier. Drawing closer to Daylily, he spoke to his companion in Elvish. "Daylily - what do you make of these tracks?"

[sblock=ooc]I suppose I should make the roll, since I have the better Know. (Nature) score.

1d20+6=26

Huzzah! I now know everything. [/sblock]

 

[Systole]

Daylily looks over the tracks. "Is lookings like deer, but deer should be more sharper and bigger, I am think. Unless Eastern deer is small and no tries to eat peoples."

OOC: Yeah, Daylily will aid. Let's see whether this is actually useful or just embarrassing.

 

[jkason]

[sblock=Quioan]Without even waiting for Daylily's response, Quioan recognizes the tracks now as belonging to a boar.

No need to filter info with the natural 20. Quioan was apparently has a natural fascination for swine and has memorized everything he can about them. [/sblock]

 

[Qik]

Daylily looks over the tracks. "Is lookings like deer, but deer should be more sharper and bigger, I am think. Unless Eastern deer is small and no tries to eat peoples."

Still gazing intently at the tracks, Quioan smiled at this. "I think you would find hunting Eastern deer much more disappointing - good eating, but not the challenge you're used to."

 

[Qik]

OOC: jk - can I tell if there are one or multiple boars? And I imagine if I spent months traveling in the wilderness, I would also fixate my thoughts on things like bacon...

Quioan leaned in for a closer look. "Actually, I think it's a boar...about the same weight, but the depth and width of the tracks suggests a smaller, more compact animal." Turning to address the group more generally, he added, "Looks like a boar went through here. My guess is that that's what caused our occupant to take off in such a hurry. I suggest we gather up those gems near the fire and see if we can follow these tracks - they might just lead us to a boar-assailed house thief."

 

[jkason]

OOC: jk - can I tell if there are one or multiple boars? And I imagine if I spent months traveling in the wilderness, I would also fixate my thoughts on things like bacon...

GM: lol. I see. Far as you can tell, looks like one set of tracks.

 

[Systole]

Daylily rubs his hands together. "Pork haggises," he murmurs dreamily, then snaps back to reality. "Yes, we should goes to find bacon-foods." As an afterthought, he adds, "And house-taking person, too."

OOC: I spent a year in Japan, and by the 6th month, I absolutely craved a Papa John's pizza. And I don't even like Papa John's pizza. But I thought about it constantly when I was over there. It's weird what you fixate on when you can't have it.