(Adventure) Rivenblight's Castaway [Creamsteak judging]
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Sparky
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Ioleta will just sleep under the wagon. She tosses the whistle back to Jaan and catches a bit of sleep before Jaan wakes her for the part of the watch she'll share with him.
She's quiet throughout, peering into the darkness and, often as not, up at the stars. She wakes her watch companion as Jaan settles down for the night. Crawling back under the wagon when her watch is done she sleeps lightly, waking at almost any noise.
When morning comes she rouses, a little gray-faced and weary, back sore from the weighty pack. She bustles inside to get tea and coffee for the others and herself. She huddles over the mug in the lifting chill of early morning. Shouldering her pack she looks far down the road. She queries Troi about the long bow and askes Velbrik about his college, but otherwise is quiet.
OOC: Move us along at your whim, TH.
She's quiet throughout, peering into the darkness and, often as not, up at the stars. She wakes her watch companion as Jaan settles down for the night. Crawling back under the wagon when her watch is done she sleeps lightly, waking at almost any noise.
When morning comes she rouses, a little gray-faced and weary, back sore from the weighty pack. She bustles inside to get tea and coffee for the others and herself. She huddles over the mug in the lifting chill of early morning. Shouldering her pack she looks far down the road. She queries Troi about the long bow and askes Velbrik about his college, but otherwise is quiet.
OOC: Move us along at your whim, TH.
GnomeWorks
Adventurer
"Goin' ta sleep in th' inn, eh, Velbrik?" Troi asks as the bard enters the inn. "I'm gonna sleep out here... reminds me a bein' on th' road..."
With that, he drops off the wagon, finds a likely spot nearby, and promptly falls asleep.
He wakes easily enough when he is woken for his shift, and watches the area around the wagon vigilantly. After awhile, however, this bores him, and his gaze wanders to the stars overhead.
In the morning, he rises quickly, jumping to his feet as though he had been awake all along. He downs the coffee brought by Ioleta in a few quick gulps, then sighs.
"Good ta be on th' road again." He says quietly. "Got somethin' 'bout it... feel like it's gettin' inta me again... that feelin' a needin' ta be on th' move..."
I'm fine with skipping ahead to the forest, as well.
With that, he drops off the wagon, finds a likely spot nearby, and promptly falls asleep.
He wakes easily enough when he is woken for his shift, and watches the area around the wagon vigilantly. After awhile, however, this bores him, and his gaze wanders to the stars overhead.
In the morning, he rises quickly, jumping to his feet as though he had been awake all along. He downs the coffee brought by Ioleta in a few quick gulps, then sighs.
"Good ta be on th' road again." He says quietly. "Got somethin' 'bout it... feel like it's gettin' inta me again... that feelin' a needin' ta be on th' move..."
I'm fine with skipping ahead to the forest, as well.
Thomas Hobbes
First Post
Ack! Mein leiben! Sorry, have been busy, will be good from now on...
The night and the next day progress uneventfully as you end the day rather early, just on the edge of the forest, rather than spending the evening within it. Instead, you stay at an inn much like the last in which Tylkin takes a room and you are left to make your own accomodations on the floor or outside, as is your want. Tylkin spends his free time during the day chatting idly with other merchants and reading- and occasionally scribbling in- a slim leather-bound book. As the evening progresses, he heads, chatting with another merchant, to the hallway that leads to the rooms in the back. The rest stop, incidentally, provides Jaan (or anyone else) ample time to practice their archery.
You leave at nine the next day- earlier than Tylkin usually starts, but much later than most of the other merchants, who rise as much as three hours earlier- and head into the forest. "It will be a full day's ride, and then some, to get to the other side of the forest," Tylkin informs you from his position sitting on the wagon. "Keep a weather eye out, as you may well have to earn your pay. It is, as promised, a flat and gently winding road cut through a hilly and predominantly evergreen forest. Visibility is limited to either side of the road, although you can see for a good ways on in front of and behind you.
It's about noon- you're less than halfway through the forest or your day of travels- when Ioleta and Velbrik both catch a glimpse of something. Ioleta only out of the corner of her eye, a blob- maybe two? But Velbrik is looking full on in that direction and sees some eighty feet away, breifly framed by two large trunks and backed by a sunlit rock outcropping, the shape of a man carrying a bow. Only for a moment, and then it is gone.
The night and the next day progress uneventfully as you end the day rather early, just on the edge of the forest, rather than spending the evening within it. Instead, you stay at an inn much like the last in which Tylkin takes a room and you are left to make your own accomodations on the floor or outside, as is your want. Tylkin spends his free time during the day chatting idly with other merchants and reading- and occasionally scribbling in- a slim leather-bound book. As the evening progresses, he heads, chatting with another merchant, to the hallway that leads to the rooms in the back. The rest stop, incidentally, provides Jaan (or anyone else) ample time to practice their archery.
You leave at nine the next day- earlier than Tylkin usually starts, but much later than most of the other merchants, who rise as much as three hours earlier- and head into the forest. "It will be a full day's ride, and then some, to get to the other side of the forest," Tylkin informs you from his position sitting on the wagon. "Keep a weather eye out, as you may well have to earn your pay. It is, as promised, a flat and gently winding road cut through a hilly and predominantly evergreen forest. Visibility is limited to either side of the road, although you can see for a good ways on in front of and behind you.
It's about noon- you're less than halfway through the forest or your day of travels- when Ioleta and Velbrik both catch a glimpse of something. Ioleta only out of the corner of her eye, a blob- maybe two? But Velbrik is looking full on in that direction and sees some eighty feet away, breifly framed by two large trunks and backed by a sunlit rock outcropping, the shape of a man carrying a bow. Only for a moment, and then it is gone.
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doghead
thotd
ooc: Woot! All is forgiven TH 
"We'll lose a shoot out. So if they show, we take the fight to them. Troi with Ioleta. Velbrik with me. Work as a team and cover your partner. If they are on both sides, we'll take the right."
Jaan keeps directs his comments to each as he would in any conversation. He does his best to keep is voice and gestures as neutral as possible and avoids staring at the woods any more than usual.
He teamings are instictive, more than anthing. Velbrik and Troi have more experience in a melee than either he or Ioleta, Jaan suspects from his conversations with the others. Time will tell of course, but right now time might be in short supply.
Looks like we're going with Troi's plan - get in there and sort it out.
"We'll lose a shoot out. So if they show, we take the fight to them. Troi with Ioleta. Velbrik with me. Work as a team and cover your partner. If they are on both sides, we'll take the right."
Jaan keeps directs his comments to each as he would in any conversation. He does his best to keep is voice and gestures as neutral as possible and avoids staring at the woods any more than usual.
He teamings are instictive, more than anthing. Velbrik and Troi have more experience in a melee than either he or Ioleta, Jaan suspects from his conversations with the others. Time will tell of course, but right now time might be in short supply.
Looks like we're going with Troi's plan - get in there and sort it out.
Thomas Hobbes
First Post
Tylkin frowns at Velbrik's initial pronouncment, but acts casually, seeming content to let you all earn your pay. Nothing more is immediately visible in the forest.
GnomeWorks
Adventurer
Troi smiles grimly as Velbrik shares the news.
"Well, that's jus' lovely, ain't it?" He asks to no one in particular. "S'pose it's not unexpected, though. We knew there was gonna be trouble."
"Ioleta, sounds like you an' me are together. We get th' left side a th' trail." He adjusts his arsenal as he speaks, insuring that all of the weapons - the whip and shortsword, especially - are within easy reach and ready for use at a moment's notice. "Get yers ready, too." He says, nodding to Ioleta. "Make sure yer comfortable with where ya put everythin'."
He looks to Velbrik. "If they run, I can track 'em, if we'd like. It'd be a good idea ta get one of 'em alive, at least, ta find out where they're hidin' out."
"Well, that's jus' lovely, ain't it?" He asks to no one in particular. "S'pose it's not unexpected, though. We knew there was gonna be trouble."
"Ioleta, sounds like you an' me are together. We get th' left side a th' trail." He adjusts his arsenal as he speaks, insuring that all of the weapons - the whip and shortsword, especially - are within easy reach and ready for use at a moment's notice. "Get yers ready, too." He says, nodding to Ioleta. "Make sure yer comfortable with where ya put everythin'."
He looks to Velbrik. "If they run, I can track 'em, if we'd like. It'd be a good idea ta get one of 'em alive, at least, ta find out where they're hidin' out."
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