(Adventure) Rivenblight's Castaway [Creamsteak judging]

[WizWrm]

Velbrik nods and casually moves over to the trail's right side, nodding for Jaan to follow. He scans the forest ahead and to the side, watching for any sign of movement and preparing to reach for his longsword.

 

[doghead]

Walking alongside the wagon, Jaan understand why soldiers are so keen on shields.

 

[Sparky]

Ioleta just barely keeps herself from sighing audibly... Holy smokes... I'm beginning to think Jaan was right. We should have been straight with Tylkin. She moves left with Troi, eyes scanning the underbrush and the canopy, ready to protect the merchant or the huntsman. She glances at the back of Tylkin's head as she takes her position.He's really not half bad as Daggreth said. I hope he doesn't get hurt.

Scanning the brush again, Ioleta gently says, "You might want to get down, Tylkin. This could be bad."

And then even more quietly to Troi, "I know I said I'm no great shakes in toe-to-toe combat, but, uh, if I can catch one of them unawares... well, that's my best bet. But we can't leave the wagon if the others are going to go close. What do you want to do?" She speaks quietly, quickly and with as much clarity as Troi has ever heard her speak. When it's down to brass tacks, the girl doesn't fool around.

OOC: Of course, as soon as we enter combat I'm going out of town. Figures. I'll post if at all possible, but Tues-Saturday (at the earliest) I will most likely be incommunicado. Troi (or TH), feel free to run Ioleta. She's earnest about protecting the wagon and Tylkin, but also about sticking to Jaan's stated plan - working in a pair with Troi. She has three daggers to throw if needed and a short sword. She'll resort to Troi's longbow if needed, but her chances of hitting are rather poor (-2). Her preference would be to disappear and flank with the intention of doing sneak attacks (while fighting defensively), though if the assailants are at range that wouldn't quite be possible.

 

[GnomeWorks]

"I'll distract as many of 'em as I can." Troi says quietly. "If ya can sneak back around 'em, will that work fer ya? Just stay within sight a th' wagon, an' s'all good."

 

[Sparky]

Ioleta nods and realizes she is at Troi's elbow. "Good,"she says quietly.

She swallows nervously and blinks several times as tears threaten. Dammit. Dammit. No. She sniffs, nose beginning to run. Almost to herself, "Dammit, c'mon."

 

[GnomeWorks]

Troi turns slightly to regard Ioleta as they walk. "You gonna be alright? We can't have ya breakin' up on us right now."

 

[Sparky]

Ioleta blinks at Troi, eyes wide, shining. She looks angry now, defiant. She dashes her eyes on her sleeve, "Yeah." She scans the forest, "Doesn't mean I'm not scared."

 

[doghead]

Jaan catches Troi's expression of concern, and Ioleta's response. He knows where she is coming from. While a warrior by training, he hasn't been in any fights worth a damn. Bent broken and bloodied bodies ... Wild screams and whispered pleas ...

He silently shakes away the thought. He's not sure how his voice would come out right now.

 

[Thomas Hobbes]

It is, on the whole, rather anticlimactic. Jaan spots perhaps a flurry of movement, then Troi, then Ioleta sees someone moving between the trees some fifty feet away- but after more than five nerve-wracking minutes without seeing anything more than birds and small animals, even Tylkin is beginning to show signs of fraying. “Perhaps they moved on?” he says, obviously trying very hard to make the question sound casual.

 

[GnomeWorks]

"We could go after 'em, draw 'em out inta th' open." Troi says with a shrug. "Dunno if it'd be a good idea, but it'd be a whole helluva lot better'n messin' around 'n waitin' fer 'em ta come outta th' woods."