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Message: <blockquote data-quote="alsih2o" data-source="post: 822467" data-attributes="member: 4790">“Well, how do we get down there then?” asked Rinney, staring down into the chasm below.   Tavania answered “We can travel along the cliff here, there has to be some way down in”  The party moved along the cliffs edge and found a narrow switchback trail within a few minutes walk. They noticed with some foreboding that the heavily trod trail rose strait to the grasslands and stopped suddenly. Securing their goods on Ichiopa, Rinney’s bearer cow, they began their descent on the narrow, steep trail. Halfway down to the forest floor the trail turned 180 degrees, leading them back in the proper heading towards the bees hive tree.  As they neared the forest floor Rinney noticed something splattering below them. He didn’t notice it fast enough to dodge what followed. His scalp stung and his ears burned as a large cowpie landed on his head from far above.  Rinney jumped- “CCCUUUURSSSESS!”  And before his sound fell from the air Finn was hit too. The party looked up from their narrow perch near the valley floor to see the party from Tawgor’s Ferry, dressed in black, standing out boldly against the blue of the sky and the fawn colored grasses that sprung from the cliff wall. "Down there is the end of you, are you sure you do not want to leave a will with us?" they cried.  Rinney recovered form his shock quickly enough to let his sarcasm drip through "Oh dearie me, the other adventurers think themselves better chosen... How quaint..."  Kolindra cursed them, calling “here is your inheritance!” and holding out a handful of the cow feces so recently dropped.  Tavania had no such subtleties; she drew back her bow and pointed the arrows shaft straight up the cliff face. The men at top quickly drew their heads backs, clearly unprepared for the move. The voice came again over the cliff top “3 months young ones, don't let anything slow you down!!!”   Rinney solemnly mumbled “I only hopes the moons reward you justly for how you spend your time”  The party reached the forest floor, and its lower temperatures and refreshing shade in short time, and Ryssa immediately had her nose to the ground- a low, snarling growl passing her snout. Tavania pointed the way to the trees that held the beehive and the party moved off together, stopping to tie down Ichiopa a few hundred feet from their destination.   As the part neared close enough to see the tree that held the hive the could also see the ring surrounding it’s base. Large fallen trees had been stacked into what appeared to be a defensive wall 30 feet from the trunk, they had grown over with dark mosses and begun to soften, but they still stood as a barrier….and a blind. From the other side came a loud and prolonged snort. The snort became a veritable cacophony of snorting and hooting. It was enuf to chill the bones after the long silence of the grasslands.  Finn snuck away from the party and crept across the forest floor with a silent step that would have impressed a bird. He scrambled up the short stack of logs and peeked his head over the top……</blockquote>

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