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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nephis" data-source="post: 9242232" data-attributes="member: 20459">Keeping her eye trained on the tiny drake, Toriq calls out quietly to the halfling. "NEMO. Don't come closer to me, but can you see what I'm looking at?" At his assent, she continues: "in a minute, I'm going to get up and walk toward it slowly. My action shouldn't frighten it precisely: just make it cautious. When it begins to retreat, I want you to follow it.. at a distance. It should lead you past where it normally forages: nuts, berries, a cricket or two, other insects." The warden pauses for a moment, smiling slightly at the sound of disgust behind her from Jendi. "Insects have very good protein, which we need after the combat we just survived and the fouling of our food." All this is said in the same even tone. "Does all this make sense, little one? No need to catch it: it would actually be a good thing if it and any other drakes who survived our little skirmish eventually take over down here. Less likely for others to move in." She watches as the curious drake merely cocks its head -- actually probably his head, since it is so colorful. At the moment, from the vantage of his perch above their sitting bodies, he obviously feels safe. She hears Nemo get into place and call out an almost silent "ready." Slowly, her eye on the tiny creature, she rises to her feet. It immediately looks even more alert than it already was, leg muscles tensed. As she walks closer, it slips out of sight, and she can hear it scuttling along the passage beyond. From Nemo, she hears nothing, neither his leaving nor anything else. She waits a few minutes. Then, concerned, she creeps cautiously to the doorway to look down the corridor for a sign of either drake or halfling. Still nothing. Not a single sound. After about twenty minutes, she turns back to the others to announce her intention to seek out the halfling, to make sure he is all right. A tug on her shirtsleeve causes her to jump slightly then turn quickly around. There is the halfling, a little grubby in face and hand, crunching on something, and smiling. He holds out a pouch filled with some nuts, late crab apples, and lots of crickets. Popping one into his mouth, he says with his mouth slightly full, "m'brothers 'n sisters 'n I gather these for snacks! Better when they're fried, but still tasty!"[HR][/HR]* Nemo makes a Primary Skill Stealth check to follow the needlefang drake to where it forages for food: r19 +11 = 30 vs. 13 Moderate DC. Success</blockquote>

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