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Message: <blockquote data-quote="El Jefe" data-source="post: 3142719" data-attributes="member: 19990">OoC:  That would be the one that Eternity dropped and that Michael healed.  Let's go nice and slow:1.  Private Squatter was one of the two who chased after Zaeryl in the forest.  He was injured by Zaeryl's crystal blast, then ran off in the direction of Duvik.  He got pinged by Almayce's crossbow bolt as he ran, then finally beaned by Zaeryl.  Zaeryl dragged him halfway back to where the party had left the horses, where he was met by a mounted Hulgyr.  Private Squatter was deposited on Hulgyr's mount, where he still resides.2.  Private Kneeler was gang-tackled and pummeled to unconsciousness by Hulgyr and Ironwolf (Michael would have helped, but it became a moot point).  Hulgyr ran off into the woods, attracted by the sounds of Zaeryl and Private Squatter.  Michael ran into the woods in a slightly different direction, and converged on the Eternity/Almayce/Private Stander group.  Ironwolf stopped to pick up Private Kneeler and carry him, following behind and out of sight of Hulgyr.  Hulgyr gave up the chase and joined the Eternity/Almayce/Michael group, but Ironwolf trudged on until he met up with Zaeryl dragging Private Squatter on the return trip.   He then turned toward the rest of the group, and was eventually met by Almayce who was leading his horse.  Ironwolf loaded Private Kneeler on his own mount, shrunk back to normal size, mounted up, and rode off.  Private Kneeler is still on the back of Ironwolf's horse.3.  Private Stander, the oestensible leader, followed Zaeryl into the woods with Private Squatter.  When he winded his horn, he got blasted and dropped by Eternity.  He laid there for a time, until Michael stabilized him.  Eternity made ready to stabilize him in case Michael's check falied, but that wasn't necessary.  Eternity then immediately made for her horse, as did Michael and Almayce.  Hulgyr followed, and was able to outrun Michael to the horses.  Nobody bothered to pick up the limp form of Private Stander.If I might quote from a spoiler block that was labled for the eyes of Michael, Hulgyr, Eternity, and Almayce:Believe me, I watched all of you guys pretty closely to see if anyone would stop and pick him up.  You didn't.  The explanation is pretty simple:  You got split up and lost visibility of each other.  Nobody was "in charge" and taking responsiblity for the actions of other party members.  Most of you were dealing with multiple distractions, among which were one of the soldiers (Private Squatter) trying to make a getaway, rounding up lost party members, making sure that none of the injured/unconsious soldiers were in immediate peril, concern that summoned reinforcements would soon be arriving, finding your horses, and making a quick getaway yourselves.  Not all of you had to deal with all of those distractions, but most of you had to deal with most of them.  And then, you all ended up riding for your lives, strung out in a long line, with most of you only able to see the rider directly ahead and the rider directly behind you.  So, I'm not really surprised that the first time you all group up, after nearly an hour of hard riding over difficult terrain, you all count, "One, Two, Oh Sugar!" (as Morrus's grandmother would put it).</blockquote>

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