Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 7530479" data-attributes="member: 59816">The sticks and their allies hiked through the jungle for another full day. By the late afternoon, they reached the base of the high cliff that they would have to climb to reach Mbala. A narrow path was cut into the cliff face which zig-zagged back and forth as it rose. There was no prospect of reaching the top before nightfall, so they made camp in a depression between several large boulders which had been shed from the cliff in years gone by.Very high overhead, a bird-like creature flew. It was difficult to make out against the darkening sky, but it glided like a bird of prey searching for food. The group set a two-person watch; one to keep an eye on the jungle, the other to look to the skies. A few hours into the night, it began to rain. As the night went on, the rain increased, pouring from the cliff in waterfalls and hammering on the tarp that they hastily rigged between the boulders. By dawn, the depression was a pool and everything and everyone was soaked through. The depression was thick with mud, and as they packed up the camp, mud slid from the cliff and washed through, taking two bedrolls and a cook-pot away. Kasqa was nearly swept away himself as he tried to rescue them.They were soggy and covered with mud as they began to make their way up the cliff. Now the trail was a creek and the group stopped several times hoping that the rain would let up, but it did not. By midday, when they stopped for a meal, they had only gone less than half of the two-thousand foot climb to the top. They were faced with the prospect of having to go back or risk the possibility of making the final ascent in the dark.[ooc]Which is it? Back down, or keep going? Qawasha wants to go down, and Wulf wants to go up. The rest of the NPCs abstain from voting, not that it's a democracy. Technically Wulf is in charge, but he's willing to listen to opinions before he makes a final decision.[/ooc]</blockquote>

Verification