[IC] Halfling Quest - Rooting Around

[hafrogman]

Jerran rolls his eyes somewhat at his companions' responses to Eddie's alert. He himself keeps silent, and sharpens his ears for anything. . . a task not made easy by the conversations. He also reaches one hand down to a sheath strapped to his thigh and draws forth one of his many daggers, testing it's balance in his hand as he peers around the cave, ahead and behind.

 

[Ferrix]

With the arrow to the bow, Eddie strains his ears again to hear whatever it was he heard, however to no avail.

However, Kiylea hears a slight metallic sound off in the distance ahead, perhaps thirty feet at most.

The rest however hear nothing. No one manages to see anything despite Alton bringing his bullseye lantern to bear and pointing the beam of light down the tunnel.

 

[Tarlonniel]

"Now I hear something." Kiylea frowns, crouching cat-like and tiliting her head to one side. "It sounded like metal. And it's pretty close, but... I don't see anything." She glances at the walls around them. "Maybe it's in another tunnel. Should we keep going?"

 

[Boddynock]

Alton, learning from Jerran's silence, says nothing but listens intently and opens his senses to any taint of evil ahead.

 

[Evilhalfling]

Eddie slides forward and examines the walls and floor carefully, slinging back his bow to free his hands.
more likely a door than a trap. But you never know for sure..

 

[Ferrix]

Alton, learning from Jerran's silence, says nothing but listens intently and opens his senses to any taint of evil ahead.

Alton opens up his senses to the taint of evil. Faint tendrils of evil curl and waft in the darkness ahead, you can only feel it's faint presence as whatever it is seems to avoid the light from your lantern.

 

[Bobitron]

Bubbles stands very still, a step behind Alton. As he concentrates his mind into the shadows, she fingers the hilt of the finely-crafted shortsword she was recently given. Looks like I might have to test this out soon...

 

[Boddynock]

Alton whispers softly, "Eddie. Don't go too far. There is evil up ahead - not more than 60 feet from us. I can't see it - but I know it's there."

He then turns to Ringly. "Whatever it is seems to be avoiding the light. Do you have any spells that might reveal it?"

 

[hafrogman]

Jerran's chest tightens somewhat at Alton's words, as does his grip on his dagger. Still he awaits decisions from the others as he sits in the dark, not knowing what lies beyond their little bubble of light and life. Spelunking was not going to be his new hobby.

 

[Ferrix]

He then turns to Ringly. "Whatever it is seems to be avoiding the light. Do you have any spells that might reveal it?"

Ringly shakes his head, not wanting to let the others know that he didn't even memorize a common light spell, not that he thinks that it would do much more good than Alton's lantern, but nonetheless.