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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doghead" data-source="post: 2165998" data-attributes="member: 8243">Meanwhile ...Seonaid and kharven: [sblock]Garival considers Fenix's answer for a moment, then nods in  unspoken understanding. Fenix reaches down into the shadows and hefts a bag onto his shoulder.It doesn't take much to slip out of the town unseen. Its not necessary to do so, but its easier that way. Once clear of the village, Garival sets off cross-country straight as an arrow, and at a good pace. There is no need to track Cromwell's journey, Garvil knows where he is going. Garival notes that Fenix seems able to move without sounding like he is carrying around a whole kitchen with him. They make good time.By the cold light of dawn, Garival and Fenix cross the last stream and approach the base of the hill upon which the ruins sit. The top of the hill is bare, but all around the base and up the sides most of the way is lightly wooded.Garival comes to a dead halt, his heart pounding loudly (it seems to him) in the silence. He slowly lowers himself into a crouch, concealing himself behind the undergrowth. Fenix does the same, although it takes him a moment longer to see the reason for it. Ahead less than 60 feet away up the hill are the squat shapes of three, maybe four large humanoids. They crouch in among the trees between you and the ruins at the top of the hill. Everything is kinda grey in the early dawn light, and the view obscured, but the rough spikey outlines are those of warriors.Another figure arrives from the direction of the ruins. A short conversation ensues. Their voices are pitched low, but the sound carries enough for you to recognise its not the common tongue. It sounds like the goblin tongue, but the creatures up ahead are bigger than any goblins. One of them begins to gesture. You've seen the sergeant make the like when working with the guard. Two of the figures slip away, skirting around the hill. They move through the woods with easy familiarity, almost soundlessly. You suspect that they would be unseen by anyone watching from the ruins up ahead. But they are not aware that they are being watched from behind. You get a clear look.Orcs.ooc: Over to you. Please keep it sblocked for the moment. The ruins are probably about 100 to 150 feet ahead of you. Lightly wooded. Slopes up towards the ruins. Have fun.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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