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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CanadienneBacon" data-source="post: 3516445" data-attributes="member: 11146">After the discovery of the dead girl, the remainder of the night marches past without incident but also without sign of Maelicent's return.  Inside, the stiffling humidity of the cave amplifies the scent of death rising from Celine's corpse.  Outside in the clean white light of dawn, the rain has let up to a steady drizzle.  The entirety of the wood and the citadel grounds as glimpsed from the cave's crack seems to be shrouded in heavy fog.  Footsteps on the ledge outside announce the probable presence of the goblin, returning at last from his foray into the wood for food and kindling.[sblock=Ambrus]Maelicent has been gone overnight.  Half hour travel time to glade/build fire/fight trees, two hours unconscious, then the rest of the night spent sheltering under the burned out stump of the mallorn in the clearing.  When Maelicent woke, smoke to the west accompanied by the acrid smell of burnt wood filled his lungs.  Rain has been and still is coming down.  No sentient trees were anywhere near him when he woke.  The oak was nowhere to be seen.  His bonfire was out, but that was more a function of the rain than anything else.  For half an hour after waking, he was staggered.  Upon attaining the ledge on the crag in the early morning hours, Mal's back at full hp due to the non-lethal damage having healed itself overnight.[/sblock]</blockquote>