Lotus and the Cobra [IC]

[Yellow Sign]

Zhangyong, Adus, Yudhistra, and Gutpa

You make your way back to the pond which is a short distance away. The child's body has already been taken away. The two men continue to dreg the pond with the grappling hook.

 

[Yellow Sign]

Mira, Ayjay, Jval, and Shava

It takes your group about a hour to reach the flat top hill. It is mainly short grass with several tall wide branching trees. A large troop of baboons feed peacefully around you. They seem to ignore your presence. You see a thached hut ahead. Several large baboons sit around and on the hut quietly eating and grooming themselves. All is quiet save the wind threw the trees and the movement of the baboons.

 

[Tonguez]

Arjay enjoys the journey from the village to Old Baboon Hill thanmkful to be away from the linger of death but realising the urgency of this mission.

He studies the baboons cautiously knowing that as wild beasts they could become a threat at anytime. However he notes that they are currently calm and so continues towards the hut.

"So Shava" he asks of their guide "what can you tell me about the yogi Sakurman?"

 

[Byrons_Ghost]

As the second group reaches the pond Yudhistra looks to the tracker. "Would like assistance, or should we hang back? I would not want to disturb anything..."

 

[Mirth]

Zhangyong dismounts from his horse and makes his way on all fours to the water's edge. He begins sniffing the ground and tasting the dirt, looking for any sign of what caused such devastation. In response to Yudhistra's question, the vanara replies, "So many have traversed this area that I doubt a few more can hurt it substantially. Your eyes may be able to spot something that I cannot, so feel free to take a look around. Or if you want, you could talk to the two men in the boat."

 

[Yellow Sign]

Mira, Ayjay, Jval, and Shava

Shava a tall thin man with a light mustache turns to Ayjay. "The Yogi is very reculsive and he wishes to mediate and expand his awareness of the spirit realm. We do not have much contact with him in the villiage. He comes down maybe once a year to collect alms and supplies.

As you near the entrance to the hut you notice several items thrown about the ground including a bloody white piece of cloth. Inside the hut you see a vague form on the ground and several other forms moving about. The air around the hut is thick with flys.

 

[Yellow Sign]

Zhangyong, Adus, Yudhistra, and Gutpa

It is hard to pick up anthing from the trampled ground around the pond. Though Adus notices a several fallen trees on the edge of a forest not far away. As you inspect this you can tell a very large animal most likely a elephant crashed through the thick brush and tress here. Zhangyong finds a large elephant foot print in the mud a few yard into the forest. It appears the elephant came from the east.

 

[National Acrobat]

Mira unhooks her Heavy Pick from her belt and pulls her shield from her back. "I fear that we may have come only to discover that death has arrived first. I fear the worst. This scene disturbs me greatly." Mira goes into martial mode, carefully approaching the entrance to the hut, leaving the debris and scattered items for others to examine while she guages the threat from the hut.

 

[Tonguez]

'Hmmm would seem that way" Arjay replies to Mira as he to goes into a ready stance and reaches back for his Kukri.

He sniffs the air for any scent of sign and his eyes and ears are alert as he follows Mira in...

 

[Mirth]

Zhangyong, Adus, Yudhistra, and Gutpa

It is hard to pick up anthing from the trampled ground around the pond. Though Adus notices a several fallen trees on the edge of a forest not far away. As you inspect this you can tell a very large animal most likely a elephant crashed through the thick brush and tress here. Zhangyong finds a large elephant foot print in the mud a few yard into the forest. It appears the elephant came from the east.

Zhangyong chatters and screeches in vanaran for a moment when he finds the elephant track. Then he jumps around for a bit, waving his arms about before calling out to the others, "It's definitely an elephant. No mistaking this impression. I'm not sure where it is now, though." Zhangyong uses his Wings of Flying to ascend above the treeline and see if he can spot any further sign of the rogue elephant. Descending, he reports his findings to the group.