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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 3566893" data-attributes="member: 11760">Despite Renraw's boasts, the fugitives soon enough find themselves surrounded by the blackest of the Tulgey Wood, trying to lead increasingly reluctant horses through hills and gullies. They can be slowly pulled around the obstructions in the darkness, but clearly want no part of traveling through the thick of the Tulgey Wood in the middle of the night.The rushing sound of the Moss River is now audible to all the fugitives and is perhaps 200 yards away."Fellows," Renraw says, terror evident in his voice, "I'm sure I saw something just now. I'm convinced we're being followed. Look in that direction there," he says, pointing toward a patch of blackness that looks identical to every bit of blackness around it."What should we do? Can we shoot a flare in that direction?"Tock's grip on his bow tightens."Did I mention I hate the woods yet?" Tock listens to the babbling of the river for a moment. "Kat, shoot that flare and see if Kem is being a baby. If something is there, maybe we can blind it for a bit. Stay behind the horses and get ready to bolt toward the river."Tock approaches Renraw, muttering softly."Get ready to give up a horse as a snack if we need to. Just make sure we save the ones with our stuff."Tock readies his bow and positions himself between the horses and the sound of the river.The flare spell creates a bright flash of light, revealing only tangled logs and still-barren bushes and small trees.But the space it briefly illuminates would have been big enough for a wolf as big as Renraw thought he saw, and he could swear he sees the tree limbs swaying during the flash of light, as if whatever had stood there had leapt out of the way before the spell could be cast, although that would require it understanding Imperial Common.As the flare fades away, Tock and Kat slowly turn their heads toward Renraw. Kat looks mildly embarrassed, Renraw's overactive imagination having been exposed for all to see."Well, that was smart idea," Tock snaps. "That is, if the idea was to give the baron a great idea where to find us. If we're done jumping at shadows, let's get these horses to the river where they won't give us any more attitude."Eventually, the first light of false dawn begins to creep through the trees, and there's a lull in the sounds of the night creatures as they begin to bed down in their dens in advance of the day creatures awaking to replace them.The sound of the river seems far louder than before in the silence. If the fugitives strain their eyes, they can see -- or think they can see -- the Baron's Road off to the left a few hundred yards away."C'mon, guys, let's go," Tock says. "River's that way. We can maybe get ourselves on a boat, or, barring that, we'll just follow it to Goblin Falls. There's a wonderful tavern there where I think we'll be safe. We can contact Scim's pal, too."</blockquote>

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