Q'Barra: Facing Truth

[Rookseye]

"I am of the mind of Darrick; the sooner our journey continues, the less chance we will be in this place when the scavengers come. No body rests for long in the jungle when there is blood in the air. Not even great Mo'kedes. Many hungry mouths there are."

While he says this, Sepoto examines the remains of the two great apes to see if he can notice anything amiss about them. Though he is not surprised by their aggression, he wonders why they seemed to be the sole beasts in this tract of jungle.

[sblock] In lieu of a more appropriate skill check, Sepoto will examine them with a simple Search. It might be a good idea for someone to use a Knowledge (Nature) check on them as well, to check for some manner of physical defect or effect. Search check = 18 [/sblock]

 

[BRP2]

Well, they were not too friendly. Their claws were rather painful.

As Catherine heals him, he grunts slightly but in the end bows his head in thanks.

You sure you are okay? You got more of a beating than me. He says to Catherine. Charles watches as Sepoto searches through the bodies of the apes.

 

[Pebele]

Sepoto finds nothing that he would consider unusual about their bodies. The apes had no markings nor did they have anything on them.

He is not familiar with the normal body structure of the apes, however, so Sepoto does think that someone with that knowledge might fare better in examining the bodies.

 

[Yeoman]

You sure you are okay? You got more of a beating than me.

Catherine smiles at Charles, then laughs. "I've gotten worse in training accidents honestly. I appreciate your concern though, you've got a good heart. A look of concern passes over Catherine's face as she looks Charles over. How's your leg feel now? Magic binds wounds pretty well, but it's medicine that gets rid of the residual pains. Ahh, I'm sure a medical lesson isn't what you need right now. I'm going to check on Sepoto and those apes.

Let's see, I wonder why these apes were this close to Newthrone. You'd think they wouldn't venture this far south. Time for a closer look.

[sblock]
Knowledge (Nature) 1d20+9=26
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[Pebele]

When Catherine joins Sepoto in examining the bodies, she realizes that they are malnourished. She also knows that the apes are quite farther south than they should be.

She also remembers that shortly before the attack she had noticed that there was a lack of bird sounds in the jungle, and this could be related.

 

[BRP2]

Same deal, training has hurt me much more. It's just that you are a gi-... Charles bites his own tongue, Yes, maybe you should assist Sep with his examination.

 

[EvolutionKB]

Kaelan

After cleaning his blades and reapplying his capsules, Kaelan wanders over to the edge of the jungle where the apes came from, looking to see if there were any obvious ape beds or which direction they came from. Search result of 21 Upon his return he says, "I agree we should keep moving. We need to make as much progress as possible before the settlement has another raid. We should probably move the bodies off the road at least, so any traveling wagons don't get blocked." Seeing Sepoto and Catherine looking over the bodies he says, "anything unusual?"

 

[Yeoman]

Same deal, training has hurt me much more. It's just that you are a gi-...

"I'll let you take that back, before I lose all respect for you."

"Anything unusual?"

"Well, they are definitely farther south than would be expected, they look like their normal food is gone which bears out the odd silence here. It's certainly not unheard of for any large animals to attack humans, and sadly if they were starving...risking their lives to attack heavily armed prey might not out of the question.

 

[Shayuri]

"Conclusion," Trebuchet stated, "The lizardmen are raiding the humans for similar reasons. Because their normal supply of food has been depleted. We should determine if this loss of food is affecting the town as well."

 

[Yeoman]

"Sepoto and Kaelan are right, we've got to get moving. If food is scarce, then scavengers can't be far behind."