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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MacConnell" data-source="post: 8305894" data-attributes="member: 6855223">Being close enough to Askari where he is lying on the ground, Oorvid gives a faint whisper. Faint, but Askari can hear it. "Ask about the stick figures?"The four Shimadow, who are physically able to do so, retreat. The least injured who Askari had knocked down is able to run and does so. The other two, more near, back away  cautiously, by instinct. The one by the fallen Hiroshi quickly disappears from view. Registering the significance of the question, Askari asks in Shimadow.The running man hollers back as he runs. "They are not ours."The other two offer, "Truly, they are not ours, though we hung some of them. Our elders told us to put them out and leave them alone. As a people we do not make such things. We harbor no such superstitions. We do not know the purpose or who made them."The lack of information is a curious thing, but the Shimadows have no reason to lie about it.Fortune favors the prepared warrior, as they saying goes. It seems for the eight remaining Shimadow who lie upon the ground, their luck has run out. As is the nature of the party members, the fallen die very quickly and mercifully. To be left to recover would not be a benevolent act for local denizens of the forests would devour them while they yet lived.Even with the aid of Askari, it will be more than a day before everyone will be back ready to travel. Eight Shimadows litter the forest floor. Astrid begins to complain to the point of babbling. "I am the wrath of the storm. My spark has no sting. I should be able to..."Oorvid asks Askari to help him sit up and lean against a tree. He admonishes his friend. He speaks in Spiofthest. Wrenn quietly translates, as it seems important. "Look at us. You are not the only one to have fallen in that battle. So you are the wrath of the storm! I am the strength of the mountain! Hiroshi is the shadow in the wood, and yet here we three lie like sacks of grain. We lost. We will recover. We must learn to be better.""You need to be more than the wrath of the storm. You need to be its impetus. A storm is short lived. It rages about aimlessly destroying what it can until it is spent and no more. You need a focus. If the Norikadian people can sail at night guided by instinct and stars. You can navigate your life and sail the wind of Destiny. A focus will give you purpose. Do not be led by your emotions."[spoiler=Render Aid]Askari: 22(medicine) + 25(restore) + 27(d100) = 74[/spoiler][spoiler=Character Data]Askari: Body: 10 - 6 = 4, injured.Time: 60 days / 74 = 20 hoursShirt: 40 - 1 = 39 - 1 = 38 - 1 = 37.Astrid: Body: 5 - 11 = -6, incapacitated.Time: 110 days / 74 = 1 day, 12 hours.Mantle: 30 - 2 = 28 - 1 - 1 = 26.Stones: 20Hiroshi: Body: 7 - 7 = 0, incapacitated.Time: 100 days / 74 = 1 day, 9 hoursTunic: 60 - 2 = 58 - 1 - 1 = 56.Javelins: 3, stone: 3 - 1 = 2 - 1 = 1, ularinOorvid: Body: -2 - 1 = -3 + 3 = 0, incapacitated.Time: 100 days / 74 = 1 day, 9 hoursTunic: 68 - 1 = 67 - 1 = 66 - 1 = 65Volki: Body: 9 - 3 = 6, hurt.Time: 40 days / 74 = 13 hoursTunic: 50 - 2 = 48 - 1 = 47 - 1 = 46Wrenn: full wellnessTunic: 59Arrows: 13 - 1 = 12 - 1 = 11 - 1 = 10 - 1 = 9[/spoiler][spoiler=Collections]41 marks: currencyAluminum: 5 ingots, {shock x3}Ant Stingers: 4, {toxicity x2}Bandy Skull Talisman: 1, ??Bat Guano: 12 measures, {heat x2}Rodent Tooth Necklace: 1, (Health +1)Songbird Talisman: 1, ??Spider Claws: 3 sets, (Cohesion +1), {toxicity x2}Spider Fangs: 3 sets, (Cohesion +1)Coal: 5 bricks, ??Dull, Gray Stone: 1, ??Livestone: 1, (Strength +2)Emberstone: 1, ??Dried Leaves: 1 measure, ??Flowers: 2 measures, ??[/spoiler][spoiler=Discoveries]Bat Colony: 2Rheini Village[/spoiler][ooc]Everyone receives 5 DP and improves in Spiofthest by 2% and by 10% in Shimadow. State intentions and provide a random roll.[/ooc]</blockquote>

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