The First Age of Man

[Piston Honda]

Tekai and Niraya return to their temporary cave, a bit disappointed with their catches to find a smiling Sheng skinning a wild boar and a sack of root vegetables. Inguar is also there, apparently having found a good patch of potatoes and some rice, as well as a good amount of bird eggs.

[sblock=Seerah]
Seerah seems to be having no luck in the wild today, mostly spoiled vegetables. Late in the day, a hungry Seerah comes across a berry bush. The berries look ripe, but before she reaches in, she notes the leaves of the plant and realizes the berries are particularly poisonous. These berries can be harvested to make a potentially deadly poison.[/sblock]

[sblock=OOC All]
Tekai and Niraya found enough food to cover today. Sheng found two days worth of food as well as covering today. Seerah expends one day of rations.

Tekai, Sheng, and Niraya all find signs of larger game, but did not see much in the nearby forest.
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[Voda Vosa]

Sheng Shemin

"Rice, nice. How many arrows did you spend on that wild beast eh? Haha! Seems like I won the game." says the warrior. His cheerful attitude makes what could be taken as mocking to be a playful teasing.
Sheng looks appreciatively at Niraya "Niraya, well done. Ye've beaten Tekai at his own game."
Still smiling, Sheng makes quick work of the boar's skin, rolling it and leaving it aside for later.
"You have some salt in yer cart Inguar? This baby might be a bit too much for the five of us, we could salt some for later." he asks, while cutting off the limbs.

 

[KirayaTiDrekan]

[sblock=GM Only (well, I can't actually prevent you from clicking, but, you know, it makes me feel better)]Seerah carefully harvests as much of the poison berries as she can, secreting them away in an inner pouch for later.[/sblock]

Seerah returns to the cave empty handed...and hungry, Asra at her side.

"I have had no luck in foraging and my rations are gone. Would someone be willing to share?"

 

[Piston Honda]

“Of course girl; can’t have anyone go hungry on our journey.” Inguar offers a few eggs. “The potatoes and rice will keep us on the road. I also found some Lusec. Gods, I hate trying to collect it myself, but I feared I mightn’t find it again, and we could use some medical supplies restored. ” He carefully removes the flower from his pack. “I used no arrows this day, but this could be the difference between life and death.” Inguar smiles. “We also have plenty of salt."

[sblock=Seerah]
The flower was surprisingly well harvested

[sblock=OOC]Lusec
With a couple of hours or so, Seerah is capable on a simple herbology check to make this into two vials of medicine (Roughly: Cure Light Wounds) or one application of salve (Roughly: Cure Moderate Wounds). An exceptional check could result in a better yield. It is best to use this flower as quickly as possible.[/sblock][/sblock]

 

[KirayaTiDrekan]

"Is anyone still wounded from yesterday's battle?" Seerah looks over everyone to be sure.

 

[Voda Vosa]

Sheng Shemin

Sheng retrieves the salt from Inguar, while shaking his head at Seerah. "I'm fine, no need to waste yer medicine on ol' Sheng." he says, as he places a cloth on the floor, then the salt, then the meat, more salt, and warps the whole package.
"Tekai, be a nice boy and help me gather some timber, we are still on the woods, no need to deplete yer stocks of wood if we can help it." he says, trailing off to the cave entrance. He looks back and Niraya "Have the meat ready for cookin', we'll be back soon."

 

[Shayuri]

Niraya nods and scootches over to where the meat is being prepared to fill in.

"What do you think Sialfi's going to tell them?" she asks Seerah.

 

[KirayaTiDrekan]

Seerah attends to preparing and preserving a healing salve while she answers Niraya, "I do not believe he hates us, he is simply afraid. Fear can do strange things to men. I believe Hjalmofir is wise enough to see beyond fear, regardless of what Sialfi says or does."

Seerah's voice takes on an edge, "But, if fear does win out, we should be prepared to strike out on our own. Perhaps with Tekai and Sheng. There are many questions...for both of us, the answers to which cannot be found within the tribe. We are destined for greater things, you and I."

Seerah's thoughts drift to Rofna. Would Rofna come with them if they chose to leave? Probably not. Her loyalties were with her family. Seerah sighs heavily, beginning to mourn for something she never truly had.

 

[Axel]

Tekai's irritation at his failure is quickly replaced by genuine enthusiasm and happiness at Sheng's success. He darts outside and does his best to bring back several armfuls of (mostly) dry wood - the previous day's snow had made everything damp, just the degree of wetness varied.

Before Sheng finishes dressing the boar Tekai has a fire started, though it sputters and smokes on account of the damp wood.

In response to Seerah's question about wounds, Tekai shakes his head. "Sialfi was the only one hurt, as far as I know. They never got within fifty yards of me. Except the one that Sheng knocked off the cliff."

 

[Piston Honda]

Inguar tells Seerah he is fine, that stocking more healing supplies is good before he steps out for a short time with a stone pot, returning with some water to boil some of the vegetables in. He watched the water for some time before it came to a boil. “I’m hoping this to be the extent of our excitement for the remainder of this journey.” He says simply before beginning to toss vegetables inside. “We may need to gather more. We can probably travel another day, and perhaps there will be more there for us.”

[sblock=Seerah]
Seerah is able to make a salve with no difficulty. She does not have enough left over to prepare a second application, but just enough to experiment with. Out of sight, using a tiny amount of the berries she collected, she is confident that she would be able to create an antitoxin using Lusec to dilute and counteract the poison.

[sblock=OOC]Seerah obtains a small amount of salve. (Acts as Cure Moderate Wounds, will heal 17 HP, no roll required for that). She does not produce enough Antitoxin to use, but with some whole Lusec and a dose of poison, she could potentially produce three antitoxins.[/sblock]
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[sblock=OOC All]
If nobody has anything else, we will move on to tomorrow, if you prefer to set out for more foraging, go ahead and make your survival check. If you guys want to press Northward instead, throw that out there.[/sblock]