The First Age of Man

[Shayuri]

"What about us?" Niraya asks. Something occurs to her then, and she adds with a moment of hesitation, "...maybe I can help?"

At the look the others give her, she goes on quickly, "I can bring horses. Little ones. But I can't make them stay for long. But...when I change, I'm pretty strong. Maybe I can help pull the cart?"

 

[Axel]

"I don't know if we should draw attention to ourselves so much, Niraya," Tekai says while looking worried. "I would like to stay here a day or two to recover our food stocks. When we go again I guess we will be walking."

Not really wanting to voice the obvious action in his head, Tekai decides to anyway. "I can catch Sialfi by tomorrow if I tried. Would that help?"

 

[KirayaTiDrekan]

"No. He has his reasons. If we confront him...I don't think it would end well."

 

[Axel]

Tekai shrugged. "Probably not, no," he said, sighing and sitting down again. "I will go looking for food after breakfast. It would not be smart to keep going without more supplies."

 

[Voda Vosa]

Sheng Shemin

"I can lend ye a hand if ye want Tekai." Sheng offered. "I still don't get it, why return to Breathless territory? I wasn't disturbed by them, but I'm not sure about him, he seems disturbed. I don't think they would treat him well... Specially after our little encounter the other night."

 

[Piston Honda]

“I doubt he is as interested in visiting the Breathless so much as passing through the way he knows back to our tribe’s current camp. Tekai’s suggestion that we recover our food supplies is wise, Sialfi has several hours lead, a food supply and a horse, chasing him down creates unnecessary risk. As for your recommendation Niraya…” He pauses, looking at her face, determined to help, “Is it wise to change your form again for such a menial task? I have little understanding of the toll it takes on you, admittedly, but if you can summon smaller horses, perhaps that will suffice.” He looks back to the others. “The sun is shining, even if we don’t all believe it a sign from the All-Father, we can all agree that it is a sign of a good day to hunt. Perhaps we can gauge how much further North we must travel.”

[sblock=OOC All]You may of course press on or pursue Sialfi if a consensus is reached. If hunting/foraging is everyone’s vote, roll your own Survival checks.[/sblock]

 

[KirayaTiDrekan]

Seerah waits until she can get Niraya alone, "You should not demean yourself and your powers. You are not a beast of burden."

OOC: Invisible Castle hiccupped on me but I rolled a 9 on the Survival check.

 

[Voda Vosa]

Sheng Shemin

"Aye, I see. Well, we all agree we want to eat eventually, and a shinny sun brings as much comfort to me as to any follower of the faith indeed." Sheng takes a deep breath, and with his everlasting smile on his face, he strolls to grab his bow and quiver, and darts outside. "Let's play a game, the one that gets more hunt wins, are you up to the challenge? Hah!" the warrior says, jumping over some bushes and rushing to the woods in search of game.

Survival: 21

 

[Axel]

Tekai

Tekai looks Sheng up and down before replying softly, "Sheng, I think we will hunt separately to double our chances. Do not get stuck looking for meat. Grains, nuts and berries are just as useful." As the big guy jumps up and runs off like his pants were on fire, Tekai is pleased that he declined Sheng's company. With a smile to Inguar and the two women, he slips a quiver and his bow over his shoulder and steps out into the sunshine.

Unfamiliar with the general area, Tekai heads toward the stream that he found the duck yesterday. Much of the day passes without sight or sound of anything greatly worthwhile as he searches in vain for another patch of wild rice - cursing his foolishness at not harvesting while he had the chance. Dejected, frustrated and late in the day he returns to the cave, with barely a handful of pine nuts and chestnuts to show for his efforts.

Survival: 1d20+6=11 (Bugger...)

 

[Shayuri]

"I can't make the horse stay long enough," says Niraya to Inguar dejectedly. "It only stays for a little while, then disappears again."

Then to Seerah she lowers her voice as well, "It's not demeaning to help. We may wind up having to push the cart anyway...it's too useful to leave behind."

The arguments about it drawing too much attention have traction though, and she reluctantly accepts that. She goes with the other foragers to find food, but she's distracted by her predicament, and while she manages to spear a rabbit as it flees, it's not much for a group this size.

(Survival: 14)
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