The Retrievers - Chapter 2

[Elocin]

Chapter 2 - The Cave

As Talon is tending to the horse's and thinking to himself, why on earth did my master want to bring me to this cold forsaken land. I mean really, we were just fine back in town where we had a roof over our head and we could get a hot meal and be next to a nice roaring fire. Looking up into the sky snow falling into his eyes, I mean it is cold. I do not think I have ever been this cold before. At least he is paying me good well, unless one of us dies that is. Hmmm, about that, what happens if one of us dies? By Torm, I think I need to re-think my deal here as this is not really what I was thinking this job would be. Then again he is a pretty good master and he does treat me right. There is the possibility of making a fortune being with him so maybe this isn’t too bad....I guess the cold is tolerable as long as I have money in my pocket at the end. I have seen the group fight one battle so far and they seemed to do very well so I guess I don’t have to worry about dying as long as I stay out of the way of things...

>CRACK<


Talon freezes in place as he hears something approaching from behind him and he feels hot breath on the back of his neck. He wants to scream out but he just can't seem to get his vocal cords to work until something nudges him from behind. At this point Talon screams bloody murder as he frantically turns around and tripping over his own feet falls flat on his back staring at the creature that has snuck up on him. As he almost passes out from fright he seems a horse standing there staring at him and he thinks the horse is smiling and possibly laughing at him. Talon swears some more as he slowly gets to his feet and reaches out to touch the horse. He sees that the horse has a saddle and some saddle bags so obviously this horse belongs to someone. "Well hello there horsey. Why are you out here in this kind of weather and where is your owner?"

Everyone outside the cave is startled as they hear a blood-curdling sounding scream form an unexpected direction and everyone whirls around in the direction of Talon and the horses expecting to see some enemy rushing them from behind.

 

[Elocin]

Koraero winces a bit at what sounds like someone being tortured or killed. When the yipping sound has faded to the point that Koraero has to strain to hear it, he starts to wiggle his way through the tunnel, continuing to be as quiet as possible.

OOC: Common sense is not this guy's forte

As Kor pushes his way into the tunnel he can see that it will really be a tight fit. The only way he will be able to make his way into the tunnel is have his hands out in front of him and once inside he figures that he will be unable to grab anything off his body. As he pushes forward a bit he notices that the tunnel floor is covered with pebbles and dry leaves so moving through here might be difficult as he is bound to make some noise. Before Kor fully gets into the tunnel he notices the tunnel extend in front of him for about 20' and then bends to the right around a corner and what light there was from the cave entrance is now completely blocked by his body, he no longer can see anything in front of him.

(ooc: roll your Hide and Move silently if you want to continue down the tunnel.)

 

[Wilphe]

Pemberton wheels at Talon's scream, ready to send an arrow into whatever has snuck up on them.

OOC: Spot check of 4+1 = 5 "The trees are attacking us! Run!"

 

[Elocin]

OOC: Spot check of 4+1 = 5 "The trees are attacking us! Run!"

You almost made my morning bagel end up on my monitor.

Go check out the link on why...

http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript?SK=161

 

[Scotley]

Mindal Human Scout

Mindal curses under his breath. "I'll move up to the cave mouth and support Kor with Sten, the rest of see what's attacking our rear." This is followed by more curses. Not seeing anypoint in trying to be silent in the storm and with people yelling and screamming, Mindal jogs up to the side of the cave enterance and stands ready.

OOC: Mindal takes 1 on his move silently and hide checks.

OOC: Order of the Stick has the pulse of the gaming community no question.

 

[tyrlaan]

Koraero Firironna - Sun Elf Rogue 2

"Oh forget this," Koraero thinks to himself. "No way it's worth it to squeeze through this." Koraero backs out the short distance he got into the tunnel and then makes his way back out of the cave to join up with the others.

 

[Erekose13]

Standing near the cave entrance Sten is oblivious of Talon's scream. He stands with Mindal waiting for word from Kor. As Kor immerges he asks, "Can we rest in the cave or is it occupied. Its getting quite nasty out here as you can see."

 

[Harvey]

Durnn, Earth Genasi Fighter 1

"So, little buddy, what did you find? It there shelter enough in there for us all?"

 

[tyrlaan]

Koraero Firironna - Sun Elf Rogue 2

Koraero scratches the back of his head, lowers his brow, and purses his lips. "Well, the cave is mostly empty, but there's this tunnel in it. Tunnel's real small, but I definitely heard someone scream from inside it. Maybe torture or something. Don't really know what was going on, but I heard some yelping too. If we block off the tunnel I think we could stay in there and not worry."

 

[Harvey]

Durnn, Earth Genasi Fighter 1

"Oh boy. Do I have a bad feeling about this..." Durnn chimes in, looking around at Sten, Kor, and whomever else is by the cave entrance. He poises his greataxe in the air, ready to strike if needed.