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<blockquote data-quote="MacConnell" data-source="post: 7317949" data-attributes="member: 6855223"><p><strong>Y 0: D 197: Doldrums 47: Death by the Road</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Adi approaches the man and uses simple words and gestures to get across his question</strong>.</p><p></p><p><strong>The man, who is hunched over holding his mouth and is stomach, stands and wipes his face. He refuses to look back in the direction of his brother's body</strong>.</p><p>"<span style="color: #800080">Yes, only the broken cart remains. They had a horse to pull the cart, too. It is hard to see now, but everything they had was taken, even most of their clothes. I am sorry. I do nor remember about the child. He was small, 4 years old</span>."</p><p></p><p><strong>Maka asks,</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Vittero pops the knuckles of his hands, then answers back in Thisidan</strong>.</p><p>"<span style="color: #008000">I have no idea. From the stench, I would say that we will not be moving anything. I imagine that he suspects his brother and family were killed by people, the animals came upon the corpses later. Perhaps the morning light will give us a better idea</span>."</p><p></p><p></p><p>[gm]Maka holds his breath for as long as he can, working in intervals. He is frustrated by his inability to see more clearly.[/gm]</p><p></p><p>[gm]Working through his own custom of a ritual, Raven Elk closes his eyes to make his mind more astute. He can sense the other people around him. He can sense small insects and reptiles as if the spirits to whom he is adhering are proving the knowledge, but he cannot sense the anything of the bodies that lie just off the road. Had he not seen them for himself, his mind at this moment of clarity would deny they were even there.</p><p></p><p>Though disappointed, what Raven Elk does understand is that for no residue to remain of the bodies or the violence, the deed had to have occurred more than four days previously. Perhaps with more practice, in time, he can call upon the spirits to delve further backward.[/gm]</p><p>[ooc]GM NOTE:</p><p>As a novice task, Raven Elk can sense a corpse, even if hidden from view, but it cannot be more than 4 days dead. An attempt to delve into the actual spirits is a mastery level task and will come with time. From the character's point of view, it will seem that as he gains experience he is able to divine more from the spirits.[/ooc]</p><p></p><p>[gm]Looking at the broken wheel, it appears as if wear and fatigue took their toll, and the wheel simply lost a spoke which shortly ruined its function entirely.[/gm]</p><p><strong>After he hears the conversation of the others he calls out to Liam</strong>, <span style="color: #8B4513">"Would you like us to bury them or burn them? Cause we're not taking them with us."</span></p></blockquote><p><strong>The man looks confused for second, but then seems to understand</strong>.</p><p>"<span style="color: #800080">Yes. Bury. That would be nice. Dangerous to burn in the grasses</span>."</p><p></p><p>[gm]In the morning light after the man has departed back for the Outpost, the crew gains new insight to the grizzly scene laid out before them. Like Raven Elk but with different semantics, Vittero tries to sense things about the scene, other than the terrible stench.</p><p></p><p>Taylar confirms his previous suspicion that the fate of the cart was accidental. The death of the people, definitely, was not. The people were killed quite some days ago, likely even before Liam began to look for them. It appears that there was some attempt to make do with the defective wheel.</p><p></p><p>Maka locates what he thinks is where the child once lay. Significant evidence indicates that the entire body was carried of by jackals. The larger dead remained for the vultures. There is absolutely nothing of the people's belonging remaining, not even clothing.</p><p></p><p>After thorough searches by everyone in the crew, the two separate pieces of a single broken arrow is located. The arrow head is made of stone, indicating that the deed was likely committed by some indigenous peoples rather than bandits, but as to which tribe no one knows. At this time of year, the culprits should have been crossing the road from south to north and would have continued further north after game.[/gm]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="MacConnell, post: 7317949, member: 6855223"] [b]Y 0: D 197: Doldrums 47: Death by the Road[/b] [B]Adi approaches the man and uses simple words and gestures to get across his question[/B]. [B]The man, who is hunched over holding his mouth and is stomach, stands and wipes his face. He refuses to look back in the direction of his brother's body[/B]. "[COLOR=#800080]Yes, only the broken cart remains. They had a horse to pull the cart, too. It is hard to see now, but everything they had was taken, even most of their clothes. I am sorry. I do nor remember about the child. He was small, 4 years old[/COLOR]." [B]Maka asks,[/B] [B]Vittero pops the knuckles of his hands, then answers back in Thisidan[/B]. "[COLOR=#008000]I have no idea. From the stench, I would say that we will not be moving anything. I imagine that he suspects his brother and family were killed by people, the animals came upon the corpses later. Perhaps the morning light will give us a better idea[/COLOR]." [gm]Maka holds his breath for as long as he can, working in intervals. He is frustrated by his inability to see more clearly.[/gm] [gm]Working through his own custom of a ritual, Raven Elk closes his eyes to make his mind more astute. He can sense the other people around him. He can sense small insects and reptiles as if the spirits to whom he is adhering are proving the knowledge, but he cannot sense the anything of the bodies that lie just off the road. Had he not seen them for himself, his mind at this moment of clarity would deny they were even there. Though disappointed, what Raven Elk does understand is that for no residue to remain of the bodies or the violence, the deed had to have occurred more than four days previously. Perhaps with more practice, in time, he can call upon the spirits to delve further backward.[/gm] [ooc]GM NOTE: As a novice task, Raven Elk can sense a corpse, even if hidden from view, but it cannot be more than 4 days dead. An attempt to delve into the actual spirits is a mastery level task and will come with time. From the character's point of view, it will seem that as he gains experience he is able to divine more from the spirits.[/ooc] [gm]Looking at the broken wheel, it appears as if wear and fatigue took their toll, and the wheel simply lost a spoke which shortly ruined its function entirely.[/gm] [B]After he hears the conversation of the others he calls out to Liam[/B], [COLOR=#8B4513]"Would you like us to bury them or burn them? Cause we're not taking them with us."[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [B]The man looks confused for second, but then seems to understand[/B]. "[COLOR=#800080]Yes. Bury. That would be nice. Dangerous to burn in the grasses[/COLOR]." [gm]In the morning light after the man has departed back for the Outpost, the crew gains new insight to the grizzly scene laid out before them. Like Raven Elk but with different semantics, Vittero tries to sense things about the scene, other than the terrible stench. Taylar confirms his previous suspicion that the fate of the cart was accidental. The death of the people, definitely, was not. The people were killed quite some days ago, likely even before Liam began to look for them. It appears that there was some attempt to make do with the defective wheel. Maka locates what he thinks is where the child once lay. Significant evidence indicates that the entire body was carried of by jackals. The larger dead remained for the vultures. There is absolutely nothing of the people's belonging remaining, not even clothing. After thorough searches by everyone in the crew, the two separate pieces of a single broken arrow is located. The arrow head is made of stone, indicating that the deed was likely committed by some indigenous peoples rather than bandits, but as to which tribe no one knows. At this time of year, the culprits should have been crossing the road from south to north and would have continued further north after game.[/gm] [/QUOTE]
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