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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MacConnell" data-source="post: 8664689" data-attributes="member: 6855223">The four youths from South Road Fair stayed close at hand to help guard the caravan, the first night, with Antapkos and Cormorant, which was completely uneventful. The next day, shortly after first light, when Antapkos and Cormorant had checked in with Vyerbluth, the six cordially spoke with a few people in town, mostly in greeting as the common language of Bridgetown was Centrin, not Ansylin, as they walked along the southern bank of the river, upstream, for about two hours. In geographic terms, this did not take them very far from town, though it was out of sight and out of hearing range. Stopping at a suitable location, where the river was more shallow on their side than the other, the six stowed their weapons and gear near the waters edge, placed all of their clothing on top of them, and then slowly picked their way along the, somewhat, rocky bottom until they were in water deeper than they could touch bottom.The water was markedly cooler than the stream that flowed through South Road Fair, deeper, and flowed with a stronger current. The current was not enough to be dangerous. It was more entertaining to relax and drift with it before moving to shallower water to walk back to the others. They also used this opportunity to rub themselves clean of all the dust from traveling, especially through their hair. Cormorant was the only one without long hair, which was a common trait among the Ansylin people. This occupied very little of the day before the amorous pairs separated and spent more intimate time with one another, though remaining in the water to do so.A few hours had passed in such a manner then the six began to explore the river in greater earnest. It was quickly discovered that the river was plentiful with fish but had fewer mussels; although, it also had a fair number of crustaceans. Sprthnt realized that he could cause a minor shock to a fish several body lengths away from him, through the water, without any risk of shocking himself. The others found this to be very fascinating, and Siofrita discovered that she, too, could perform such a feat. They used this talent to collect several fish for lunch, which were thrown up on the bank near the group’s belongings.When the sixth fish of decent size was tossed to shore and everyone surfaced, having swam underwater to watch the interesting trick of the two catching fish, they saw that a group of strangers had come upon their location. There were nine young men, all together, no females. Their skin was a dark brown, almost burgundy color that had been decorated with a few marks on the faces and upper arms that must have been dyed using some very dark berry. They were only dressed in loincloths, but each carried a pair of weapons at his hips that looked a bit like carving axes, though they were made of an unfamiliar metal that was darker than harnin and much darker than ularin. The nine youths on the shore began to laugh at the six youths in the water as they started to collect their belongings and their fish, though having a bit of trouble with the fish, which were not dead, only stunned and began to flop around.Cormorant and Britta are farthest upstream and only about five steps from shore. Antapkos and Siofrita are farthest downstream, he being about five and she about seven steps from shore. Sprthnt and Kuwaia are in the middle with Kuwaia being about seven steps from shore but Sprthnt over his head and about nine strides’ distance from the water’s edge.[spoiler=Reaction]Antapkos: 26(readiness) + 25(speed) + 25(clarity) + 83(d100) = 159Siofrita: 23 + 25 + 26 + 83 = 157Cormorante: 24 + 24 + 23 + 83 = 154Britta: 25 + 24 + 25 + 83 = 157Sprthnt: 26 + 25 + 22 + 83 = 156Kuwaia: 25 + 25 + 24 + 83 = 157Evipau: 30 + 26 + 12 + 113 = 181[/spoiler][spoiler=Character Data]Antapkos: full wellnessSioftrita: full wellnessCormorant: full wellnessBritta: full wellnessSprthnt: full wellnessTunic: 48Kuwaia: full wellness[/spoiler][spoiler=Collectibles]nothing at this time[/spoiler][ooc]Each character receives 5 DP. State nominal actions and intentions and provide 2 random rolls.[/ooc]</blockquote>

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