Warriors Of The Coast

[Kralin Thornberry]

Garrick stands silently for a moment, pondering the question about the insignias. Did they mean anything to him?

"Aye, I know these. M' friend S'lar belongs to this tribe, which could mean a few things. The first is, that they are not involved. A possibility, but perhaps not a likely one. A second is that they are the guilty, again a definite possibility, but not one I'd like to consider. Another is that someone or thing is trying to implicate S'lar's tribe. Perhaps, if I could find S'lar, he could give us a clue or an answer."

He looks around and takes in what the others are saying.

 

[DEFCON 1]

As a trained investigator, Khalia kneels down to examine the two bodies one final time, in hopes of finding something that might have been missed by Ari's cursory search. [Search TN 15 / 10+7=17 *success* / Investigate feat]

[sblock=Khalia: ] In addition to the information that Ari and the others determined... that both of these lizardfolk were from the Twilight Walkers tribe, that they were not dressed for combat, and the knives they wielded were meant for skinning game and not to fight with... you also notice that Jina got both of them pretty good with her thinblade. She appears to be a fairly competant swordswoman, despite her age.

The thing that strikes you most however, is that both sets of boots they wear do not have the mud and dirt on them that you would suspect they should, had the two of them come directly from their camp to the north (as it is located in the center of the marshlands between here and the ruins). Knowing the geography of the area the way you do, you suspect that despite their tracks arriving in this clearing from the north, they must have arrived here more from the west as that is the only area from which they could have arrived and not had muddy boots. Did they cut across from the west and down to this clearing, perhaps in hopes of cutting Jina off in her mad rush to get back home? And if they were trying to cut her off or catch up to her, is it because they wanted to kill her? Or perhaps instead (based on their lack of combat-readiness) only to get her attention? But in her confused state did Jina take their arrival as an attack and thus things got out of hand too quickly?[/sblock]

The choice comes down to whether the group follows the tracks of Jina to the west, or the tracks of the two lizardfolk heading north? Most of the consensus seems to be to continue heading west.

 

[drothgery]

"It doesn't seem likely that these two came directly from the north." Khalia mentioned, looking up from the bodies. When someone gives her a puzzled look, she'll add... "Their boots aren't muddy; they didn't walk through the marshlands to get here."

And this was turning more mysterious by the minute. Father could tie this up in about five minutes with some scrying, Khalia thought, but I'm going to have to work at this.

"In any case, I have to agree that we will find out more in the spot where we last saw Jango than we will here."

 

[James Heard]

"I last saw Jango in the pub. That sounds like an excellent idea," Nelson proclaimed quickly.

Nelson looked at the rest of the party giving him blank stares and tossed his hands in the air.

"Y'all are all no fun at all." Nelson sighed, looking miserable.

 

[DEFCON 1]

With Taviss taking the lead, the group heads west. The path Jina blazed as she was hurrying from the spot she got knocked out is an easy one for the ranger to follow. The others in the group keep up easily, and after about a mile they arrive at the spot in the woods where Jina kinda of remembers where she was with her brother when she got hit from behind.

As the group begins looking around the area, many things are evident to several of you without even needing an in-depth search. The trees are pretty dense and you expect that it'd be easy to hide or sneak up on people around here. There are many tracks in the area, broken bushes, etc. Also for a few of you:

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[sblock=Garrick: ] You immediately recognize the area you are in. If you were to travel southish a couple hundred yards, you would reach a small trail that leads to the larger path along the coast to the lighthouse. You and Julia Limran (the lighthouse master's daughter whom you had begun a relationship with) used to come this way when you'd take her to the fringes of the Xothkazzik Ruins.[/sblock]

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[sblock=Ari / Taviss / Amy: ] A quick look around with your militaristic eyes lets you immediately see a number of sling stones littering the area. You can easily conclude that Jina probably took a sling stone to head, which dropped her. [/sblock]

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[sblock=Nelson: ] You believe that if you traveled further west from where you are, you'd reach the heart of the Scaled Might territory. [/sblock]

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[sblock=Jina: ] As you stand in the area where you last saw your brother, your memories of a few hours ago begin to come back into focus. You remember the sound of what you'd think to be rocks hitting wood... Jango turning to face you... a sharp pain in the head... things going blurry... feeling the dirt in your face... then a few distant voices in your head saying things like "take him to camp", "grab the sword", "hear something", "leave quickly", "leave her", and "quiet". Then your thoughts went dark until you finally woke up some time after. [/sblock]

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Any further information will need to be discussed or looked for.

 

[Bront]

"There was certaintly a large amount of activity here, but what does it all mean? I can't dicern the tracks well." Zan says.

 

[stonegod]

Ari reaches down for something as he motions for Taviss to examine for more tracks. As he stands up, you see he is holding a sling bullet. He turns to Jina. "This is probably what got you the first time. Can't say anything more, though I don't recall slings being a primary scaly weapon. Let me know if this jogs your memory." Ari then sets to assist Taviss with trail-finding.

 

[James Heard]

"Um, Jina? What were you two doin' in Scaled Might territory anyways? 'Bout the only reason you could be out here was to cause trouble fer yerself or others..." Nelson paused, now in the manner his companions had determined was characteristic of the young man's mind twisting in whatever dark pathways it took. Suddenly he dropped into a crouch. "Which is something all of us would be good t'remember too now that were here."

"Jus' a little longer on this direction and we could all ask the Scaled Might chief to dance." Nelson said in a hushed, worried voice. "You an' yer brother are like two million years older'n me an my cousins Jina...how could you be so..." Nelson whispered, almost to himself.

OOC: Whatever applicable skills/abilities to toss out a hunch on who might be using sling stones out here besides Luttins, or these sorts of sling stones, if they're sling stones where they'd have to be to get them around here or if they're bullets then who they're buying them from?

 

[DEFCON 1]

OOC: Here is a map of the entire area around Seawell in Q'barra. Bear in mind that this is not terribly in scale (i.e. the lighthouse is actually probably closer to Seawell based on the walking milage I was giving to the different areas).

Areas in this color are marsh and swampland.
Areas in this color are more wooded and not nearly as damp (if at all).
Areas sprayed in yellow are thought to be parts of the respective lizard territories.

1. This is where Jina faced the two lizardfolk.
2. This is where the group currently is.

 

[Bront]

"I don't think we're quite that close Nelson, but it certaintly isn't heading towards the other tribe's teritory," Zan says. "Must have been something pretty interesting to bring so much attention out here," Zan finishes, looking at Jina with a studious gaze, almost as if examining some artifact.

OOC: Roads make travel faster, so that looks fairly accurate, nice map.