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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 3329735" data-attributes="member: 7006">Skarghash climbs back down and gets his feet planted firmly in the dirt.  Ah!  Now he can move at a normal and safe pace.  A quick glance back up into the trees to confirm his direction, and then he's off!He begins jogging at a good clip through the underbrush, and as he advances in about a quarter-mile, he notices several things... that the sounds of the animals and the thickness of the vegetation are both becoming more abundant.  [Spot & Listen checks:  TN 10 / 4+7=11 *success* / 10+7=17 *success*]  While this does slow his advancement down, it also allows him to pick up the trail much easier.  A short while in, the broken branches down here on the ground now begin as Skarg assumes the person finally climbed down from the trees he had been crossing up above.He continues on, following the tracks easily further into the jungle.  [Survival check: TN 10 / 8+8=16 *success*]  After another mile or so in, he sees that the vegetation and the animal life have both really gotten more abundant.  Almost unnaturally so.  And it is here that his forward progress slows down as he begins needing to work around vines, bushes, trees and the like.  The way is slow going, the beads of sweat upon his brow come more frequently, and all his attention goes into making sure he doesn't get wrapped up by all the greenery.And perhaps it was this concentration on making his way safely through all these vines and such that allowed him to not hear the footsteps moving silently up from behind.  [Listen check: TN 21 / 10+6=16 *failure*]  And when he feels the arrow or bolt pressed against his back, it is but a milisecond later when he hears a voice say "Don't move."</blockquote>

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