Island Paradise VI

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(thank you!)</div> <div> Dukejr01: :-)</div> <div> Dawn12: welcome</div> <div> Missiledine: Have you heard from Doc? Is he planning on playing?</div> <div> Dawn12: last time i talked to him yes</div> <div> Dukejr01: can he be called?</div> <div> Dawn12: i bet he has not been on for weeks</div> <div> Missiledine: hmmm, when was the last time you talked to him?</div> <div> Dawn12: about a week and a half ago</div> <div> Dawn12: he has a new job of some sort </div> <div> Dawn12: but i think its on the weekends</div> <div> Missiledine: I have to admit, I figured that you two would be the only ones who showed up tonight! </div> <div> Dukejr01: lol</div> <div> Missiledine: I should have sent the note a week ago</div> <div> Dukejr01: :-P we are your favorites....</div> <div> Missiledine: true</div> <div> Dukejr01: I got the GM an apple, what did you get him, Dawn?</div> <div> Dukejr01: ;-)</div> <div> Missiledine: you notice that you are both still playing your original characters</div> <div> Dukejr01: lol</div> <div> Dawn12: yes</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn doesn't have to get me anything, I like her because of her charming personality... you on the other</div> <div> hand.... I haven't gotten a check lately!</div> <div> Dawn12: i got him 2 apples</div> <div> Dawn12: there i doubled your</div> <div> Dukejr01: oh dear.... I have an idea! Rolb should go first!</div> <div> Missiledine: Hah!</div> <div> Dawn12: lol</div> <div> Dawn12: good ides</div> <div> Dawn12: idea</div> <div> Missiledine: huh, careful there!</div> <div> Dukejr01: well, are we going to wait or shall we begin? Any word from Rev?</div> <div> Missiledine: <sigh> I can't justify throwing twelve starving trolls at the two of you... you need a few more moving targets</div> <div> to survive</div> <div> Missiledine: <Oh well, I guess they'll have to catch up some time!></div> <div> Dukejr01: <lol></div> <div> Missiledine: When we broke off, long, long ago.... you were sheltering for the night in the lee of a fallen pine tree</div> <div> Dukejr01: Set watches. Make sure that the deer's remains are buried. prbably in our sanitation trench.</div> <div> Dukejr01: after we eat it of course</div> <div> Missiledine: right</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Could be charges with poaching, tho that is less of a problem than if we were simply found here."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren directs that to Thorin.</div> <div> Dukejr01: cold camp?</div> <div> Missiledine: The fog is thick, visibility is less then fifty feet and the air is damp and cold... For the most part the woods</div> <div> are pretty quiet, this time of year there isn't a lot of activity at night</div> <div> Dukejr01: would the smell of smoke be detectable at a distance?</div> <div> Missiledine: (I am assuming a cold camp)</div> <div> Missiledine: it might be, but there are cottages about the area, so it wouldn't be that odd</div> <div> Dukejr01: k. cold it is</div> <div> Dukejr01: maybe cook the deer. dry socks then bury it.</div> <div> Missiledine: okay, it will require a bit of scouting around to find wood that is dry enough to use, but you manage it</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren is active making camp and such</div> <div> Missiledine: Who is taking what watch?</div> <div> Dawn12: dawn helps if she can</div> <div> Dukejr01: Rolb/vance, Corren/elf, Dawn/thorin?</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb agrees, but says he wants the second watch.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren/elf on second</div> <div> Dawn12: "fine with me"</div> <div> Dukejr01: I assemed that would be the order</div> <div> Missiledine: Corren/Elf on 1st Rolb/Vance 2nd Dawn/Thorin on 3rd</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay</div> <div> Missiledine: Your not sure why he wants the middle one</div> <div> Dukejr01: <my bad. he WANTS the second watch.></div> <div> Dukejr01: <yah. that one sucks usually.></div> <div> Missiledine: The first watch will pass quietly. As you change with Rolb and the elf wakes Vance, Rolb hands you his</div> <div> shield and says very softly "Keep an eye on that fer me lad, Aye be plannin on pokin abot a wee bit on the yon side of</div> <div> this </div> <div> Missiledine: here hill and it'll be in the way."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Right"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren wraps himself up in his fur cloak with Weft at his side. he puts rolbs shield with his to the other.</div> <div> Missiledine: "I'll be back in a few hours, well afore first light." He slips quietly out of camp, taking only his sword and</div> <div> dagger</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren says nothing. he goes to sleep</div> <div> Missiledine: Vance will wake Dawn and Thorin. There is no sign of Rolb</div> <div> Dawn12: dawn gets up to take her wacth</div> <div> Missiledine: Dawn, a good hour before sunrise, you are watching up slope, Thorin is covering the down side.... Your</div> <div> eyes are well adjusted to the dimness of the trees and the sky, just visible between them, is beginning to lighten a bit</div> <div> Missiledine: You see something long and low slinking its way over the crest, some ways off, gliding silently from cover</div> <div> to cover</div> <div> Missiledine: you only catch a glimpse against the brighter patches of sky, then it is gone from sight</div> <div> Dawn12: "Thorin I think i saw something"</div> <div> Missiledine: Thorin readies his bow, peering in the direction you indicate</div> <div> Missiledine: several minutes pass, Thorin says "There is something out there..."</div> <div> Dawn12: " do you know what?"</div> <div> Missiledine: He shakes his head, "It seems big..." </div> <div> Missiledine: A minute later you hear a low whistle, it is Rolb</div> <div> Missiledine: "Ho the camp!" He calls "comin in! Dunno shoot me!"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren wakes?</div> <div> Dawn12: " did you know he was gone?"</div> <div> Missiledine: <Who? Corren or Thorin?></div> <div> Dukejr01: yah. corren is asleep. does" Ho, the camp" wake him?</div> <div> Missiledine: Its not very loud, but yes it does</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren cracks his eyes. looks thru his lashes. Decides its time to get up anyway.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Morning Salubations. break camp. clean up mess, cover sanitation pit, erase traces of our presence as best we can.</div> <div> Put on armour.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb says, "Ah found the mine, tis that way." He points. "About a third of the way doun the other side."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Anyone there?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Didna see anyone, but there is a lane runnin up ta the pits that looks used."</div> <div> Dawn12: "me and thorin saw somthing befor you came"</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Odd. might want to watch it rather than camp there."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "What?" Corren looks at Dawn.</div> <div> Missiledine: "What?" Rolb asks</div> <div> Missiledine: <lol></div> <div> Dawn12: it was long and slinking around</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Where?"</div> <div> Dawn12: up slope</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren shoulders his pack. picks up his spear and goes to take a look</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb peers back up the slope, "did ye now.." He murmurs, picking up his shield and following</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren circles to the left, approaching at an oblique angle.</div> <div> Dawn12: dae gets hers stuff and follows behind</div> <div> Dukejr01: :-)</div> <div> Missiledine: The Elf, Thorin and Vance will circle right</div> <div> Dukejr01: right.</div> <div> Dukejr01: err..... correct</div> <div> Missiledine: <Yah know, runnin this with control of four characters is going to be very interesting!></div> <div> Dukejr01: <have them pick their noses alot</div> <div> Missiledine: <Nah! :-D></div> <div> Dukejr01: <might find something valuable!></div> <div> Missiledine: you move up slope about a hundred yards... it is very quiet in the pre dawn twilight.... You move slowly and</div> <div> carefully to stay silent...</div> <div> Dukejr01: yes. Corren has his shield and spear ready.</div> <div> Missiledine: Soon you reach the area that Dawn judges to be the location where she saw the, errr, thing</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren crouches and strains to listen.</div> <div> Dawn12: dawn puts her hand on top of her sward</div> <div> Missiledine: Ahead and to your right, down slope, you hear faint movement</div> <div> Dukejr01: anything to smell? </div> <div> Missiledine: Air is still, there is a thick mist still retarding vision</div> <div> Dukejr01: Human sense of smell is dismal but if there was a critter nearby a human might pick up the scent. </div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren paces forward.</div> <div> Missiledine: you hear a twig snap ahead of you</div> <div> Dukejr01: how far?</div> <div> Missiledine: no more then a hundred feet... between the mist and the dark, looking down slope, you can see nothing</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren paces forward, stealthily.</div> <div> Missiledine: You hear Thorin say, to your left "I could drop you like a fat buck from here."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren grins "no doubt. Did you snap that twig?"</div> <div> Missiledine: "Nah, that was Vance. I just used it."</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren chuckles. He checks the ground for prints of the thing Dawn saw</div> <div> Missiledine: After a minute looking, In a spot of soft moss, along the base of a gnarled pine, you find a very large dpg or</div> <div> wolf print.</div> <div> Missiledine: dog</div> <div> Dukejr01: Can we track it back?</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren points it out.</div> <div> Missiledine: from the direction you would guess it came over the hill top</div> <div> Missiledine: Thorin says "Very fresh." Rolb concurrs</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Hmmm... where did it go?"</div> <div> Missiledine: Looks to be headed down slope</div> <div> Dukejr01: Follow it, does it go to our camp?</div> <div> Dukejr01: was it a scout investigating us?</div> <div> Missiledine: there are very few traces, it was just lucky that you found what you did</div> <div> Missiledine: within a hundred feet you lose all sign of it</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren scratches his head. "Check out the cave?"</div> <div> Dukejr01: or mine.</div> <div> Missiledine: "Thats why we came here." Vance says</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Nah. we came to find the source of some trouble. The mine is a place to start"</div> <div> Dukejr01: Over the hill and thru the woods....</div> <div> Dukejr01: ...to grandmother's mine we go.....</div> <div> Missiledine: <"to our doom we go!></div> <div> Dukejr01: <I like mine better></div> <div> Missiledine: crossing the ridge you move down through the pines to a point where they open up to a band of scrub and</div> <div> thickets. Rolb points, "Beyond that wee briar patch the hill is cut away and ye drop down ta the shafts. There be three</div> <div> of </div> <div> Missiledine: them and a big pile of rock."</div> <div> Dukejr01: "Hmmmm.... shall we take a look? whe should set up a sentry to make sure the visitors don;t surpise us</div> <div> Missiledine: advancing carefully through the thickets, keepin low and moving slowly, both to avoid detection and to avoid</div> <div> the thorns, you can aproach to within about ten feet of the cliff edge. You must crawl from here to stay unseen</div> <div> Missiledine: <who is the sentry?></div> <div> Dukejr01: <would you prefer an NPC or a PC? Thorin would be ideal, all other things being equal.></div> <div> Missiledine: <Lets not drop anymore active PCs tonight!></div> <div> Dukejr01: k. Thorin it is. his job is to watch and make sure we can skedaddle if someone comes.</div> <div> Missiledine: ok</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren will crawl forward.</div> <div> Missiledine: crawling to the edge you can look down into a horseshoe shaped cut out that was gouged from the hill</div> <div> (Everyone is crawling forward!) Looking down you see the bottom some fifty feet below.</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren looks at the trail. any wagon ruts or footprints? horse apples?</div> <div> Dukejr01: any sounds or smells?</div> <div> Missiledine: The center of the bowl is dominated by a large tailings pile, the walls of the cut out have three open shafts</div> <div> diving into them. There is a wagon track leading into the horseshoe. It ends at the tailing pile</div> <div> Dukejr01: Corren puts his pack down and sidles over to the tailing pile and inspects it.</div> <div> Missiledine: Most of the pile is covered with scruffy weeds and stunted bushes, but the face closest to the track shows</div> <div> sign of having been dug out recently. A large amount of rock has been removed from the pile</div> <div> Dukejr01: he is looking for new additions, anything buried in the tailings.</div> <div> Dukejr01: hmmmm</div> <div> Missiledine: the tailing pile is fifty feet below you in the bowl of the cut out</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay.</div> <div> Dukejr01: sorry.</div> <div> Missiledine: np</div> <div> Dukejr01: Listen for any sounds of occupation</div> <div> Missiledine: the morning air is very quiet</div> <div> Dukejr01: How far can we see down the trail?</div> <div> Dukejr01: is this a better place for the sentry or does he see better in hte trees?</div> <div> Missiledine: the trail bends to the right as it leaves the dig site... it skirts a woods of scruffy pines and disappears behind</div> <div> a hill after about two hundred yards</div> <div> Dukejr01: can we climb down or do we need a rope?</div> <div> Missiledine: depends where he is looking</div> <div> Dukejr01: watching the road for company is the main thing. hate to get caught here.</div> <div> Missiledine: a free climb doesn't seem impossible, its not sheer but is very steep. A rope would be safer</div> <div> Dukejr01: yeah. I was wondering if a rope down that is anchored at the top with Thorin here to pull it up after so its not visible.</div> <div> he could lower it when needed again and warn us of visitors.</div> <div> Dawn12 has left the room.</div> <div> Missiledine: Rolb says, "Leave im in the woods. Company from the road we can escape, from the trees and we're</div> <div> trapped against theis cliff"</div> <div> Dukejr01: gotcha. I was mistaking hte tactical sitrep</div> <div> Missiledine: once your in the pit area its a different situation</div> <div> Dukejr01: okay. Corren ties off a rope. he cinches it and starts down.</div> <div> Missiledine: then the road is a risk, but someone holding the cliff top will be a bitch to deal with too</div> <div> Missiledine: brb... going to get a drink and let the mutt out</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Missiledine: back</div> <div> Missiledine: no Dawn?</div> <div> Dukejr01: guess she bugged out</div> <div> Dukejr01: didn;t notice at first</div> <div> Missiledine: unless she returns, I am going to wrap it here. Playing 4pcs and 1 npc is ridiculous</div> <div> Dukejr01: k</div> <div> Dukejr01: just as well close this then</div> <div> Dukejr01 has left the room.</div> <div> Missiledine: yes</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>