(002) To the Ruins!

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tombowings wrote:
"I'm going to go search for a new camp sight. If it looks like I may not return, I probably wont. But it's no use all of us dying in the search for a safer night's sleep"

Rodrick takes up his pack and begins looking for a clearing a mere hundred yards r so away from their current location where they may find some safety.

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waysoftheearth wrote:

Ulric then walks over to the wounded goblin and gives him a sharp kick in the ribs.

"Where are you from? Why are you out here?"

The mortally wounded creature hisses and sputters blood in pain, but barely has the strength to bare its little fangs at Ulric. It clearly isn't going to do much talking with Anwyn's arrow through its broken windpipe. It is highly questionable as to whether it will indeed do very much more breathing...

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waysoftheearth wrote:
Rodrick marches boldly off into the windy darkness in search of a better place to camp. He passes over a ridge or two as he looks about in the heath for a nice, sheltered spot.

Looking back, he can no longer see the others. Just a little bit further then, no sense in returning without good news. But better not get too far adrift, he tells himself (wisdom 14)...

He starts to circle around, pushing his way now through some knee deep heather at the bottom of a low gully. He slogs on for a while before deciding perhaps this would make as good a spot as any? With a little effort some of the heath could be cleared and it would be nicely sheltered from sight and wind. Certainly as good as any other spot he is likely to find in the dark.

Thuul's Hole, he blasphemes to himself, peering hopelessly into the darkness all about. Where are the others?

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TheMyth wrote:

Ulric then walks over to the wounded goblin and gives him a sharp kick in the ribs.

"Where are you from? Why are you out here?"

The mortally wounded creature hisses and sputters blood in pain, but barely has the strength to bare its little fangs at Ulric. It clearly isn't going to do much talking with Anwyn's arrow through its broken windpipe. It is highly questionable as to whether it will indeed do very much more breathing...

"Hmmm...I'd like my arrow back, Wizard," Anwyn tells Ulric as she draws her dagger from its scabbard.

"Mind if I dispatch this one and let it go to its just reward?"

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makofan wrote:
Caine also looks for any daggers he may have thrown

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eris wrote:
From the ground where Olaf has been resting he says, "I think we should move on a bit from this place, but as dark as it is, we're likely to get separated. We have torches and lamps among us, but I don't think it smart to show much light out in the open like this as it would act as a beacon for evil creatures bringing them right to us. So, I suggest we connect ourselves together with a rope through our belts, or in some other way and have someone with a hooded lantern showing only as much light as is required to guide us a bit away from here, before we take our rest."

Rising from his rest Olaf looks around in the very dim light. He can't see much, but it looks like there is one less figure moving around than there ought to be.

"Is someone missing?" Olaf says aloud, "Everyone sound off one after another so we can keep a count of ourselves.

"I'll start!", the warrior says, 'Olaf here..."

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tombowings wrote:
'By Thuul Almighty, I should have bared more attention to my companions. Where in this dastardly hedge have I gone,' thinks Rodrick. 'Stupid heroic drive always getting me into trouble.' Rodrick settles down for the night in this spot. Awaiting first light to see his companions. Until he is actually full drifted off in lullaby, he will listen intently for the sound of many footsteps in the brush.

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danhem wrote:
"By all means Anwyn," Ulric says to the cloaked female. "It does not look like he'll be speaking anyway."

"Ulric here. Roderick said he was going off in search of a new campsite. Have you returned Roderick?"

Ulric sets down his backpack and extracts his lantern and fills it with oil.

"I have a hooded lantern that we can use to partially light our way. I'll keep it focused on the ground so as not to attract attention. As soon as everyone is fully rested we should move."

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TheMyth wrote:

"By all means Anwyn," Ulric says to the cloaked female. "It does not look like he'll be speaking anyway."

"Ulric here. Roderick said he was going off in search of a new campsite. Have you returned Roderick?"

Ulric sets down his backpack and extracts his lantern and fills it with oil.

"I have a hooded lantern that we can use to partially light our way. I'll keep it focused on the ground so as not to attract attention. As soon as everyone is fully rested we should move."

In the dark, Anwyn smiles and looks the Goblin in the eye as she whispers, "Sleep well, black-hearted cur."

She then thrusts her dagger through its heart and sets to removing her arrow from the Goblin's neck as Ulric's lamp is lit.

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tombowings wrote:
Does Rodrick see the glow of the lamp before he goes to sleep?