Mists over the Musarde, Chapter Four

Brock Marsh Runoff · Post by **Brock Marsh Runoff** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:40 pm

Dorgio strokes his mustache in thought. "Yes. Yes, I am thinking that would be a fine idea. Cirdan, would you be minding if I borrowed that mirror?"

ewancummins · Post by **ewancummins** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:38 pm

''No of course I wouldn't mind. Here you are...''

Cirdan hands the little tin mirror to Dorgio.

JMaytr · Post by **JMaytr** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:53 pm

Jonathan pulls out his silver knife and looks at it quizzically.

"Well, I better bring this...in case there is trouble."

steveflam · Post by **steveflam** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:21 pm

"Be careful lad. Holler if'n ye gets inta trouble. Me pal won't be far off in case ye need ta git us a message quick as spit."

Follow the lad. If there's trouble, lemme know a.s.a.p, the dwarf orders his familiar.

ewancummins · Post by **ewancummins** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 1:04 pm

The cabin-

Lord Skybolt wrote:Carefully as he can he gets up and wakes Benn up as he does this he prepares to cast a spell(SG) under his breath so as to not alert the possible intruder that he suspects may be trying to sneak in .

Benn snores loudly even as Alain tries to nudge him to wakefulness without making too much noise. The Lamordian really must have gotten no sleep last night, for he's proving difficult to rouse from slumber.

The creaking noise stops. Alain can hear a whistle of wind through the doorway, and feel the cool breeze blow across his face, carrying the fresh smells of the forest in bloom.

ewancummins · Post by **ewancummins** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 1:32 pm

Outside-

The hunting party splits up:

Jon, Dorgio, and the creeping shadow in one set,

and,

Cirdan, Norzak, and Wat in the other set.

First set [ Jon , Dorgio, Shadow]

The path of the withered hoofprints is not too difficult to follow, for the blasted grass stands out in sharp relief against the green grass and forest undergrowth. The trail leads deeper into the woods, twisting northwards.

Dorgio and Jon, followed always by the skulking shadow-creature, come into a broad area of tangled undergrowth, in which they lose the trail at last. The trees here are shorter than the surrounding woods, and the brush of the forest floor is thicker. Fungi cling to the decaying corpses of fallen trees, or cluster in the shadow spaces beneath the wild grass and weeds. A bowl-shaped depression, ten feet wide and filled with weeds, occupies the middle of the area.

Second set of hunters[ Cirdan, Wat, and Norzak]

Wat leads the way, guiding his party to a nearby stream [only a few minute's walk from his cabin, and well out of sight of the others, who have gone in almost the opposite direction]. The water is high, after last nights' deluge.

''This is good. Water will draw the beasts. They are thirsty, and so am I.''

Wat stoops to the swollen creek and cups his hands to take a drink. Then he splashes a little water on his face.

Wat now begins to search for signs of game.

JMaytr · Post by **JMaytr** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:12 pm

"Does Cirdan's magic mirror show anything?"

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:10 pm

With a sputter Bennedict finally awakens. "Wha, huh? Scarlet? Is that you?"

He pats around with his hand, feeling for his spectacles, which he then puts on his face. Looking up at Alain, he gives him a quizzical look.

"Yes? What is it?"

ewancummins · Post by **ewancummins** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:32 pm

JMaytr wrote:"Does Cirdan's magic mirror show anything?"

[OOC- Cirdan has an ordinary tin mirror, which he has now lent to Dorgio. Benn has the magic mirror.]

Lord Skybolt · Post by **Lord Skybolt** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:42 am

Alain putting his finger across his lips to indicate silence he points in the direction of the back door for Benn to look at the door signing with his hand(as in cupping his hand to his ear) that he heard something there .

ewancummins · Post by **ewancummins** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 12:05 pm

Benn can see that the door hangs open, swaying in the breeze. It is daytime now, though Benn last recalls it being dark outside. He must have fallen asleep at his studies. The candle he'd used is melted down to a nubbin.

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:36 pm

"Oh, mien gott. It is day time already. It's good you woke me, I may have slept through the night."

Seeing Alain's apparent concern, he turns quizzically back towards the door. "What is going on, Alain? I see no one here."

Brock Marsh Runoff · Post by **Brock Marsh Runoff** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 4:43 pm

Dorgio shakes his head. "Is only a mirror. But Wat's story, it has me thinking. In some tales, the dead cannot stand to look upon themselves. Perhaps this is why the mirror stalled the rider in Wat's story. If so, I wanted to have one just in case, but we are having no guarantee it will work."

Dorgio steps closer to the depression, but not too close. "Let us be careful. If we are to strike, let us be striking in force. For now, we must stay within sight of each other." And with that, Dorgio offers up a prayer of revealing, to see if magic radiates from the depression.

[[edited for typos]]

ewancummins · Post by **ewancummins** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:07 pm

Dorgio-

Dorgio's prayer uncovers no magical aura around the bowl-like depression.

Lord Skybolt · Post by **Lord Skybolt** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:22 am

"I thought I heard someone not of are group coming through the back door ." Responding to Benn's question in a whisperer .

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Mists over the Musarde, Chapter Four