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"Sure thing." replied Prosper. He was in a good mood, because his arm was feeling less sore. He turned to Horrin. "What should I bring?"

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<OOC>Those who don't know already, I'm a half-elf who started out with the group but disappeared soon after reaching Targos. In fact, I never made it to the inn. My father was/is an elf and is presumed dead. My human mother died not long ago. I know practically nothing of the Elven culture and can't speak or understand the language. I can fill you in on anything else later.</OOC>

Aurieul finally managed to pick the lock. She quickly gathered what coin purses she saw and ate the scraps off the table. Then she started walking.

Numerous rats and a crazy old lizzardman later, Aurieul was walking down the main street of Targos. Sunlight!. She walked to the inn, only to find it was in ruins.

Maybe I should just return home. It's obvious the other party members thought I had gone my own way anyhow. And yet...what is there for me at home now? And the thrill of adventure...I can't go back. Besides, Drek was going to teach me about the Elven ways! Aurieul glanced down at the dagger she had grabbed off the table. Besides, I have to return Tem's dagger. Lot of good it's done me! I'm babbling to myself, aren't I? Aww, and now I'm channeling Acedia! Aurieul promptly stopped talking to herself.

Aurieul counted her coins as she walked through town. She came upon the Talismonger's shop. After making her purchase, she thought to ask "have you happened to see a lizzardman?" She figured Marcus would have come to see the "shiny" if anyone from the group had. As luck would have it, the half-elf had seen him, and told Aurieul of the adventures she had missed. He also knew where they were headed. Aurieul thanked the man and wandered toward the market. If she was going into the woods, she'd need some supplies.

Before long, she had gathered some food, a bedroll and a blanket and other miscellaneous items, as well as a knapsack for keeping her things. Then she went in search of a horse. I hope I have everything I need. If I leave now, I may even reach them by nightfall! With a big group like that and trouble following them at every turn they've probably made slow progress indeed.

Soon enough, Aurieul was headed out of Targos and into the woods. At one point, maybe an hour after she left Targos, she saw a huge plume of smoke rising from further in. I bet I know where the group is!

Probably about 4 or so hours later, Aurieul realized she made an error. She was weak from lack of food, having only had those scraps earlier in the day. There was no way she'd catch up before dark in this condition. Best to find a spot to make camp and get some food made. So that's what she did. The next morning she woke early with the sun and was soon riding again, feeling much better than she had the day before. Targos and all it's troubles were behind her and her future lay ahead.

<OOC>I was going to make this longer and more in-depth, but I lack in the creativity department sometimes. Consider yourselves lucky. Sarge, you're in charge of reconciling any errors I may have made. </OOC>

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<Wow. I thought you were... dead, or something. Welcome back!>

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<I too thought I was dead for a while. But it was just work. >

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"I'll go with Taryn," Acedia said, shifting form into a grey wolf and getting up on all fours. "She probably knows these woods better than I do but she couldn't find water if you poured it on her."

Taryn was about to take offense to that remark, but then realized Acedia was essentially right, and shrugged. "You don't seem to have any other pressing duties here, Acedia. Come along then."

"Thank you again for letting me use your tent, Farnham," Acedia said to the gemsmith before she trotted off after Taryn, who had just turned eastward and started walking, not even bothering to look for any kind of conveniently existing path.

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"There is a small creek just east of here." proclaimed West proudly.
"That thing's been dry for a month!" said Malt with a loud thud coming from his hand to the back of West's head.
"Ow! Whaddid you do that for?!?" yelled West.
"You know dumbo!" said Malt.
"Well were have you been getting water for the past month?" said West.
"There is a temple and the druids always gave me a little in times of need, but they don't take kindly to anyone who looks like a fighter. So, I guess we're outta our options for water on that part..." said Malt.

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Taryn looked over her shoulder at West and Malt. "Looks like a fighter, eh?" she murmured, before turning her head forward again. Not that she had any kind of plan as of yet, but you can bet she'd have one before the hour was up.

Acedia trotted along beside her friend. "What are you going to do?"

"Find the dry river, and then I'm not sure. Druids and I haven't gotten along very spectacularly in the past. Maybe we'll just keep going until we find something."

"How fortunate that both of us can fly, then."

"You know, I completely forgot about that until you mentioned it?"

"Despite the fact that you're hovering right now."

"I am?" Taryn looked down and realized her legs weren't moving. She was seated Indian-style in midair and just floating along. "That's interesting."

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Tem hadn't slept last night. He was troubled by dreams of Squiddly man Mountain. He saw a Mind Flayer attacking the weaker High Flayers. He told this to the group. "I need to get there soon. It's in real trouble." he said.

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Horin awoke early, and prayed his prayers, taking him about 25 minutes. He then went over and ate some breakfast when Farnham asked him to take Prosper and West with him. "Fine." And to Prosper he said: "Bring a bag or something, we'll head into the woods and find some dewberries, they should be ripe right now." He looked over at West. "Come on, you're gonna help us find some forage. Know any good roots?"

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"The small plants with star-shaped leafs have edible roots on them." replied West.

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"Okay, let's go, if you're ready." He said to both West and Prosper.

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{ [grammar nazi] "Forage" is a verb meaning "to search, as for food." It's not a noun.

Sorry. [/grammar nazi] }

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<OOC> Actually, it also means edible plant life, forage was generally meant of looking for food, but it also means the food itself, it can also be used as an adjective (Somewhat improperly, but it still fits), for something like "Forage bush". Sorry, I looked it up once when I thought someone else had made the same mistake, it's a bit of an old definition for people food though. It generally means animal food. [/ramble] </OOC>

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"Alright." replied Prosper. He found a small brulap sack in the suplies wagon and joined the small foraging party. "I'm ready." Prosper said.

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As Aurieul drew near the camp, she could start to hear voices. She dismounted so she could walk quietly to the camp, in case she had been mistaken and instead found some Orc camp or something. Not that they sounded like Orcs...but better cautious than dead.

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{ Because, you know, Orcs are masters of subtlety and can make themselves sound like things that they're not so as to lure unsuspecting prey.

Just kidding. }

Taryn and Acedia walked along until they came to that dry stream that West had mentioned. "Well. Here's the ex-river. It doesn't look like it'd be very much use even if it wasn't dry." Taryn shrugged. Spectre and wolf crossed the dry streambed, leaving only the lupine prints behind, and then pressed on. "Perhaps we ought to take to the air at this point," suggested Acedia. "It'd be easier, and we'd be less likely to get horribly, hopelessly lost."

"That would be a tragedy, considering how we're highly critical party members and all," Taryn said with more than a little sarcasm. "But I suppose you're right. Up we go." Taryn launched into the air and hovered at a comfortable 300 feet, and was shortly joined by an enthusiastic white Peregrine falcon. Taryn floated forward at a leisurely pace, perhaps 15 miles per hour, while Acedia circled and dived and flew back and forth so as to stay airborne. There weren't many useful air currents to cruise along at this low altitude.

"You know," Acedia said suddenly, flying in circles around Taryn, "I just realized something."

"What's that?"

"How, exactly, are we going to bring any water back to the campsite, or was that ever part of the plan?"

"I think I might have a bucket somewhere in my bag of tricks."

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Tem sensed something in the bushes. "yaah!" he yelled, diving into the bushes. He found Auriel. "Auriel? I... didn't think you were still alive. Or that you left." said Tem. he noticed that he was standing on her. He moved, saying" oh, sorry. Um, we've got a fire, and some of our friends are looking for food."

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"Well lets go" said West.

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Horin started walking off, shouting to Farnham from a distance away, "We'll be back within two hours."

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Marcus overheard Tem and the gang. "Can I join you guys on going up to Squiddly Man Mountain?"

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"Well, yeah," said Tem, "but I warn you, our cities are not for the really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really stupid. In a city, we all communicate as one with telekinesis. Thus, anyone who closes their minds hears almost absolute silence. So, I think I might need to teach you how to do a mindshield." <The flayers are similar to the Buggers/Formics in that they have no real language, only telepathy, in which they are masters.>

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"Wull, ok." Marcus said.

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<Tem must have meant "Telepathy", not "Telekinesis." Telepathy is the ability to send & receive information using only your mind, while Telekinesis is the ability to move objects using only your mind.
Anyways, the plan is (and has been for a long time now) that the group will head to Squiddy Man Mountain AFTER they get Eruntian's ring fixed.>

Maxwell said to Tem: "I'm sure you want to get to Squidy Man Mountain soon, but we can't go off half-cocked. We've got an plan, and we're gonna stick to it. It's our best chance of success all-around."

Meanwhile, Drek had set off alone, using his Ranger skills to seek out clues as to where there might be some water. He had some promising leads in the animal trails and the geometry of the local forest, so he keep searching. Soon, he found a flock of wild geese pecking at a berry bush, so he snuck up on them and put an arrow through one, which startled the others. Drek managed to down three more before they flew out of range.
"Arlight! I'll take roasted goose over snake meat any day." he said to himself as he picked the four dead geese up by their feet." Hrm, all males, and it's nesting season. So, that means there's probably a group of females nesting nearby. Lets see if I can get me some goose eggs for breakfast."
Drek slunk off in the direction he though the nests might be in....

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Drek crept through the trees until he came upon a small pond with a few geese nesting on the bank. Staying hidden, he took out his bow and shot the closest goose. As the other geese flew off, he went to the nests and began gathering the eggs. Stopping first to fill his water skin in the pond, he placed the eggs carefully in his pack, and set off back to the camp, making sure to leave a trail he could easily follow back to the pond.

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Meanwhile, the girls had caught sight of a river not ludicrously far from the dried stream West had talked about. They saw that it ran north for a spell and then curved westward, and so decided to follow it, and discovered that it was less than one hundred meters north of their campsite. Feeling slightly irked by this, they both alighted at the stream and examined the water. It was potable. After a much-desired face-washing by Acedia, Taryn had produced (or built, it's difficult to tell really) a largish box, lined with a waterproof skin, that would easily fit in a cart and could be towed with little effort. It had a small spigot at the bottom of one side. They both proceeded to fill the box (roughly two and a half feet long, one and a half feet wide and six inches deep) with some buckets, also courtesy of Taryn's bag of tricks.

"We can't carry this back through the air," Acedia said.

"Well, you can't. But if you walk and I float, we'll probably manage. You've got fairly strong shoulders."

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"What do you want ME to do?" Marcus whined, always wanting something to keep him active.

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"Uh...here's your dagger back. I guess I'll go help at camp." Aurieul quickly moved toward camp.

<OOC>Who's actually at camp yet?</OOC>

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"I thought it was obvious" Said Maxwell: "Guard the camp."

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<OOC>Welcome back to the game, Jone's Girl.</OOC>

Though he did not know why, Eruantian had this creepy feeling whenever Tem was near him that made him VERY uncomfortable, even more so than he was around Taryn, and that is saying something. It was possibly because of Tem's indiscrete actions inside of Eruantian's subconcious mind, though Eruantian did not remember that.

Eruantian heard a noise in the general direction that Auriel was just before Tem ran straight towards it. Eruantian felt the need to inspect this noise. When Tem ran towards the noise, Eruantian thought to himself "Well, there goes any chance of not being discovered." Eruantian ran, but still tried to be quiet about it. Not only did he want to know what the noise was, he needed to keep an eye on Tem.

What Eruantian found was someone unfamiliar to him. He saw a lady... An elf lady..."An Elf?" he thought to himself "What is she doing all the way out here?". But then, Eruantian noticed the girl was holding a dagger at something... It was Tem! "I knew there something not right about that dirty Flayer" Eruantian thought to himself. When the elf lady ran towards Eruantian's direction, Eruantian pulled out his sword, ran between the lady and Tem, then stood and shouted "Get back, flayer!" He pointed his sword directly at Tem with both hands and said "Stay away from her, Tem. I won't let you lay a tentacle on her."