Noticing something strange touching his leg, Galanthas startles and runs for it to the beach, just a couple of feet behind Wes. He'll try to fire an arrow to a different hyena than the one Wes has hit with the burning branch.
Heading Home
Earthday, The 4th of Goodmonth
Evening, Hot, Muggy, Very Buggy
The wise elf high-steps it back out of the surf after his brush encounter, shooting another arrow near the dogs.
With a loud yelp, the lead dog rushes off into the jungle after getting hit in the face with the druids ball of fire. The others give chase and soon all three of them are well out of sight.
Actions?
Wes D2 16/16 1/4 first 1/3 second
Gwen 8/8 0/1 first
Galanthas 8/8 1/1 first
"Well done Galanthas! We did it! Now let's grab what's left and get out of here before something else comes along." The druid rolls his eyes at the thought.
"Emm... well... yes! We did it!" Galanthas spends a couple of retrieving his arrows (if they haven't gone to far into the jungle) and then helps Wes with the carcass.
Finally Back Home
Earthday, The 4th of Goodmonth
Night, Hot, Muggy, Buggy
Once the dogs run off, Galanthas and Wes hoist what is left of the lizard and finish their short journey back to town unmolested.
The fire tenders at the cooking pit look very surprised to see the trio coming into town at this late hour.
"Hey! You guys all right? What do you have there?"
Actions?
Please post anything that you still want to do this evening before turning in. Once everyone has posted their intentions here, I will get some XP figured out for this mini-mission.
Wes D2 16/16 1/4 first 1/3 second
Gwen 8/8 0/1 first
Galanthas 8/8 1/1 first
"Well, we set out on a hunt today, with Obad Hali's blessing," Wes tells the firetenders. "Unfortunately we weren't the only hunters he sent out. Still, by his grace we brought something back for the hungry folks of Beachtown."
Wes takes some time to dry and smoke some strips of meat to replace his lost iron rations. He also returns Galanthas' dagger to him. Then he goes and takes a dunk in the surf to wash all the blood off himself and his clothes. Finally, he goes to the water barrels and uses his last Create Water spell to add 15 gallons to them.
Then he bids goodnight to Galanthas and Gwen, thanks them again for all their help on this long day, and crashes out in the nearest hammock he can find.
The fire tenders look over the offering of meat, noticing that it is covered in sand and bite marks.
"Geez. I know most of us are hungry here but, don't you think you could have at least rinsed it off a little bit before giving it to us?"
The slight negativity in their tone does not hide the fact that they are absolutely thrilled to see this much food given to them. They let Wes take whatever portion he wants before dragging the rest to the water to give it all a good rinsing before beginning their preparations. They skillfully cut around any deeply gnawed areas, setting the possibly tainted scraps aside for the fishermen to use for bait. As Wes is making his own strips, they jokingly add. "Hey mister druid! I don't suppose you found any good pepper or coriander out there, did ya?"
While the druid is helping to keep the water barrels full, he hears a voice from a nearby shack speaking softly to him. "Don't think I haven't noticed that the levels always seem to rise a little whenever you are in town. May the gods favor you in your endeavors out here, kind sir!" The voice sounds a lot like Marge, but she doesn't actually show herself.
As the men prepare the meat for cooking, glad to have a tasty surprise for the townsfolk in the morning, the hunters turn in for the night. They drift off to sleep satisfied that they have helped out the suffering of the people here, even if it is only for a day or two.
Since you are back in town, I will say this again....
Town is sorta like a "time free" area. You don't have to wait around to do something until I say that it is ____ time. Just go ahead and do it.
Anyone who is in town with you can be conversed with, regardless of what time of the day it is, or if they said that they were already sleeping or whatever.
All I ask is that you post actions in the proper threads. If you want to talk to Nehru, do so in the Hi-Lo thread, etc.
I will leave this thread up for a while in case you want to use it to discuss any related future plans involving the things that happened here.
Galanthas, seeing what Wes does, also washes his clothes and armor from the lizard's blood and takes a chunk of meat for dinenr (if allowed). Goes to the inn and turns in.
When possible, he asks Wes "Do you know anyone around here? I actually don't know much about the town, or actually anything, to be frank. I just arrived yesterday and thought the townsfolk needed something to eat, so I went hunting."
I'm gonna have a look to the other threads, because, to be honest, I don't have any idea of how this works Where are Wes and Galanthas supposed to interact from now on?
"Mr Nehru at the Hi-Lo will sort you out for accommodation. You can also buy stuff there, but it's pricey, so watch out! Randall at the tavern is good fellow to talk to. Just don't ask him about monkoons and watch out for the grog."
"As for the rest of the place, just wander around and see what you can find. There's always somebody with a problem here".
"I'll be all over town tomorrow. I'll bump into you somewhere, probably at the tavern. We can talk about what else we might do together."
Where are Wes and Galanthas supposed to interact from now on?