Natalyah looks over to Caithan and stands dumbstruck not knowing how to handle the barrage of words. "Fine", she finally mutters and displays her lack of social skills when faced with a uncomfortable situation. "Are you done? Can we get back to exploring the island now?"
Your choices are South along the coast or South west into the thicker jungles towards the eastern end of the ridge you were previously camped on
In the absence of other guidence Setebo takes the lead and starts heading south along the coast. This should be bretty much down the throat of whatever it was Our Lady saw, correct?
Eager to get moving Natalyah quickly shadows Setebo with her eyes and ears peaked, making sure that the beast doesn't try anything and more importantly, doesn't miss anything.
Survival check to aid Atzi, 1d20 + 8 + 2 ⇒ (10) + 8 + 2 = 20 (+2 for favored terrain jungle) Perception check to keep my eyes and ears open, 1d20 + 13 + 2 ⇒ (13) + 13 + 2 = 28 (+2 for favored terrain jungle)
Amisi walks along - following the rest of the group.
Survival aid 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18
Perception 1d20 ⇒ 8
Occasionally she is able to read a track but her mind clearly is elsewhere as she relies as normal on the keen eyed druid to spot signs of trouble first.
Natalyah looks down the trail with a frown on her face. "We could be moving closer to them. Keep your eyes open and keep your steps quiet", she warns before moving down the trail.
Natalyahs estimation is that this trail is not particularly well travelled..perhaps whatever lies at the coastal end is something the cannibals don't visit very often.
Atzi moved ahead of the group, she couldn't be tracked and she was in tune with nature, virtually undetectable as she weaved her way through the jungle.
Atzi smiles at Setebo and nods in agreement. "This will make our travels much easier, knowing that we do not have to worry as much about the others. Let us see what lies at the end of this trail... I fer it may be another camp. Hopefully there is something to salvage."
You follow the trail for an hour and it joins with a trail that runs vaugely north-south.. southwards it wends it's way along the base of an escarpment which you suspect is the westward end of Plant Woman ridge.
Atzi looks over the well used trail with a stern eye and nods before looking to the others. "Either this trail leads to their village or their are others like us on this island who have survived somehow in the open... Best we all be on our guard and use the strategy that Caithan laid out for us. If everyone is ready I say we head south and see what lies down there, but lets stick to the Jungle to the west side of the trail and run along the escarpment to avoid this well traveled trail."
Atzi quietly calls Quetza to land and the large reptile starts trundling along with the others so he isn't so easily seen by anyone traveling long the trail. Out of all their members Atzi knew that Quetza drew the most attention, circling like a predator and giving possible enemies a bearing on where they were...
You move through the jungle alongside the path keeping it just in view..another half mile or so of hacking at vines and detouring around trees before the days heat begins to rise.
The gurrgle of water nearby leads you to one of the slow flowing streams that seem to wind all over the island.
You know what they said was the most important thing about the fountain of youth that was the reason those that found it deep in the jungle never came back? Before they drank it they forgot to BOIL IT FIRST!
Atzi pulls off her shirt and soaks it in the water, wringing it out over her naked skin to help make the heat more bearable. She doesn't seem concerned with the others watching, no she was more concerned what lay to the south. They were skirting the main trail but today they would see what lie at its end and plan for the worst.
Hopefully I wasn't unclear about where Atzi was leading the group, she is taking them as close to the 'active' trail as she feels comfortable. So we should be heading south and unless I messed up how I was reading those posts.
"Clever," Helga remarks seeing Atzi's trick, and does likewise. She assumes that Caithan's lack of interest is because of his orientation. Barbarians, eh?
Natalyah looks around the impromtu camp and her eyes narrow as she notices something mounted on a tree pointing towards the trail..closer examination shows it to be a crude spear trap set to catch those fording the stream on the trail.
Natalyah is just about to sit down in the shade when her eyes catches something in the tree. "Stand still", she hisses and stalks closer. "It's a trap", says Admiral Akbar and points out the spear.
@DM: What sort of skill would be used to disarm it? And can i find the trigger?
Atzi looks up at the trap Natalyah points out and gives a grim smile at it, she'd often used traps of a similar nature when out hunting but this was made in mind for something other then wild game. "I will see if I can unmake it, good eye Natalyah. Everyone please stay clear..."
Survival1d20 + 11 ⇒ (11) + 11 = 22
Atzi follows the trip wire and tries to make sure it isn't hooked to a pulley system of ropes that may lead to someplace else. The last thing she wanted was a bell or some other warning device telling possible foes where and which of their traps had been tripped...
Atzi grimaces, trap was checked regularly. It was a good indication they were dealing with long term inhabitants, but it was a bad sign because they had no idea when they would come to check out their traps. Without any recourse Atzi moves in to try and disable the trap, if she could just remove the spear they could trigger the rest without incident...
BEfore this is resolved. I not ethat Caithans asleep. Were he not I'm going to mentally tell you about the wonderful opportunities in being a magnificent bastard. Here are the steps;
Step 1: Mark trap so you know where its at.
Step 2: Use the ridiculous amounts of survival coming out of our ears to rustle up some big game.
Step 3: Set trap off, spike game on it.
Step 4: See who comes to investigate watch them, determine a course of action.
Step 5: ???
Step 6: PROFIT!!!
Amisi
