Barrak looks at Jimpy with his riding lizard frowning. "Do you have another one of those lizard things for me to ride? And more importantly, do you think they are fast enough to outrun the predators and get that baby out of here?"

"Yes sir?"
"How far away are the carnivores?"
"About five minutes sir."
"Could you please tell Shara to ready Tri-Horn for a unexperienced rider?"
'yes sir, right away." The little bird flies up and away, ducking into a small hole in the wall.

At this point, Seelie is furious.
"Who are you to be giving orders? I don't even remember seeing you before!"

"Oh Seelie, you shouldn't worry so, it's bad for you. Go and help the stragglers get to the hide-aways." Those last words are spoken with such conviction that Seelie does what he is told. Ayla walks over and waits for an explanation, if there even is one.

Turning to look at you all, his eyes take in every detail.

"Hmmm. He has a struthie, you'll be riding Tri-Horn, and if my guess is right, this pretty lady here will not need a mount to keep up. Good."

At this point, the little bird returns.
"Sir, Shara and Tri-Horn are ready and waiting by the Hatcery's door to the jungle."

"Tell her we will be with her shortly, will you?"
"Yes sir." the little avian wonder flits off again, vanishing into a different hole in wall.

"Come on, we have to hurry to the Hatchery."

Barrak hurries after the strange man. Glad to be able to do something even if it was a bit suicidal. His battlerager training and the alcohol in his veins though just made him laugh at the idea of him dying.

"Hahaha!!! Well, how much further to this hatchery? I'm anxious to see this crazy plan in action!"

Moving fast, you reach the Hatchery in what seems like seconds. The man stares down the guards, and walks right up to the caged infant tyrannosaur. It tries to bite him when he attempts to pick it up, but his hands close around it's jaws and it settles down. Picking it up, he places it in a sack and hands it to Barrack.

"I'll be too busy to hold it, and your halfling's runner would panic if this rex came to close. Don't worry, she understands whats happening now, and won't bite you."

Now that you have the infant predator, he leads you out a doorway hidden from veiw by one to the incubation shelves the eggs are keep in. Leaning against a great horned beast, a goblin waits for you.

"Took you long enough! Hurry up and get on dwarf, the big ones are close and we have to move fast!"

Moving over next to Jimpy, Ayla explains what she would like him to do.

"Be precise with your spells, okay? No big fire magic if you can use something else. Of course, if you're trying to save someone, do your best, understand?"

Hm... where's Barrack?

Selyne and Company
As you run away from the roars, you can see more and more predatory dinosaurs running towards them. They ignore you completely.. something they have never done before without being full from a fresh kill. Something very strange is going on...

"This is odd. Big lizards don't normaly do this and smaller lizards certainly don't do things like this." She keeps up a steady jog still, caution still the better part of valor.

I'd assume Selyne has never seen anything like this before, since it reads as if lifted straight out of a 'Dino-Topia' novel. :P

Only the part about the Rex egg hatching somewhere it shouldn't, and the messenger bird. Jurassic Park wasn't my only inspiration you know... Just wait for the tiny talking dinosaurs! ;D

Barrak holds the sack uneasily and eyes the goblin with suspicion. The three horned beast looked fast enough but he had never had any training in riding beasts. Finally shaking off his doubts he jumps onto the strange animal's back and looks to the others.

"Alright! Let's get this thing out of here!"

Um, just making a Perception Check to notice anything/anyone else about/around. Other than the Lizard parade, of course. ;) Sorry to read kind of 'snarky', I did truly mean the comment about Dinotopia more in jest. Have the first book, love the art/illustration. :)

Spot Check:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (12) + 4 = 16

"Hmmm, that is interesting." Selyne remarks to her companions as she slows her flight.

And awaits further wisdom from the DM. :)

Um, just making a Perception Check to notice anything/anyone else about/around. Other than the Lizard parade, of course. ;) Sorry to read kind of 'snarky', I did truly mean the comment about Dinotopia more in jest. Have the first book, love the art/illustration. :)

Spot Check:1d20+4

"Hmmm, that is interesting." Selyne remarks to her companions as she slows her flight.

Barrak holds the sack uneasily and eyes the goblin with suspicion. The three horned beast looked fast enough but he had never had any training in riding beasts. Finally shaking off his doubts he jumps onto the strange animal's back and looks to the others.

"Alright! Let's get this thing out of here!"

Moving slowly at first, the large creature pciks up speed and is soon thundering through the forest/jungle. Ayla, amazingly enough, is easily keeping pace, as is Jimpy's 'runner.'

Leading the way, the strange man seems to be taking you straight for the furious carnivores. Roars once faint now ring in your ears. You burst out from the trees onto a path and stop. Lurching into view are two large creatures, and they look like older versions of the infant Barrack is carrying. Startled by you, the stop just long enough for the baby rex to poke it's head out of the sack make a sound similar to a bark.

The man steps between the infant and it's parents.

"Shara? Go. Now."

Without waiting for him to say anything else, Shara pats Tri-Horn on his frill and you lurch off into the forest. Just before you lose sight of him, you see the man run straight for the big lizards.

This is not the same man Selyne sees. Just to clarify.

You see a man following the dinosaurs.

"I wonder if they, um, him, are answering the call, or are simply following this event out of curiosity." She looks to Tsu and Dao,

"Should we circle the 'herd'," Selyne frowns as she tries to fond words to describe what she is seeing, "And meet up with the stranger? Do you recognize him from your canoe?"

Um, are there any other Spot checks that are needed?

The only check you'll need is a survival check to follow him, which will be pretty easy considering he's following big animals.

The man steps between the infant and it's parents.

"Shara? Go. Now."

Without waiting for him to say anything else, Shara pats Tri-Horn on his frill and you lurch off into the forest. Just before you lose sight of him, you see the man run straight for the big lizards.

This is not the same man Selyne sees. Just to clarify.

Looking at Shara and the others he holds up the sack with the infant, "How far do you suppose we have to run before we can dump this sack off?"

Tsu stops for a moment to think.

"No I dont recognise him, but it might be an idea to 'circle around the herd' as you put it, what do you think Dao?"

Tsu readies anything needed, such as her wand of healing and her scimitar, and get ready for the jouney.

"I think I may be able to help, I've been known to be able to track things in the wild, helps with hunting."

survival check: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (20) + 11 = 31

""Being behind them would definitely be etter than being in front of them.

Jimpy looks at the small mewling lizard that periodically peeks out from Barrak's bag. "Crazy? Me? I don't know what you're talking about! Now let's ride our lizards while holding the baby of the really angry and deadly lizards who will chase us while taunting them with the cries of their baby! WHEEEEEEE!"

Must.. not.. laugh.

For a moment, Shara doesn't answer.

"It shouldn't be for much longer. We'll drop it off at the next clearing."

Tsu stops for a moment to think.

"No I dont recognise him, but it might be an idea to 'circle around the herd' as you put it, what do you think Dao?"

Tsu readies anything needed, such as her wand of healing and her scimitar, and get ready for the jouney.

"I think I may be able to help, I've been known to be able to track things in the wild, helps with hunting."

survival check: 1d20 + 11

"Being behind them would definitely be etter than being in front of them."

Selyne, Dao, and Tsu should be easily able to catch up to Marco, since they are either used to forest or faster than the average person.

Tsu looks at Seylene and ponders a few things on their way to their final destination, eventually voicing her questions at Seylene.

"So, Seylene, I have a few questions for you," Tsu says with a quizzical look on her face "if you are native to this island, then I wonder how you have survived for so long, and also, are there others, do you have a tribe?"

"I understand about Dao and myself, we were abandoned here, but you are a bit of a mystery to me."

Tsu looks at Selyne on their way towards the followed stranger, speaking to Selyne as they travel,

"So, Seylene, I have a few questions for you," Tsu says with a quizzical look on her face "if you are native to this island, then I wonder how you have survived for so long, and also, are there others, do you have a tribe?"

"I understand about Dao and myself, we were abandoned here, but you are a bit of a mystery to me."

"I survive by focusing on what is trying to kill me at any given moment."

Ref Roll to run and avoid obstacles while having a conversation:1d20 + 8 ⇒ (13) + 8 = 21 As Selyns struggles a little to keep up with the Dao's (A Monk) and Kiara's (A Tiger) pace through the light grass and bushes.

"When man is caught and lizards gone, then we talk." Selyne finishes quickly.

Sorry to sound gruff and curt, but we are running through jungle, trying to chase some one as well as avoiding (kind of) a mob of large, angry and probably carnivorous lizards. If there was a country called Guilder that we had to plan to invade? I don't think our time could be any more taken up. :P Um, your Avatar changed a little there, Tsu. ;)

Barrak nods his head in silent agreement of Jimpy for a moment. "Right... well, we all are a bit daft at the moment! At least you were smart enough to not hold on to this ugly little thing!" Barrak holds up the bag with the baby rex in it and points his finger by its head. Out of instinct, the crying rex extends its head and snaps at Barrak's finger. Barely pulling it back in time he contemplates seeing if the little brat could survive being trampled by the lizard he was riding. A sudden ear shattering roar from the baby's parents quickly puts that idea out of his mind. Glaring at the goblin he shouts out. "Is there anyway to make this thing move faster? I don't think we should delay this family reunion any longer than necessary!"

Barrack and Jimpy.
Shara hears the roar too, and smiles.

"We have a little more time, he's slowing them down."

The next few minutes seem like hours as Tri-Horn continues to charge through the trees and undergrowth. Finally, your group runs out into an open clearing. Slowing Tri-Horn down, Shara hops off in the middle of the area.

"We'll leave her here and you will take Tri-Horn and move to the other side of this clearing. I have to stay close to make sure any of your fellow convicts don't happen upon the egg and decide to eat it."

Bounding along through the light scrub and trees, the great rippling shape of Kiara on one side and the fleet fomr of Dao weaving along slightly ahead, Selyne grins.

She hasn't had this much fun in ages! Not since her attempt at trying to drag one of the larger meat eaters into the upper lake, the better to try and drown the thing, store up a descent amount of meat for the rainy season and clear away one of the more worrying higher predators.

"The beasts slow!" She calls, noting the 'heard' they follow does indeed look to be relaxing its pace. She looks about for the man they have been following,

Perception Check:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (18) + 4 = 22

Are folks still about?

I'm still around, just a tad busy, oh and sorry about the avatar change there, I was informed by Selyne's player about 12 hours after I posted, and I couldn't edit it :(

Tsu stops at Selyne's side, glancing around for the unidentified man who was chasing the large reptiles.

"Hmm...where is that man who was running, a friend of yours, Selyne?"

Spot check:1d20 + 9 ⇒ (14) + 9 = 23

You can see him ahead of you, but I don't think Marco is with us anymore... :(

I'm here. Marco is still chasing the big carnivore dinosaurs.

I'm here. Marco is still chasing the big carnivore dinosaurs.

*sees above sentence*

:D

My strong skill... 1d20 - 1 ⇒ (4) - 1 = 3

Barrak happily hands the baby over to Shara. "Great, here you go! Now how do I make this dumb animal move?" Barrak grabs the reins and trys kicking the Tri-Horn in the ribs to make it move. "Hey Jimpy, I'll race you back!"

Tsu stops at Selyne's side, glancing around for the unidentified man who was chasing the large reptiles.

"Hmm...where is that man who was running, a friend of yours, Selyne?"

Spot check:1d20 + 9

spot Check:1d20 + 4 ⇒ (11) + 4 = 15

"The man is no one I know." She thinks while still watching the groups flank, "The only reason I talk to you is your animal is so amazing." She glances towards Kiara, still standing a good couple of arms length from the large tiger.

Of course, soon we are going to have lizard problems again as the beasts finish with Barak and Shara. :P

"hmm...yes, she is amazing, she will not attack anyone who is not threatening to us, though, you are safe to come closer."

Tsu decides it is about time to get the attention of the male running after the large reptiles, she cups her hands while riding Kiara, and yells.

oops, I forgot to post that I was riding Kiara on her exotic saddle that she has on, sorry, I will make ride checks accordingly

ride check to chase:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (5) + 5 = 10
ride check to let go of the reigns:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (11) + 5 = 16

"You there, human male, if you are friend, then please slow down, those lizards look hungry!"

Tsu hopes that she can get the mans (Marco's) attention.

At Tsu's shout Selyne crouches in the grass, drawing one of her spears from her magical quiver and holding it ready in case the man is something like 'Chomper'.

Though certain Kiara would be more than a match for such a beast, still Selyne knows that taking chances is a quick way to drop to the bottom of the food chain.

Hide Skill:1d20 + 5 ⇒ (10) + 5 = 15

Marco, make a Listen check to see if you hear the shout. DC:5, since she is shouting and the big dinosaur are making some noise as they run.

"Remember, if he is here he may be like us, or a hardened criminal."

1d20 - 1 ⇒ (19) - 1 = 18
Marco stops at the yelling and turn around, his hands ready to draw his swords if the new people show any kind of threatening behavior. He waits for them to come closer.