Yrdex catches his breath and looks to Gnasher. "Yes, let's find this, er, Pug-whatsit."
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Garavel scoffs. I may be a neutral party in all this, but are you even sure that these Pugwampi exist? After all, It could just be a cover to hide his own guilt. Dashki growls at the merchant and shouts I AM INOCENT! I would never harm the old fool, it was clear he was insane, and would likely have died anyways when we approached the City, eaten by gnolls... although the words are threatening they don't seem molevolent. If you don't believe me, I'll personally lead these adventures to the Pugwampi, after all, There is nothing more difficult than tracking a gremlin like them...
Gnasher paces toward Almah's tent, As the team reports to her and Garavel, Gnasher watches and listens carefully. 'Why is Garavel doubting our word....ahh. "Gnasher not know why Garavel not trust Dashki, but Gnasher saw tracks, not Dashki. Gnasher will follow tracks find out if gremlins or other little creature that like fire."
Yrdex looks to Kona then to Gnasher. "I trust the gnoll." He glares at Dashki. "He smells better, too."
"Me trust big puppy face too. He find tracks... He can find things make tracks. Longshanks help?" He says this last looking at Dashki.
"I stand with Gnasher as well, and will go with him to follow the tracks."
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Daski Huffs. Alright, if the gnoll knows so much, then he must know the living habits of the Pugwampi, their various fighting tactics, and of course what they look like, yes? Surely if you know all that then you must not need me... It's obvious that Dashki dislikes the gnoll, the way he speaks about Gnasher is full of cold venom. Garavel sighs. I think it's best you take Dashki, after all how do you know it's a Pugwampi if you've never even heard of it before... And I still believe there is no such thing!
When Amalah hears of your findings she sighs. If such creatures do exist then surely Dashki is vital to finding them. And if this is a Ruze, then I'm sure you are all capible of incapacitating one man...
Gnasher lulls his tongue in a knoll smile. "Gnasher said Gnasher going, didn't say Dashki not. If Dashki want to follow Gnasher, Dashki can."Nodding to both Almah and Garavel he begins to leave, looking at the smelly human, "ამ გზით შემიძლია თვალი შეგეხარო." He steps out of the tent, waiting for the rest of his new tribe.
Gnasher proceeds to where he found the tracks and searching for them again he will start to follow them.
Gurrr follows right behind Dashki, not fully trusting him, and making sure he doesn't fall behind or decide to split off at any point.
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The tracks are extremely hard to follow, and unfortunately they seem to lead in circles around the camp...
However, where Gnasher failed, Dashki easily follows. See, you are unfamiliar! You have to think like them to follow them.... And your going backwards. Here you can see the rat was wandering camp, there a man stepped in some camel stool, check your boots by the way- then it made its way through several of the tents. Here at the gaurds house you can see where a man dropped his money, and another where it appears his leather armor suddenly lost a few buttons. As you continue along it's path you can see every misfortune it caused, up to the cart, the worst luck of them all... The Pugwampi probably entered to steel something, the candles where on so the man had picked a bad time to read... And then when the fire started it made it's way to the Animals... Taking... A goat?... Yes, for from here the tracks lead north, followed by a goat... There, you can take it from here, gnoll... I'm sure you can easily track a goat!
'He tracks very well, I can learn a few things,' Gnasher watches Dashki work, carefully looking at things that he points out. Nodding his head as the human points from item to item. When Dashki points to the goat track, Gnasher nods his head. "Tracking goat, Gnasher can." Loosing his place, he starts over again.
Poresh attempts to discreetly aid Gnasher so that he doesn't lose face in front of Dashki.
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As the ranger said, tracking a Frightened goat is pretty easy. As you follow the tracks, the sun begins to drop. It's about sunset when the tracks go into a cactus patch.
Even though that cactus are really sparce, it appears getting through them will be a problem...
The sound of a goat can be heard just past a thick patch, and you can see a pole sticking over the top of them. It shakes a little with every sound.
You feel strange, and creeping worry fills you... Like something bad is about to happen.
a thicket of cactus, but if the goat is through there so are the pugwampi's.' Gnasher looks at his tribe, lulling his tongue in a gnoll smile and nods toward the sound. He then starts to work his way through the cactus, as he advances a feeling of dread begins to sneak up his spine.
Yrdex follows Gnasher closely, curiously watching how he tracks the goat. Upon reaching the cactus, however, he refrains from entering. He wears too much armor to try and maneuver the cactus patch.
Abdalrahman follows Gnasher into the cactus, trying not to get pricked. He feels uneasy, and rests one hand on the hilt of his scimitar.
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Gnasher takes one step before realizing he just stepped into the thickest patch! How unlucky, but. It unlucky as his next step which put his whole left side against a cactus, the spines somehow finding every uncomfortable place to poke.
the spines are painful but not quite leathal.
Abdalrahman is just as unlucky, appears n finding a nice stone to step on he slaps his arm against a cactus that wasn't there before! How ever he manages to find a good place to step... Before slipping on a stone and crashing into another cactus. Very unlucky...
Dashki Snickers to the side... Making no move to enter. The two cactus pinned party members realize they are only half way there!!
Poresh declines to enter the cactus patch, saying, "I remember doing something like this a few lifetimes ago. It didn't end well."
Gurr wonders why there's a pole, and tries to go around the cactus patch to see what's on the other side, after all, it can't go on forever... if for some reason that's just not possible, he'll wait a bit.
Yrdex winces as the cacti puncture his companions. "You alright in there?"
"...yess. So far, anyway. Ow!"
A very unhappy Gnasher turns and looks at those standing with Dashki, "Gnasher be better if Gnasher not feel like pincushion. What tribe waiting for? Goat this way." He nods his head toward the bleating and martials on.
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Gnasher seemingly hits every cactus on the way, clearing out a space for people to walk but ultimately being turned into a pin cushion. how unlucky!!
Ghurr makes it to the halfway point and can now easily navigate to the center due to the path Gnasher made. Luck somehow I'm the favor of the goblin...
When you make it to the center you can see the goat is tied to the pole, and is covered in cactus needles. It bleats when it sees you and shuffles away
Poresh takes advantage of the gnoll-shaped path through the cacti. "Tied to a pole. This goat is food for something. Probably something large!"
Gurr looks around cautiously... there's only one reason for tying up a bait animal in the wild, and that is to lure something ... like an unwary goblin and his friends... into a trap... he starts to back out of the little clearing...
"Gnash!" the small reptilian shouts, "I have a bad feeling about this!"
'The lizard-gnome has a bad feeling?' Gnasher turns back and looks at Yrdex, reaching up and pulling a two inch long thorn from his shoulder and throwing it on the ground. "Gnasher have bad feeling too. Gnasher feel better if Gnasher and Abdalrahman not only members of tribe standing in middle of obvious trap."
Gnasher draws his guisarme from it's straps on his rucksack and looks around carefully.
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The goat bleats and tugs on the rope, too scared to approach. It can't even approach given that it is tied to a pole.
There is actually a very loud cackling coming from behind a stone and you spot a creature that appears like a hairless lapdog with mange had stood up and n it's hind legs. Hit clutches a dagger and cackles.
"I feel better not being in the obvious trap to be honest. Yrdex calls out with a measure of cowardice. He isn't even looking at the cacti anymore, just the bloody spine fresh from Gnasher's shoulder as it rests in a puddle of the gnoll's blood.
seeing the others aren't fleeing the obvious trap, Gurr sneaks forward to the clearing again...
'Ah there the molting thing is, and they call gnolls ugly.' Seeing the pugwampi, Gnasher taps Abdalrahman on the arm nodding toward the goat-napper as he draws a chakram from his pouch.
So far everyone but Abdalrahman goes before the Pugwampi.
'need to make sure I have a clean shot.' Gnasher moves forward a little and throws the Chakram, hooking the weapons well away from the little creature. "აფეთქება მე ვერ მჯერა მე გამოტოვებული" He then quickly drawing another.
Kona did not have much to say during the trip, mainly taking notes in one of his notebooks. When a trap was mentioned, Kona put away his notebook and began looking around.
When the creature revealed itself, threateningly, Kona will stare shocked at it's appearance for a moment, then shake himself from his reverie before joining the combat.
Poresh immediately focuses in on the pugwampi, sending a force blast at it.
Gurr emerges from the cactus again, having just made it back to the clearing... "What wuz that?
As it falls, Kona rushes over and begins taking notes on it, poking it with a talon, rolling it over, and generally inspecting it.
'Was it just the one?' Gnasher skirts the edge of the clearing, going to where his chakram landed he reacquires his weapon. Keeping a keen eye out for any more pugwampi's.
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It seems it was indeed, for you find clearing the cactus much easier... Seems the only reason it was difficult at all was that one little rat...
The Pugwampi still breathes, but it's slowly dieing. It seems it's ability to bring bad luck only works when they aren't dieing... The Pugwampi wears a small rag, and inspection can tell you it's male... Other than that it carried a full sized dagger and a tiny bow and arrow.
'Odd creature.' Gnasher disarms the pugwampi and asks, "Shall tribe take Pugwampi back alive, or safer dead?" He then points to the goat, "Does goat go back, or tribe eat here?"