"Then she's not going anywhere. We can come back for her. And with any luck, her problem is the snow, too."
As Mordred runs towards the ice blocks, Satu sets out to follow.
Wait, don't go alone! It's most certainly dangerous! We should all go!
"It seems that this girl is trying to lead us somewhere. It might be safe, but it just as easily could be a trap. Let's head to the hut and see if we can figure out what is going on."
Kishai starts to walk towards the hut and pauses, waiting for the others before going too far.
Garrasay followed, eyeing the ice pillars suspiciously as he went. "RrrrRrGgGg. These ice structures, are they normal? What is this place?. rrRggGrr
Your party continues forward through the maze of ice blocks. You come around a corner and once again you see the incorporeal girl staring at one of the ice blocks. She shouts at it, "I don't want your stupid doll! I want to go home! Take me back!"
What do you do?
Cnut carefully studies the girl and the ice, looking for some sort of pattern that he might recognize. What is going on here?
Not letting the apparition distract her but wishing to learn more, Kishai speaks to the girl without stopping her movement towards the hut. "Whose doll are you speaking of, little one...and where is your home?
The little girl looks over at you then runs off behind a boulder and out of sight. You're gettting closer to the hut. As you proceed forward you see the girl again staring at a boulder. "I have to get away! And you should, too, before they see you." She looks over at you and for the first time it seems she recognizes you as someone other than her tormentors and she says, "Run!"
Mordred Carefully looks around the ice blocks, Looking for any kind of threat, walking back carefully he rejoins the group. taking his axe he strike the Ice blocks seeing what they are of.
Mordred strikes the ice and is confident it's just ice. The block is too large and does not break to the strike but you do put a dent in it.
"Who will see us?" Dhakor asks, following the others.
The girl fades away.
Your party proceeds forward to the mound with the hut on it. Just as your exiting the ice blocks...
Perception
Garrasay
Dhakor
Mordred
Kishai
Cnut
Satu
Durra (+1 in cold terrain)
Will
Dhakor
Mordred
Kishai
Garrasay
Satu
Dura
Cnut
Cnut & Durra ntoice a chill wind stirring up ahead and some flickering in the ice blocks. You turn to look and point it out to the party. On the ice block you see a scene, kind of like a movie. You see a little girl with a woman, it looks like her mom as she is holding her hand and smiling. Another scene shows the girl crying as someone is taking away her doll. You see a scene that displays a blonde woman yelling at girl and shaking her finger.
Moments later Mordred & Satu are frightened for a few rounds.
Anything you'd like to do before you proceed up the mound trail to the hut.
Cnut looks around nervously. If he sees anything, he'll point it out. If he doesn't, he'll proceed.
Kishai sees the visions of the girl and takes mental notes in case the scenes become pertinent, but does not let them distract her from the goal of reaching the hut.
That was quite scary. Can't say i really understand what's going on, but i don't have a good feeling.
When Mordred becomes frightened, Garrasay covers him as he retreats. The only threat the gnoll knows of is the ghostly girl, so he glances back and forth, flail at the read and magic words on his lips should the phantasm materialize to give chase. "RrrrRRRrrrggg. This place is cursed. Something evil has happened here." He watches the scene unfold with a low growl. "The hut at the center of this malevolence may hold the clue. RrrrRRrrr"
Kishai looks over to Garrasay and nods at his perceptive statement. "I agree. This girl seems to be either a past victim or a potential threat, and perhaps both. More importantly, it seems to me that the hut is the focal point of whatever is here so we should ignore her for now."
Shaking his head back and forth Morde finally takes control of himself. For a brief moments the blocks and snow suddenly reminded him of the great boneyard.
"This place is cursed. I can feel it."
hefting his axe Morde follows the others, knowing that it would be safer to stay in the group.
Your party makes your way to a path that is going up the hillside. You follow it to get to the hut.
A small hut stands here on four legs, each one a single tree trunk whose gnarled roots resemble the toes of a giant chicken. The hut is constructed of heavy logs with a patchwork roof of shaved bark shingles. Inside the hut's open doorway, a small figure sits on a carved wooden chair, staring across the clearing at the trail on the other side.
You find yourselves just outside of the hut looking in.
Kishai approaches carefully. "I wonder if this figure has anything to do with the spirit we've been seeing"
Garrasay grips his flail and inches closer. He peers warily at the small figure sitting at the hut's doorway expecting more sprites. "Grrrrrggr. Careful Kishai, there have been no friendly fey since the winter fell across the forest. RrrrRrRrr."
He follows Kishai closely while Petal keeps alert for an ambush.
Mordred stays close to Garrsay, preferring others to talk for now. His axe resting safely in his hands.