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Leaving the burnt out camp behind you, you head back to the road and resume your journey to Loweir. Evening comes upon you and you find a long-abandoned cabin alongside the road.
"That looks to be as good a source of shelter for the night as any, want to take a look?" Vishanti asks, looking at the cabin.
Jerrica nods and makes the rounds.
Jerrica sees nothing wrong with the place.
Derika follows Jerrica in as backup and has a look around herself.
Thangrom gives the place a once-over, himself.
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Thangrom manages to find a fearsome dust bunny under one of the several beds in the place, but nothing that would be considered a threat. It appears this used to be a simple inn of sorts some time ago. There are cooking utensils, but there is no food to be found.
She looks around, "Huh...well, if I could catch some rabbit or something we might actually be able to have something that resembles real food. Otherwise, there's always rations."
Derika heads outside to see if there's anything worth eating that she could actually catch and kill for dinner.
Derika manages to find a squirrel who taunts her before running away.
Abby decided to check the perimeter to be sure everything is safe. but in doing so, she manages to find a small amount of game. unfortunately not enough for others.
She comes back from outside nearly out of breath, "Well....sorry, I'm not meant to be a hunter type person obviously."
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Jerrica tries her hand at hunting in the woods.
She has a bit more success than the others, snagging a deer which will feed the whole group as well as finding some fresh water.
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Telsyn will take first watch. He's got a fire for light. Good for low light vision.
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Vishanti studies the deer gathering up the makings of a spit and dressing the carcass before building a fire. Before too long, the shamaness has the meet roasting over the flames.
As the meat starts cooking, Derika goes around to the beds and gets the worst of the dust and cobwebs off of them so they at least have a decent place to sleep. Most of them had bedrolls and blankets so at least they were covered there. Going back out into the common area where Vishanti is cooking, her stomach makes a loud rumbling sound as the smell of the meat greets her nose, "Sorry.....I guess I haven't been paying attention to my stomach very much lately. Anyways, I can take second watch if that's okay with everyone."
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Smiling, Vishanti ;ooks over at Derika. "Nothing to be sorry for, you are hungry, your body reacts. It should be ready in a few minutes."
She looks away as the blue in her cheeks gets a little darker, "Yeah....thanks to Jerrica catching it and your cooking skills. Thank you both for dinner. Apparently I'm not much use either with hunting or cooking and probably couldn't find decent game with both hands, a map, and a lantern." She looks at Abby, "How's your rabbit coming along?"
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Abby holds up a stick with an odd shaped object that is black and smoking.
just yummy she says a bit sarcasticlly about her own skills.
She tries very hard not to giggle, "Oh come on, it doesn't look that bad."
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Thangrom eats without complaint, as the mercenary knows all too well what it's like to go without food entirely.
"I just got lucky is all," Jerrica says. "You figure a deer would be harder to catch than a goblin, but I guess I figured wrong."
Once you have eaten, the sun disappears beneath the horizon. While the interior of the building is fairly secure, the front door is missing its bolt.
Taking a chair, Derika props it under the latch to hold it place along with a thick branch of wood to secure it. She stands back to look at it and then shrugs, "Well....with one of us on watch we should hear if anyone tries to come in. I think I'll just go lay down, night all." Derika goes to one of the rooms with a bed and puts her bedroll on top of it before laying down and covering up with her blanket.
Jerrica elects to take the third watch since hunting the deer was a little tiring.
As the others head to bed, Vishanti cleans up, taking the first watch herself.
Telsyn sleeps near Derika. He likes a bodyguard nearby.
The mercenary sits down near Vishanti, weapon resting on his shoulder. "I'll keep th' watch with ya, lass," he states simply.
Vishanti and Thangrom hear some noises coming from the kitchen after everyone else has gone to bed.
"Thank you, Thangrom." the shamaness says, sitting down quietly across from the dwarven warrior.
Sitting in silence the shamaness contemplates the possible fates of those who had used this place before, only to be interrupted by a strange noise from the kitchen.
Cocking her head at the sound, Vishanti shares a look with Thangrom, quietly whispering a chant to herself, drawing up a vague spiritual entity from the residual energies of the cottage, and invisible servant the gently opens the door to the kitchen.
Upon opening the door, a pan flies out, striking the wall with a resounding clang. The shamaness then hears a peal of unearthly laughter.
Thangrom is up and wielding his weapon before he even realizes it, rolling his eyes in frustration. "If it ain't one thing, it's another!" he complains as he moves to position himself between Vishanti and the door.
Is it knickerfaeries?
Thangrom sees nothing in the kitchen.
Telsyn sleeps near Derika. He likes a bodyguard nearby.