Tightening the strap on his goggles Traskdar looks off into the distance before spinning his before opening a pouch on his belt data and counting silently "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9"
Lillian, Lillian... no, never conned her. Probably a good thing.
Well, here we go. Finally a land again.
You feel the boat shake and grind against the bottom till it finally stops. The soldiers jump out, to help carry it further into the cave. To make room for the other boats that are behind. They were moving quickly, they didn't want to be so close to the land and in the open for too long.
Traskdar leaps out to help the soldiers pull
Nyroba lightly hops overboard and helps pull the boat in. She listens carefully to hear her commander's orders.
Arim jumps out to let the soldiers pull the boat without his weight in it. He leans down in the water, feeling around until he picks up a few stones that are of good throwing size. He pockets them, then looks at the land they're on now
@traskdar so far it's okay. Mostly just RP, but yes, a sheet will be nice asap :-)
@nyroba the commander is busy helping those ashore make room, and starting a small camp. Not to sleep. Just to get supplies etc sorted and ready for them to move out without problems
@Arim . You see a lot of movement. You feel it in the water too. The surf and the movement of the rest in the water makes it a very busy sceen . It's hard to focus on any one thing to see what they are saying. If you do wish to see what someone is saying, i need perception and concentration check please
Higoru jumps out after the boat is out of water and seems to be helping with the pull.
Ausk leaps out of the boat and begins to cover the soldiers with his bow drawn and ready.
It doesn't take long, soon the boat is out of the way and the next one began to make it into the cave
Right girls, cover the passage up, help the boats in, we need to make it inland and set up a proper base of operations, this cave won't hold all of us
The half dragon hissed lowly, but loud enough to be heard. He even had one of the orc barbarians got tap the one guy in the surf. He knew the poor guy was not very proficient with listening to people
[Ooc] a data belt is what happens when autocorrct takes over and I spent an hour Updating my prof and then I hit save and it Didn't so I got flustered. I will try agAin when I can
Ausk moves up to the commander.
"How much scouting has been done here?"
As Arim turns to try to take in the scene, he ends up slipping and falling into the water. Gasping and coughing, he gets back up, then makes his way over to Ausk. He puts a wet hand on the archers shoulder, saying "What can you hear?"
He looks down at the human
At sea, just this cave, not much. Our people aren't very welcome here. But we do know we need to move through a forest before we can get to a suitable site.
Edit: Ah, i see you were unprepared for this, now, stay with me, and watch me closely, there is no room for me trying to give an order twice. I know your skills are needed, but your drawback might cost you your life. Do you understand? The large reptile made sure the deaf one could see him clearly before he spoke
"Should some of us scout ahead?"
He shakes his head
Not yet, we need to recoup and make sure everyone knows the dangers out there. The duel Moon is a bit of a problem, but we also need it for some of the troops
Moves into the cave scanning it for anything suspicious
Nothing in the cave is suspicious, the cave is actually being filled rather fast with people. What you can gather, this cave could hold at most 20 people, but with the boats and supplies being dragged in, you would soon need to move outside
I advance to the mouth of the cave and look out into the forest
It's dark, even with the 2 moons at their brightest, it was dark. The forest was like a thick blanket across the sky. Only faint traces of light trickled through. The smell of the forest was different. Damp. Moss. Swamp. Lots of natural decay. Getting through the forest won't be easy
"I hope every one can see in the dark" I step out into the forest
"No need" and Arim raises his hand, makes a funny gesture with it, and a light glows on it
"Let's organize a group to go scouting first."
Ausk walks up to the commander and gives a salute.
"Sir, requesting permission to go out with others to scout the forest and make sure it is clear."
As the boat grinds itself upon the shore Suny lithely slips from the vessel and into the waves.
Nyroba catches a moment with the half-dragon commander and speaks quietly with him in Draconic, hoping it will remind him of her draconic blood.
Hitoru approaches Arim and touches his shoulder. The commamder did not lile Suny standing in the dark boat on the dark see. I guess he is not going to be thrilled about the light either. Better cover it before someone sees it.
What i explained is true, we have very little to go on. But we hope she is still alive. We suspect Drow though
Once she's happy with her cursory inspection of the edges of the sea cave the group is decamping from boats to land, Suny comes ashore and informs the Captain/Commander of anything interesting that she's found. Or just the general state of things as she's found them.
She thence moves over and begins helping people either unpack or gathers with the others who are forming up. As her bare feet scuff along the sandy floor of the cave she seems completely unconcerned of how her wet silks now cling to herself.
"Hey-YA there!" She whispers a cheery greeting to those congregating about near the mouth of the cave, possibly narrowing in on Hitoru and Arim. (^_^)
As Suny addresses Arim, he doesn't respond at all. He seems to be watching Nyroba talking to their commander from a decent distance, and he completely ignores Suny
Are we moving out of this cave or are we setting up camp?
She turns to her teammates, making sure her lips are facing Arim. "I like Swiftstrike's idea of a scouting party, but I'm too heavy-footed to go. Who else can?"
"Scouting is the best option since we don't know what's out there. We will need people who are stealthy and who can either see in the dark or can see well without a lot of light. Those who can see in the dark should be up front looking the rest of the group should be ready to deal with any threats they find."
It's at this point that Ausk walks over to Arim.
"You have the powers of a mage. If we get into combat I need you to cast light and put it on my arrows okay?"
After saying this he looks at everybody else.
"Is everybody fine with this plan? Also, do we have any more mages?
I am a mage of sorts.
"I woul like to participate in securing our positions here - where would you like me to set up sir? - Hegron addresses the commander - "That portion of elevated terrain will serve very well both as a watch point, and as a good staging point from where to launch a quick assault on incoming forces, if found advantageous. I would take a 10 strong group and secure it"
I am very good at making myself unseen. I also have very alert senses. I will go and recon the forest, though I think any thant can't see in the dark right now are a liability and should stay in the cave. Light either magical or torches will give away our position. So that is me and Traskdar... There are no others? He pauses looking up at the moons.
Suny do you Hitoru have enough light to function well? If so I recomend the four of us go Commander. We will report back within the hour.
He looks at hegron
we aren't planning on staying here, but take a few men and give us some cover
Then to the others he nods
Go, but stay close, we can't risk going out in force to help you if you do manage to find trouble
Marcus, with the two moons I can see pretty well, but in the dark under the trees I would be more of a liability.
Good point Hitoru, I'm not sure its wise to go with so few, but I know it is not wise to go with many. How about it Traskdar you stealthy enough or should I go check things out by myself?
Arim flips his hand over and the light goes out "Just say when" he gets that slight smile on "Now you can't just bunch us all up with the term 'mage'. Some of us might be offended"
"Lets go with yes"