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"Yes, that creature is gone, but from where did it come? It is not normal for a ghost animal to exist. I have to wonder if someone summoned it here for a purpose."
Alexandria looks puzzled and tries to figure out what the ghost is. "A ghostly raven is not what I expected to find."
Hopefully you know what triggered it so that you can avoid it in the future. My poor neighbor never did figure out what about her house was sending her into anaphylactic shock before she finally moved out.
Alexandria will just have her crossbow out and loaded with a silver bolt, just in case.
Alexandria gathers up all of her belongings and dons her own armor.
Alexandria sees Grim looking about the crow. "If you can find that bird, I suggest you kill it. Just in case."
"No, we have not enough supplies for any sort of lengthy stay here. Perhaps leave the homestead and travel in a spiral pattern outwards looking for any sign of what may have been here?"
Alex quickly, but quietly wakes up her companions and motions for them all to keep quiet. Speaking quietly: "I keep hearing a 'cawing' sound being repeated at intervals. I'm wondering if it is someone trying to send out some kind of signal instead of just some lonely crow. Can any of you more versed in animal calls tell the difference for sure?"
"I'll take last watch. And feel free to fetish about the food Llano, as long as it helps you make something tasty for us to eat, I don't mind at all." Alexandria will search about, trying to find the best place to lay her bedroll that isn't directly under any holes in the ceiling.
"Perhaps we shall ask around the morning. It is getting rather late now and people in these parts get rather suspicious about strangers showing up after dark. Rightly so of course..." Alexandria looks over the abandoned homestead. "It does look solid enough still, despite seeming abandoned. I would rather spend the night under its roof than out in the open."
"Unless these werewolves have learned to fly, there must be some sign of them somewhere. Would it be worth it to ask a couple of the homesteads if any of them have had any livestock go missing lately? If the werewolves wanted to keep a low profile, they might avoid feeding off of people for a while."
"I'd rather go after the shifters sirs. It makes us look bad to have them get away from us like that and the longer they run around free, the worse we look."
Alex shrugs and follows Grethel, either to rejoin their companions eventually or to just try and keep the other woman out of trouble.
Must be the time of year for that. My parents are visiting as well.
A bit light headed from both the wine and the hot water, Alexandria makes her way back up to her room. Opening the door, she is a bit surprised to see that it is already being occupied by someone. She takes a moment to look over the room and figure out what Llano is up too. Then she takes another moment to think of any better offers in town for the night. Coming to a conclusion she locks the door behind her and sits down to have another glass of wine.
Not knowing (or caring at this point) what the siblings may be signing them up for, Alexandria finishes off her wine and her bath and then heads up to her room for some rest.
Alexandria will take her time eating her stew and drinking her ale while she waits for the bath. When it is ready, she will ask for a large glass of wine to drink while she soaks in the tub. When her fingertips start to get wrinkly from the water, she will get out, dry off, dress and head up to whatever room she's been assigned.
Alex will hand over some money for the room and then go and grab some hot stew and ale. After which, she will ask about the availability of a hot bath.
Alexandria will attend to her prayers, including all her comrades in them. When she is done, she will collect Crissa and then head over to the Laughing Demon. With her prayers done, she figures that she is due a drink or two for the past few days that they have had. She also hopes that a hot bath will be available later on.
Alexandria and Crissa walk into the church. "Hello sir. We've just arrived into town and I have a habit of offering up a prayer to Pharasma as the first thing I do. I assume that her worship is welcome here."
Alexandria will first head to the local church to pay her respects and pray. Then she will head to the inn for a proper bath and a decent drink.
"No argument there. Fire is better than a hanging anyway, less chance of something coming back."
"I would definitely argue against splitting the party up too. So I guess we just head on to the town then since there is little chance of catching up to either of them at this point."
"What, if anything, should we say about why we had to leave behind a wagon and if we saw any sign of the brothers or not? Should we give warning that their mother is in the area?"
Don't you dare jinx anything again :P
"Well, I guess we should take the doctor's wagon. I really don't feel like returning with just an empty prisoner wagon to remind of the fact that we lost our prisoners. Plus I'm sure the doctor has a good many items in there that we shouldn't just leave laying out here in the middle of the wilderness."
Alexandria sighs. "Perhaps if we are very lucky, some of the horses will wander back this way when their fear wears off."
Alexandria shakes her head. "I am sorry Grethel, but no. There is nothing that I can do to help him. Curing blindness is beyond my clerical ability. We can only hope that the blindness that plagues him is temporary. Otherwise, we shall have to seek out a priest powerful enough to cast the needed healing spell to return his sigh and who knows how long that could take."
Alexandria tries to keep her steps slow and even while avoiding any obvious rocks or roots in their path, trying her best to keep Llano from tripping. She also makes sure his hand doesn't slip any lower than her shoulder.... Once they reach the campsite again: "Though I am loath to let them get further headstart on us, we might be better off waiting until first light to head out. There is always the chance that we could wander into a trap that we wouldn't be able to see in the dark. Plus you trackers would better be able to see any sign or trace of our quarry in the daylight."
Alexandria groans. "I really do not want to have to walk all the way to the next town. I just know I'll end up with blisters." She gathers up her belongings that are left and looks about at the mass of hoof prints in the clearing. "Anyone think they could track down the horses? With any luck they just scattered them and didn't eat them."
Alexandria casts light on a bolt in her crossbow as she looks for a target to fire upon. "The problem with this light, is that though it will allow our friends to better find us, it will also allow any enemies to better find us."
Alexandria is a little worried about handing a blind Llano his halberd, but she does so. "Just do not swing it in the direction of my voice. Please."
Alexandria walks over to get Llanofiss. "Come on Llano, just put your hand on my should and follow me as we go and try to find Cass and Grethel." She will then follow the doctor as he heads west.
Alexandria will keep focusing for another round to try to pinpoint what thoughts are whose.
Alexandria turns in the direction of where the Mard was facing before he vanished. Then she casts Detect Thoughts to see if she can pick up anything from him.
You would have to try very hard to shock me.
Alexandria steps out of the swarm again and heals herself.
Waving her arms about, Alexandria wades out of the swarm of ravens and then casts bless upon herself and her allies. "Dammit, I knew we should have hamstrung those two mongrels."
Is it too late to add an item to my pack? I feel the need for a red cloak......
Under the assumption that anything coming at them would be evil, Alexandria casts Burst of Radiance where it stands.
Alexandria calmly walks to the prisoner wagon, both to keep a better eye on them as well to have something to her back so that she cannot be encircled. She will then cast Protection from Evil upon herself, under the assumption that something bad is about to happen.
Alexandria tosses some more wood upon the fire, making the flames burn higher and brighter. "Anything out there already knows that we are here, so we may as well make sure that we can see whatever might be coming. I'm also of the opinion we should hamstring the twins now. Just in case..."
There are a few stories of how that could go wrong. We once lost half a party due to someone playing with fire. Also, never cast firebolts into clouds of flammable gas...
Personally I think that we should go ahead and hamstring them while they are still in the cage using a silver weapon.
Alexandria listens to the howls, sits back up in her bedroll and changes out the bolts that she had picked out for her crossbow. She'll then stand up with her crossbow in hand and morningstar at her hip. "No point in trying to talk or threaten. Just kill anything that enters our campsite." Alexandria keeps her eyes open and weapon pointed at the woods surrounding them.
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