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Ishirou bows and accepts the short bow and quiver. He tests the string and checks the arrows. He watches Gatherine for a while and suggests in a dramatic military instructor tone while gesturing, pointing, and poking with his staff....
"He say to not wait... he will catch up. May come back. Do not know." Ishirou begins trimming and shaving a solid limb into a quarterstaff. He finishes as the first glow of morning light appears on the east horizon.
Still a good hour from first light, Ishirou approaches from Red Oak hill with some vegetables and berries. "Bird man gone. Walk home to 'get some things'... I think he is aafraid." He sets the food down then sits. "Good place here. Here is good place for staying some time. Aycenia good. Magic... but good magic. So I say good place, but I can not rest as I want if I not help. Foot was better now. I go with you to free others."
Mugambi:
Though you can't identify the condition, his symptoms are clear. Nausea, swelling, and rash on the affected area (this goes along with what Syn said about the plant) legs and lower torso. "Stopping feels no better. Not far. I rest when we find your friend." He stands and looks around. "Where is trail?"
You continue along the path which is quite dense early on, but after a several hundred feet it opens up to a grassy area where the thick vegetation is in clumps. Ishirou continues straight forward, though he does seem less sure of himself now that the trail is less defined.
Ishirou lifts his pant leg; his ankle is red and swollen. "Gah!" He gingerly steps out of the patch and around with you. He looks at Syndlara as she subtly gestures in his general direction. "No magic."... he mutters sheepish and grumpy. Syndlara:
. you detect no auras in his direction. He leads you a few hundred feet further until your path intersects with another. To your left you have a view of the ocean... past maybe a quarter mile of sparse vegetation. "Here is where Dwarf and I parted. He went that way to catch the two running back to others." He points to the right.
Syndlara stops short before entering the foliage. "I wouldn't go that way if I were you, uh...mister," she says to Ishirou. Ishirou stops in a patch of squat bushes with red tinged broad leaves, and turns around. He lifts his leg and scratches his ankle "Why is that? This is the way I came." He then turns to Iolana "Camp? I have seen no camp. Was taking you to where I saw dwarf last." He points northish.
Ishirou leads the way up the steep narrow path to the top of the cliff. Kekkaw lags behind. Ishirou lingers for a moment until everyone is at the top then takes off again... through the vegetation, presumably toward the trail on which Tol gave chase to the natives who had come after Ishirou.
Kekkaw tries to speak... still catching his breath, when Ishirou continues "I got away. Made them think my foot was still bad. They let guard down. I got away but some chased. Bird man and Dwarf on horse heard, he went after to keep them from telling others. Hurry, we go!" He starts heading up the path again. Iolana:
You move toward Kekkaw as he runs toward you. When you are about 100 feet from each other, you see a figure on the top of the 30 foot cliff above emerge from the vegetation into a clearing. He scrambles down a narrow path toward you. He yells out, and Kekkaw stops.
Mugambi: He winces in pain "stepped on piece of metal" It is clearly infected.. cleaning and wrapping won't be enough
Ishirou sits on his bunk one leg propped up with his boot off, an angry red puncture wound on the bottom of his foot... he eyes you suspiciously .. "Yes ... told Alton .. don't want any voodoo magic .. no magic." He furrows his brow to let you know he is serious. |
