"Stop where you are!"
Intimidation
"What is tha meaning of this?"
Holding his hands up in an offer of peace, Robbo speaks slowly and evenly to the angry half-orc, "Whoa whoa whoa, cool it big fella'. We're here on commission from the Camlin town council. You all aren't perchance the party we're supposed to be meeting up with are you?"
Though Caydee suspects that the newcomers aren't foes since she hasn't noticed that Karg bears any wounds, she levels her bow at them. "I suspect so. Who does the bloody javelin belong to? And who got hurt?"
"That's a fine question milady. All I know is that we found the little fella' bleeding in the snow and I healed up his wound. Is he a friend of yours?" Robbo replies.
Robbo has a seat at the fire, looks up at Ahz and says, "So what's going on up here? Something to do with some bird men stealing an artifact? Where'd these ogres come from and who's the little furry guy?"
"Sorry I like to practice me scary face at times, plus it lets people talk."
"I found a bit o treasure on em Ogres, we can divide it later."
*pulls himself together*
"Uh, hello, a dramatic introduction eh? I'm Krill. As my companion said, we're from Camlin. Just wondering though, whose javelin is that?" *points to the javelin held by Karg*
"I don't think it is ours, 'cos whoever threw it should be nearby lest Karg would already fallen had it not. I would hope there aren't any foes left in hiding."
Cay replaces her arrow in her quiver. "Sorry about the misunderstanding. There seems to be plenty to go around, lately." She takes a seat near the fire. "It's a long story. I think the ogres may have had the javelin, and attacked Karg before reaching us."
*involuntarily give a slight shiver*
It's cold, didn't notice it before.
Krill offers each new companion a hand in greeting. When it comes to the half-orc's turn, he gives firmer grip, gauging his strength.
Strong, maybe as strong as I am?
*grins*
"To begin with, I am currently on my kembara, something each disciple of my order has to undergo..being the inexperienced fool, I blundered through my finances rather quickly and to make amends, I signed up with promises of a share of the loot to help reacquire some stolen treasure with the Camlin council. So I set off with my friend here with that purpose in mind."
Nodding as Krill speaks, Robbo chimes in when he's finished, "Big Krill here tells it true in regards to our mission from the council. As for where I come from 'fore that, I've been traveling around the southern years for the past few years and heard tell that there were fortunes to be made in the north, so here I am!"
Robbo listens intently as Ahz tells his tale and once he's finished he stretches his arms in the air and responds, "Phew! That is quite a tale indeed! So whereabouts is this other yeti body that you're supposed to recover?"
Cay gestures vaguely in the direction they've been traveling. "I'm slightly doubtful that we'll get there in time to salvage the body- but it's our quest."
Cay gestures vaguely in the direction they've been traveling. "I'm slightly doubtful that we'll get there in time to salvage the body- but it's our quest."
"True if some beasts have tried eating it. But I have no idea if the Yeti are judged edible or not by the wolves around here."
"Food's scarce out here, and wolves would definitely eat a human corpse they came across- so I'm guessing yes."
"We hope tah find all we seek, it seems though the further we go tha more we ave tah seek."
"How is Karrg doing, by the way? He almost bled out back then..come to think of it, you've just been through a battle, me and Hoppin here could take watches whilst you rest,"
That is, if you trust us enough.
Robbo glances around at his new companions, "Ah yeah, I'd almost forgotten. Do any of you need any healing?"
Cay shakes her head. "Nope. Our resident cleric took care of that a while ago. Anyway, I'd suggest that our resident cleric," she looks pointedly at Ahz, "take some sleep while he can, but he's usually stubborn, so I'm going to leave it at that and go to sleep." With that, she returns to her bed roll, sets her bow down beside her pack, and falls asleep almost immediately.
"Sorry for makein scary faces at yerselves, I recently scared both Cadee and Kaarg practicing it. I found it better tah be scary than tah just go in scimitar first!"
"Well met I am Fubar."
Robbo shakes the big half-orc's hand and replies, "No offense taken big guy, I'm just glad you're on my side." Turning to the rest of the party he looses a yawn and says, "I think I like the sound of this sleep business. We've been traveling for quite a while and I am positively exhausted."
The young woman, unarmored and bearing an enormous earth breaker had not spoken yet, but at the priest words, she frowns and hold her hand out to him.
"Wait, wait wait, Azh. Do not try to bow out of your duty. It still is your watch. Both Caydee and I have already taken our turns and we need the rest. So YOU deal with the newcommers to settles new watch turns, but if you want me to be able to cast anything tomorrow, you better let me sleep."
Turning back to the newcommers, she smiles and gives them a loog look .
"Sorry, with these two men, you have to be very carefull, otherwise both Caydee and I would end up doing all the chores. It is the same with the priests in the temple. If you do not tell them what to do, they will assume you're doing it. I'm Vardara, by the way."
*sniffs the early morning air, spiced with the smell of cooked food*
"'Morning Azh..I trust you had a good night's rest?"
Awaiting for the rest of the party to stir, Krill does a series of calisthenics.
"What are you doing hopping about in tha snows looking for cracks or starting an avalanche?"
"Glorious food!" Caydee wakes well-rested; no one has ever told her that elves don't need as much, or as deep, sleep as humans. "He's stretching so that he doesn't injure himself," she tells Fubar, though she really has no idea. Combing out her mane of red-gold hair with her fingers, she goes over and steals a large portion of breakfast. "Thanks, cookie." Giving Ahz an extra 'thanks' in the form of an affectionate punch on the shoulder, she proceeds to wolf down her hot breakfast.
"Just working up an appetite my friend, and to ease off the numb of the cold," Krill finishes and heads off for food..
*starts scooping up some fine breakfast cuisine and tucks in*
"Always luxurious to start the day with a hot meal."
"If not else ye will get yer humors flowin."
"Ahz how are we for supplies, I'd hate tah be eatin boiled snow fer breakfast?"
"Ware tha yellow snow, it detects as evil!
Caydee punches him again.
Stretching as he wakes and equally excited at the prospect of hot meal, Robbo digs in. Between bites he says to the party, "So what's the plan friends?"
As usual, Vardara only eats cold and does not approach the fire more than necessary.
"The plan ? That's easy. we follow both of these to the yeti corpse, then we come back to meet their parent. Well the parent of the yetis obviously. And then we go on exploring this place."