Castaways!

[GimliFett]

"As y'all cannae see in th' dark, Ah say we wait fer light, 'less ye've soom way a changin' that or we've got more'n three hours a light left. Whaddya think?" Krieg says as he gathers wood for a fire.

[Jolly Steve]

"As y'all cannae see in th' dark, Ah say we wait fer light, 'less ye've soom way a changin' that or we've got more'n three hours a light left. Whaddya think?" Krieg says as he gathers wood for a fire.

"Some kind of method for seeing in the dark...hmm, no, I can't think of anything..."

the barbarian also helps gather wood.

[GimliFett]

"Aside from a fire," Krieg says with a harumph, then mutters under his breath, "ye dolt." As he carries the wood back, the dwarf adds, "I doot ye can track soo well in tha dark, nae?"

[Jolly Steve]

"Not as well...but what if they're in danger right now?"

[GimliFett]

With a sigh, Krieg looks at the barbarian. "Fine. How old're them tracks, laddie? If they're recent, we'll goo after them, ootherwise, it's foolish ta roon aroon' in tha woods with two nightblind kits, nae?"

[Jolly Steve]

With a sigh, Krieg looks at the barbarian. "Fine. How old're them tracks, laddie? If they're recent, we'll goo after them, ootherwise, it's foolish ta roon aroon' in tha woods with two nightblind kits, nae?"

Using his awesome tracking ability, Generic follows the footprints up the beach, to the jungle, where they reveal a path heading inland.

"Strange - when the sand stops, so do the footprints. WHAT VILE SORCERY IS THIS?"

[Mavian]

Joe turns to look at the Dwarf and mutters quietly "The gods have decided to saddle us with an incompetent ignoramus it seems."

Sighing he turns back to the way the barbarian went. "I'm guessing its merely a change in the soil composition of the jungle that causes the footprints of any individual walking over it to not show up as clearly as they would in a softer, more easily compacted ground covering."

[Jolly Steve]

"Yes. Indeed, they probably went to the...soil composition."

[GimliFett]

Krieg slaps a hand across his own face. "Right," he mutters. "Look, do we have any way of knowin' how long agoo they left here? Otherwise we wait for dawn, nae?"

[Jolly Steve]

"No" the barbarian says sadly.

[GimliFett]

After building a fire and enjoying (blech!) crab for a meal once more, Krieg settles in for a rest. "Get some sleep, ya two. Ah'll get a quick nap, an' then keep watch, since Ah can see at night."

[Mavian]

"If your staying awake, wouldn't it make sense for one of us to stay awake while you have your nap, to make sure that nothing attacks during the time our minds are contemplating the dreamscape? If that's the case, I'll most assuredly take the first watch while you get some sleep. I'm sure the light of the fire will be enough to allow me to spot any potential intruders."

[GimliFett]

Krieg nods and grunts an affirmative. "Two hours, Lucky," he says and shortly thereafter snores soundly.

[Mavian]

Mumbling to hisself. Joe is going to walk over and poke Krieg until he wakes up,

"Your watch"

Before falling asleep.

[GimliFett]

"Huh? Whazza? Already? Damn!" Krieg murmurs as he rises and stretches, causing joints and cartilage to pop. "Sleep well. We've a busy day ahead, nae?" he offers Joe as he walks a perimeter around the group's camp.

[GimliFett]

As dawn approaches, Krieg rounds up a few more crabs for breakfast, then wakes the sleepers. "Geddup! Let's eat an' get a move on, nae?" he growls.

[Jolly Steve]

"Well friends - what is your counsel?"

[GimliFett]

"We eat. You track. We follow. We find yer friends. Easy 'nuff, hm?" the dwarf growls.

[Jolly Steve]

You eat. He tracks. You follow. A short walk along the path later, he says "I'm not sure whether they kept going, or turned off into the forest here."

[GimliFett]

Krieg shakes his head slowly. "Look harder. How many didja say there were?" he asks.

He takes a deeper look himself, trying to determine for himself where the others must have gone.

[Jolly Steve]

"Three - a halfling, and two magicians."

[Jolly Steve]

It's easy to see that something went into the forest here. But whether it was Generic's shipmates, or someone or something else, you have no idea.

[GimliFett]

"A halflin' an' two magicians? Th' li'l one shoulda had th' sense ta ken better, nae? But wizards is daft anywhere boot a library. No offense, Joe," Krieg offers his companion with a grin.

"Och. Let's check this way first," he indicates the trampled foliage, "then if we doon't see nothin', we come back here an' continue."

[Mavian]

"No offense taken, most of the people that call themselves wizards are completely useless away from there books."

Joe is going to make himself invisible.

[Jolly Steve]

The spell renders Joe completely invisible.

[Jolly Steve]

You follow the trail of trampled plants and broken branches. It gets more obvious as you go on. After a while you see something human-looking ahead of you.

[GimliFett]

Krieg taps Generic on the shoulder. "Friend o' yers?" he whispers with a nod towards the figure.

[Jolly Steve]

"It might be" he whispers back,

"hard to tell from this distance. And I'm not sure, but whatever's up there looks more...naked than I remember them being."

[Mavian]

"Maybe they're stay on the island has caused them to descend into some form of primal savagery, perhaps even cannibalism. We should definitely approach with caution"

[Jolly Steve]

"Yes - nude cannibalism. The worst kind."