Re: The Quest Begins
So Borun has gone off with Borjnen to gather up firewood. By the time Borjnen has found what he's looking for, Borun has also gathered up an armful of firewood.
He's gotten a bit separated from Borjnen, only about 40 feet, when he, too, here's the overhead rustling and chittering.
Jak has also gone off to gather up some firewood. He's had a bit better luck, but also wasn't dependent on someone else finding what they were looking for. He's found one armload and brought it back to the cottage already before going off for a second load. He's not sure if it's needed, but decided it was better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
He's got his second armload and is heading back when he hears a rustling of the leaves overhead that doesn't seem to have any connection to the wind. This is followed by a chittering, skittering sound on the ground. A moment later he sees 6 glowing eyes in the overhead darkness.
Back at the cottage, Radagast has stopped smoking his pipe, making it disappear somewhere in his beard, and has grown alert, focused.
"The rabbits are frightened," he states. "Rhosgobel rabbits don't get frightened. Something isn't right. There is something out there in the woods that is getting closer. The rabbits can smell it, sense it."
"It is darker than the woods, darker than the night!"
"The rest of you, get into the cottage. I cannot say that you will be safe there, but you should be."
