"Dat roof comes with us.  Rog was sitted on its backs t Fe over place.". The goblin states hard at the rock, "Rocks have never comes with us befores!"

Bulldust is glad of the furry clothes keeping him warm.  He does a quick headcount to check everyone made it safely.  "Ooo, so dat was Rog's rock!" he realises in a hushed tone.   "Say, if he can bring a big rock wiv da wyrd-off, den maybe he can bring dat glass dragon dat Dregzie saw?"  Assuming we want a glass dragon... we'll have to find it first.

Stealthily the bugbear stalks down the passage to peek around the corner.
08:40, Today: Bulldust rolled 23 using 1d20+14.  move silently.
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Moffdust jumps when the rock falls down then grins toothily at her friends. She sets Frostie the Fiendish Dire Wolf to sniffing about the ledge to see if anyone is hidden there, while she lies down on the edge and peers over into the valley below. And she remembers to look up as well.

"P'raps none ov der uvvers were braves enough," Dregz ponders, prodding the rock with the Magic Stick to see if he can get a response from it, "but dis wun ise a little boulder."

Once satisfied that the rock is respectfully inanimate, the little Goblin priest enters the mouth of the tunnel just a little bit, peering cautiously down the side passage.

<groan> :-)

"We's brings all de live stuffs wiv us ...." Just muses, "Can de rocks be solved.  Mays be dis was de singing ting we heard back at de ovver place?"

Minmorc will nod in appreciation of Dregz adding to the decor. "I like dat boulder, dats a nice boulder. I knew a bloke once wot had a pet rock too, but if yer spend all day rollin stones you can't get no satisfaction." Shifting his tricorn hat a little more firmly down his forehead against the cold and adjusting the grip on his axe he will stride into the cave mouth to see whats what.

Bully, Minmorc and Dregz venture into the cave to varying depths. Min and Dregz can see that the narrow tunnel to the east extends at least 60 feet and has a high ceiling that is more like a huge crack in the side of the mountain. The floor of this narrow tunnel looks like rubble has been dumped in there to make the floor more or less level.

Bully ventures further to peer around the bend and can see that the tunnel continues toward the southeast as far as he can see but the eastern side widens out to form a cave at least 40 feet wide and up to 40 feet high. However, the eastern wall of this cave only extends about 20 feet high with a 20-foot high opening above that looks like it opens out to another, higher level cave at the top of that 20-foot wall.

Moffa and Raven look over the edge of the ledge and down to the valley hundreds of feet below. The valley is blanketed in snow as well but they can make out the dark line of a stream running east west along the valley below. Over on the other side of that stream they spot a single humanoid figure trudging through the snow parallel to the stream. Its coloration is so pale that it blends quite well with the snowy landscape and might be difficult to spot if it wasn't moving. It looks like it is carrying a large club in one hand and has the body of some sort of 4-legged animal slung across its other shoulder.

Meanwhile Jurz is still mounted on Rog's back and speculating on the nature of the boulder that was teleported with them.  Moffa's summoned dire wolf sniffs around the whole ledge and ends up back in front of the boulder. There, it cocks its leg and marks the boulder as part of its territory, the same way as dogs typically do. Then the wolf jumps back as a deep voice whispers from the boulder, [Language unknown: "Uraciv t unck thiingwhi?"]

OOC: Main game map updated.

"I fink der dragon is in der big cave, got scratches from big claws ere... oi, dat rock talks when yer piss on it!" He will then wiggle his undercommon pearl and try to talk back. [Language unknown: "T tiul inou icit ec for acutneho antndefor maica hareut ekenlo ess. Ioas pl sonev ri sseclo ca ek es ousti insi orehi comwhious wewell?"]
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Bulldust will sneak up to the ledge and look for a way to climb up.
14:19, Today: Bulldust rolled 28 using 1d20+8.  Climb

OOC: The Tongues spell should still be working on Moffa and Min (duration 90 min, cast before Min talked with stone giant kids).

Moffdust pats Wolfie and grins at clever Jurzie. "Youse right Jurzie!" She listens to the rock and translates for the others.

Jurz gets Rog to flap down to the other end of the ledge and waits while Moffa talks to the rock.

Bully sneaks around the bend of the tunnel and disappears from view of the rest of the Team.

Meanwhile, the talking rock holds everyone else's attention. Minmorc responds in the same language and after a moment the rock says a few words in reply. [Language unknown: "Elma to tihi."] Then it moves, revealing that it is a vaguely humanoid shape, a bit like a very crudely carved statue of a bald, very fat, dwarf. It slowly stands up, looks around at the cave entrance then slowly walks over to the edge of the ledge and looks down at the valley below and across to the mountains on the other side of the valley. Raven wisely backs away to make room for this living statue at the edge of the ledge and Jurz flies Rog away to the far end of the ledge too. The statue says a few more words as it looks at the view. [Language unknown: "Setevebutine ortsanntibut. Usaritta ineardour. Hisousticate mimoal."]

OOC: Main game map updated.

Minmorc feels oddly bad for the misshapen thing. [Language unknown: "Ei werntieen redna o earillion leel, tosiec ta whast sannc vor. Iou ee tereraine n iepa butderour? Li iveme nceroment ri enc ck? Tio hateraich isca m os u oun ecmiee cead ar icheenthe, eisala aiher le ou onplle el me enee acear ic."]
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Halfway up the difficult cliff, Bulldust blows a little bugbear magic into his fist then whispers a magic word.  He gets strong and big.  He silently reaches up to get a handhold on the top of the cliff.

08:03, Today: Bulldust rolled 33 using 1d20+14.  Climb silently.
08:00, Today: Bulldust rolled 24 using 1d20+12.  Climb, big, strong.

Moffdust translates. "Rocky says dis is all different, de mountains, de valleys, de giants. Min asks if dey wants ter comes wid us."

She pats the boulder on the knee and waits for Rocky to reply.

She whispers to Cat to fly around and explore.

Jurz watches from a distance, and nods at MOffa's translations.   However, he takes time to check around for anything else that might threaten them.

Talking rocks is an oddity but not overly disturbing, while large claw-marked caves are !

"Mebbee wese could sneaks up on der dragon dis way ?" Dregz points hopefully down the much narrower (far too small for a dragon to fit down) side passage.

The living statue responds to Minmorc's question at greater length. [Language unknown: "Ca he Ioustithi Onnc. Icatraort on men alect o ic. P any k nosiin. O ec ineardsta. Oun the ce ck osoul nde."]

Then it sits down again near the edge of the cliff, facing out toward the valley. It draws its knees up to its chin in the same pose it was originally in and, now that it has stopped moving, it once again looks more like a boulder than any sort of living creature.

 Suddenly, a shrill, high-pitched voice echoes from deep within the cave. It sounds angry, but puzzled too. [Language unknown: "Outst eeev ma sonwitone admo acek? M bless tasom ai lesnt nte ceusom."]

OOC: Main game map updated.

Bulldust pulls himself up and stands at the edge of the cliff.  Raising a hand in greeting, he replies in the same language.
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The shrill voice echoes from the cave again, even angrier than before. [Language unknown: "N! Pree metrth ave weave, waplmo! Ivesi erssa wilnotvor prope ati osng nisewi ni we isri thu of wasersman traderove ioicur p a houortlin arte thse! Oul, licees sa ithson'menine estblewhi O leti n ionwitereest orttinset-prehou. Lar roich os ndeticund seton ta?"]
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[Language unknown: "Setdayeen ine sonstrour thriiv, iouherenc the ort wheias int lo wahiss usri hi koromeout."] Minmorc will say to Dregz "Oooh, sneakin up der little tunnel, dats a smart idea..." as he goes running down the large tunnel towards Bully.

Jurz waits for the translations, fairly confident that both Min and Bully can look after themselves.  So long as the dragon isn't too big ...

"Crissal dragin, crissal dragin !" Dregz hisses urgently to those of his companions not immediately charging towards certain death.  He takes a step into the side passage, but only out of a subconscious deep desire not to die.

"Jurzie ... wot sorta breff does a crissal dragin 'ave ?" the little goblin inquires, equally urgently of the druid, hoping it's one of those things from which he might beg Bargrivyek protect him.

Jurz furrows his brow at Dreg's question "I'se don't knows, deys aren't fings you'se find in  der woods or der hills." Then with a glance along the ledge he adds,  Maybes Moffa knows ?