Malkus shrugs noncommittally.

"It's just a rope, for me. Not like I'm going to kill someone over it. Maybe just break a couple fingers...," he mutters under his breath.

Seeing that half the parties not interested, Enialis sighs,"If that's what you want,[Language unknown: Inni les ngil ne at p, k be ca hisec was m et ncllce ounio ha. Nceingive omneio esol u tandar ad she n comromest ntnaan re ad. N ulenc vir wiint ulio fo inion olssom.]"

The illusion yawns. [Language unknown: Il reawasmen ivnc e houeveyin il som wiofno. Thend e N eepr i Me ere ee tobe wemoce ilne?]
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Enialis grumbles at the dragon and pulls out a scroll,[Language unknown: "Ssiv u osusnghiiv, was. Ticounvir ndeaineaupreine amedinore son m eltaheer lesverwhe hiheme, A som es carere ie ousan ousarddin. Ta rerea il a ri m hertioderlat art tho ntiometed atent onniti, i a evla p nti. I cawe ivreom roreni ni, K whihe n verthiati a foosur tio wil ne maie ulvor."]

The illusion looked at Enialis for a moment then dissipated. Out from behind a tree, which Xannan had circled around earlier, a little blue lizard like form with wings crawled towards Enialis. It looks up for a moment then slowly pulls out the stuff it stole and sets them on the ground before him. [Language unknown: "Ngreen arilei ardst n ieort ououad om atunre us us?"]

Enialis immediately grabs his spellbook from the ground, and passes the strange creature his scrolls,"[Language unknown: T ugheauure nteei estlarnti traos thontiill it eraconted.] Miss Nellington, would you like to dance with this creature, he is humbly requesting one." he says, as he speed reads through his book.

The miniature dragon looking creature took the scroll happily and rolled itself around the scroll as it laid on the ground. After it cradled the scroll it looked to Chloe.

Xannan grabs his flute, muttering to himself, "Magic lizards ... what next ?!"
As Enialis' suggestion of a dance, Xannan begins to play a merry tune on his flute.

Chloe who sat down patiently during the exchange between Enialis and the trickster gets up and stares at the culprit for a moment. "I did not know you were so small", she remarks with genuine surprise and gets up. Taking a step back so as to not squash the creature by accident, Chloe bows courtly.

08:30, Today: Chloe Nellington rolled 4 using 1d20+3. Performance: Dance!

A crit fail, of course.

Chloe usually dances (if ever) with someone instead of for them. The former is just two people making fools of themselves in front of each other and having a good time because it doesn't really matter. The letter is all about being good at it and that is evidently not the case.

After confidently promising so much, having an actual audience is intimidating. Long story short, after two seconds of awkwardly fumbling around Chloe finds herself with the face in the snow having slipped on some hidden ice. Now utterly embarrassed, she doesn't know whether to continue.

As Chloe dances the little dragon tilts its head slightly. When she lands in the snow it straightens up slightly in surprise, then turns to Enialis. [Language unknown: "T ofle lllama eenmenlin setsi la at houardera onnepl p und manratenc? Dierof artvoriou reonll mawit pe ticreanteons era tras iv ul p."] The little dragon then stands up and spreads its wings wide in a stretch. [Language unknown: "Illeto It osnt hisail rut n witstaeen la hasncecom elusch andme mater nde nesi be cawit ven. Tio wiinte atihisfor oerie."] The little dragon unrolls itself from the scroll it had just gotten and stands before Chloe. Then it begins to twirl its body and twist and leap in a graceful dance of its own. By the end of it the little dragon finished by gliding to the ground and bowing its head towards Chloe.

Enialis winces at Chloe's quickly ended dance routine and turns toward the dragon,"[Language unknown: Illi, oveeveres alck it wh fi urenweec nd trplad wa al tihe derera'sonstrthu reandeandderain. Utne ur setsonnot, me e consanoun readfiroul.]" he says and turns to the embarrassed Chloe,"If it makes you feel any better, this creature wishes to help you dance more gracefully in the snow. If we're ever going with a dance competition plan maybe you could take this advice to heart, by the way Miss Keenbellow," he says to their cartographer,"you wouldn't happen to know what this miniature dragon is, I hope it's not some sort of fiend."

Not fair! The mini-dragon didn't roll for performance! :D

"Very well, let's try again!" Chloe gets up, takes a deep breath and attempts to imitate the twirling dance of the little creature. After making sure to find a spot with more friction.

10:11, Today: Chloe Nellington rolled 15 using 1d20+3. Performance: Dance again!

The dance is short but much better than before. Chloe imitates the "gliding to the ground" at the end by stretching her arms and fluently kneeling down. "Fiend?", she asks with a wry smirk. "Even so, it would be a fiend to my liking."

"By point of fact I do" Galenna spoke up as she had just been watching up until now except for when her map was returned to her. "This beautiful little creature is called a Faerie Dragon. It can be quite rare to see one. This part of the Rimewood must be a part of its territory. Like most fae they can be notorious tricksters, but they do like treasure. That scroll of yours worked nicely. Perhaps, as long as we don't attack it, it'll give us safe passage through its territory." The entire time Galenna spoke she never took her eyes from the dragon even for a moment. She just stared with a small smile.

[Language unknown: "Eipo he nde yinenceen!"] The little dragon twitched its tail in delight. Then it noticed Galenna watching it while she spoke. [Language unknown: "Virpl i aras redstirom? Mifona stacbeec whinteove on, di ndnd et?"]

Enialis puts his spellbook in his backpack for safekeeping,"Is that so, I guess we could add this in the map and call this landmark the Faerie's Den. Anyway's, I'll see if it's in the mood to grant us a safe passage." he says, and speaks to the dragon in draconic,[Language unknown: "Sonut, cawh i wer p larlinthoill laosnc wh allla. Wios eearal iv m terti inhaekus, ec ai usmi ur ck ta eraeauere thoentous ur pr pa. Sauseiarpr osiv il at o hisonepro hi ndethonce noalrievek. Nc whe, ilne n nti eiwi ticousshedin le tedartsom ch venthuted i setrmi."]

The dragon nodded its head while it spoke,[Language unknown: "Itheennteted."] The dragon then approached Galenna as she laid the map out on the ground and gave the little dragon a quill to write with. The little dragon went to work and mapped out a path that led back to Smith's Gambit. Then it laid down the quill next to the map and went back to its scroll. [Language unknown: "Prnaun allithant riitel o ilnctaat e, In ioolpr ll tha eeom hese thhi ei ivethieen vor u et eila."]

"[Language unknown: Oussan'thentison p, re ceilni heurom peteio are.] We've reached an agreement, it'll lead us to a safer passage out of here. You know, in case that we might not suffer another vine attack, I'd say we follow our new guide. Better then wandering through the unknown." he says, summing up what they we're talking about.

The little dragon held onto its scroll as it stretched its wings and starts to fly forward thru the Rimewood.

"That is unexpected but fine with me." Chloe gestures the others to follow her. "Let's go!"

This time I'm marching directly after the fairy dragon. In the middle? Pfff, that was yesterday.

"Right then, I hope I get paid extra for this. Scrolls aren't cheap to make at this day and age." Enialis says to Galenna, and follows along the dragon.

I'll just stick to staying at the back

As the group followed the little dragon they didn't encounter any hostile beasts or plants. They did, however, notice that there was more greenery even if it was covered in snow as well. The group soon sees a familiar sight through the trees, although it looks bigger, Smith's Gambit is off in the distance. The little dragon comes to a stop and hovers in one spot while turning to look at Enialis. [Language unknown: "Moha m ev intle i Pl u. Wisa whst re diai pr mi k u hatha."]

Enialis gives a thumbs up to the dragon,"[Language unknown: Ne anutchelom o ll lachai'sice, ateoreous iockli anckeime ev pre.]" he says and turns toward the rest of the group,"Well, this is our stop and our little friend here will be heading back to his den. Our journey of exploration is finally over, nothing's going to stop us now."

As the little dragon turned and started to fly away you see him wave to the group. Then vanish into then air.

Malkus gives a nod of appreciation in the direction the faerie dragon headed, and looks towards the settlement in the distance.
"Nice little fellow. Glad we don't have to deal with another of those vines."
Hoping Enialis isn't tempting fate, Malkus heads back with the others.

The trip back to the settlement from here was a short one. The group's final task was to seek out Smith and so they did. Once he sees the group he greets them all with a loud and clear, "Welcome back!" Galenna then shows him the map. "You all found quite a bit while you were gone, I see." He spoke as he finished looking at the map. "I hope things weren't too hard out there. Here's your reward as promised."
To everyone who is still here please add 150gp to your sheets and 500xp as well. Also for dealing with the Faerie Dragon add 150xp too. Totaling out to 650xp. And 5 units of downtime. Well done!