Showing some pique, she unpacks the pitted pig and packs it in the skin, placing the herbs inside the cavity and then places coals inside the cavity on the green herbs then wraps the skin tightly. She places a long limber stick through the rope tieing the skin around it then looks around at the others.

 "Can someone help me carry this to the night camp? It would be a shame to waste it, and it is still cooking from the inside out now. It should be nearly done by the time we camp for the night."

In reply to Shadow Mist (msg # 161):

Or Lin looks over her task. "I'd be happy to help but I'm carrying a chest."  He thinks a moment. "If you spit it and prop one end of the stick on the chest on the chest we should be able to carry it that way.  The spit will come across al shoulder height for you so you can carry it easily."
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Lafisual puts down the music and makes himself ready for scouting.  Once the group is ready he moves to a closer scouting position than normal.  He's not really interested in killing wildlife beyond what is necessary for survival.

Brie packed up her stuff and settled in for the travel ahead of them.  She took one of the flanks where she felt a bowman would be needed instead of a swordsman.

She had stashed some of the bread that Shadow had passed out earlier.

Riku had determined that her services were not needed much longer for this group.  She fluttered down to Kree and cleared her throat.

Master Kree, she said. I will be heading out to find the other group.  Is there any thing more you wish of me?  Or any message you'd like to pass along?

  There is nothing of import to pass on...You may tell the others, that we will be entering the   Black Timber, and may stay a day or two, depending on the tasks the elders may have on hand.

 if you travel, as the crow flies... you may have to bed  down  for the night  in some shelter... there are dark things that hunt the air, at night
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  The group moved on.. slowed a bit  by the  extra Game  and  Bundles of  wood...But  Kree knew they weren't going to reach the   BlackTimber  today..so his aim was to make the Night's camp as comfortable as possible.

   The sun was  'half eaten' by the trees when a distant..but eerie sound ..something like a Horn..but it was more chilling ...

  Kree signaled to stop and  Held up a hand for the group to be  quiet...at first, noting  but the creak of leather  and metal from the group as  they waited..then..more  sounds..much like the first..coming at random intervals .

  The  elf  turned with a grin,..The Night's hunt has began.. Forest runners  are searching for  prey..or warning others off thier territoy..it is rare they come into the Grasslands..but they have been known to do so..

  Come.... we have  2 more hours.. 3 at best, before  we make  camp...

Orlin had taken the heavy side of the pig but had needed to lash the stick in place.  He made as good a time as Mist could make.  Teasing her a little to encourage speed.

Riku nods.

As I will do, she said.  Edhul En'Gurtha!

She says and flutters into the apparent direction that the second group may be in.

She would reach a town or barn between here and there and rest.  Letting the sounds of animals lure her.

 She laughed as Orlin teased her and urged her to hurry. Sometimes she made him take more weight as they went up and down the hillocks but mostly she did her best to take her share or the load. If necessary, she can always stop and add a second stick and drag it like a travois, should the load become too much for Orlin with his chest.

"Let me know if it gets to heavy. We can always add a second sapling and make a travois so I can drag it. Or we can load both things and take turns dragging it, or share both loads by both carrying the load."

   The  rest of the day was   uneventful as the sounds  of the  forest carried over the rgass lands , towards them..Birds..and Beasts...

 some 400 yards to the  west  some..catlike  beast was in a Struggle  with a stout looking  deer, while another   Deer rammed it repeatedly with its  horns..

 Ivy smiles  as he   turns to look at Kree,..was the time, cousin.. you would have  moved in and planted some shafts into the  Tree lion....

 Kree nodded, he looked a bit  sad,..Aye.... But the tree Lion needs to eat as much as the  Grassland Deer needs to live....I see nothing out of balance there, for me to interfere ...

 ...and Slavers?...

 Kree's   eyes  narrowed,..slavers  are abominations.. they prey on the weak..even those who are forced to work with them..have a choice..perhaps? Not a goodly one..But a choice none the less..so..Aye?..They die....and it is a grim insult to the Balance to compare  slavers in such a way to the struggles laid out by the gods....

 ..There should be a clearing  with a Fire   pit, on the left side of the road....it will have a mound between the   firepit and the view from Tou...that's were  we will camp this  night. With   The sister's to watch  over us?.. it will be our last night of discomfort..

   Orlin was present for the comments. "These creatures are natural animals.  Slavers are cowards and monsters.  These are sentient beings who chose to live off the suffering of others.  Their evil is malignant as it okays others to commit the same monstrosity out of the need to keep up with free labor. If my being in the lowlands can help stamp out this disease, thin perhaps my curse is a blessing in this case."

   The scouts found the place Kree had  spoken. Though the light  from the  cook fire  would still send a 'glow'.. it couldn't be  pinpointed , as it would, without the   Hillock...but? from the forest, it would be a bright beacon, that someone was out there.

  Kree   shrugged off his pack a setting it  down,we should be able to eat hearty enough..and have something for  mornfest...

 Ivy takes out his  loaf  of  bread and sets it near the fire  pit on a flat stone that rings the edge., it will warm with the cook fire...

 We should have  enough  wood to cook and warm outselves   for a bit.. I will see if i might gather more.. the rest of you, eat as soon as the  food is ready, i will have  some when i return.. he moves off into the   Grasses , in the direction of Tou...

Orlin sets down the chest, and helps get the pig where Shadow Mist wants it.  He looks at Kree. "BY way of thanx for your kindnesses yesterday, I have dedicated tha night n' the day to guardin this box.  I find meself in need of personal time right now.  Is it safe to leave the box by the fire pit?"

  He nods to Orlin,..if somethign can come  and take the cehsts  with the rest of us here?.. then they  have more love  from the sisters then i do!

Lafisual moves to a location in the camp on the side toward TOU where he can relax but also respond if he hears or sees something coming from that direction.

   "By your actions I feel that is unlikely."  Orlin goes to the stream pulls out a sliver of his soap [let from the in] and pounds it into a froth before collecting it on a piece of oiled cloth.  He disappears into the bush where a lot of water is heard hitting a tree then returns, washes his hands and starts scouting the immediate area for herbs to gather.

 She sets the pig up to finish cooking, gathering more wood to build up the fire if that is permissible, unwrapping the pig and raking the old coals from inside, placing it to cook at the edge of the fire, using the pig skin to shield the fire somewhat from being seen from a distance.

 She sat watch over the pig, and the chest in repayment to Orlin for his help carrying the girl's pig.

 There is a bit of a chill in the  wind, being  in the shadows of the  Forest. for the last part of the  day.

 The breeze didn't  bother the  fire much, being in a pit. thus..it  served  a few purposes... hide the light, protect and concentrate the  heat, and protect the grasslands  from careless travelers .

   Ivy used   his rain Cloak  and a collapsible pole and some  silk rope to set up an extra bit of windbreak on the wind side of the  fire. Though he  may seem  relaxed.. His bow  was  near him and two arrows  stuck in the ground to grab and shoot.

  the  wind  carried with it, the faint  sounds of  horses...snorts  and a whinney...but it seemed far away.

  ..I am thinking Kree will be  back soon, everyone help yourself...let us not waste the bounty we gathered this day.

Brie had helped to set up camp and pitch tents, specifically hers and Krees.  If it were to be cold, she would rather stay warm than catch a cold.

She was now sitting by the fire on a log she found off in the woods a few feet from their tent.

If you wish, Ivy, I can go find him. She offered.

  Ivy shakes his head,not  quite  yet..he would not  want the group thinned out... it sounds like someone is coming, but the night air?.. it could be the mages..could be anyone...

 She sliced more of her dense travel bread, one per person, and helped slice and pass out bits of cooked pork. She also used part of the pig skin to put bits of pork in with water and herbs to make a kind of soup to simmer over night for morning. Hot broth in the morning would do them all good as a warm up if it turned ool.

 "Help yourselves everyone. Try to take the most cooked bits first though. Here's a slice of bread too."

Lafisual gets up to get some pork. Thanks for sharing.  This is a nice change from tavern food.  Lafisual sits down nearby to eat but also stays alert to the sounds they were all hearing.

 She smiled at Lafisual but shook her head. "Alas I didn't kill it. Another here did. I just helped skin it and cook it. Nature provided herbs but she also provided hunger to make it all taste better."

 She sliced off another piece of tender meat and used her knife to spear it until it was cool enough to bite into, holding it in her fingers once it cooled enough to hold.
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You shared your skills.  And the bread. He smiles and winks at her.