...Coming  back, the  elf has his Bow  slung and  carried  two  Bundles of dead wood.

 His breeches  are soaked from the tall wet grasses.,we should use one  bundle through the rest of the  night, save a bundle   for  hot  food and the Caffee.

 He  smiles slightly,When i swung around the Hillock , I could  smell the  food...

 Ivy shifts over to Let Kree sit and dry out......and?    Kree grabs his pack and  brings out the Open Bottle of  wine, and one that has not had the wax seal broken yet. He tosses the Open Bottle to Lafisual and motions with his hand to pass it  around.

 Then he   cracks the seal on the other  pours  some into his pack  Up and hands it to Brie, with the same HAnd Motion.

 ...and?..I might have seen the  fools who approach.

 Ivy grins at the others, then looks  back to Kree... fools?

 ..The Mages  come..a small but  sturdy 2 wheeled cart... two armored  riders..Guardians I should think.... 4  foottroops in  Leather.. a Driver..and a Mageling  sits next to him..there was a tracking beast....

 ..was?

 Aye...they do not have it  any longer.....

   how soon?

 ...i would say about an hour  after we finish mornfest...  one of the riders   had dismounted  and  began to make a fire  , two rest styops   , down the road....

 two!.... That's almost 8 miles..give or take  a deer's  leap!

 ..aye..something like that...

  Ivy shook his head,..if one of us....

 I know what i am about, Good Cousin. I wanted to see who approaches... I am certain, that whuchever one  summoned the tracker is in a great deal of pain right now...and magelings  may be , well eager, to crawel through  tunnels  and  ruins... they are not to eager to walk the wilds at night.

 ..Now?..relax.... we have  the Timber  to our south.. the MAges  to the north.. and wide  Grasslands   on either side....The chances of  us being distrubed are small... The  riders will catch up to us about an hour or so after  we break  camp... should they prove to  be overly inisitant....then..their  cart horses and gear will be a welcome additon to  Razorhawk Village...

 he takes a bit of the meat, and a bite of  Mist's bread..  with a grin.

Brie fixed Kree some food and helped mildly with the dead wood.

What mischief did you get into tonight, she mumbled to him.  And I wasn't along for it.  Shamey shamey.

She relaxed in the seat as it was Kree's turn to relax for a moment.

Orlin had returned with some vegetables and berries he had harvested from the woods and had begun to work them on a stone setting a bowl out for fat drippings from the pork.

  He and his staff over heard the conversation.  The staff makes a comment.  Orlin snorts and says out loud, "The old one wishes to visit the mages and play with them."

 She took a small amount of wine from the bottle Kree handed out, leaving most for others. In fact, she added a little bit of water to it, but not too much. She didn't want to be stumbling around outside camp tonight. She wondered if anyone had set up a trench out there before, if this was a common stopping off place. She shrugged to herself.

 "Nice wine Kree. Thank you. Is all of your traveling so well supplied? If so, I could get use to this!"

  Kree smiles  a bit a Brie,..I went  to get the wood, I turned  down a few root eaters, since we had enough food  for the night, and the Mornfest..but I saw the bobbing  light..and figured  it must be who was following us...then i saw some 4 legged  beast..that would  stand on its   back legs now and again as it  searched.....I figured the gods  would for give me if i made one extra kill this night.

 To Shadow Mist he says,..There was  an old Hnomish Theif..SnapJack Ribbons.  He taught  Ivy and Myself the  ways of the streets... while we also learned the path of the Trees...Ivy..is Much better  in the Cites then Myself...

 Ivy chuckles,..Ah..Snapjack..... and kree took to the  forst running better then I.

  Kree nodded  slowly as he took a small bite of the neat...Though we have rations and such...and  can eat almost any creature we kill, if needs be. TYhe Gnome stresssed taking a bottle of wine, and a fresh loaf of bread, before  we leave  the  village or town...That way you have a little extra to eact, that does not weight to much.

Then To Orlin,I do not know   who the Old One Is.....but you must bear in mind,  At elast one of those folks are  Magelings..perhaps all of them, have some sory fo spellflinging in them...They may be very interested  in .....the study...of whom ever the old one is?

   "True enough.  He'd probably want to drop a tree on them while they were still sleeping and that wouldn't be well received in these woods."

 She listened to the stories about the Old Thief and how he had trained some of them with a smile, remembering her own mentor and how she had been taught. It took lots of practice to become good enough to survive and not get caught, was true. She practiced as often as she could when there was someone to practice with.

 She carved off another crispy sizzling piece of pork, eating as much as she could without being a pig herself, since one never knew when the next meal may be missed. She enjoyed the wild flavors of the boar, as it was rare she had a chance to eat any of that. She usually ate rabbit or squirrel or wood-rat or bird of some sort out in the woodlands.

 "It is nice to have a full belly, this is true. It's tempting to fill up and sleep all night, though. Sometimes too much ease can lead to mistakes, in my experience. But I can see we have enough people to have guards set."

  Kree smiled slightly,..it will be a  couple days, before you worry about not having food.. the Village will have something waiting for us in the center..where the totem stands.  I will give them the latest numbers of our  unit I send , as often as possible..up dates on our Kills.

  we will be staying at least 2 Days, if the Elders  do not have anything for us, we will go back to Ironmound, by way of the  Trace Wood..The Unit  leader there is....questionable...and no friend of mine. But I should like to think, his people are true Arrows...This needs to be found out, quickly.

 Ivy  smiles  as he sips some of the wine from a small tin cup,..I am hoping they know of a nest of slavers.....nice to kill folks who no one will miss...

 ..depending on what the MAges want?... we may still yet, do that5..

   he waves his hand  about the Camp,we will only need one on watch this night..perhaps to the dark side of the Hillock, Just to watch the road and the Magelings.... I am counting on them, not having traveled much...

Orlin adds to the food supply with dandelion greens, camas root, and wild onions, and grinds  some seeds he found or has with him and oats to pack together with some nuts and dark skinned berries.  Hr uses the fat to make them into portion bars. "The ones on this stone are for males and the ones here are for females.  Best eaten in the morning as it will effect your energy use for the day."
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  The  elf  down another  mouthful of wine,..I will rest for a bit now.. But i wish to take the deep watch...wake me  when its  My turn... counting Myself, we  will only need 3  more  , at about 2  hours  apeice ...anyone  not  working a watch, can take care of starting the morning fire  and  heating our mornfest.. we will not stop until we are in the trees tomorrow..so..eat what you will..rest the best you are able.

 There is a cry on anguish , that carries  over the Night  air... a voice  some ways off....

 Ivy Grins at Kree and goes back to his wine.

 Kree has a satisfied smile,we are not in the city, any longer...Mages need to be taught manners..when trying to stalk someone , with summoned beasties..aye?

   he  chuckles  softly and makes his way into the tend, Brie   had  set up.

 Ivy muses  a bit,Towns  and such, have rules about  magic beings  being used to follow folks, or spy on them. Sometimes even the use  of flesh and blood can get you into trouble....but out side the walls?... laws get bent and twisted...They  rolled the dice...now? they have to wonder..who or what killed thier   sniffer....and? is it close by?

 She jumped and looked around, knife in hand without realizing she had drawn it, looking for danger.

 "Mages? Beasts? What?"

  Kree stopped at the entrance to the Tent, Looking at  Mist, then to Ivy.. Both  shrugged as Kree entered the tent.

 Ivy  grinned,..we  went to deal with the Magelings at thier Guild house...They chose to  allow us  to wait, instead of being  ushered into the rgounds, as most merchants?..  Even Merc  groups, looking for coin are  admitted more  freely...

 ..so?..we left... As   Kree said, there is no doubt, rumors  about what we have reached thier  ears..or maybe the Merchant made a deal with them..who knows..... but theThe Mages  are  well behind us...and they are  not noted for thier  travel. At neast? tghey have  some Mage-rangers  or  fighters  and such, that may do alot of thier relic hunting? Or go out to gather beasts and creatures they need for thier  thrice damned experiments? In the end.. their  outriders will catch us a bit before  we reach The Timber...should they be 'over insistent' that we strike a deal...There is a goodly chance the guild  will be short a few members..  his grin  is wide as he winks...

 ..I will take   the frist watch... let me know, whom i should wake in 2 hours?

 he stands     taking the arrows from the  dirt  and cleaning  them with the hem of his cloak.  Slipping on his quiver and Pack  he stats to move to the Hillock..

You can wake me, Lafisual responds.  Getting a last bit of food and drink he finds a place to get some rest until it's time.

Diana volunteers for the third watch.

"Wake me as well." She said.

She then ate some of the stew when it was ready, and then got ready for a short nap.

Brie waved to everyone as she retired for the evening.

"Good nite all" she said slipping into the darkness of the tent.

     Ivy's  watch went  through the  2 Hours  rather  quietly...He   not  only kept watch on the distant  dot of the Campfire behind them. But also studied  the  land  around them..looking for  movements in the grasses..or  sounds  of disturbed animals.... None  Came.

   He   came back around from the Hillock..gently..quietly woke Laf...Your  Up... stay to the sides of the  fire light. it  will make  harder for them to see you.

Aye Lafisual finds such a place and begins his watch.

 "Oh. You can wake me when you need me to watch."

 She saw to the safe storage of the food that wasn't simmering slowly for morning, then found herself a place to spread her bedroll. She got as comfortable as she could and made herself sleep.

  "Catch me for the morning watch."  Orlin had walked all day with a heavy load after a somewhat sleepless night but he wasn't about to shirk his duties.  Still, rest was needed or the old one might be able to work his way around Orlin's mental defenses and release himself without binding conditions.

 Laf only sees  some grass deer  jumping through the grasses on the Storm Ricer side of the Camp.

 he  wakes   Shadow Mist for her turn to watch...Then she  taps on the tent for  Kree to take the deep night watch.

 He stays on watch  for 4 hours... before  Nudging  Orlin.

 By this  time its time to start the Fires.. kree works on getting the Caffee ready..

Orlin packs and helps with waking up and starting the camp off.

  while they sat by the morning fire, Kree sipped  the Caffee after dropping sugar and honey into it.... before i woke  Orlin, it seemed like thier  camp was up, getting thier Mornfest ready...so?... 2 hours, they should be  about packed up and Moving... if they ctach us at all?  it will be   within yards of the Treeline... if they send thier outriders..they should be able to over take us... but they only have 2 horsemen..either way?..it will be interesting to see  if..and why they are coming out here.

Lafisual rests a bit with his eyes closed as the morning preparations start.  He listens to everything he can pick out as a bit of relaxation but also to maintain his senses.  He then gets up and has some caffee when it's ready.

The staff whispers, Orlin's eyes distract for a brief moment.  But his eye's return to Krey.  A wee bit of Fresh blood and some herbs from the wood and we could burn out the noses of any critter trackin us, any distraction sounds like it would allow us to make the woods. But why not confront 'em head on in our own terms?  There is no way those children can stand against a prepared ambush.  They might find it most...educational.

 She wakes as the camp stirs and lays there for a bit listening.After she wakes more, she gets up and rolls up her bedroll, tying it up and adding it to her pack. After heading over to stir the pork and barley porridge and put on a pot of tea, she went to the edge of the woods where a dead and leaning tree made for a good target. She practiced throwing her knives for awhile and did some limbering up before putting her knives away and heading over to eat.
 She poured some of the porridge on some hot rocks to make a kind of flat bread and stacked it up. She took a slice then dished up some food into her bowl and grabbed some tea from the pot before sitting down to eat.


"Good Morning everyone. Did everyone sleep well? Help yourself to the food so I can scrape the hide and pack the pot."