"Your offer is most generous and will not be forgotten." Brenar replied with a slight bow. "Until we meet again then." He added, ready to head out.


Later...

Brenar was scanning as best he could hoping they would find something soon as the night was growing shorter with every passing moments.

OOC. As Dann is the one who saw it, I'll wait until he say something before reacting to the discovery.

"There is something there. It's red." says Dann, pointing at the arch.

" Yes. I see it now. Shall we hang our pennant then?"

"Or we could hide and watch abd follow whoever picks it up." Brenar offered. "Maybe not the best plan with our armour, but it's a plan."

"Doing that, we would be at a disadvantage. Let's move now: one down to watch around and fire at any hostile presence, and two to climb, one helping the other." proposes Dann.

In reply to Dann of Clan Valin (msg # 201):

" I will keep watch with my bow."

The steppesman moved over towards a hedgerow running along the wall and knelt in the shadows.

Dann proposes to Brenar to climb first.

Nodding Brenar looks around to find a good grip and to start climbing.

OOC;
Reflex check I'm assuming.
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With a boost from Dann, Brenar easily scrabbled to the top of the arch.

Once He had completed his climb, Brenar expended his arm to help Dann up.

Dann joined Brenar within the upper part of the arch, the two mens feet resting on decorative stone wreathwork.

Dann looks around to determine where he could progress from where he is.

Trivel just keeps covering the two, trying to spot possible menaces before they could approach or shoot.

OOC: Theres not really any more arch to go. You can both reach the top from where you are.

Dann signals Brenar to go up first.

Carefully Brenar makes his way up Then will help Dann.
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OOC: Um, so where are you two going? You can already reach the top.

OOC: Well, it depends... Where can we go exactly from where we are?

OOC: You've climbed up a blocked up archway in the defensive wall of the castle. Your now at the point you could place your pennant easily, or if you really wanted to keep climbing you could reach the top of the wall and then drop into the courtyard or make your way along the top of the wall.

In reply to GM (msg # 215):

OOC: Ok I'm going to go with the original plan then.

The two men placed the red piece of cloth between the stones at the apex of the arch and descended back down to meet Trivel at the bottom.  The Steppesman reported that there had been no observers or anyone approaching.

"Sounds good." He replied. "Shall we hide and wait or join the others and come by tomorrow?"

"Let's wait a little. We have not learned much yet, have we?" suggests Dann.

Trivel nodds.
"If you're hunting the hunter, it's always best to see who would come to check the snares", he says.
"As long as you don't get noticed yourself. It might be his son coming, and then you got no advantage, but wasted the advantage of surprise."

The three men secreted themselves in the spot Trivel had found earlier and waited a number of hours, but they saw no one approach or take note of the token they had left within that time.

It was now deep in the night and the moon hung low overhead, casting the streets into stark repose with its blue light.....

"Hunter's moon", Trivel whispered. The pale blue light was friendly to sneaking, it was said in the Khaganate - for fully practical reasons.
"But the prey ain't coming", he added, and preyed to his ancestors to bring someone, finally, that they could question. Sometimes, the ancestors even listened!
Though he had a feeling it wouldn't be this time.