Saidou's finger traces a circle around the rim of the tankard hanging from his hip, a grim expression drawn across his face.


"Let's not tarry too long here. Haz, can you check quickly for remains?

Too soon?

In reply to Saidou (msg # 44):

Saidou makes a one handed gesture in Haznut's direction, touching his finger to his own eye, then temple, and finally as if plucking an imaginary book from a shelf and opening it before himself.

Cast a Spell, targeting Haznut Ingut, with one Somatic action. Discern Secrets.

'Why would you think that? Do you see or smell any indication of violence? Samara cranes her head trying to look past Haznut.

Haznut points to the trail, showing Samara. "Here, you can see their little tracks. No more than a week old, 'fresh' in hunting terms. We know we're on their turf, and unfortunately for whoever setup that tent, they seem to have not been privy to that." He then stands with his longsword and shield, slowly making his way towards the tent. "Let's check for any remains then, stay wary." Haznut uses the aid of his companion to Seek out any signs of goblin near the tent.
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Vostiun nervously stands on the trail we started on and looks around as the rest poke around the campsite.

Haznut and Samara move closer to the tent, though it takes only a few more steps, it seems an eternity.

Haznut pauses, glancing around.

Samara lets out a squeak before clapping her hands to her mouth, says something to Haznut before starting to poke around in the unseen camp.
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Haznut and Samara make their way back to the main trail.

Saidou, who had been looking up and down the trail to keep an eye and ear out, takes a moment to instead try to read Haznut's face. Quietly, he calls out to the two returning- "Did the bog-lovers leave anything behind, or was the camp and remains stripped?"

"It would take me a minute to check. Quick glance says maybe, if we want to carry the extra weight"
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"We don't have a lot of time." Kon remarks, "If there's anything we can grab quickly that might be useful, go ahead, but we don't have time right now to pack up a tent, for example.  We shouldn't stick around.  For multiple reasons."

"Like Kon said, I believe the same. Spending time here is a bad idea, unless there are remains we should pay respects to. Just as we would hope a passer-by would treat our remains with respect if we were found fallen."
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"Well, there's a head... disfigured a bit, no body around that I could see.  I guess if you want to bury it and say a few words, I could see if there's any decent salvage while you do that."

Saidou visibly grimaces at Samara's statement, looking to Haznut for confirmation. He rolls his shoulders to draw Spirit's attention in his hood, and in an awkwardly accented Dwarven, [Language unknown: "Sseswe, Ma ainiveres resthaore ithliniou itll po enc i leonek. Thi pa amepl u haive annt...] He swallows deeply, as if trying to bury a thought. [Language unknown: ... fiioei dinnd ec ulutal witta inwas. P nte thniec, it antingany rut be plfo lat hisresatiset. Icaun ioosek, foul din wilourund to ereruthat t nefo dintinrom con werta. Re iohiur ounionres utss ur ad ul en inllll, p sest ar ate reome ntecontin. Ek Fo enusiv pranho be n enacmell, tecaer."] His words lack the proper depth and baritone for Dwarven, and come across more akin to a gnome's.

Looking to Elde and Vostiun, Saidou would quietly add in common tongue- "It's the right thing to do. I hopefully won't take long."

Haznut clears his throat a little and address the party. "I didn't get to take the best look at the equipment that traveler brought, it was thrown about everywhere and... Well his head was a little distracting... I vote we push on, and fast." Haznut is eying the brush and vines all around, not staring at any one spot for too long.

Saidou's response to Haznut comes first with wide eyes in surprise, and then a voice tinged with anger. [Language unknown: "Nick? In nalack, u il, tr voroutare lo ta aveur tanani. Ur der la... ] Saidou's tongue stumbles for a moment, gesturing in front of him as he tries to find a word, uttering 'Reprobate' and continuing in the accented, gravely tongue he and his familiar were using before. [Language unknown: ... oslinc ous larandvir t a li lopr ha eaulesove ratno pa whndnt nceene erestilin at thu? Rom ck art tramanvor ent oerri tra fioul. Ounughwit, utiool, ecarosta.] He holds his hand out expectantly, a stern anger on his face.

As Haznut cleared his throat to address the others, Saidou quietly listens to his appeal for prompt return to the trail. He still seems frustrated, his voice shifting from heat to bargaining. "I'm not saying we should stay here the night and drink to the poor fellow's memory. Give me maybe 10 minutes to dig a semblance of a hole, for Spirit to check for other bits to inter, and for someone to collect a few stones to place atop. I would expect the same from any decent being if I was a disfigured head in a tent."

Kon pats Saidou on the shoulder, "Look, we all know what's proper.  But...  Well, look, we've got the dregs of the day above us, a storm hot on our heels, our destination is still a little ways off but we can make it before they both close in on us, if we keep going, and we're in the territory of goblins who have no problems dismembering us.  Now is not the right time."  He looks toward the approaching storm, "Besides, storms don't last forever and if we're close enough, we can always come back tomorrow when there's light.  The last thing we want to do is finish our journey in the dark, tired, when the goblins are most active."  He gestures toward the secluded camp, "They died in their camp, meaning they were ambushed when they let their guard down while sleeping.  Don't make the same mistake."

As Elde Kon finishes talking a small blur of fur darts past him and crawls up Saidou. In Spirits mouth are some sheets of parchment and they are quite excited by them.

Saidou twists around in a circle as he is used as a tree, and he offers a hand to a low hanging branch for Spirit to perch on. He looks to the rest of his traveling companions with a mild narrowing of his eyes, and comments before offering a piece of rabbit jerky to the one who comes bearing gifts. "This conversation isn't over, Kon. [Language unknown: Llpaiv, ard St anee eeun esis pahas echont?]"
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"Whose got a shovel? I'll dig a hole for the head. We dont leave the dead naked here. There are enough undead as it is."

Spirit releases the papers for Saidou to look over, [Language unknown: "Maosad hi his. Ol oerla."] The ferret seems very eager to go back to the camp, but waits for Saidou to look over the found documents.
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Samara goes to dig her camp shovel out of her Adventurer's Kit while talking to Vos, "Not that I don't think we couldn't outrun an undead head, but it's the right thing to do"
Looking into the pack incredulously, "Poopin' heck - There's no shovel?"
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[Language unknown: "Of ughurewer, andsi li menul niplel di mensondin m thetntll oerdaycon arstta. Tinic sanineenc."] saidou would utter with eyes wide, trying to take in as much as he can from the documents. "Spirit has found quite a few pieces of papers. The weather has damaged them, but it is clear that some of them are occult in nature, possibly ritual formula. Others are structured like a journal... These are only a small portion of what he found, there are more in the area around that camp." Saidou gestures with his free hand to the tent site, and takes a deep breath before letting it out slowly.

"This is important. Not just for curiosity's sake, but ... we are already close to where we mean to be. The documents here should be collected, to be analyzed in the field and reconstructed properly back in Lepistadt. And the head will need to be buried.

You have two choices. Leave me behind with no one to watch my back against goblins, or give half an hour with us all making best effort to be thorough and I will not fight us leaving after that, if the decision to move on is made."

Saidou doesn't wait for a response, and instead moves to the small camp to follow Spirit. [Language unknown: "Ektece, ul t stiei moes haee dickprofsi?"]

I believe the archaeology kit has a shovel or digging implement. If anyone is Occult trained, I would like for them to help me analyze the documents. if you're going to ping off of my comment about the documents being occult, please make me aware In Character that you want to see them, otherwise Saidou will keep them safe and away from possible further harm.