Out of Character: You guys didn't get me. If you want to allow ONE of the wounded people on the cart, you have to leave the two tents, not only the poles. A medieval military tent was nothing similar to what we call tent nowadays. Was not practical, not easily carried and definitely heavy and cumbersome.
Anntreen smiles.
"What do you mean by done? There is a lot left to do. We must return the stolen good, then we need to discover if there is something bigger going on with the man and woman at the ranch, she seamed a bit off and he all most seamed to age in front of us, more so then I think just stress would do. I am still worried about the warning the other goddess gave to us and the visions at the small house. I know not what the moon berries are for and it troubles me that the army at the neck would of let solders defect with out taking notice. After we finish up in this area I think it might be wise to take the defeaters back to the neck if they do not find Justus from the towns people. Or even with out them perhaps we souled make the travel there to report of them and there actions here. There is much left to do I do not see us parting way for a while, that is so long as you are willful to continue to take up hand and foot to make this world better."
Out of Game:
Alright so we ditch the tents I don't care, we are taking the wounded man my cleric would not care what she offloaded to fit him even a chest of gold if it was in the way of helping some one. Consider the tents ditched in the same pile as the table.
Edited: KittenPunk on 4th Jun, 2013 - 6:36pm
Carnosus smiled a weak smile, it faded as he remembered the house. "The illusions...we all fell for them, does that make is weak minded fools? I know I'm not the brightest there is but...I'm not an idiot"
After traveling a bit and listening to the conversation between the cleric and the ranger, Mina rolls her eyes and tries to shake off the sugary mist of developing feelings which is so obvious to the rest of the party. Mina decides to take point just to escape the enamored youth.
Leaving behind the two tents, the table and the barrels of water, the party sets for the uncomfortable journey back to Lowmeadow. Finding the trail in the woods indicated by the thugs is easy but, even with the aid of a clear path in the vegetation, your march is slow, hindered by the loaded carts and the wounded people. Twice you have to stop to check your surroundings, alarmed by the sound of running beasts in the wood.
After more or less half an hour proceeding along the trail, you are presented with a disturbing scene: several bodies lay on the ground in an unnatural position. You recognize some of the commoners that were at the camp. You can count five of them: there are no survivors. All around, the dirt is dotted by hoofprints: is not difficult to understand what was the cause of their death.
The visibility is still good enough to allow you to see clearly without feeling the need of a source of light. You believe that the party could count on at least a couple of hours more of natural light.
The cart is heavy and hard to pull but this does not diminish Anntreen's drive and commitment to the task at hand. "We need to make it back to town. Sadly we will lose to much daylight if we offer them a proper burial."
She stops only long enough to move the body's respectfully from the roadway and fold their hands over their chests. She lays branches of new growth pulled from nearby trees as a spiritual offering setting them to sit in the dead mens arms before taking back up her place at the wagon and suggesting the group push on.
In Character: Krusten only stops to listen, search and spot. While the party decides what to do next she tries to check the surrounding woods ensuring no one is in there and this is not all an ambush.
Carnosus lets his question go unanswered, he sees the bodies and mumbles a prayer to any god that will listen to him at this stage in his life, he feels bad for having to leave them behind with no proper rest. "Poor guys, wish we could have saved them, oh well." He sighed and looked at Anntreen, he noticed she was struggling with the cart a bit so he took more of the weight himself to make it easier on her.