(I'm just waiting to see what Rahkeshi might have heard from the conversation snippets, if anything.)

(Sorry, but I kind of needed my computer for this part. For mental health purposes :)

With the thundering of footsteps you hear;

"Ugh. Why go find Snowball? Snowball big, Snowball strong. Urg and Grant should be resting. Urg and Grant go destroy things?" A deep whiny voice mumbles tiredly, sounding hopefully wistful while asking the last question.

"No you brute, you know the Ordning. We need to listen to Teampall, hmndhhbj (
This bit is indecipherable, too mumbled and too far away) which in this case means we need to go find Snowball. If we can't find him then we'll destroy that pathetic town. Sound good?" This is said by an even deeper voice, rougher and more mannered, and tired the way a father would talk to a child.

"Yay! Things go boom! And Crash! And AHHHHHHHH! heheheheh"

(Understand...  just wanted to make sure we weren't stuck waiting for me to do something!)

Rahkeshi listens to the giants then turns to Elyria, who is close by.  She tries to keep her voice quiet, "They're looking for Snowball.  And will destroy Drakeriver if they don't find him." 

She looks in the direction the giants seem to be going, away from the group. "Umm, you and the others stay here. Give me a moment but be ready to help.  In case."

She rushes off,  making no attempt at stealth,  to try to catch up to the giants. She calls out to them, waiting until she is a bit away from the clearing,  in Giant. "Hello! Hello! Are you looking for a dragon? I can help!"

(OOC - What sort of knowledge of giants in general would Rahkeshi have? INT Check: 15  Not sure if Nature would help?(+3). I presumed she learned Giant from her orc tribe running into them in the mountains, so maybe she'd have reason to know.  I'd guess many would just consider orcs too tiny to be worth anything. Would they perhaps see orcs as less a threat? Granted many giants are evil.. but orcs typically are also.)

(So wait, did they leave?  Aurelius was supposed to be challenging them before they left the destroyed village.)

(My impression was they went past. They got close but never came into the clearing of the former village.  But yes,  if Aurelius is already challenging them, Rahkeshi's actions don't work!

Sorry,  I'm perhaps lost on events...  I'm assuming Bryant saw something the rest didn't before or about the same time we were warned of the giants.  He then hid with the others that hid after what he saw disappeared.  Then as the giants passed near we heard them talking and they continued on their way toward Drakeriver. 

We never saw them clearly, just 'hulking figures'. They were not in the clearing as far as I took it.  Aurelius could have stood in the clearing issuing his greeting... and they did or didn't hear?

Rahkeshi ran after them,  trying to catch up... Guess we need more DM clarification here so we're all on the same page.)

"Be careful Rahkeshi." Elyria whispers and follows the half-orc close enough to cover her should the giants turn and attack. Stealth:37
Meanwhile Aelric scouts from above, keeping Elyria updated on the movements of the giants. Perception:22

(Well if the giants did not enter the clearing then ignore Aurelius' action above.  Sorry about the confusion).

hello?

(Yea... we seem to have lost the DM?  Hopefully temporarily?) 

(Yeah, IRL has been happening. Anyway, let me try to get my head on straight. Aurelius has decided not to do his extremely foolish endeavor, Rahkeshi has opted to do it instead, and Elyria has decided to go with her, and sent Aelric to go look for other troubles yes?)

(OOC: Well I don´t think we realized it was an extremely foolish endeavour, but yes. Hope all is well now in RL. :-)

The giants turn around very slowly, looking towards the small being that yelled at them.

"Uhhh, Grant? Did tiny anamal speak to us? How did tinny inamal learn good speak?"

"Urg, shush. Tiny being says it knows where Snowball might be. Urm, did you say you knew where a dragon was?"

Elyria follows Rahkeshi and sneaks close enough to see the giants. Stealth:20 and tries to see what kind of giants they are. Perception:23

(Well, if you replace the word "foolish" with "gallant and self-sacrificing" then yes. Because it wasn't really clear where the giants were, sounded like they entered the clearing to me.)

(Yeah, that's on me. Should have made it more clear. You could see them from the clearing, but they didn't go through it)

Elyria notes the smushed features and dirty loincloth (which doesn't exactly cover everything) of the one called "urg" and notes this giant must be a Hill Giant while the other, taller, more chiseled features define the other, Grant, as a Stone Giant

If given the time Elyria would use a minor illusion to create a shrubbery concealing her position.

Hopefully, Aurelius' warhorse Lady has arrived by now. He will quietly mount, and guide her through the trees in the direction he saw Rakheshi disappear.  If he hears the giants talking, he will follow the sound, and attempt to get as close to Rakheshi as possible.

"Oh yes! I saw a dragon - a black one!  Is that what you are looking for?"  Rahkeshi continues speaking in Giant.   "It was near here, but it flew back toward the big mountain."

As she speaks, she keeps an eye on the pair, (despite any 'parts' showing!) and tries to keep a little distance.  She also identifies a direction that is relatively clear, leading away from the pair. (And keeps it in the back of her mind,  so she could go that way if by some chance visibly was poor.)