"Uuu, sleepy," Vivi complains grumpily as she drinks some of the soup with Luthok. "Bad Seven."

"Oy, I'm mighty sorry about that," Fungustus apologies to Garamon. In the backdrop, Wedge is rebuilding the tents. "I'unno what came over me."

"Yes, well, next time you feel like blowing bubbles, you must bury that feeling deep down inside and wait until no one is looking," Sir Garamon lectures. "That's what I do!"

Meanwhile... 

The dirt Dyoken found was loosened, flat, and had a pretty particular smell. He had carried Seven and, not in a weird way at all, got a whiff of her scent. DK points this out to Muireach, and together they manage to find, just faintly, a set of her footsteps. Most of them are well obscured, but they weren't a match for DK's tracking expertise.

"Life is like a hurricane," remarks Merrick to nobody in particular, after the disintegration of the dust devil. He then puts his silver duck statue away. "Duck tales, whoo hoo!"

"I'm telling you it's perfectly normal to pick up a woman's scent..." Dyoken tells Muireach as the start to follow the tracks.

"Rite ye are, skin'n'bones. Fungustus, what was 'at? Blowin bubbles left n' right ain't right u'kno!" Luthok pats his hand on the ground by him and invites his fungi friend to sit by his side.

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"I'm telling you it's perfectly normal to pick up a woman's scent..." Dyoken tells Muireach as the start to follow the tracks.

 “Excellent work, my sharp-nosed friend! Seven will not escape us this time!” Muireach will follow.

"I heard a lady singin' in me head, old chum, innit strange?" Fungustus scratched his cap. "N for the record, I wasn't blowing no bubbles! That was my spore attack it was. Innit rude to make fun of another man's attack???"

"Merrick!" Sir Garamond exclaims at the kithkin's general direction, "that was amazing! You landed every single hit! Of course, I too, did such a thing, but I was incredibly impressed!!"

DK and Muireach press forward. One thrilled by the hunt, the other because he cannot help but believe in the power of friendship. It isn't long before they find some trails of blood, warm to the touch. Muireach recalls that he had managed to hit her with his sword beam, so the blood could be related to that. 

The soon find a very dim source of light ahead of the them. It seems to be a campsite surrounded by trees and brush. If you want to be steathly, a stealth roll would be required.

Stealth: 10

Muireach creeps along toward the camp, his curse requiring most of his concentration.

Dyoken skulks through the darkness (Stealth: 6 (adv. 16)) like a pro.

With their approach, DK and Muireach can hear a sickly wheezing coming from the camp. You both creep up to your own bushes for steath reasons, between both of you is a small path that shows you where Seven likely came into camp. With a sneek peek, you both spot Seven sitting near a covered fire pit.

The fire pit is completely covered by giant leaves and being tended to by what seems to you both to be tiny flower and twig people. They don't have your typical heads or limbs, but they mull about much like people do. There seem to be about 5 of them in total, as you spot a couple of them tending to a wound. It's a large gash that was covered up by bandages on her midriff. The little twig assistants undress this wound and appear to be cleaning it.

Aside from this, the only new thing you notice about Seven is that she wears an opaque face veil. That's when Muireach cannot help himself, and he... 

(Your choice. Twig snap or kingly outburst.)

“Seven. I made no jest when I said that we would settle this. Twice now you have run, it will not happen a third time.”

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"Merrick!" Sir Garamond exclaims at the kithkin's general direction, "that was amazing! You landed every single hit! Of course, I too, did such a thing, but I was incredibly impressed!!"

 
"Oh, thank you!" replies Merrick genuinely. "We make a good team. All we need is a pegasus and we'd make three amigos! Have you ever had an amigo? I think it's a rolled up flatbread with beans and cheese and meat. Really tasty and spicy. 

"Oh hey where are the others going? They're really loud aren't they? Muireach over there is funny, he's acting like he's trying to be quiet, all hunched over, but he's making a ton of noise. Maybe it's an ironic performance?

"HEY MUIREACH WHAT ARE YOU DOING OVER THERE??"

Luthok, you have a few options. You see Merrick and Garamon walking off after Muireach and DK. You can choose to follow or stay and protect Bigs and Wedge. Likewise, Vivi will do whatever you ask as well as Fungustus. They can stay behind and guard in your stead, if you would like, but Luthok will show up to this party a bit late.. well depending on how this goes.

For everyone else, Seven's eyes go wide as she jumps to her feet, but says nothing. In a flash, her bow is drawn. She seems to have noticed only Muireach, Merrick, and Garamon, who introduces himself, "Greetings, Seven! My name is Sir Garamon! Surrender now or prepare to fight!"

DK, you seem to go unnoticed. You have a feeling you might be able to sneak closer by going around. However, you notice that Seven's eyes look more like a wild animal's eyes. An animal that has been backed into a corner.

The wheezing is louder and seems to be coming from her. Her chest rises and falls, possibly panicking, and her bow materialises in her hand. However, she says nothing.

All the little plants seem to be starting directly at Garamon, Merrick, and Muireach.

Dyoken slips around to get closer. He's about to strike. Maybe the others can buy him time to get the drop on her.

Luthok sees the others march of and shakes his head. "Is there no working mans honour among these people?" He says to Bigs and Wedge. "Here we are, getting paid for protecting you guys and they run off chasing personal matters. Unbelievable. V, I suggest you stay here, it is you she is after, after all." 

(Luthok would probably stay behind for a bit longer, until the situation proves more dire.)

(Ok, so what exactly is everyone trying to do here? I know DK is wanting to get the jump on Seven. Otherwise, there is just a lot of staring going on. :O )

Do the plantlings seem alive to Muireach? Or simply like other constructs?

They seem alive to him. Maybe a Nature Check will say more.

Nature: 5

Muireach squints at the plants, judgingly.

Merrick is bored.

Everyone has been staring at each other for what seems like hours. In reality, it probably hasn't been more than a minute, but Merrick's brain warps time and space like the accretion disk of a black hole.

A bored kithkin is a very dangerous thing.