The Bounders STORY

"We have light and we have tracks to follow, we should continue along, keeping our eyes open for any, dangers."

Bram keeps his eyes out for danger as the group follows the tracks.

Perception check for Bram: 10

Perception check (hearing) for Xandar: 21

Bram: Between you and Xander, you manage to avoid several things over the next few hours. Dark shifting forms that blend into the rocks as soon as you notice them and sounds of shuffling from adjacent crevices and caves. Each time, you stop the group until the danger passes, or navigate them around it. 

Eventually, the sky has blackened completely, shadows crushing in on all sides. It's almost a similar feeling to being in the pitch black mine tunnels. While the tracks continue, there are no signs of ruins. Shall you push on through the night, or find a place to make camp?

"Is anyone else getting tired? With all this darkness, I'm finding it hard to tell what time of day it is."

"Do you think we should stop and take some rest?"

Bram looks at the faces of his friends, lit only by the light of Ospos ghostly dancing lights.

"I would agree, we've been travelling for many hours. It may also be more dangerous travelling when it is this dark, as our lights and noises might be more easily noticed."

Ospos pulls out the Tiny Hut stone given as bounder equipment and asks, "So, is this thing a one time use, or can it be used over and over?"

"It can be used more than once, if I remember correctly. The only stipulation is that we're only able to use it once every 24 hours."

Ospos grins, "Then lets find a place and see how this works!"

(Use the tiny hut.)

Bram grins along with with Ospos, excited to see how it works.

"I think Liafial is right." Clermar states as he takes off his overstuffed pack for the night. "I ain't all that tired, so I can take this first watch if no one minds."

Breaking a rather long period of silence from his side, Nean speaks up for the shifts. "Sure thing, I'll do the second one."

It's not too hard to find a big enough nook in the rocky cliffs next to the trail. Pulling the small stone tent out from the pack, Ospos focuses on the magical device. Within a moment, there is a pale translucent bubble growing from the object, engulfing Ospos and anyone standing next to him. It seems to shift and then settle, becoming opaque from the outside.

"Ok, that's fun. So we just hide inside?"

Bram step fully inside, and looks out, before stepping outside and looking back in.

"You can see out, from inside, but you can't see in, from outside, that's a great trick."

Bram starts to set out his bed inside the dome, before talking to his familiar,

"Xandar, could I get you to help the others during their watch?"

"Hmm? No, you don't have to fly around, just find a nice spot to rest inside the dome and keep your ears open for anything."

"Just wake me if something approaches."

Bram pats Xandar gently,

"Hmm? Yes, you can hunt for bugs if you like, just don't make too much noise."

Xandar fly's off to hunt for bugs nearby.

Ospos lazily avoids volunteering for any watches.  He puts down the haversack, sets himself up to sleep and then spends quite a bit of time grooming his clothes and himself before laying down to sleep.

1st watch perception: 22

(Ok, I'll need a perception check from Clermar, Nean, Xandar, and 2 checks from Liafial)

Xandar: Perception hearing check (advantage for hearing): 10

(I'm gonna go ahead and move y'all along)

You all remain safe in your magical bubble, sleeping well though not as comfortably as the night before. Xandar hears several things throughout the course of the night: footsteps, scratching, and unintelligible mutterings right next to your shelter. It's difficult for him to make out more than vague forms in the inky darkness, but none of the visitors remain nearby as the sky brightens to a dim grey. It seems there'll be no warm rays of sun this dawn, and you now understand why Willeren seemed so happy with the paltry light yesterday. The day lays ahead of you, as does this rocky path, no clue as to how far away your destination lies.

Bram gets up and stretches

"Aaahhhh. Morning everyone, ready for another day trudging through the dark?"

Bram smiles.

Getting out some of his travel rations, Bram casts Prestidigitation to improve the flavour and then has breakfast.

"So Ava, you've been a bounder for long time right? Have you travelled to a lot of different worlds in your time?"

Ava wakes up around the same time as the others, getting out her stored rations for breakfast

"Not exactly, to be honest. Most of my travels have consisted of planes that are in proximity to Elysium, like Mount Celestia and Arborea. I would say that I've been rather lucky in my assignments, as almost all of them have been peaceful and without incident."

"So Elysium, Mount Celestia and Arborea, are they nice places?"

"I would think, if you are from there, that they probably glow, like your skin sometimes does, but I wouldn't want to assume."

Bram feeds a little of his rations to Xandar, who is sitting on his shoulder watching everyone.