Kip will smile great big. "You dont say..." his tail writhing with a mind of it's own as he turns and yells to Ash. "We need to run quick! It sounds like they are this way!" He will say grabbing the halflings arm and pulling him further ahead.

 Penris watches the squirrelings with an amused smile on her face.  Poor Vanyel looked completely out of his element, as the furry things scampered around him.  Suddenly, something occurred to Penris.  "Oh!" she exclaimed excitedly.  "We are looking for another squirreling, our friend Kip.  Have any of you seen him?  He might be traveling with someone else?"  She looks at the squirrelings hopefully.

Kip and Ash, you look ahead, seeing the tall frame of Vanyel surrounded by numerous squirrelings; that are now covering the nearby area and wagon.

**We recognize him?**

"OH MY!! LOOK! LOOK!" Kip will say pointing looking to Ash and pointing at the bugbear. The squirreling would then take off in a sprint before leaping as high as he can and clinging to the face of the bugbear. "IT IS YOU! AT LONG LAST I FOUND YOU!" the excited squirreling would say, squeezing the bugbear with suprising strengh as his tail wraps around his shoulders like a fluffy boa constrictor.

(Hope described him to me so I am going for it!)

(You should be able to recognize him.)

As you have finally met each other; could everyone describe your characters?

KIP!

So this is kip. He mostly orange and red colored with a mix of grey on his belly and tip of his tail. He has a pair of daggers and a sling on his belt. He is wearing fairly common clothing with some hand made leather armor that was crafted by his wife that resembles a leather vest. He is well known in his community on the outskirts of town where he has spent the majority of his life living in his home carved into a huge tree living among other squirrlings. Kip is incredibly agile but also somewhat strong for someone of his size. He is normally slow to anger and quick to provide aid and hugs for anyone that needs it. He is a skilled hunter with his sling and while he carries a pair of daggers with him, they are primarily used more tools instead of weapons. The daggers are fairly ornate and were passed on to him by his father.

Ash is about 3 feet tall, he's slim with red hair and tanned skin. He's just wearing normal clothes and has no armor or weapons on him.  **lol**

(not even a blacksmithing hammer? AKA mace / light hammer?)

**Why would I take it with me when I'm not working? lol Its more fun this way. Maybe Torm will gift me Mjolnir**

(Yeah, I guess the difference is that Kip knew he was going on another quest again and said goodbye and left with his equipment so that is why he has more of his stuff :P )

Penris is a small halfling with long brown hair which she typically wears in a braid around her head.  She wears nondescript brown trousers with a (mostly) white tunic and brown vest.  Her boots are well worn, as is her belt, and her blue eyes sparkle with mischief. She pushes back the hood of her cloak as the others approach.

She sees Kip and Ash coming towards them and grabs for Mercury.  "Mercury, Vanyel!" she yells.  "It's them!  Oh my gosh, Kiiiiiippppp!  You're sooo cute!!! Even cuter than in my dreams!!!"  She rushes over towards the two newcomers and hugs Vanyel's leg while Kip hugs his face.  "I'm so glad we finally found you!"

Kip would drop from the bugbears face and wrap Penris in a hug, squeezing her tight and lifting her a teeny bit into the air. Kip and Penris stand about the same height but his tail towers over them both before encircling the two of them. "Hope told me you guys were nearby! This is incredible!" the squirreling will say excitedly.

Penris is just as excited as Kip and talks a mile a minute.  "Mercury, did you see?  It's Kip and Ash!! Finally!" She runs over to hug Ash as well.  "We've been looking for you for-ev-er!" she singsongs.  "Now that we're all together, we can figure out what to do next! Oh!! Kip? Ash?  Do you two have stones too?" She brings out her stone and shows it to Kip.  "What do your stones have on them?  Where do we go now?"  She takes a deep breath and begins to ready another volley of questions.

Vanyel is a 7' 9" Bugbear with huge muscles. His dark brown hair and skin often hide his totally black eyes that sit in his face like black holes. He is dressed in furs from creatures he had hunted and made a form of loincloth from. Most notable is his Greataxe that is almost as long as he is tall and the javelins that are stored on his back with crisscrossing leather straps.

Vanyel stands there awkwardly not used to any form of physical affection. He grumbled out a almost unintelligible grunt of greeting before watching the others awkwardly. 

"Kip... Ash... it's good to see you, finally. It's been a long time."

Mercury is a small Deep Gnome - stone coloured skin and bright green eyes that pierce through the darkness surrounding them. His hair is short brown, and he stands just below 4". He wears a green cloak which looks stained, and a leather sketch book hangs off his belt loops. His hands are scarred and he is missing two fingers from his left hand. No weapons are present, but some crackling purple energy is still shooting between his hands.

Mercury bows his head to Kip and Ash, trying to conceal a smirk.

Kip would nod and wave to Mercury and then look back to Penris. Trying to keep up with what she is saying he would pull out his stone that he had on the inside of his vest and hold it in his hand. "I found mine along a path filled with a whole bunch of stones that looked a lot like this one..." The squirreling would say with a smile. "I don't know where we go from here..." Scratching his fluffy chin. "I heard that there was a problem to the north... something hurting the forest.. but I am not sure if that has anything to do with what Hope wants... I mean... all of our gods.."

Vanyel hears that and no longer shows the awkwardness that he was just displaying. "I am here to protect all of you from dangers. Wherever you go I will go and protect you."