Insight: 14

Vishal steps out of the trees. His routine calming smile on his face as he says, "Enough to keep you safe. You understand why we're being so cautious. So....care to tell me why you've decided to come here and leave since....well you're a part of their miliary." 

"Yeah," Lanan says flatly, tensing slightly as the kalashtar steps out of the trees. He takes several deep breaths before continuing. "I understand why you're being cautious. But unless you're planning on staying in trees the whole trip, I don't see the point in keeping your numbers a secret now." He shrugs. "But have it your way. And I 'decided' to leave because my psychic indoctrination didn't take during basic training and I had qualms about killing a child during a raid."

Vishal continues to smile as he says, "We will. Thank you for understanding. And we're happy to help escort you and....well I guess you can keep yourself safe but we'll offer you our protection as well." 

Unseen up in the trees, Taran flinches. Words rumble within him, swirling in his gut.

He has to let some of them out. "W-We want t-t-to make sh-sure everyone a-a-arrives safe," he calls out, "the-the-the less time we c-can be seen t-together, the safer... the safer everyone should be."

Taran takes a deep, steadying breath, focusing on the present. "Once, e-everyone is gathered. We'll m-meet and head out."

"Great," Lanan says, giving no hint of his opinion of your group's protection, his face and voice remaining cautious and reserved. "So how many more people are you expecting, if you don't mind me asking?"

"Th-Three."  Taran responds, "We are expecting three more." 

Lanan nods. "Okay, ah...what should I do now?"

Juhaan

Moving out of cover, again, he shows himself to Lanan. "Come over here, out of the road while we wait for the others. Any questions you may have feel free to ask, we're here to help and to guide you back in safety." This time Juhaan remains out in the open trying to determine incoming travelers. "I'm counting on you guys having my back" he says to the side, where the others are hiding

"Of course, Mr. Juhaan. I-I won't let anything happen to you." Taran pipes up from his cover in the tree.

Lanan nods and lets Juhaan get him into a hiding spot as those of you hiding go back to your spots.

Druhdaar:

 Nearly half an hour later, Juhaan spots two more people coming down the road, one about the size of an adult, while the other is much smaller and sticking close to the bigger person. As they come closer, their features become clearer, revealing a light skinned man with brown hair and a girl with light skin and black hair in a braid. The man nods at Juhaan as they draw closer. "Reztai. I'm Sulaan." He subtly places himself in between the clearing and the girl.

Juhaan

"Avai, Sulaan. We've been expecting you". He crouches so that he is on the same level as the little girl "Hi there. little one. My name is Juhaan. What's yours?"

The girl blinks at Juhaan, brown eyes wide, and doesn't say anything.

"She hasn't spoken the entire trip," Sulaan explains briefly, also crouching as he gives the girl, who can't be more than six or seven, a reassuring look. "This is Shiazala."

Insight: Unable to parse dice roll.

Vishal, from his hiding spot, is carefully watching the two new arrivals and attempting to get read on them and what’s happening before he makes his next move.

Vishal (And anybody else who gets a 15+):

Anybody who gets below a 15 doesn't get much of a read of them other than the fact that Sulaan is protective of Shiazala.

Juhaan

Insight: 18

"Nice to meet you Shiazala" Juhaan says "Let's get you both some food and water" he says, leading them to the hiding spot

Vishal keeping up routine. Starts the ten minute process of ritually casting Detect Magic to make sure there is no magical trickery happening with these two. 

 As Taran gets back to his hiding spot - after Sulaan and Shiazala have been taken to the rest of the group - he notices the small sparrow he caught earlier doing hectic loops around his head, as if it was trying to get his attention. After a few moments it becomes obvious to the young tracker that the bird is doing what it can to direct the boy's attention towards Druhdaar's hide-out, out in the clearing underneath the roots of one of the bigger trees. As Taran peeks at the spot, he thinks he can detect a little piece of the turf covering the ground bristling and quivering, and soon a small opening reveals Druhdaar's shaggy head and upper torso carefully emerging from their makeshift camouflage.

 The big druid seems to be waving at him, calling him over.

** OOC: if Vishal is about at that point, he might be able to hear the rustling of the leaves and bushes covering Druhd's hiding spot and maybe then witness the same thing (up to DM).**

Seeing the small bird trying to get his attention, Taran tries sneaking down to Druhdaar's hiding place.

6 on my stealth.

"Mr. Druhdaar?" The teen whispers into the hollow beneath the tree, "I-is everything all right? Are you okay?"

Vishal:

 Sulaan and Shiazala follow Juhaan to a hiding spot.

Seeing the bird Vishal comes over and quietly says, "What's up?"