Road to Phandalin

Nobody jumps up in surprise at the noise. If given a few seconds to think, he calms and says, "I don't know what you did Dain, but we might be expecting company soon." He holds a bit tighter to the crossbow in hand, and warily stares in the direction of the north. "Do we take cover for a shoot out using the furnace and b-belows? O-or are to meet them?" He asked of the others while edging himself more in the direction of cover at the very least.

"Yep, bugbears to the north." Dain says with a nod. "They spotted Sabastian, so I had to send him away." as he says this Dain has Sabastian appear next to him.

Otrov 

“How much time?  I could throw some more caltrops down if we now where they’re coming from.  I could climb up to the top of the furnace and lie in wait with The Prick,” Otrov offers.

If no objections, Otrov will scurry to the top and get settled. Stealth 6 

*lucky - 13 

"This room is too open for a fight Quick! Head down the dry waterway to the East. Otrov can use her caltrops and ballbearings to keep them at bay when we get in a narrower space." she heads that way only waiting for the group 

"Otrov come with us"

Otrov

Otrov goes with Margret as she asks and takes out her caltrops. I’m guessing she’ll spread them where Margret Dain and Nobody indicate. 
[are the rest following as well?  Kai et al?]

Dain sends Sabastian to watch the northern tunnel, not even sure the bugbears are coming this way. He does follow Margret, though he doesn't really know what she thinks is to the East, as they have not checkd that way out yet.

Roll me stealth and perception for Sebastian again please.

You follow the channel to a narrow ledge overlooking a large cavern that houses a surging, seething body of water. The rhythmic booming heard throughout the mines is louder here. At regular intervals, a fresh surge of water funnels into this chamber and slams against the wall just below the ledge. The echo suggests that this cave might be one arm of a much larger cavern to the northeast. There seams to be another streambed entering this cave 50 to 60 ft northwest of you and an exit out of this cave if you follow the ledge east.

Although just as equally as confused as Dain, Nobody daren't waste time questioning it in the heat of the moment. When the group are eventually facing narrow ledges and a great pool of water however, that's when the hesitation kind of dies away. "Okay, perhaps not the best idea, 'cause I don't think any of us fancy a swim!" He admits aloud before feverently looking down each of the paths. "Uh... Northwest! Maybe we can circle around'em, assuming they're headed for the furnace room?" He asked, but would ultimately follow whichever direction the others decide to go from there, silently praying to Oghma for guidance on the others behalf

"Maybe that'll work but send your familiar to warn Kai, Zurzg and Gundren, we've been spotted."

(I suppose we're relying on Otrov's lantern)

Sabastian stealth: 8 and perception: 6

He is not trying to keep hidden as much as just watching the path into the chamber to see if the bugbear actually is coming that way. He is not going down the tunnel again, nor towards the bugbear.

Nobody furrows his brows for a second, then nods and sends Karasym off. Although its initial progress will be sluggish, as it keeps high and tries to avoid being noticed for the first leg of the trip.

Karasym's Stealth: 14.

"After you then?" He asked Margaret, gesturing again to the streambed.

"I reckon, but even I can see your snake if he's trying to hide"

She tell Marco to drop the skull on the forge then she puts him in a pocked dimension 

ooc is the light still going on in the forge room?

Otrov

"Do you want me to creep ahead?  I can be good bait if you'd like.  Plus, I can't see anything without my lantern.  Do we know this bugbear is coming?  Anyone know anything about them?  Do they travel alone often?  How likely is it that it's a scout?  As long as we can get them to come through one way to us, we can make a bit of a slaughter out of it."  Otrov grins wickedly at the prospect of pincushioning a giant, furry bugbear, wondering if it is a true mix of a bear and a bug...

Dain: Sebastian is watching the forge and the tunnel where he encountered the bugbear. The bugbear is not following you, but you think you see some movement at the corner of the tunnel, maybe he is still there watching.

Nobody , Karasym can return back to Gundren and Kai, but it is to far away for communication.

You try to sneak along the ledge north west to the dried out river bed? Could those with darkvision (Nobody and Dain please give me a perception check please.)

Dain perception: 9 Guidance: 3

(That's fine. Since I don't think we actually established some sort of flying pattern or code for warning the group anyhow, he'd give him the secret standing orders of moving up to the connection limit, and staying just within it, but out of sight of the group until Nobody bids him otherwise).

To Margret, Nobody replied in almost exasperation, "He'll be fine once in the darkness of the other areas. Let's focus on one thing at a time." As for Otrov, there were just one too many questions to field, so he didn't bother trying in favor of focusing on keeping an eye on the way ahead beyond whatever light the other duo required at the moment.

Perception: 14.

Emphasis on the 'try' part. But after a bit, he breaks down and without looking at the halfling says, "No, no, no, yes, sometimes, likely." The rest he'd leave her to figure out which was in response to what.

Otrov

Otrov beams a big smile at Nobody acknowledging her questions, and counts his answers on her fingers to make sure he gave an answer for everything.  "I like you.  You're nice, Nobody.  Don't die!"  She'll skip off to where Margret is to share her lantern.

Dain, you notice a large patch of oddly disturbed water ahead near the ledge to the north, sometimes the weaves go faster, then slower within that area. It is an area of around 10 ft in diameter.