Rush looks at Andromeda. “I’ll talk to him.”

Rush will follow after Al. “Hold up there. Firstly, I think I got something that belongs to you. A mithril shirt.”

"Welp," says Sael, picking up the Orc's head, "here's some more gold for the party."  She shakes the head a little.  "Shall we head back?"

Kwisatz winces a bit as Al decapitates the orc. Though he's seen his share of blood in the last week, he still isn't a fan, and would rather focus on learning all he can. He turns to the farmer and asks "Did the dragon attack here? That would explain the ice... Did you see it?"

Big Al looks at Rush, "I'll tell you what - you and your party find me my Petunia, and you can keep it."

((I'm assuming Kwisatz also followed Big Al downstairs?))

Big Al looks to Kwisatz and says, "I haven't seen any dragon. There was a commotion a few days ago?...a week? How long was I down there? I don't know. I heard a commotion, but I have no idea what it was about. Why do you ask?"

(Note that Big Al hasn't seen his farm, yet. He has no idea that it's partially covered in ice.)

Rush looks at Al with sympathy. “Something tells me your cow is gone. That said, I’ll at least try.“

”How did you come by this?” He holds up the mithril again, starting to put it on.

"That old piece is from my sheriff days," he says. "It was a long time ago. In truth, I don't have much use for it anymore. With the exception of those orcs, I haven't seen violence since I retired."

After packing up the Orc's head, Sael turns to Andrømeda and asks, "Want to head out and set all those Orc remains on fire?  Or keep a head or two?  It'll pay for drink."

Andrømeda looks at Sael for a bit, sighing. "Let de man do vhat he vants vith de corpses. Vi can take vhat's useful." She walks over, undoing the ropes still around the body to return to Rush, and lifts it over her shoulder with a grunt, following the Tiefling. "Am vil shed no tears over his death, and Am do, truly, understand de rage, but dir vas no honor or vorth in any of vhat happened here."

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Big Al looks to Kwisatz and says, "I haven't seen any dragon. There was a commotion a few days ago?...a week? How long was I down there? I don't know. I heard a commotion, but I have no idea what it was about. Why do you ask?"

 "It's amazing you survived through all that. We came at request of the Townmaster of Phandalin who heard of the orc attack, but when we got here... well... please take a look outside." He then would show Al what remains of the ice on the ground. "Before we'd come here, we'd actually been warning others around the North of a dragon. Though we haven't had sight of it yet..." Kwisatz seems a bit disappointed when saying this "... it seems to be very active. And I can think of no other reason for large streaks of ice like those."

((how much work did the Servant get done burring and moving corpses?))

Looking to his companion, Kwisatz says "I'm not one for collecting heads... though if there is value in them it could be worth it I suppose." He then thinks for a second, taps his hat, and says "Though burning bodies requires a large fire, I may be able to conjure up something."

((The servant will have collected all of the orc bodies into a pile and he got all of the ranch hand graves dug.))

Looking at the I've streaks out over his property is tough for Big Al. He makes a heavy sigh. "It's going to be okay. I'll rebuild." Then, looking to make direct eye contact with Kwisatz, he says, "But, I will need my cow. One of you said that you passed her on the way here? Would you go back and get her so I can start cleaning things up here? If you agree, then I will be in a good spot to rebuild."

Looking to the group Kwisatz says "We aren't in a rush correct? Do you remember where the cow was seen?" Then replying to Al directly, "We did also pass some horses that had your brand on them. Though they'd been spooked and wouldn't approach us."

Asking the question of the cow, Duncan CAWs and sends a mental image of the cow that he'd seen to Kwiz who quickly remembers the general area it had been at. He reminds the group, and picks up his pack ready to find it and return as quickly as possible.

Roll d6's for Kwisatz until you roll a 6. However many times you rolled will be how many hours it takes you to search for and find Petunia.

Andrømeda, having followed Sael downstairs, walks over and tosses the headless corpse of the Orc on the pile with the rest of them, poking through the pile of corpses to see if there is anything of use(Investigation: 11 ) before walking back to where Kwisatz and the others are and handing Rush his rope back.

Kwisatz sends Duncan up, and attempts to lead the party to find the cow, hoping she hadn't moved far from where she'd been seen last.

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Andrømeda, having followed Sael downstairs, walks over and tosses the headless corpse of the Orc on the pile with the rest of them, poking through the pile of corpses to see if there is anything of use(Investigation: 11 ) before walking back to where Kwisatz and the others are and handing Rush his rope back.

Andrømeda doesn't find anything useful. All of the armor is worn down hide armor. All of the weapons are very used and even rusting. They didn't have any gold or anything on them, either. 

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Kwisatz sends Duncan up, and attempts to lead the party to find the cow, hoping she hadn't moved far from where she'd been seen last.

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It takes you 6 hours of searching, but you do find Petunia. She had actually moved considerably closer to the ranch than when you first found her, so you ended up passing her initially before deciding to start heading back towards the ranch. And, that's when you found her. She is, once again, about 100 yards off of Triboar Trail, grazing in the fields. 

Kiwsatz, go ahead and roll animal handling. 

Sael looks at Andrømeda.  "What are you searching for?  I can tell you now, the only thing worthwhile on them is their skulls.  Their teeth might catch a coin, depending on the right buyer, but only the skull will get you much." She looks around.  "We might want to be quick about it."

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Kiwsatz, go ahead and roll animal handling. 

 Kwisatz impatiently approaches Petunia after having taken half the day to find her, and will attempt to lead her back to the farm.

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Sael looks at Andrømeda.  "What are you searching for?  I can tell you now, the only thing worthwhile on them is their skulls.  Their teeth might catch a coin, depending on the right buyer, but only the skull will get you much." She looks around.  "We might want to be quick about it."

Okay...lol. Roll a d6. That will determine how many skulls you can get. The DC to remove an orc head is like... a 2, so you'll take 10 on that. No biggie. Also, I think Sael would know that she will need to skin the heads down to the bone and let the sun bleach them out before she would be able to sell them. So, it'll be a process that will take a few weeks, at least. 

((In my wonderful home state of FL, people who catch/kill gators will take their heads and place them on the roofs of their houses to let the sun dry out the skin, eyes, brains, etc. and to let the ants, birds, and whatnot eat off all of the flesh. Those skulls are bare within 2 weeks or so.))

Andrømeda, using her ability to speak with animals approaches Petunia, pushing thoughts of peace, home, and safety to her, letting her know she can follow them back to the ranch. (rolling with advantage, from either the spell if that works for the narrative, or using the inspiration that I have and keep forgetting to use: 18 )