((since it's been about a day))

Kwisatz continues "...I'm sure you'll be fine here, if you're sure you wont need us to escort you back. We are actually off to talk with some dwarves as well. Dragons have long been a curiosity of mine, so I'm conducting a bit of research to learn all I can. The rest here have been very helpful at allowing me to gain access to some amazing information. Also, I'm sure your potions are top quality, a friend of mine used to brew his own as well, a very fun hobby, but unfortunately, at the moment, I'm a bit light on funds. Thank you for the offer. And if you need anything feel free to contact us in town."

((I guess we can start to move on?))

"Am ha a bit of solv coin," Andrømeda mutters, pulling out a small coin-purse. "How much are dun healin potions?"

Looking at Kwisatz, first, Adabra says, "I know I've said it a few times, but I do appreciate you coming out this way to tell me about the dragon. If you're going to be in town for a bit, then feel free to hollar at me. I owe you all a round of drinks, anyway, I think. Just yell if you need me. And," looking over at Andrømeda, she continues, "the healing potions are 50 gold, each."

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Andrømeda looks at Adabra, then back at her coin-purse, then back at Adabra, cocking her head to the side and flicking her fingers, clearly doing math, before pouting a bit again and silently going to stand near Sael.

Adabra insight check to see if she picks up on Andrømeda's body language: 4.

Adabra just says to Andrømeda, "Is everything alright, darlin'?"

Huffing a breath at her bangs, Andrømeda shrugs one shoulder. "Am'm alright, but me blod was opp for a fight, and am don't ha enough solv for a potion. Den's been a disappointing day so lang, er, far, am meaning."

"Ah. I see. Well, that's alright. Next time, then." After a moment she goes on, "Now, I don't want to come across as ungrateful, but I really must get back to work."

Putting this scroll safely in his bag, as they start heading for the door, Kwisatz asks "What type of work do you do out here anyway?"

"I maintain the windmill, farm for my own sustenance and to sell in town from time to time, make health potions, and I'm Phandelin's midwife."

"Sounds very peaceful." Kwisatz says, adding "Stay safe out here!"

On the way out he again sends Duncan up to scout the road a bit ahead towards the dwarves, and also to keep an eye out for the Chimera. perception 8

"Thanks," she says.

With that, Duncan flies off to scout and reports nothing of interest. So, the party heads off in a south-southwest direction towards the heaven dwarven excavation location.

If there anything that anyone wants to be doing over the course of the 5-6 hour walk?

Andrømeda plays some simple tunes on her lute as they travel, enjoying an opportunity to try and entertain her new friends while staying in practice, and pesters Sael about what a midwife is, having never heard that someone could only be half a wife before.

The countryside in this northwestern corner of Faerûn is beautiful. It has open fields and rolling hills at the bottom of the Sword Mountains. There are a lot of evergreen trees whenever there are trees with a few hardwood oaks interspersed every so often. About 3 hours into your journey the path you're on transitions from wide open hilly grasslands to craggy mountain base with gradually more and more trees. At about 3 and a half hours, you find the beginning of the canyon that you're looking for and you head in. 

A couple of hours later, the canyon’s rocky walls rise to a height of eighty feet. At the end of the canyon, a twenty-foot-high wall of black stone has a broken gate carved into it, with one stone door hanging precariously by a hinge and the other door missing. Beyond this open gate, in the shadow of a great mountain to the east, lies a ruined settlement. All is quiet.

The entrance to the excavation site is on the southwest side of the map. The canyon floor is strewn with rubble and bereft of vegetation except for a few tough, scraggly weeds.

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"Ah. I see. Well, that's alright. Next time, then." After a moment she goes on, "Now, I don't want to come across as ungrateful, but I really must get back to work."

Sael rolls her eyes, hands Adabra 100 gold, signs with her fingers "2", and hands a potion to Andrømeda.

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Andrømeda plays some simple tunes on her lute as they travel, enjoying an opportunity to try and entertain her new friends while staying in practice, and pesters Sael about what a midwife is, having never heard that someone could only be half a wife before.

Sael says to Andrømeda "Midwife is just from an old language.  It means they stay with the woman, particularly when they're giving birth.  She's not really half of a wife, unless you're into that sort of thing I suppose."

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"Ah. I see. Well, that's alright. Next time, then." After a moment she goes on, "Now, I don't want to come across as ungrateful, but I really must get back to work."

 

Sael rolls her eyes, hands Adabra 100 gold, signs with her fingers "2", and hands a potion to Andrømeda.

Andrømeda takes the potion reverently, storing it in their pack before before turning and placing her hands on Sael's shoulders, voice low and solemn, enunciating as clearly as she can, "I vill remember tiss kindness, alvays."

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Andrømeda plays some simple tunes on her lute as they travel, enjoying an opportunity to try and entertain her new friends while staying in practice, and pesters Sael about what a midwife is, having never heard that someone could only be half a wife before.

 

Sael says to Andrømeda "Midwife is just from an old language.  It means they stay with the woman, particularly when they're giving birth.  She's not really half of a wife, unless you're into that sort of thing I suppose."

Andrømeda listens carefully to her words before giving a frustrated tug at her ponytail. "Am ha enough trouble speakin the tongues am've learnt. Scarce net all these twisty vords making den vorse."

Looking up to the cave Kwisatz says "Seems rather quiet for a dwarven cave no? Though I will admit I haven't met many dwarves... the few I have tended to be rather... boisterous..."

((Before we go any further, I forgot to mention that everyone gets to level up to level 3.))

For the sake of  time, I'll roll a Perception check for everyone:

• Andrømeda: 11
• Kwisatz: 11
• Oban: 5
• Rush: 18
• Sael: 19

Sael and Andrømeda can hear the faintest whisper of what sounds like mumbled talking beyond the giant gates ahead.

Sael's ears perk up.  "Shh... you hear that?" Her eyes dart in the direction of the sound.  She inclines her head towards the sound of mumbled talking in a gesture for everyone else to listen.  "Sounds like whispering...mumbled, I can't quite make out the words."