Început de Shadowdancer, Mie 27 dec 2006 · 326 răspunsuri · 41.623 vizualizări
Drogo was slowly getting over his panic at the thought of the ra'azacs. He kept muttering under his breath and every once in while one could here "Darn Half'Elf". He was putting his cooking stuff in his bag and going over in his mind, hoping he didn't leave anything behind. Finally, he tucked his spices in his belt and went over to Angy with half a garlic.
"Here. This is left. Better keep it safe." He smiled.
She took the garlic smiling.
" Yeah , I will keep it safe." She gave him a wink and said : "You should be braver , there's no use to feel fear.... and..." she continued in a hushed tone , that only Drogo could hear her " don't let this guy to mess with you...."
Drogo blushed. "Gee... thanks." He fumbled around with his belt pouch. "Well... I hope there will be no more sightings of those beasts... or of any other beasts, for that matter".
"But there will be , believe me..there will be"
Rissa unpacked her clothing, just to make sure they are ok (last day were wet, and wet packed clothes don't dry easily). However, they were OK. She swinged her sword a few times then, making fire traces in the air. "All seems to be all-clear here" she said. Ias (and maybe the others) were left to believe this is her morning waking habbit.
"Well, I'm asure it's about to get worse... SureFire..." The horse read the name of the sword. Now he realised just about what sword Rissa may be after, as she had talked previously, at the inn and along the way...
After packing all his stuff, the barbarian made for the deeper woods in search of animals to hunt. It didn't take him long to find something. In a small clearing sevaral deer were looking for food beneath the snow. He positioned himslef downwind to avoid being detected by them. He sat quietly and looked at them to pick the best one. Then he slowly pulled a long slender knife from his pack. Aiming with care he threw it at the deer which froze. Then knife punctured the heart killing it instantly. The other ones ran off but one was more than enough, compared to those rabbits the day before anyway. Duro'than walked up to the deer, got the knife out and picked it up. The cold would preserve it well for the day but it would have to be butchered soon. Carrying the deer he starte walking north making his way for the trail. When he reached the trail he saw Thorn coming towards him.
"Busy already?" He grinned for a few seconds before turning earnest.
"We might have company today. There are those weird tracks ahead again. I was coming for Rissa, she might tell whether it's the same fellow that got Ronin or another of his kind. Am still puzzled as to what the thing actually is."
Rissa heard her help was needed and leaving her clothes alone, a shelter under the woods, she went to see what the traces were about. She couldn catch a foreign scent, but not specific enough to tell what creature is. Or if it was, she didn't know it yet.
"My bet is that this is not the same creature... and it was quite a while ago, in the night. If it didn't use the camouflage f night like Ias... I believe he could tell us if he saw anything. Though... you all were awake..."
It is hard to make up so fast for a lost night, atleast for a slow-moving unit as Ias (he had speed too, but why hurry right now?). Indeed, whatever was, it was very possible to misscalculate their numbers... since the horse's cloak granted him perfect shadow melt.
Thorn looked at the tracks. "Whatever it was... it knew darn well where we were. Look, it came basically from the same direction, but made a large enough circle around the grove we camped in, so as not to... disturb us. I doubt it was out of politeness", he smirked. "And I also doubt it wanted to show us the way to Shilmista... though it headed straight for it." He sighed. "Well... we might just as well follow."
"Well... Ias?" Rissa asked.
"I did see something, but I said before, it didn't see me - even though it may know of another presence - and such, we still have an advantage. I do know it's paws were shiny white, but they were covered in snow, so they have't betrayed their master. However, it was tall and surelly had more than just two hands. I just know it - how else could it hold two long swords up and still be able to move through the snow withouth falling, making noise, or going past the trees with no metal noise at all?"
"Anything else?"
"Her eyes were blue... and she had feline paces".
Rissa looked a second time at the tracks. And then compared those to her own legs, and then took a close look at Angy's legs. " These are cat traces indeed. But a larger feline animal, very large and biped... and silent also. You said multiple hands? Hm... I think I might know what creature that mage sent after us... I never met one... But I have learned about it at my magic school and seen pictures. The scent is foreign... with all this... I may be able to make a guess".
The unwanted guest proved perfect cunning and good senses through the dark. Ias also believed that they were thinking at the same thing...