The Misadventures of the Missed Adventurers

[Jack Simth]

"Nice to meet you both, but are you sure he is called 'G'? He looks much more like a 'D'. Ah well, no matter. Nice to meet you, Narp and G. As for packing, I don't seem to have brought anything I wasn't wearing, except for my cot. Although, thinking about it, I will need my boots. Fortunately, I got a lot of practice in with that tag spell..."
"bottes viennent ici"
A pair of boots appear in Jack's hands, and he quickly puts them on, then rolls up his cot (funny - it doesn't seem to have been tied to anything)
"Well, I'm ready to go. G - do you need a hand packing up?"

[ June 06, 2003, 01:10: Message edited by: Jack Simth ]

[David E. Gervais]

ooc: I'm all ready and have a good post to make tomorrow morning, but I just wanted to clear up my character's name it's 'D as in (Dee) not G

no reply needed to this one, jus setting things straight.

Cheers!

[Jack Simth]

ooc: Yes, I know; that's why I mentioned it - but your character was introduced to mine as 'G' so my character can't call yours 'D' and still be in character until he is corrected by someone. Do you understand the dilemma?

[ June 06, 2003, 02:57: Message edited by: Jack Simth ]

[narf poit chez BOOM]

ooc:[for some reason i keep thinking your middle initial's g. for some reason, i also thought you where going by your middle initial. for some reason, i posted half-asleep.]
"woops, my memory's not so good in the morning. he's a D."

[David E. Gervais]

"Jack, narp got it wrong, my name is simply 'D (pronounced like the letter [Dee]). I'm not much for..."

As the three were exchanging introductions, the forest began to move. The pathway behind them slowly closed and the trees began herding them towards the river bank (if the river is still there that is)

"Heads up boys, it looks like someone wants us to move. Jack take the point, that way we will at least know if we have something to walk on."

As they approached the river bank, they notice that sure enough, there was no longer any water to splash up against the shore. All that was left was a rocky riverbed. With little choice the trio make their way accross the dry river.

"Look, a pathway is opening up leading to the mountain, and if I'm not mistaken 'that', (I point to the base of the mountain) is a cave entrance."

The small globe at the end of my staff begins to glow softly.

...

[Jack Simth]

"Sorry about the name confusion, D. Well, at least the cave is uphill from here. The riverbed dried up; it didn't dissapear, which means there is a good chance it was blocked upstream."
Taking the point, Jack heads towards the cave. True to his word, the clearing in the fog stays centered on Jack.
As the group approaches the cave enterance, a heavy wooden door covering can be seen, with a large silver knocker in the shape of a lion's head in the center.
"That's odd. Normally forming regions only produce natural formations. This door was fashioned."
"Détectez la magie"
As Jack's spell takes effect, very fine glowing red tendrils can be seen covering the door and especially the knocker, as well as blue tendrils on D's staff (and any other magic items D has exposed (other colors if D didn't make them, none if they have enchantment-hiding enchantments)), and green tendrils on Jack's rings and Jack's cot. After a brief moment, the glowing tendrils fade.
"Well, someone has definitely been by this area. Should we knock, or figure out what that enchantment does first?"

[Katchoo]

As the trio of humans approach the cave entrance, a lone wolf watches on from behind some tall grass.

Despite the changing of the world around, the scent of man remains. The wolf, with it's soft grey coat and odd ocean blue eyes, had watched the group come together at the patch of land near the water.

At first the wolf was going to sneak in and snatch a piece of meat from Narp's pack, but the arrival of the other 2 humans had forced a change of thought. The wolf was fully aware of the opinon of man towards animals and did not want to provoke a confrontation. Stealth was an animals greatest ally and key to endurance out among the trees.

So now the wolf lay still, watching these 3 and listening to their words. Quite often the wolf would wonder how the human world would react if they realized many of the animals out among the trees could comprehend their language. Fear would be the likely response, and the reason almost all of the animals capable of comprehending the complex human language kept this ability to themselves.

Silent. The wolf would remain silent. And watch. And understand.