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Chapter Two: A Journey Ahead(Group 1)

Chapter Two: A Journey Ahead.
The third day of Tarshak, 1409; The Year of True Omens

With new mounts chosen, the group stored their items up on the horses and saddles up. The farmer gave them some tips for riding as well as giving them a fond farewell, the group began the journey.

Qarateb, Elbryan, and Blooms all three decided that tracking the orcs would be the best use of their time and set off to the east, intent on picking up the trail of the Orcs near the High Forest, the last known location of the band. Elbryan promised to return for Torrim and the others if they were able to locate the Orcs.

With the small group now several minutes out of sight, it was time for the group to decide what would be next.

oocWelcome to Chapter Two! Please check the XP thread for the end of Chapter 1 bonus. right now we have to decide where/what is next. We have the following options available:
  • Visit the Chicken lady for more vacuums, or to complete the missing chicken quest.
  • Head two Waterdeep to accept the escort job
  • Return to Scarfell
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Old Jun 4th, 2021, 06:05 PM
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As several of the group decide to head out on their own to track down the band of orcs, Ken looked over at Small and asked, "There is an escort job over in Waterdeep I am planning on taking. You want to come, Small?"

Looking at the others, he adds, "Of course you guys are all welcome to come along as well. I am sure they have plenty of room for all of us."

Looking up at the sky, it was still early morning. Trying to calculate how long it would take to get to Waterdeep, Ken added, "Before we head to Waterdeep, I would like to stop by the Chicken Lady's farm to pick up a few of those vacuums. Since we are going to be rubbing elbows with some nobles, we might actually find some royals who would be willing to buy them."




 

 

 

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Gyri rode along, quite happy with the way things had turned out. She had a beautiful mount, it was a nice day...

She saw three of the group take their leave, and before anyone could lament about it, Ken piped up that he was going to go on another one of the places that had been brought to their attention.

"I'll go with you Ken, to Waterdeep. I'd like to get going in that direction, without delay, but I must say I am curious to see one of these... Vah-Qooms."

 
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"Small is not sure he understands what Ken wants to do. None of these jobs made much sense to him. Hunt and kill things that threaten families, that made sense. Hunt to eat, sure. Hunt to return these chickens to a farm to eat later, ok. But what is point of riding away from adventures back to a big city where everything is protected by guards to ride along with people who are too weak to protect themselves. These are not hatchlings. Shouldn't we let them be killed and eaten and improve the race?

Still, if you think this is what we should do to grow bigger Ken, I will go with you. The world outside the swamps is a very strange place to Small. "


Small just put the sucking things out of his mind. They made so little sense they were almost random background noise.

 





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It still weighed heavily on the dwarf's thoughts that he had not gone with the others in search of the orcs. He knew they would be able to track and cover ground faster than him, but it made him feel like he was doing nothing. He had threatened the three several times that they had better come find him once they learned anything. All he could do now was wait, something Torrim generally failed miserably at.

He was still astride his pony (which, admittedly, he was surprised about) and had been grumbling most of the time since leaving the farm, when Ken declared his intention to head to Waterdeep.

Escort job? Always the possibility that someone might be foolish enough and try and attack whomever or whatever they were protecting. That would at least be mildly entertaining.

"Alright ken, I'll go with ye ta Waterdeep. Just know that I intend on setting out as soon as I hear word o' tha orcs. Escort job or nae."



 

 
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No one in the group seemed to put up too much of an argument into going to visit the chicken lady. So the course was changed from the south westerly direction, to nearly due west. The four hour ride was easy, aside from minor scuffled with each of your mounts as rider and horse began to process of getting to know each other and bond. Torrim’s pony had an especially strong will; showing that it was every bit as bull headed as the dwarf upon its back.

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Eventually as the four hour drew to an end, the group came across the small unnamed woods in which Maud had described to Ken, and found what looked to be an abandoned hut surrounded by trees that seemed to drink in the midday sunlight; giving the place an ominous feeling.

When you try to get the horses to approach the hut, they begin to snort, toss their heads about and stamp their feet. However, you find that as you dismount they begin to visibly calm. Leading the beast by the reigns, you soon find that the ground is quite soft and would not have likely been easy to ride over.

Nearing the hut, you hear a soft humming coming from around back, and when you turn the corner you see a old woman sitting on a stump with a gnarled staff in her lap. Holding a lantern up to get a better view of the group she gives you all a crooked smile. ”Welcome, welcome. Have you come to find my chickens?”
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As he walked over towards the old woman, Ken smiled as he pulled out one of the raptors from his pack and showed it to her asking, "Howdy. We just came from a ranch that had a problem with some demon chickens and was wondering if these are the ones you are looking for? Because if they are, I am sorry to inform you that they almost killed one of us and we had to put them down."




If the raptors were not the chickens the old woman was talking about, Ken will ask, "We might be able to help you, but we were about to head out of town for a while. I was actually hoping to talk to you about your magical floor suckers that Maud had in town and whether or not you had any more? Where we are going, I am sure there will be people interested in your wonderful devices."



 

 

 
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Small decided to let Kenjitsu do the talking. Instead, he took Insight, Perception, or Survival, whichever you think most appropriate for a chicken check =23.a careful look at the grounds around the cabin. If this lady had indeed had a herd of the raptors, there would be tracks, scratching on the trees, dung. If they were normal chickens, traces of them would be there instead.

 





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Gyri dismounted and moved forward. She put her javelin away and carried her shield in her free hand whilst the other led her mount.

Unsure if they were staying, she didn't remove any gear from her mount as she found a post or tree within sight of the old woman to tie the reins to.

She too let Ken take the lead here, though she hoped just the look and dress of her showed they were formidable in the event the old woman turned out to be a Hag or a Vampire. She paused, making sure she hadn't said this out loud, and confirming she hadn't, just waited, though her hand was on her warhammer just in case.

 
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"Get a move on ye stupid beast!", Torrim shouted for the umpteenth time as his pony decided it was going to stop walking and begin eating whatever grass and weeds it could find along the way.

"I'm nae against having roast pony for dinner, ye harebrained ninny," he continued to shout. This continued for most of the way as the group traveled to the destination that Ken had elected.

As they drew closer to their destination, Torrim's pony began to snort and shake its head.

"Aye, I'm with ye on this one. Something's nae right here."

As they approached the hut, Torrim found one of his hands coming to rest on the handle of an axe at his belt. An old woman announced herself, but the dwarf could not shake the feeling that some was...wrong.



 

 

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Omar dismounted from 'The Steed of Jihan'. He was glad to be back on the ground. The seat of his pants was beginning to get sore. Walking his horse by its reigns he approached the hut.

Ken Jitsu opens up the conversation with the old woman. Omar decided to wait and see what the she would say about the dead raptors. He did not wish to offend her. Torrim on the other hand did not seem to care who he offended. Clutching his ax was most uncivil thought the Zakharan.


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The old woman took a second to look over the raptors, before giving a hardy laugh which quickly converted into a phlegm filled cough. Doing her best to cover her mouth and not cover Ken, she recovers her composure after a minute. ”Oh my, those are clearly not chickens! That would be a raptor; a dinosaur. I assume your scaly friend there could have told you that much!” lifting a single grizzly finger, the woman points towards small.

Speaking of Small, a quick look around revealed several tracks that one would associate with real, normal chickens; except they were huge. By Small’s best guess, each chicken weighed as much as a fully grown pig. Also, judging by the track, Small would guess that the chickens were roughly four to five feet tall.

”I should have a group of people returning soon with some chickens, when they get here you can see one if you wish. As for the ‘floor suckers’ you must mean my automatic brooms! Yes, yes, I have six of them made up ready to go!”
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Speaking up while Small was just discovering there were giant chickens about, she stepped forward as well when she spoke to the old woman.

"I would very much like to see one of these... automatic brooms. Tell me, do they have magic imbued in them to do whatever it is they do? Can we see a demonstration?"

 
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"I tell, not everyone listen. From look, you grow impressive chickens. I want to find and see. "

 




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"It may be wise to dismount, Guldar doesn't seem too happy about carrying me at the moment." Ulfgar looked at his newfound friends. The purple tiefling and the halfling had been riding with him for only a few days. Hired to find some lost chicken. Well chicken, those bloody things were huge. Still they had managed to round up a good number of them between the three of them. Walking besides his pony, the path through the forest was somewhat familiar and Ulfgar rather enjoyed the view of streaks of sunlight making it's way through the canopy to the mossy forest floor.

Coming up to the cottage of the old woman he noticed there were way more people there than on their first meeting."Stay sharp, There's company." He whispered. As they slowly followed the path Ulfgar raised is hand. "Hello there, Nice day for a ride in the woods right?" He said to no one in particular, but he looked the group over with a keen eye. Noticing an elvish looking man, a kobold, a half-orc, a man and another dwarf. He nodded at the dwarf. " May Morodin watch over your journey." He said as he took a rolled a 69 in the dice thread.bag from his saddle and handed it to the old woman on the tree stump.
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