by badams30 » Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:16 pm
On the road again...
As you all gather the loot and magic, Grinkle has been carrying the weapons into the barracks area and stacking them neatly for later. He mumbles that perhaps they can be used to build an armory or something.
You load the cart and hook Ruby up to it. She seems a bit reluctant, probably due to her still weak condition, but when Grinkle arrives, she cheerfully lets herself be hooked to the wagon, and is raring to go. Grinkle puts a large quantity of feed hay into the wagon as well, and he brings a large brown canvas tarp to cover the whole wagon. He also has a large brown piece of folded canvas with some poles and says "Look what I found in the stables - it's a shelter." And he loads it into the wagon. (NOTE: it's just a shelter with two poles, ropes and stakes. It doesnt' have sides or a floor, but it would keep the rain off of you if you needed it.)
You pleasantly note that Grinkle is wearing clean clothing (Brown trousers, soft boots, a grey shirt, and his new green robe and hooded cloak. When the hood is up, it will cover most of his features. His hands are still very apparently non-human and kind of scary looking, but in a crowd, he'd probably pass. He also has his sword on his waist, and a backpack with a bedroll atop it. If you didn't know better, you'd think the little fella was an adventurer....
With that, Grinkle makes sure that all the doors are closed to the place, and that fires are out, including the gatehouse. You all leave via the front gate, and Dak offers to close the portcullis and gate, coming up from the secret entrance. You all have time to clean up the secret entrance as well, and it has basically disappeared. You are ready to go.
Setting off on the main trail from the keep, you are out of the forest in less than an hour. But due to the extra distance you'll travel, it will take you an extra half day to make it to the old Lumber camp you stayed at days ago.
You all move out at a leisurely but steady pace, and though it is a cool day, it is cloudy, but clear of rain. You stop briefly to have a quick cold lunch, then continue on. By late day, as the sun is starting its slow descent, you stop for the night, finding a nice spot on the trail, about 1000 ft from the forest in a clear area with lots of small pines to shelter you from any wind, and giving you some small bit of concealment. No sooner do the wheels on the cart stop moving than Grinkle sets out to unhook the horse, get her fed, and erect the shelter. He looks happy, and performs his duties with gusto.
Would you like to make a fire or no? Standard watch? (Grinkle says he'll stand watch whenever Marcus does.) Another day and you'll be to the tradeway, and a half-day beyond that, in Red Larch.