mid-afternoon >> dusk
PART 1
move onto a desire path, easier travel
good speed
forest less colourful but noisier here
PART 2
a few people see things out of the corner of their eyes
group member notices a cougar following the group
Kweed charges it noisily, but it holds its ground
attacks Kweed who blocks it with his club
Kweed attacks with mace, crushing blow to the chest
cougar immediately backs away to retreat
Kweed smashes its leg, then its head
+1 cougar corpse
basher level up
PART 3
a huge flock of birds flies West, darkens the sky
their noise is nearly unbearable
the wind picks up with them, and an unpleasant stench fills the area
lots of poop from above
INDIVIDUAL PARTS
# nree, as above
# ichi, looks for herbs but finds nothing
# mahtkii, as above but nothing found
travelled 8 steps in total
Part 1: The expedition has some luck around midday-the tribe finds a section of unused road made of ancient cobblestones, which is an immense improvement from struggling through rough! They decide to travel it's length and soon pick up a rapid pace. The forest around them is a uniform green and brown wall, and they can hear many small (and large) animals in the vicinity.
Part 2: Nreelrroi is the first one to see a scrawny cougar stalking out of the bushes! Entertaining thoughts of getting her *2nd* cougar skull are quickly interrupted when Kweed rushes through (knocking over most of the smaller tribe in the process) yelling and swinging his clubs in his own crude style. The cougar, refusing to retreat before such meager prey digs its heels into the ground and swings a vicious left-pawed blow. Kweed, either by luck or actually skill, manages to parry the strike with his spiked club! Taking the intiative, he rolls in under the cougars guard and strikes him a telling blow on the chest, crushing a few rib bones to powder and making it scream loudly...it tries to run, but Kweed easily strikes a blow on it's flank, hobbling it-he finishes the beast with a blow to the head that obliterates most of its face. Then he hauls it back to the cart, and begins boasting loudly, as is his style.
"Kweed save tribe again! All thank Kweed for being save tribe again! Kweed not get cat scratch, save Nree-Nree from being cougar snack. Good day!"Kweed has gained a level in Basher!
Part 3: Around the evening the tribe is surprised from above by a flock of birds-pretty, but noisy. The stench and the aerial bombardment of bird dung makes the next few hours...uncomfortable. A few answering bow and rock shots from annoyed Kobolds all miss!
-you are travelling-
IchiThrough the trip, between the cougar battle, you look for plants, but find nothing except tasty bugs. In fact, you eventually forget about plants and find lots of bugs, which you eat. Yummy!
-you are travelling-
MahktiiAs you travel, you keep on the lookout for plants, but like Ichi, find nothing, and not even bugs, since Ichi searched in all the good places before you.
-you are travelling-
Nreeleroi
As you travel, you begin to notice a distinct, familiar sound coming from the underbrush...a stealthy padding, a muted growling...where was that from? Then you see it out of the corner of your eye, a shape! in the bushes, long and slinky and slunk low to the ground! It's a COUGAR!
Before you can leap into action and claim a second skull, Kweed knocks you down in his rush to attack the creature. By the time you get up, he's already hauling it's pulped up corpse to the cart, claiming how great he is. Show off!