Martijn nods his agreement, but is frowning.
Another foray sounds good, but it means I'll have little time to do this.
He goes to Kylie and kisses her on the mouth before she can react, then steps backwards and grins mischievously at her.
((What? We gotta pass the time somehow ))
Kylie is stunned by your sudden and bold move, caught completely off guard ((as am I)). Ewan gives a light chuckle at this and shakes his head.
"I guess that makes it a majority vote then. I'll have some of the people who are willing to assist us help man the ship."Ewan breaks off the meeting. ((Gonna skip ahead a bit...))
Over the course of the night, you have gone through well over half of your food stores with the giant badgers.
James goes over to Mauricio and checks him out. (17+2) (Knowledge: Arcana) You have never heard or seen of anything like this, but, in the sense of arcane magic, it doesn't seem to negatively effect him other than the fact he appears emotionless and empty.
The night passes ((Sorry Martijn, I'll let you know that you really haven't gotten any closer other than that one kiss)) and those who keep watch have nothing to report.
You wake up as light, again, starts to break through the tunnel. The people who volenteered start to help in moving the ship into the water and you prepare to head down the oceans into the rivers. Ewan mans the rudder due to him having sailing experience even prior to leaving for here.
(?) Ewan masterfully steers the ship to the river. (?) When he gets to the river, the longship starts to move in, its hull letting you ride gracefully through the river. The current isn't that strong, but it makes it a little slower to move. You stick close to the shore opposite of the giant's wood. Despite the map's horrid drawing, the river is quite wide and you think you could fit three ships before worrying about getting too close to shore.
When you finally start to see the shore of the plains, you see that it has tall grass and wide open fields. You're pretty convinced that the size of the area is MUCH larger than the map described. Ewan tells the others to slow the ship as you get closer.
"Alright lads, are we going on the shore to look and scout around a bit or should we continue downriver for a bit?"