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Scare them into the deeper parts and cave in parts of the cavern, sealing them in

Take out their leaders and try to convince them to surrender

Slaughter them all

Ignore them and look elsewhere

Other (post and specify)

[Hanzoku]

James seems a bit subdued after whatever conversation he and Kylie had, but takes a moment to shake himself out of it. He leans forward and stares at the map intently. "I'll take your word on what these represent. In a calm, peaceful land, I'd agree with your assessment, but currently there are giant wild animals and at least one tribe of lycanthropes who are known raiders. I worry that we'd be very vulnerable out on the plains without a palisade and a strong watch. Speaking of the locals, is there anywhere reasonable that has access to hills or mountains? Ritiki probably has his own ideas, but I imagine that if we can start turning out metalwork, we'd be rather popular."

[Sirus]

"Well, there's a cave somewhere to the west of that plain. No idea the distance, map has no scale. Sad thing is according to Red-Moon clan, caves are full of lizard men and might not have metal anyway."

The ratman traced the river with a careful claw, moving northward. "If we want to find mountains, following the river probably best bet. No way to know how far away they would be from this. Add to list of so many things we don't know."

[highmax28]

"Well, there's a cave somewhere to the west of that plain. No idea the distance, map has no scale. Sad thing is according to Red-Moon clan, caves are full of lizard men and might not have metal anyway."

The ratman traced the river with a careful claw, moving northward. "If we want to find mountains, following the river probably best bet. No way to know how far away they would be from this. Add to list of so many things we don't know."

"Didn't we encounter lizard men in this cave? They seemed willing to talk. Perhaps if we prove that not all the lycanthropes are wicked, we can reason with them."

[Sirus]

"We did, but we also equaled their number and they didn't have their weapons. Who knows how they might act in other circumstances?
At least the weres we've met have treated fairly. That's good; eventually we might wish to invite them to join whatever community we end up building."

[highmax28]

"We did, but we also equaled their number and they didn't have their weapons. Who knows how they might act in other circumstances?
At least the weres we've met have treated fairly. That's good; eventually we might wish to invite them to join whatever community we end up building."

"They would have returned with greater numbers in ambush for us if they really wished to bring harm unto us. They had time to attack, and would have they not attacked us when we returned their weapons?"

[Hanzoku]

James makes a wobbling hand gesture as he considers their debate. "They obviously weren't stupid, and we were willing to talk and return their weapons, but they were still outnumbered. Running away and coming back with reinforcements to attack us would have made more sense, as well as let their tribe know that there is new competition. I don't believe they were lying about their tribe being peaceful, but I agree that if they come back to ambush us, the time it would take to do depends on far away their home caves are and how long it would take them to raise a force to do so."

James hums to himself, fairly musically, then taps where the river meets the ocean. "OK, point taken about the lack of metals. That's something to figure out later. Where you pointed out looks good, but I wonder if the river can be navigated with the longboats. They have shallow drafts, and if the river is deep enough we might be able to avoid having to escort all these people past the giant, angry badgers and anything else in that forest."

[Sirus]

"Good idea. Another thing to check. I should write these down."

With that, Ritiki pulled out a journal and an inkpen and began to write neatly.

Spoiler: To-Do List (click to show/hide)

* Scout areas shown on map. Make more accurate map if anyone is a cartographer.
* Once settled, get basic palisades up until we can do better.
* Test river depth. Longboats?
* Explore caves.

[apiks]

"These lands hold things that are in ill abundance back home or completely nonexistent there. It would be good if we could send a few expeditions to discover such things and then ship them back to the old world to sell. I'll bet they'll fetch a high price eventually. I reckon that that's a thing you can play a part of, Ritiki."

[highmax28]

"I agree with the scouting, but perhaps we should mark off where we should scout out tomorrow. I suggest most of us go when we do. With people having arms now, we can have Ewan, myself or someone else watch over the people and we can still ward off some attackers. After all, we don't know what we will be dealing with when we go out there, and if we want to scout out the caves, we will definitely need everyone in case we run into hostile or hungry cave dwellers.

By the way, did they say where they got the material for those daggers? Maybe we can look around there."

[TD1]

Martijn shrugs.

They said the metal came from some deep caves. An avaricious gleam enters his eye. A source of silver would be welcome, for more than one reason. He grins.

As for leaving people behind, I won't wait around while others get to explore and have some fun. He, on the other hand, seems like the perfect candidate. He points at Mauricio as his grin widens.

[highmax28]

Martijn shrugs.

They said the metal came from some deep caves. An avaricious gleam enters his eye. A source of silver would be welcome, for more than one reason. He grins.

As for leaving people behind, I won't wait around while others get to explore and have some fun. He, on the other hand, seems like the perfect candidate. He points at Mauricio as his grin widens.

"Has he been like that all day?"

"It happened on the boat when he crossed over. I don't know why or how it happened at all, and I don't know anything about it. He hasn't moved after helping unload except to eat. I don't know if he will be of any use if something attacks. That is why I think one of us should stay behind and watch him. I don't doubt the capabilities of the guard, but I don't think it will be enough. He does know some magic, after all."

[TD1]

Martijn frowns.

Maybe magic should guard magic?

[highmax28]

Martijn frowns.

Maybe magic should guard magic?

"If that is the case, then I will stay behind. I may. It study it as devoutly as some, but I can stay and watch over him. And the others."

[apiks]

"Kylie and Mauricio will stay behind to guard everybody. The rest of us and Ewan will secure a path to the rivers in the marsh in the bottom middle and check if they can be traversed with our longboats.

If it is not possible we can always skip the forest by going around the other part of the river, though the boats will be an issue then.

Are we all agreed? Anything else can wait for when we settle down."

[highmax28]

"Kylie and Mauricio will stay behind to guard everybody. The rest of us and Ewan will secure a path to the rivers in the marsh in the bottom middle and check if they can be traversed with our longboats.

If it is not possible we can always skip the forest by going around the other part of the river, though the boats will be an issue then.

Are we all agreed? Anything else can wait for when we settle down."

((Considering its the only option presented, I'm pretty sure Kylie will agree with it))