Meleth shook her head. "Aye. If anyone or anything is coming, we can't escape them anyway and scouting isn't going to help us much. As soon as we get to that cave system we can scout around a bit." She was absently resting her hand on the hilt of one of her knives.

[I won't be here for most of the weekend, like my siggy says, so you can powerplay me if need be, and please don't get too far ahead.]

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[We wont, Ellie and I are away until Saturday sometime so there will only be Caunion and Dae.]

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"Without music, life would be a mistake." - Friedrich Nietzsche



"Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come."

Fwee!

Vasa went up to Elegost, "I'll sit on first watch tonight." She said, hoping at he'd accept her offer so that she wouldn't have to stay in the caves.

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"Without music, life would be a mistake." - Friedrich Nietzsche



"Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come."

Fwee!

Midira saw the mouth of the caves up ahead and thought to her self "there has to be another way " caves didnt' bother Midira it was the fear of being trapped that nawed at her.

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Lips, ripe as the berries in June
Red the rose, red the rose
Skin, pale as the light of the moon
Gently as she goes

as always a hero comes home

Meleth, unusually, was completely unafraid of caves and said calmly, "There's really nothing to be afraid of. To my knowledge, these caves are not like the back-doors of goblins that pepper the mountains lower down."

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Vasa smiled at Elegost's caring words and nodded before going to have a look around, anything to keep away from the caves.

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"Without music, life would be a mistake." - Friedrich Nietzsche



"Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come."

Fwee!

Midira went with Elegost to explore. she seemed quite and observant but she would not speak her fears.

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Lips, ripe as the berries in June
Red the rose, red the rose
Skin, pale as the light of the moon
Gently as she goes

as always a hero comes home

Meleth nodded and set about expertly assembling a camp. After the briefest of hesitations, she decided against a fire, knowing that the group possessed ample supplies of lembas in the meantime.

Shading her eyes against the setting sun, Meleth stepped outside to scan the horizon. She felt restless and uneasy, but as there seemed to be no reason, she spent a second more looking carefully around and then stepped back inside.

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Vasa saw no signs of anything dangerous or threatening and she found a small brook with icy cold water in. She drank from the brook before going back up to the camp. She went to Elegost to tell him of what she saw.
"I found nothing to be suspicious of but we should always have one of us on guard, Gobblins are more wakeful once dusk has passed." She said to him, her voice quiet.

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"Without music, life would be a mistake." - Friedrich Nietzsche



"Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come."

Fwee!

Meleth tossed Elegost a wafer of lembas. "Eat. And remember to wake Vasa," she added sharply. "You need sleep too."

(Oooo I love bad guys )

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Vasa stood, baffled, she said that she would take the first watch. She went and wandered off to the left, looking for something that would take her mind off things.

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"Without music, life would be a mistake." - Friedrich Nietzsche



"Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come."

Fwee!

Caunaian likewise was feeling to urge to wander about. This time he wandered into the caves, carrying a torch as he did. He wasn't sure but he swore he could hear low grunts of something. Something big. He went to take a look when he saw a troll sitting in a part of the cave. Caunaian was about to walk back when the troll began to sniff and sensed Caunaian's presence. It gave a loud bellow, found a rock, and threw it at Caunaian. He was immensely shocked by the bellow and hardly had time to duck. He ran for it just the troll got to its feet and chased him. Caunaian came to the camp, gasping for air, while saying, "We have a cave-troll."

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I was cured all right.

Vasa was only seconds away from the camp and sh hurried back when she heard Caunaian's talk of trolls.
"I'm guessing it's fully grown?" Vasa asked him and then remembering whe she was there added, "Are you hurt?"

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"Without music, life would be a mistake." - Friedrich Nietzsche



"Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come."

Fwee!

"I don't think so," Caunaian responded. "But I think the troll is still chasing me." His words were confirmed by another roar from the troll.

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I was cured all right.

Meleth sprang to her feet and scooped up her belongings. She cursed in Sindarin under her breath. "And night's just setting in. Well, we can't stay here!" she added sharply. "Let's go!'

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The group quickly packed away and Vasa looked up to see Elegost still standing in the same place.
"To where do we flee Elegost?" She asked, hoping that her knew.

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"Without music, life would be a mistake." - Friedrich Nietzsche



"Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come."

Fwee!