[farothel]

"Not really, no," Sammy said, "but you're right, we probably won't make it to the lodge.  Question is, do we continue as long as possible, or do we stay here?  As for the other group, they weren't moving before we did, so they are probably behind us."

There was indeed a small flaw in the plan of using concealment to get somewhere without being seen.  Maybe next time they should keep the spirits out of it, so they could at least see each other.  Or wait, that probably wouldn't work, unless they could see through their own concealment effect.  Something to ask before they tried this again.

[Thvor]

Sam took advantage of the pause to soak his feet in the cool stream. Damn, who knew shoes would be the article of clothing I'd miss most? he thought ruefully. "Well, it's still early. No need to stop yet. But where's the bridge you said we'd find?"

[Gorean]

Listening to the japanese man's words, Heron nodded as he listened intently.
Pausing for a moment, as he finished, appearing to ponder his words.

Ahh. So you're a second story man am I right?

[farothel]

"It's difficult to say, as astral travel is different, but if I have to make a guess I would say about 3 to 5 times the distance we've done now.  Of course, I hope walking next to the river will be a bit faster than going downhill over rocks.  Then about the same distance we've done now to get from the bridge to the lodge, but that's on a path, so that should go faster."

[irisheathen]

She answered to the last name without a pause... she really is Samantha Delavine or she really believes she is anyway.

Johnny squatted next to the stream and washed his hands while he spoke "I vote for pushing on. We should get as far as we can before nightfall. Keeping a eye out for a place to sleep before us humans can't see a thing is also up there on my to do list. " He pooled some of the water in his hands and sipped "But now I'm worried that we might be too far ahead of the others. We didn't have any wounded with us. And since there wasn't actually a path; we could easily be up or down stream from them as well."

[RHat]

This whole nature au natural routine is gonna get old pretty quickly.  Should find shelter soon.  He joined the conversation.  "I'm all in favour of getting to that lodge as fast as possible, personally.  When we actually stop to sleep, I'd prefer having four walls and a roof, yeah?  Hell, anyone here even know how to put a wilderness shelter together?  Pops tried to teach me, but I never did have much of an interest."

Wait, was someone saying something about drones?  Which one was that...  Sam?"To Sam's point, I was trying that when I sort of...  Shut down.  I could try it again, certainly; it's possible that my mental state interfered.  May be worth another shot."

[HydroRaven]

Clem just shook her head and gave up. Some people were just not open to advice she thought. She did, however, keep it in mind. Knowing each team member's shortcomings would most definitely come in useful later down the road.

Arriving at the stream, she did take some time to look around, just to make sure nothing dodgy was waiting for them.

Intuition 4 + Perception 5 (9d6.hits(5)=2)

"Where are the others, by the way?" asked Clem to the rest of the team.

[irisheathen]

Johnny stood up suddenly grinning "Hold up I think I've got an idea about how we might be able to reach the cabin tonight. Ms. Delavine could you drawn a rough map of our planned route here in the sand? We might be able to shave a few hours off the trip if we cross the stream here and instead of following the stream we slowly veer away toward the cabin. With this plan we should hit the path much closer to the lodge but..." He sighed “We wouldn't have a way to tell the other group. We'd be stranding them outside tonight.”

[RHat]

"Could mark the trees as we go, or something."

[Crossbow]

THE FOLLOWING POST IS FOR HERON, ICARUS, O’CONNOR AND CLEMENTINE ONLY.  IF YOU ARE NOT ONE OF THESE CHARACTERS PLEASE CONTINUE ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS

The small group of runners continued to pick their way down the streambed, carefully stepping to avoid any slippery spots and enjoying the rising sun keeping them warm.

From several feet behind Clementine, acting as a rear guard, a voice called out.

“You pinkskins are starting to take this tribal imitation a little too seriously.  We did wear some clothing back in the day, a loincloth or beads or something.”

Turning carefully, or quickly as the case may be, you see a boulder in the middle of the water that was bare the few moments before when you passed it, a middle aged Amerind man, wearing a combination of clothing lending itself to Country Comfortable as well as Totally Tribal, except his stuff looks authentic and well worn.  He carries a walking staff, but you can also see a hunting rifle, Bowie knife and some kind of holstered firearm hanging off his person.

Looking each of you in the eye, he notes the racial makeup of the group, “I’m sorry if you guys are calling ‘yellowskins’ or ‘ninjadians’ or something, I ain’t up on the lingo.  You guys gonna set up a teepee or one of them rice paper places?”

[Necrogigas]

O'Connor turned to face the man that'd gotten the drop on them and took note of his weaponry, Shit, where'd he come from? Guy's well armed too. Fuck this ain't good, and I'm at the back of the pack of all places. He slowly made his way to what was now the front of the group, his eyes darting about searching for more possible enemies. He kept his mouth shut, for all his ego, even O'Connor realized his talents and temperament did not lend to peaceful solutions. He stood a few feet off from Clementine and prepared for the fight that might start soon, If this goes south, I hope she remembers I'm on her side this time.

[spoiler=Perception Check]
Perception(Visual) 5 + Intuition 3 - CM 3 = Pool 5

5d6.hits(5) → [4,5,6,1,2] = (2)
[/spoiler]

[HydroRaven]

Clementine was closing the group. Having had a fresh drink of water, she felt as good as she could given the circumstances. Suddenly, a voice came from behind them. She quickly turned around to find an Amerind man sitting on a boulder in the middle of the stream. "How the hell did I miss that?" was her first reaction. The man started talking to them, Clementine listening but at the same time evaluating her surroundings, making sure there weren't others with this man.

Intuition 4 + Perception 5 (9d6.hits(5)=4)

As O'Connor made his way next to her, Clem whispered to him "slowly spread out." She didn't want to give their guest an easy shot at the whole group. She then slowly and carefully started moving away from the rest of the team, along an arc centered on the boulder where the Amerind man was sitting. As she was moving, she calmly started talking to the man. "We have a wounded man here. Could you help us?"

[Novocrane]

Biting his tongue, Ikari stopped mid-stride and turned towards what he assumed passed for a local in these parts, hands raised while he stepped out of the stream - away from the boulder perch.

"Have you seen a lot of naked folk come through here, that you're giving away advice in kidnapee couture?"

Perception + OID vs Creepy Back Woodsman (14d6.hits(5)=4)

[Gorean]

The mans words startled Heron out of the routine of one foot in front of another that he'd fallen into.

A wide and friendly smile formed on his face as he laid eyes on the woodsman.
No frakking way we all just walked past him.

Letting his eyes slip into the other place, he took a real look at him.

Assense the woodman. (4d6.hits(5)=1)

[farothel]

"I wouldn't start cutting corners," Sammy said to the others, "we might get lost that way.  I'd rather just follow the river.  That way we also have something to drink while moving on.  And if we stop tonight, the spirits will dissapear and we will become visible again.  Then I can sent out a bunch of watchers to go looking for the other group."