The Contact (RP)

- Norbert -

"Who's that! Oh, its you." Olaf says, his fear letting up a bit as he recognises you and dismisses you as a danger. "Be careful, there is something out there. I hope it is not drawn to blood." In the darkness you can see that he is holding one hand with the other.

"Do you have a light?" He asks, as though you would be walking around without one if you had one. The dashing rain makes an unprotected torch impossible.

What do you do?

If the possibility arises, Roald will distance himself from Norbert and after a while starts shouting ''Norbert''.
Pretending to be searching for him

- Norbert -

"'Scream'? No..." Olaf replies, trying to make his voice deeper as you continue. "Stay!? Here!?" He exclaims, then lowers his volume and looks around nervously. "There is something dangerous out there in the dark." He reminds you. "And anyway, I don't like this place. It gives me the willies."

He will need some convincing to stay here for the night. You get the feeling he is overconfident in his ability to walk home --which you are pretty sure is actually not in this direction, given how you came in-- and that challenging his 'manly, outdoors skills' might not go over well.

What do you do?

- Roald -

That 'strange sound from behind you' sounded awfully like someone saying something --a word or two-- but you don't recognise the voice and there is no one there.

What did it say? Why does that try to cast doubt on any trust you have for Norbert?

"You're here too?" Olaf says, starting to look suspicious again as Roald appears. "What are you doing out here? How did you find me?" He demands.

Olaf looks ready to be more than a bit angry himself, but is moved by your apparent concern for his wellbeing.

"Yes, let's get out of the rain." He agrees. "I am going home," he points in what you pretty sure is the wrong direction, "you are welcome to my barn till it blows over." That last part is a definite improvement since you would not have been at all surprised if he had rescinded that offer.

What do you do?

"Tree?!" Olaf says sounding a bit panicked at Albert's mention --maybe thinking you are referring to the location of his clandestine meeting.

Then he rallies and tries to deflect suspicion. "Why is everybody suddenly so worried about the rain?" He demands. "It was raining when you left the barn, but now suddenly it is a problem when we are going back?" His teeth are chattering a little from the cold, so there is some clear logic to the idea, but he is still scared of the monster out in the dark, even if he does not feel comfortable mentioning that now that there are four men standing around.

"I'm going home." He says, then as he stumbles over a root. "Where's that damn path! It should be just over there."

What do you do?