The Contact (OOC)

That will be fun for the trip home. :)

Consider it done. And easily in this storm.
OK, so not going to try stay out of sight? That seems like it would have been hard to maintain.
What's this then? And did we bring whatever they are? We did not bring most of our stuff.

Well, it will be as hard for us to track Norbert as it would be to track Olaf. So retuning together with Olaf as a guide seemed the best option.

Roald left his sword with Albert before he went sneaking around.
I believe I said somewhere Roald brings his sword and a torch (unlit)

Ah, right. Yes.

Since Albert has Roald's sword (and torch?) I guess he'll have to make himself known as well.
But I'll give the others some time to assure and help Olaf first.

If you want to keep Albert out of sight, we can easily say you gave Roald his stuff back off-screen. You are (or can be) together right now.

Trying to lie even more and pretend someone who is here is not here might come back to bite you though. Maybe you pretend you were all spread out while looking? But that might be hard to sell later and a lot of work.

@fossball: Pretending some were not here was your plan, do you still want to try it, or did you have something else in mind that might work better?

I was going to have Albert come in coughing and out of breath. He's prone to coughing fits, so that wouldn't be odd. Especially with the extra weight.

Would following the 3 of them from a distance be possible with Albert's awareness? He's not very sneaky though.

Delaying and staggering the arrivals would not be overly suspicious, though we only got a Partial Success, so these arrivals may set the timing for more rolls, rolls that would be called for anyway, and this way it spreads out who makes these rolls and exactly what they are.
Awareness could help, but only in as much it will mean you probably won't lose track of where they are while they are close enough for you to perceive them. The roll in question here would be more about whether you keep them close enough...
... and not be noticed.

This seems like a tricky endeavour to maintain for the whole trip back.

I was thinking of staying out and find some shelter until the rain stops or the sun comes out.

I applaud your sensibleness. That is regularly my advice for when 'lost in the woods'.

You will have to propose that to Olaf, and then convince him. Do you want the others to join you before or after that discussion? (or at all?)

I don't think Norbert knows what the intentions of the others are. He will trie to play it slow so they have time to react.

I can feel the question ready to surface.

I think it is not more than three or four hours till it starts getting light?

The moon will be gone in minutes, but that makes less difference in the trees.

We will, however, be very tired from hardly sleeping at all this night. :(
Albert is still waiting for Roald to join the group first.

Is that what you had in mind?

Something like that, sure.

Norbert can answer though, there is nothing stopping you guys from getting together.

Sorry, I am still a bit overwhelmed by the new job and I get home and dislove in the coach :)

I will try to write a bit more regular.

Please don't let the game become another burden on you. We are patient and only want to make your life better, not harder. Take your time.

No rush from me. It shouldn't become a task😉

Seems like it is better coming after Olaf got to react anyway. But order does not matter too much in PbP.

@Airshark Hows that hand, by the way?

Only pain when I move it.
Speech to text works, but not as Good as I would like it to be. 😉

Tx for asking