Act II, Ill Fortunes (the third day)

Ujjaya finishes his morning meditation and exercises to regather his ki, then breaks his fast with herbs, fruit, and tea.

Veroth wakes after his second nap, and stretches. His wings strain and looks up at the sky longingly, before moving away, hunching down and flapping wildly, the Strix version of pushups. A small dust cloud rises from the ground.

He cuts some dire wolf meat, shaved thin, and brown's it over the coals. He nibbles at it lightly yet distastefully, but with surprise enjoys the stringy texture. He offers some to Ujjaya.

"I do not eat meat, brother. But thank you." Ujjaya offers Veroth some of his bitter tea.

Janis approaches Veroth.

"I'll partake of some of the meat if you don't mind. Not a bad idea you had, might as well cook the meat right away and have some provision. Wolf meat is not the best, but it'll do in a pinch. You seem to have the soul of a hunter in you my feathered friend..."

Ireena partakes of her own provision, she looks a bit pensive...

"I can't believe I slept through that fight with the dire wolves..."

Darren chuckles, "Wasn't much of a fight, to be honest with you!" he says as he eats his breakfast.

Sir Urik will chuckle as well.

"Do not be too hard on yourself. If it wasn't for Hurrn here, I too would have slept through the whole thing..."

Sur Urik's celestial raven companion caws, as if in agreement.

Veroth passes around thinly sliced roasted wolf to those who will eat it. When breakfast is over, he checks his gear and awaits the group to make way.

Janis will cut the rest of the meat and follow Veroth's example and cook it. He will also collect the dire wolves' pelts.

"It'd be a shame to let such nice furs go to waste... Anyways, I know where the ruins are, and they've been there for who knows long, I'm sure they can wait a bit longer... Besides, since you were nice enough to come here with mule and cart, we'll probably have to get back out the way you came: slopes will be too steep for your cart otherwise. So this will also lengthen our journey to the ruins..."

As he finished skinning the wolves and cooking the last of the meat, Janis continues.

"Alright, I'll cure that later... Now like I said, I've never went into the ruins proper. No good throwing myself in the jaws of the wolves, both literally and figuratively, but the ruins consist of a short tower and two ruined buildings, the purpose of which cannot be discerned. The tower is still relatively intact and it would be my bet that this is what they're using as a base of operation. It's also very small, so I think it must have some sort of sub-levels. As for what sort of dangers we'll encounter there, I can only make assumptions. Shelters of all type, even man-made ones, tend to attract wildlife of all kind, so we could expect to encounter animals, vermin, and maybe even plant creatures there."

Janis then grabs a branch and starts drawing shapes in the dirt: a small octagon and two other shape above it.

"This octagon here is the tower. Those two shapes here are the ruined buildings. Nothing much more than foundations and the odd piece of crumbling wall at that point... So, any questions? I'm ready when you guys are."