[IC] Chapter 2-3: Safe Haven

[DM Surranó]

Shanna snaps a hand up to retrieve her Wand of Silent Image as the alert is made.  She'd heard right, something had been amiss.  Credit Portho for putting two and two together faster.

Myshnue snaps at Shanna.
"Don't."
Then explains, at a lowered voice, barely enough for Shanna to hear,
"Don't draw anything that may look like a weapon from a distance."

"Yes, but you never said that we were under direct threat.  Such actions are counterproductive to diplomatic interactions, no?  Of course they are not.  That is why we are reacting in this way: Diplomacy at arrowpoint is ineffective."

"Let me put it this way. Ever met a community leader not surrounded by guards?"

Shanna grins at Lugar "I struggle to believe that keeping watch over animals has anything to do with the Key or the challenge.  However..."  She muses for a moment, trailing off  "Was this Key not called the 'Key of Fear?'  Perhaps whatever is connected to this errand they are sending us on is somehow connected with the Key."  

"If it was that simple, Lugar, they would not be asking us to do it for them. Animals migrate for many reasons. A depleted food source is usually the cause, but a threat can be possible as well. We should be prepared for anything."

Cranberry nods, leaning on her gnarled staff with both hands which gives her an unusually frail and elderly look.
"Unfortunately we are afraid of a threat. Animals are no mindless meat and they wouldn't migrate into a threat but if you happen to encounter a threat... a fearsome threat. Know that our neighbour is powerful, probably more powerful than the eight of you combined. So avoid unnecessary bloodshed, yours included. Of course, hunting for food is permitted, as long as you keep it at the level of necessity."

((Sorry about the delay in posting.  Passover is here and it wasn't until now that I could find the time (and internet access) to post)).

OOC - that's totally okay. I will also be away from Friday to Monday. (finally, Good Friday is a public holiday in Hungary!)