[IC] Chapter 2-4: You Hear Them Whispering in the Crowns of the Trees

[Shanna Rendin]

"Me do have a spell to Resist different types of Energy but you must pick ONE type of energy.  And me only have ONE spell, until tomorrow when Toot can memorize more."  Toot's voice trails off as he adds, "So spell will only effect one person..."  Toot didn't think he needed to say that the one person the spell would protect would likely be him.   

"Me have no problem trying to befriend more animals for Portho to talk to," Toot continues.  "I of course could talk to them too but we can't allow Toot to hog all the glory.  We must give Portho something to do other than sing uplifting little ditties."

"Me can also summon creatures to scout and me can turn into inconspicuous bird to scout too."  Toot then turns his head to look at Portho expectantly, waiting for him to finally offer to do anything.

Shanna nods "I also have such a spell, but sadly I have not prepared it.  It would take several hours for me to gather the components and have the knowledge in-mind.  Or, I can prepare it as a scroll for a number of you to cast on yourselves."

"Silent Giant, can you tell how old these tracks are?  The dragon could be nearby still."  He says as he looks up into the twilight sky.

"Suggestions? I think we should ask the animals where the dragon lives, and where the dragon is right now.  Maybe we can send a scout. I know I don't want to go stomping right into the dragon's mouth by accident.  Can we defend against it's acid?  I agree that we should avoid this fight if at all possible... Maybe the dragon is frightened of something else, I wonder?  The old grape did say things have changed with their neighbor."

SG examines some tracks again (take10,take20?) and answers to Lugar.
He tries to find the oldest track too

OOC - I think he is coming here regularly. 


Firghtened of something else.. -  he repeats - Hm, I have heard somewhere,.., dragons are afraid of mice... Or wasn't it a dragon? - he is thinking about it strongly 

But why has he changed? What can change a dragon?

OOC - We have problems with powerful neighbour who's been respectful until lately
OOC - Maybe somebody disturbed his lair and stealt something. If this is the situation then "the key" is "the something" and "the sea" is "his lair"

Shanna closes her eyes and sighs.  Honestly.  Does no one know of dragons at all?  "Dragons are afraid of nothing save other dragons in certain rare, specific cases.  I believe you are thinking of elephants.  In addition, dragons can instill a powerful fright in all other creatures once they have reached a certain age.  And a dragon can change itself, presuming it is old enough to know magic.  Based on the size of the damage here, we may be looking at such a dragon."

 "How large are Tracks," Toot asks.  "Rat-Friend said the lizard was huge like trees!"  Looking at Shanna, Toot asks, "Shananana, how old would green dragon have to be to be Huge?"

When she tells him, Toot shakes his head and says, "Me do have a Scry spell but such a big and powerful dragon would certainly be able to resist.  If we could find a bit of scale or claw it would be much easier."  Toot thinks for a second and then adds, "I wonder if the creature's acid would count.  There must be residue around here."

[OoC: The scry spell mentions parts of creatures like a body part, lock of hair, bit of nail, etc.  Would that include some of the creatures acid?]

Shanna shrugs and thinks for a moment "It could be as young as an Adult dragon to be considered huge, but 'huge' may also be a relative concept, especially for your rat friends.  It could be a Juvenile dragon, which tend to be more than twice as tall as the average human, or it could be an Ancient dragon.  In summary, there is a significant range of heights and ages we must prepare for, but a dragon of any age should be respected as immensely dangerous.  Especially a Green."