Subject: Re: Looking down on Huss; A different perspective

No chance whatsoever.

Shades of them may; and Bannock's Ire is the setting for a lot of my unwritten stories; but Mission and Pensive stay in the RPG world.

Subject: The Second full day of waiting

Garyth sits outside the lodge on the lip of Gully's well, chewing on a piece of salt pork. The air around him grows dimmer and dimmer, the only sign of the setting sun. In spite of the constant cloud cover, there hasn't been any rain, and a hot wind seems to flow of the mountain now. A bit of hair blows into his eyes, and he brushes it away with irritation. It's getting long. He hasn't had a hair cut in how long now? It's sloppy. His old drill sergeant would have kicked his teeth in for being that sloppy. Long hair gets in your eyes when you sweat. Not a good thing during a fight. Maybe he can get one of the others to chop it off with a knife later.

A rock crunches behind him, and he turns to see Rennik standing there. The Halfling is grinning and holding his axe. "Want to practice with me a bit? I feel a like I'm rusty. Gully did a fine job repairing her, and she deserves to be used well."

Garyth can't help but grin. "Of course, master Halfling. You may test your rusty skills on me. Perhaps we should make sure Osred is available to put you back together again afterward."

Rennik gives a loud bark of laughter. "I'll see if I can't cut that newfound sense of humor out of you! Such a thing has no business being in a serious warrior."

The two of them go through some sparring exercises. The clash of steel on steel bringing the rest of the group out of the lodge to watch. After a few minutes, Robert yells out, "Captain, when are you going to stop playing with him and give him a real beating?!" The Falcons laugh.

Garyth raises one eyebrow at Rennik. Give them a real show?

[if garyth and rennik want to spar, I can run it as a combat. This will end the second full day of waiting for the sunmaster.]

Subject: Re: The Second full day of waiting

Pensive says, "A silver on the Halfling."

He holds out his hand to show the coin and smiles. It was something new for him, gambling. He'd probably regret it. But this is what soldiers did, wasn't it? And more than anything he wanted to feel the belonging that these men felt with each other, even under threat, even under the Shadow's watch.

Subject: Re: The Second full day of waiting

The confidence his men had in him was nice, but Garyth knows that he and the hunter were well matched. He flashes Rennik a grin and cocks an eyebrow.

OOC: Garyth is amenable. I assume we'll both be on a -4 attack penalty for non-lethal damage?