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"I suspect I will need to do this sooner or later, and at least if I have some assistance my odds of success may be better than if I am alone."

Varsk will ponder the answer and glance at Mehr before responding,

"How would you go about gettin' in there then and how would we be helpin' you then?"

He shrugs. "I do not know. I have never made it close enough to their encampment to see what we may be facing. I would hope that you would be in a position to help me should I be captured or fail to return, as I would do for you. I am merely proposing that we pool our resources, but it may be that we would each be better served by continuing separately. I confess I do not know what the best course of action may be."

"Quite. I shall leave it to your discretion. A direct assault would be suicide with our current numbers, but perhaps we could be clever about it."

"We could try to get Trip's crew involved if we want to do somethin' big."

"And perhaps the other tribes, if they are being similarly targeted. That would be a gamble, however."

"Ooohh, if you go into their camp, I could get..."

Merric stops for a second as he considers his words an extra time, trying to figure out another way to put it than usual.

"Sense through you. Gwen and I can use our gifts from the true god to in order to communicate all that you sense to the rest of us."

"How can you run a business without some tactical plannin'?"

Varsk will rub his face in frustration and to mop off the sweat. Just another rich kid 'running' a business.

He will sigh and say,
"Ya, maybe it'd be worth checkin' if they're interested."

To Artho,
"You okay with taggin' along for that?"

To Gwen,
"Can you find their camp?"

Syli frowns. "If we're trying to rally the locals..." She pauses. "Something's still weird about it, but it might still be worth checking out the druid's message. If they're willing to take these lizards down a couple pegs, they'd be very powerful allies in such an attack. And if they're doing something weird and unnatural, we might have an angle to get them to act."

To Gwen,

"We don't even know if there is a ritual or somethin'. They could just be eatin' folks. This point if we can figure out if the Morley's are at the lizard's camp it would be worth another 150. If we can manage to get them back alive it would be," he will glance at Artho and smoothly change what he is saying, "a bit more. So ya, don't really matter if they are doin' a ritual or just makin' dinner - time is important. We gotta get our asses movin'."

To Syli,

"You'd know best about our chances with the giant panther treehuggers. I like our odds better with them if ya think there's a chance they'd help out."

To everyone, but lookin' at Mehr,

"I recommend we start by heading back to where Syli, Gwen and I were last night to find our way to the druids. If we can pick up Trip's group along the way, we should try to convince them ta join up in killin' the lizards. It'd be nice ta check on the other lizards to see if they wanted a piece but without knowin' how far south they are now it probably ain't gonna be worth the time spent searchin'. I also strongly think we should go now."

He will even take a few steps in the direction they came from to indicate the need to move.

"Perhaps I should continue my journey south and make contact with the clan there?"

Artho does not seem reassured by Mehriv's vague reply.

To Varsk, he says: "We would likely need to arrange to meet again, but it will likely take several days to reach the southern clan and return. ...if I am able to find them.

The horns seem to be an alert system. I am not certain what it means, beyond signalling when someone has entered a part of their territory."

"Don't know what your mission is but if we can work together to our mutual benefit I don't think we'd mind havin' someone that knows their way round a swamp."

He will glance around for confirmation before continuing,

"You do what works for you but the way I see it our best shot out here is with numbers."

Syli raises an eyebrow as Varsk starts expressing his impatience. Nevertheless, she still couldn't help but agree that they were wasting time here, time they didn't necessarily have. "...so I guess the plan is to meet with this druid or druids, then? Guess I can't really think of a better plan, despite how low the bar's been set here."

If the group decides to move out, Syli once again assists with retracing their steps.

--Survival (+3): 15

"compared to the lizardfolk we've met here so far, anyway. The ones I knew back home weren't bad. From the sound of things, the tribe here has been influenced by some kind of powerful being. Perhaps even, as unlikely as it may seem, some kind of dragon. The other tribes in the area might just be willing to help get these under control before they wreck things for everyone. Seems like we could use the help, with the time we had of things yesterday.

Still, Artho knows the locals and we don't. I could maybe accompany him? But I of course defer to the boss."

"If your group can spare you, I would welcome the company."