Mary
"The middle of nowhere... Next to a random macen from Pinnacelia, and a qua from Itchsunia. The way the world changes." 
*He laughed with Kaddah a little bit.*
Janice
"Three travelers, away from home. Nowhere to go but up a mountain. One day they will tell stories of this in taverns as they drink and laugh." *Dole smiles heartily after saying this*
David
"Such is the worlds way. To change as its people change. Always an odd mixture of harsh and amazing."
Janice
"Speaking of harsh, it appears we have come across our first obstacle." *Dole says pointing ahead to a large ravine that cuts across their path*
Mary
*Kirgajan didn't think at all that people would be praising this in taverns. But his mind never went in that direction either.*
"Optimistic... That's a trait you don't see often in this line of work." 
*He laughed to himself, but sighed at the sight of the ravine. Might as well go check and see how deep it is.*
"You guys are a bit lighter... Might want to see if we can scale this thing."
Janice
"Hmm, I have some rope in my bag, perhaps we could throw one of us and make a rope bridge."
David
*The Quas antenna fall*
"Of course its before my molt."
*He steps forward gauging the width of the ravine*
Janice
*Dole reaches into his pack and starts riffling around for pitons and anything else that could be useful.*
Mary
*Kirgajan moved closer to the ravine and looked at the both of them. Now he was clearly sizing them up now and shook his head a bit.* 
"I could get both of you over it as long as it isnt too wide... But I dont think any rope will hold me."
David
"Im not much of a climber. Nor do I want to be thrown."
*He folds his arms over eachother*
Janice
*Dole pulls out about 100ft of rope, 20 pitons, some wire, hooks, and a couple rations to eat* "Might as well eat before trying anything."
Mary
*The brayer takes a seat on the ground about 15 yards from the ravine, against a large boulder. He begins to rummage and pulls out some of his own food.* "Agreed, but we need to see if we could also just head around. It might be worth the extra time."
David
*The Qua sits down pulling out his own ration from the bag. A strange block of something that smells vaguely of the ocean. He grabs what looked to be just a blank face plate, pulling it of to show a four eyed vaguely humanoid face as he gently bites into the block*
"A good idea."
Janice
"Hmmm, we need to wonder if there be any monsters, or the like in the ravine as well. Many such creatures do make their homes in caves." *Dole says biting into a block of cheese and drinking cheap ale*
Mary
*He looks over at the dark ravine and nods.* "I take my chances in a fight with a man... But I do not know about the monsters that reside in these mountains. That is a very big chance."
David
"I would imagine so."
*His eyes are closed as he sits cross legged taking another small bite of the block*
Janice
"I'm fine with fighting some monsters, but there's always the chance for poison, which can kill even the strongest of warriors given time. Do any of you know anything about antivenoms."
David
"None. I am non poisonous and prefer to remove my enemies before they get the chance to touch me."
Mary
*He quickly finished his food, and began walking over to the ravine to inspect it with greater detail.* "Its not the poisons I'm concerned with. More the... Large and toothy jaws of a Frostbite... Or something of the like."
Janice
*Dole nods contemplatively* "So what shall we do first, if we are to found a way around that could cost us another day, if any of you are in a hurry perhaps we can try to scale the ravine like we thought before."
Mary
*Upon inspecting the chasm below, he was happy to say he could see the bottom. He could not tell if there were any caves or holes in the walls, but it appeared to be clear for the most part.* "I say we chance it and head down. It doesn't look to be more than 50 meters deep. We got lucky we are still at the base of this mountain."
David
"I would have found the long way around if on my own"
*He wraps the block back up as he puts the face plate back on*
Janice
*Dole grins finishing his drink and cheese standing up and grabbing the rope and pitons* "Would you like to use the rope now or save it for when we're higher up?"
David
"Save it for when we need it. We do not know if there is a way around the ravine yet."
Mary
*He looks back at the two and takes a moment to think.* "Any chance you have climbing gear in there besides rope? We could try to sheer scale it, but I don't know if the rock will hold. It is rather jagged and easy to hold if we were to try to perhaps."
Janice
"This is all I have I'm afraid, my bag only has the bare essentials for exploration in general. We can try and use the pitons if you'd like, they should give us a foothold where we need them."

*Dole says shaking his head*
David
"I have no such tools. I had not planned for mountain travel."
Mary
*His head swung back between the ravine and the forest around it. He did not see any end to it in either direction, but his view was cut off by trees in either direction.* "I am not being paid by the hour... So doing this as soon as possible would be preffered. Whats the worst that happens? A 50 meter fall?"
Janice
"If you both like, I can find the path down, rock climbing is a bit in my blood." *Dole says grinning*

*Dole comes over to the edge peering down the deep ravine, grinning before turning to look at the others*
David
"I have no issues with this"
*He continues to sit watching the Macen*
Mary
*Kirgajan walks over to Dole and gives him a smack on the shoulder, looking down at him a bit with a grin.* "Lead the way my rocky friend."
Janice
*Dole tightens the straps for his pack and crouches bear the edge before flipping on to his stomach and pulling himself into the rock shelf of the ravine door first. There's a bit of a scare after the first few feet when a foothold gives way under Doles foot, but he manages to recover and begin working his way down again.*

"This way seems good so far, but stay up there until i reach the bottom, I may need to descend at another spot."
David
*The Qua stands up as he walks calmly over near the edge sitting down next to the rope*
Mary
*Kirgajan stood at the edge looking down at the man below him. He then looked back at Kaddah.* "Ya sure you don't want me to toss ya?" *He said as the two watch their new companion decend slowly.*
David
"Positive."
*He responds curtly*
Mary
*His smile fades with the response.* "Loosen up new friend, no one's gonna hurt ya here."
Janice
*Dole continues his descent, occasionally pulling out pitons from his pack with a free hand, then using the bone plates on his feet to kick them in where he can't find footholds. That is when Dole first hears the sound of scuttling...*

*Halfway down the ravine now Dole looks to the right to see a spider as big as his head looking at him from a hole in the wall.*
David
"You are strangers still. Forgive my coldness."
*His face plate turns to Kirgajan*
Janice
"It would appear this ravine has a bit of an infestation my friends"
Mary
*Kirgajan roles his eyes a bit and looks at the qua directly now.* "Listen, better get real comfortable with us if we are going to make this wo-" *His sentence was cut short with the words from Dole.* "What kinda infestation? Don't tell me you are scared of a few little bugs!" *He yelled down the ravine.*
David
"As if walking near me wouldnt set off an alarm bell"
*Dole could feel the raised eyebrow of sarcasm through the face plate*
Janice
*The spider leaps at Dole knocking him to the side, almost causing him to fall but he manages to just barely grab onto the piton he had just kicked into the wall.* "Godsdamned things trying to kill me."
David
"Its not often a spider attacks something bigger than it unless it feels threatened. Back away from its nest"
*He stands up as he looks down over the ledge*
Mary
*He looked down at Dole just in time to see the commotion that had preluded Dole's stumble.* "Shit... That's no little bug." *He grabbed the rope in his hand and quickly tossed it down, just into reach of Dole.* "Either grab on or kill the damned thing! Can't have you dying!"
Janice
*Dole, after fighting with it for a moment, manages to pry the thing off of his face and chuck it into the ravine.* "Don't worry just a bit of scare there with the fall friends, I'm going to work a path to the side here to avoid the things nest like you said Kaddah ." *Dole resumes climbing as he had before, and after a couple minutes manages to reach the bottom, without any more hassle.*

"Right, you should be able to follow the path I took down without much trouble, as long as you avoid where that things nest was." *Dole yells up to the others*
David
*Kaddah sits back down watching carefully as he says*
"To your left. Thats a clear path."
Mary
*A huff comes from Kirgajan as he packs up the extra tools in his backpack and looks around.* "Ill go next, see you down there." *He gave Kaddah a little nudge and began his decent. Though it was slower than Dole's, he made it down safely thanks to the macen's path he had laid.* "Good work... All clear Kaddah! Get your four armed ass down here!" *He yelled up the echoing ravine.*
David
*The Qua grabs the rope in two of his hands as he slides down it rather smoothly. When he gets closer to the ground his other two arms and legs wrap around the rope, slowing his fall till hes able to land gracefully*
Mary
"Alright Dole... Time to go up." *He spoke rather hastily as he wanted to spend as little time in this ravine before things realized how vulnerable they were.*
David
*Sensing Kirgajans uneasiness he draws his blades readying them for anything that comes*
Janice
"Much easier than going down I assure you my friends." *Dole stands popping his back and neck, before reaching out to a good hold and starting his climb up the other side.* "Watch out for more of those spiders down there, there's no telling how many of them there could be."
David
"I doubt its those spiders we have to worry about."
Mary
*Kirgajan stood watch over the start of the path upwards. His sword was drawn, and he was ready for something to happen. Nothing seemed to be an immediate threat, but the ravine was still unsettling.* "Agreed Kaddah."
Janice
*Surprisingly, Dole manages to climb the rest of the way up the ravine without much problem, only using a couple of his remaining pitons before reaching the top* "Easy climb, should just be a straight climb up from where your at friends, I didn't see any other creatures on my way up"
David
*Kaddah slides his swords back into his sword belt. He slowly makes his way up even with his four arms*
Mary
*Kirgajan begins his ascent behind Kaddah, as he moves he can hear a low rumble from the right direction of the ravine.* "That doesnt sound good." *His pace quickened as a low roar could be heard. Something large had taken note that they were there, it appeared that they got out in the knick of time.*
David
*Kaddah hurries a bit as he calmly says*
"Oh no."
*His arms work quicker pulling himself up higher*
Janice
*Dole chuckles at the sound of the creature below* "We are very fortunate it seems, imagine if it had come only moments sooner. Come let us leave before it reaches eyesight."
Mary
*Kirgajan did not even wait for them to say anything. He kicked off the last pitons as it was sent tumbling into the ravine. He began to jog at a quick pace away from it.* "Hurry, not dying to whatever that thing is"
Janice
*Dole gathers his things and begins to follow up the path of the mountain*
David
*Kaddah laughs lightly at Kirgajan*
"The strong mercenary sacred of a noise?"
Mary
*Kirgajan almost stopped in his tracks at the remark. A shot at his pride was not something he would take lightly.* "I can kill you... Whatever made that noise can kill all of us." *He spoke bluntly.*
Janice
"It is always better to avoid conflict on a long and arduous journey friend, for one never knows they will need their strength until the time to use it comes."
David
"I didnt say you couldnt kill me."
*He can feel the cheeky smile under the Quas face plates as he turns around walking backwards with his arms open*
"Its only a joke. Lighten up"
Mary
*The brayer had not stopped his jog, he was not going to take any chances.* "Very funny... Keep moving, we can't afford to let it follow our scent."
Janice
*Dole walks in the middle as always but contemplates going back to fight the creature in the ravine on their return journey.* "Let us make haste for the summit then."
David
*The Qua chuckles as it echos in the face plate walking quickly with them*
"Of course."
Mary
*A little while passes as they continue up the mountain, it had not even begun to turn into cliffside yet, but they were sticking to the trail for the most part; only stepping off to shorten the time spent climbing.* "When do you want to make camp?"
David
"As it gets darker."
*He says calmly*
"So that our climb may be quicker."
Janice
*Dole looks to the sky overhead and frowns* "It's about another hour or two until sunset, we should start looking for a clearing to make camp soon." *Dole sniffs heartily then closes his eyes before grimacing and turning back to the bath*
David
"What did you smell?"
*His antenna wave in the air*
Mary
"Agreed, I want to spend as much time traveling as possible." *He continued his pace, keeping his eyes peeled for anything out of the ordinary.*
Janice
"A storm, it'll be on us sometime tomorrow evening, smells like a bad one, could last a couple days." *Dole starts looking around the sides of the path for open areas to make camp as they walk*
David
"A storm. So long as we can find shelter we should be fine"
*He looks arounds keeping his eyes open*
Janice
"The rains not the problem, could turn into a blizzard higher up the mountain, we'll have to be careful not to get of course in it."
Mary
*The wind had definitely begun to pick up as they ascended higher and higher. This was the easy part of the journey, and it had already taken up a good chunk of the first day.* "I would like to reach the actual sheer rocks of this mountain before the end of today. There should be a clearing at the base of those."
David
"How sure can you be of that?"
Mary
"Sure enough that I wont be stopping until then. It can't be more than an hour and a half up the mountain, and it should take us out of the forrest."
David
"Hmm."
*He continues walking waiting to reach the sheer rocks*
Janice
*Dole nods following up after Kirgajan, occasionally slicing free a tree branch or two as they climbed. Slowly collecting some firewood for tonight and tomorrow*
Mary
*Kirgajan leads the way, cleaving the foliage out of the way with his massive greatsword.* "Just... A little... More." *He huffed with each swing as a break in the trees could be seen. He looked back at the qua and raised an eyebrow.* "Eh? Wheres that questionable attitude now Kaddah?" *He joked.*
David
"Its still there, ready to question you later."
Janice
"And our first day on the journey can almost be closed, good day today friends." *Dole said smiling as they exited the woods. Doles smile quickly fades as he finds that as they departed the woods they have accidentally stumbled upon a moss covered grove where several raptor like creatures are prowling near a nearby cave.*
David
*Kaddah calmly draws his blades and steps forward loudly yelling at the raptors*
"GO ON GET OUT OF HERE"
*He waves his swords above his head as they all just seem to stare at him while he looks to the other two*
"They dont work like bears."
Janice
"A good battle at the end of a long days trek, very good for morale."*Dole says smiling*
Mary
*Kirgajan huffs, as he really did not want to deal with this after the long journey. He stepped forward with his overwhelming frame, and let out a roar as he raised his arms and sword. The raptors seemed rattled, but not stepping down.*
Janice
*Dole charges to the nearest raptor and swings one of his axes taking its head off before it has tome to react, a second leaps and bites into his swinging arm only to be met with his second axe. Dole begins to laugh amidst the slaughter*
David
*The Qua dashes forward with speed, his swings are measured and graceful as he almost seems to dance with them*
Mary
*Kirgajan lumbers up to the small pack of raptor like beasts, swinging his greatsword down and cleaving the head from one in a single sweep. He took a second to look at the two others fighting, it was much different person to person.* "Grah!" *In his distraction one of the monsters had managed to leap onto his back and bite into his shoulder, drawing a little bit of blood.*
David
*The Qua blinks forward towards Kirgajan as he slashes the beasts head off and piercing another with an extra blade*
Janice
*Dole sees a raptor trying to flank the others and hurls a javelin through the raptors torso, slamming it into a cave wall. Another raptor tries to bite into his elbow but only manages to draw blood as it's teeth clink on his bone plates*
Mary
*Kirgajan reaches behind him and rips the raptor off his back. Holding it in one hand, he grabs its head with the other, and snaps it neck. He tosses it into the group, sending one of them running into the forrest.*
David
*The blade dancer twirls around as his blades whistle in the air causing more cuts than kills as many of the raptors fell from him*
Mary
*The heavy sword came down on another raptor, splitting it in two. The other two warriors had handled a good sum of the pack. The beasts seemed to be thinning in number greatly, now trying to make an escape.* "Beautiful lads!" *He yelled as he watched the two cleave and hack away.*
Janice
*Dole cleaves through what he can of the raptor horde that remains, not long after the 3 warriors finish off what is left of the raptors*
David
*As he watches the raptors run he flicks his blades a few times, the blood spraying the ground cleaning the blades of as he slides them back into his sheathes*
Mary
*Finally the beasts make their way out of eyesight, and Kirgajan sits on the mossy ground below them.* "That was a good way to end the day Dole... You weren't wrong." *His breath was a little staggered, but for the most part he was not tired at all.*
Janice
*Dole sits on the edge of the cave still slick with raptor blood* "Now we have fresh meat for cooking as well, very good end if you ask me."
David
*Kaddah takes a moment before following them into the cave, heading towards the back of it*
Mary
*Kirgajan picked up some of the firewood and tossed it onto the dryest patch of ground that he could find. It took a fair amount of time, but he got a fire going just as the sun set behind the horizon.* "Dole, good work out there, and you... Kaddah, you are quicker than I thought."
Janice
"You are both very deserving of the Warrior title I think, you fight well." *Dole says as he prepares some raptor meat for the fire*
David
"Such is the way I was taught. Quick strikes."
*He crosses his legs as he draws a sword, a cloth, and oil from his bag and bgins to clean and treat each of his swords*
Mary
*The brayer sat at the mouth of the cave, keeping guard as the cool night air began to blow in from the base of the mountain.* "Let me know when that meat is ready. I love a good meal after a fight."
Janice
*Dole skewers some slabs of meat with a rod from his bag and begins to roast it over the fire, occasionally he melts cheese over the meat and douses some of it in his ale. After cooking it for some time the meat turns orange and brown.* "The meat is done you may both eat whenever you wish"
David
"I have eaten all I need today."
*He says simply as he sheathes his first blade, and pulls out his second blade*
Mary
"No need to tell me twice." *Without hesitation Kirgajan takes his portion, sets it aside, and splits Kaddah's in half. He hands the other half to Dole.* "More for us."
David
*The Qua nods as she slowly wipes the oil soaked cloth along the blade, the same blueish color of his armor*
Janice
*Dole eats his fair share of the meat as, tearing into it heartily and drinking a gallon or two of all while he's at it, he offers the ale to his two compatriots as well. After getting full seeing the Bug Man work on his boss Dole pulls out a whetstone and making sure his axes edges haven't filled from the battle*
David
*Kaddah respectfully holds a hand up when offered ale*
"I dont drink."
Mary
*Kirgajan again does not hesitate, he takes his fair share of ale and finished his food.* "Much appreciated." *He followed suit and pulled out his own large whetstone to sharpen his blade.* "I'll take first watch, you two go ahead and rest. I'll wake you if something arises."
David
*Kaddah continues to treat his blades*
"I can stay awake for a bit longer. I need to at least."
Janice
"If that fine with you two then I think I'll head off to sleep, that scare with the spider wore me out more than the raptors did. *After sharpening his axes he lays back on his pack and shuts his eyes in an attempt to get some rest*
Mary
*Kirgajan sat against the left wall of the entrance to the cave. Every now and then he looked back towards Kaddah, still unsure of how to feel about him.* "Those blades are quite impressive. Where did you get them?"
David
"Made them back home. They are an extension of me."
*He finishes the treatment as he switches to his third blade*
Mary
"Made yourself? If you can make such nice blades... Why a sell sword?"
David
"The blades I make have one purpose, to be used by their maker. They are iron infused with my own chitin into fine steel."
*He looks down the blade as the purple glow of his eyes vanish on the left side*