[Chrrou survival check to find Sashi's scent: 1d20(20) + 21 = 41; DC 16; pass by margin of 25, can track at double-speed]<br/>[Heshaar survival check to find Sashi's scent: 1d20(10) + 6 = ; DC 16; pass by margin of 0, can track at half speed]<br/><br/>Chrrou wrinkles his nose as he starts out the door, squinting as though trying to remember something. ~<span style="font-style: italic">Something back there in the bar...</span>~ he thinks, ~<span style="font-style: italic">smells like...</span>~ As he's trying to collect his thoughts, though, he steps outside, looks over the gathered hounds... and gives a distressed squeak, clinging to Heshaar's leg, a reaction to the monsters' presence that'd seem natural enough to<span style="font-style: italic">most</span>people.<br/><br/>~<span style="font-style: italic">I smell... rabbit on their breath,</span>~ the druid proclaims stunnedly. ~<span style="font-style: italic">I don't know if it's </span>her<span style="font-style: italic">-- I could get closer, but..!</span>~ The mouse finds himself at a momentary loss; even in a more fearsome shape, he'd rather not tempt the jaws of the beasts more than need be, and there's still something about that other scent in the bar...<br/><br/>The mousefolk's visible tension remains for a few moments before he tentatively shakes his head, then once more. ~<span style="font-style: italic">No,</span>~ he thinks, ~<span style="font-style: italic">There's rabbit on their breath alright, but not </span>our<span style="font-style: italic"> rabbit. Sorry to scare you... sorry to scare </span>me<span style="font-style: italic"> too. Now to find her actual sc...</span>~ At first Chrrou starts to turn his head groundward again, but he abruptly stops, eyes going a little wider as he gazes back toward the tavern. ~<span style="font-style: italic">...Now I remember. A scent in the bar, just now-- a smoky, acid scent-- ...There was that same scent from something above us in the fight with Draco. It was just a distortion then, couldn't hardly see it, but..!</span>~ Chrrou scowls, torn, worried for Sashi but struck by the thought that this might be the only chance to gather this unexpected clue as to the nature of the forces that oppose them. ~<span style="font-style: italic">But... we have to find Sashi first, don't we,</span>~ he resignedly concludes, stepping to stand beside Heshaar rather than practically between her forelegs, forsaking her more intimidatingly protective presence in order to get some space to transform in. ~<span style="font-style: italic">Maybe if we find her quickly, it'll still be here...</span>~<br/><br/>[Chrrou uses Wild Shape: Megaraptor] Leaning forward, gaze unfocusing as though looking straight through the buildings of the town into some far-off place, the druid abruptly outgrows his body; his mousy fur is lost amid an emerging sea of roiling scales that ripples and spreads in the wake of his receding pelt, and his body swells and bulges with bestial muscle that fills out his newly scale-plated frame. Standing tall, stretching his pair of viciously-taloned feet, the reptile takes a glance about the party. ~<span style="font-style: italic">We will move faster than humans can run. Must anyone be carried?</span>~ Even if the mentality lurking behind his eyes is ostensibly the same, the mental 'voice' of the megaraptor has an unnervingly more feral edge to it.<br/><br/>[Fun fact: due to Megaraptor survival bonus, survival check would now be 49 / pass by margin of 33!]