<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;"><em>(roll for horsemanship: 8/8 = 8 + 3 (water) + 0 = 11) - results received through msn</em></span><br/><br/>That was what usually happened with good intentions; they went foul as soon as you were on your own. As she approached the stables, it became increasingly hard to lead them. They flattened their ears and pawed at the ground. Cold and wet, Jiao Jie found herself lacking patience and she dug her heels in the ground, urging them on with steely determination. Their eyes rolled and they shied away when she tried to rub them down. "Easy now.... Easy." She made some soothing noises, as if to calm a baby, but the horses' unease rubbed off and Jiao Jie found herself casting nervous glances over her shoulder. "It's just that peddler and his stories... Calm now."<br/><br/>Finally, she had them settled in for the night, hay and water set within their reach. Tugging at the straps of one of her packs, Jiao Jie stumbled when it came loose and fell into her hands. One of the horses whinnied and she all but dropped the saddle bag in her haste to glance back at whatever had them so nervous.<br/><br/>"What is going on here?" She muttered, raising the lantern by the door from its hinges and raising it slowly, throwing a long look over the small stables.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;"><em>investigate: 10/7 = 3 + 3 (wood) + 0 (investigate) = 6)<br/><br/>(modified because I'm dumb and misinterpreted GM's post :-P ) </em></span>