~Dirk lakeside~<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I believe you, Dirk, wished to lead another scouting party outside of the valley? That is fine as long as you cover your tracks. I know that you do but should the humans discover the passageways into this place, I need not remind you that your races, and it's future, are over." </blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Dirk nodded to Blaze as he answered, "That is correct I had planned to leave this evening or perhaps tomorrow morning I was actually hoping to find one a Dragoon or perhaps another Were capable of flight to go with me and fly us out over the ridge so that the normal foot trails will not be so easily spotted with over use since there is only really one of those and that is through the cave systems in the western mountain range as we pointed out to me by one of your historians."<br/><br/>It was about that time that Dirk heard a crashing noise coming from the forest to the left and somewhat behind them.  "Excuse me please I'll go check and see what happened."  Having more speed in his bear (http://www.gotpetsonline.com/pictures-gallery/exotic-pictures-breeders-babies/grizzly-bear-pictures-breeders-babies/pictures/grizzly-bear-0002.jpg) form Dirk shifted forms easily and ran off into the direction the sound had come from.  Coming to a skidding halt near a bird woman with white wings he shifted back to his human (http://southportbooze.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/scorpion-king.jpg) form once again.<br/><br/>Kneeling down by the woman he places a hand on her shoulder as he asks, "Are you alright?  What happened?"  She was obviously one of the exotic Were's the likes of which he had only heard the elders of his old tribe talk about around camp fires at night.<br/><br/>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br/><br/>~Ann, with Nerissa and Jerome~<br/><br/>Ann smiled sweetly for both Nerissa and Jerome as she said, "Of course your safe enough up here among the land walkers but I just couldn't resist following you when I saw you heading for the surface.  We would love to show you where some of the best places to find fish would be both here at the lake and at different places along the river that runs through the valley wouldn't we Nerissa?"  Ann teasingly played with Nerrissa's hair even as she looked up at Jerome again and winked as she gave him a warm friendly smile.