<div class="floatright">(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/63b831f3-cc8e-4259-8c3f-2cc8f6edbda0/daa8qa1-01ce178b-1812-4459-a629-3401528eca5d.jpg/v1/fill/w_600,h_900,q_75,strp/commission__amevius_by_olchas_daa8qa1-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9OTAwIiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvNjNiODMxZjMtY2M4ZS00MjU5LThjM2YtMmNjOGY2ZWRiZGEwXC9kYWE4cWExLTAxY2UxNzhiLTE4MTItNDQ1OS1hNjI5LTM0MDE1MjhlY2E1ZC5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9NjAwIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmltYWdlLm9wZXJhdGlvbnMiXX0.WZGYzf-5zpCz9lFgDBMEd2G3DQgu2g8UkMbsj-oc8ts)</div><div class="floatleft">(https://static1.e621.net/data/sample/d2/75/d2754e3e382f7ea019a5cbd62791b97c.jpg)</div>Diabelle bring the dutiful woman did silently remember this for later. For the moment and immediate concerns was that someone would have to stay and watch the horses or risk losing them. In truth Diabelle had such an answer again but the issue was the inconvenience of losing their transport and supplies. So she looked to her husband to be on what to do. Leaving the concubines or Diabelle herself was out of the question. But should only one enter? Hard to decide on.<br/><br/>Diabelle however had an idea. She placed what looked like a small statuette of a dog carved carefully from onyx stone.<strong>"Come Olip!"</strong>she claps twice like she's calling an animal. The statue then shimmers and in its place was a large lookin guard dog. The tail sways back and forth looking up at Diabelle with a happy look. She pets it and then says.<strong>"Olip, guard and follow this man. Heed him as you heed me."</strong>Olip began to walk over to Darius and sniffs his hand before nuzzling into it demanding pets.<strong>"Who else will come along?"</strong><strong>"Well I was thinking that it might go smoother if he sees me with you. But I figured that it would be wiser for at least one of us to stay."</strong>She took out another miniature and this time it looked like a small wooden wall. Diabelle looked at the opening of the cave and gave a small sigh since she didn't have advanced magic for what she would like. Better than nothing.<br/><br/>So she thinks on it and digs out a bit of a trench at the mouth of the cave with loose sand. Then she casts the Creation spell and builds with it a heavy veil of prickly vines with an added touch of water from her skin to look like it was just a dried out water fall. True she cannot silence the horses but that's why they could stay behind.<br/><br/>To be honest he didn't like the idea of risking one of them. But Darius made a choice.<strong>"Keki, I need you to keep the horses quiet and alert us if someone is coming. If you suspect somethings wrong, whistle sharply or come and get us."</strong>Diabelle was using poetry concerning an Emerald Witch of the Feywild, whom lived in a living forest. How the very woods would defend itself with thorns and vines to impede the a great stag of living flame name Ulthoth. The horrible beast that turned grass to sands with each step. Creeks dry from his flames leaving naught behind. To which the Emerald Witch drew water from the sands and crested the most hostile brambles of beautiful flowers to deter the Stag of the Ember.<br/><br/>This bit of camouflage was a traditional Moonglow clan trick as disguising the entrance might make them look elsewhere. Enhanced by her magic the prickly vines stay lush and vibrant and very painful looking. The horses wouldn't go past it and no one would want to go through them from outside. She looked happy with her work.<strong>"I think we are fine here. Oh!"</strong>She forgot one more thing and hands Keki the invisibility potion, just in case she needed extra stealth.<strong>"In case you need to hide drink that. Invisibility."</strong>If she asked for a bow and arrows she'd get it. Neither Darius nor Diabelle liked the idea of leaving her defenseless. They indeed valued her.<br/><br/>With that dealt with Diabelle would stand ready to explore the cave deeper with Darius and Songbird. Unless one feels someone else is better suited for the job or elected to stay behind as well.<strong>"Olip, we are looking for another person. Sniff them out."</strong>The guard dog Olip was already hard at work, sniffing around for the hermit since there were signs of another person occupying the cave. If there was a possession of the hermit, that would help track em. But from the look of it there was naught but ashes and bones.<br/><br/>Darius took a moment to think it over and realizes that there's one more resource.<strong>"Diabelle, I need the Earthsight Box. Please hand it over."</strong>She smiled liking that he was thinking things through as well. Producing it they set it up, turn it three times whilst shut and open it. If it was done right he hoped to see the layout of this cave and see how deep it goes. True it was only a sixty feet radius but it was still am excellent scouting tool.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Diabelle rolls Stealth to camouflage the cave entrance and rolls a 15. But she uses a Hero Point to reroll. She gets a 26 on the result.<br/>At 2021-10-02 18:18:20, Laughing Hyena (uid: 10552) rolls: 1d20a10 Result: 15 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=156303)<br/>At 2021-10-02 18:18:27, Laughing Hyena (uid: 10552) rolls: 1d20a10 Result: 26 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=156304)<br/>