<div align="center"><span class="bbc_u">On the Road</span></div><br/>"Darkvision is nice I guess, but it still has limits. It doesn't reach much further than light from a torch, which is important when you're running in the dark. Most useful is not having to carry a torch yourself, so you can have both hands free, and not give your own position away." Shalelu cheered up a little as they moved away from sensitive topics. She touched her horns and smiled ironically, "One of the few upsides, being able to sneak around better, but if it weren't for them I wouldn't have needed to sneak around so much either."<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_u">Brinestump Marsh</span></div><br/>"That's a great idea!" Baihu fell for Yazhu's ploy hook, line and sinker. She poofed in a little cloud of smoke, and in the white-haired foxgirl's place was a white-furred fox.<br/><br/>(https://i.imgur.com/x9PSIr3.jpg)<br/><br/>She had an extremely cute fox form, and more importantly, in her tiny size a penalty to her defense against grappling. Struggle against Yazhu's arms as she might, Baihu couldn't get away before Yazhu had her fill of squeeing and hugging and petting! Actually, her futile struggles and panicked barking made her seem even cuter...<br/><br/>But alas, she eventually wiggled free, and with an indignant bark that sounded like "ba-ka" she ran off and started scouting the marsh, making sure to stay a safe distance from Yazhu from then on.<br/><br/>Getting back to the business at hand, the soft wet ground in the marsh was perfectly suited for preserving tracks. It wasn't long before they came across a strange, three-toed footprint that neither of them could identify (looking like this \|/ shape) that was still slowly filling with water as if it had only been made recently. Following it, there were a few more similar prints, leading to a small stream... and then the track was lost in the streambed.<br/><br/>So engrossed were they that they didn't notice the ripples in the water until it was too late - just beneath the surface, an enormous constrictor snake as long as Yazhu was tall was swimming, moving gracefully through the water with its length in an "S" shape slithering back and forth. Baihu froze in place, not moving a muscle, and flashed a no-nonsense glare at Yazhu - and she was still in her cute fox form, so managing to look that serious was quite an accomplishment - to do likewise. Luckily the snake wasn't hunting, because it passed by and went on its way seemingly without noticing them.<br/><br/>The next set of tracks they found was much more promising - three pairs of footprints, of shoes about the size that would fit small children - or small, pesky goblins! Baihu looked at Yazhu for their next plan of action. Report back and bring everyone to follow the trail of the goblins, or keep going and see where the goblins' tracks lead first?