That was perfect, Josi! Really well done. Please mark 'Tired' on DeeDee's character sheet (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=198739.msg9695521#msg9695521).<br/><br/>Wow, guys, I thought this game had died, but Josi has brought it back to life. Let's go on!<br/><br/>Just to bring us up to speed, the Patrol is on the road way on the outskirts of the Territories near Pebblebrook. They're on a mission to find a missing grain peddler. After a long slog through downright miserable, wet, and freezing autumn weather, the Patrol finally caught up to him. Well...<br/><br/>The grain peddler is nowhere to be seen. The Patrol found his cart, and his hat, but there's no trace of the grain peddler himself. Worse, Gwendolyn (leader of the MG) believes that the grain peddler is actually a spy and selling secrets, and has charged Baba with finding evidence of this fact and investigating further if possible. Baba has not shared this nugget of information with the Patrol; they are under the premise that this is a rescue operation.<br/><br/>Now the Patrol has an opportunity to take a long enough breather to determine how they want to attempt to complete their mission.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>"I don' like the feel of this one bit," said Mawgwa grimly, wringing out his rain-soaked cloak. "First we have to find a needle in a haystack, and now the haystack has fangs." He stooped by DeeDee's side to make sure she had made it into the tangle of thorny brambles all in one piece. "Nothin' that can' be mended, eh? Still, we got lucky," Mawgwa had turned his comments back to Baba and Lea, "I ain' never known a snake to turn down a meal this close to hibernatin', not that I known many." He scrambled up to join Baba on the lookout. "It'll be dark soon; no way to find him then." Mawgwa spoke as if the duties of their mission superseded the seemingly obvious fate of the grain peddler. "It'll be a cold night tonight, but I think our chances of finding him go from impossible to remote if we wait until the mornin' to resume the search."