<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/davJBJd.jpg)</div><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Cassidy Cane</span></strong><br/><strong>Lvl 1 Human Gunslinger/Ranger</strong>– 14 / 14<strong>HP</strong>–<strong>AC</strong>18 – Character Sheet (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1616006)<br/><em>Bounty Hunter, Serial Drunkard, Has some kind of beef with the Hellknights</em><hr/><strong>“Hmph.  It’s not half as bad as I thought.”</strong>Cassidy muttered, shielding her eyes from the early morning sun, squinting against the way the sunlight caught the glittering green walls of the fortress, breaking the interminable silence between the pair.<br/><br/><strong>“I thought the switchback would’ve been made by the original builders, made with defensibility in mind.  The looks more like it was carved out by whoever broke this place originally … see the way it uses the hillside to cover most of the trail?”</strong>she pointed at the path, tracing her finger along it,<strong>“You and Ser Faranal will probably want to lead your horses until we come up to the final push, but it’s wide enough as long as we stay single file.”</strong><br/><br/><strong>“No goblins in the towers … it’s possible they were originally constructed with wooden stairs or ladders.  Exposure and neglect might’ve rotted those away, lucky us.”</strong><br/><br/>She paused a moment, pointing down and to the south.<br/><br/><strong>“Looks like Mouser’s sources missed an entrance too.  There’s no easy way up, so it’s probably an escape route for whoever is in charge.  All they’d need is a ladder or rope hidden away in the entrance there.  We can check and see if anyone brought a grappling hook, maybe turn that to our advantage.”</strong>Her smile took a darker shade,<strong>“If we’re clearing the ruins, cutting out the chain of command before anyone can get organized works in our favor.”</strong><br/><strong><br/>“Yeah, I’m feeling better about this.”</strong>She said, nodding to herself,<strong>“C’mon, we should get back.”</strong><br/><br/>Cassidy backed away from the treeline, fading back into the shadows quietly.  They hadn’t seen any sign of regular patrols since they’d entered the Echo Woods, so Cassidy relaxed a little bit.  The entirety of the time they’d made their approach, Cassidy had felt like someone was slowly winding a spring inside of her.  The harder she packed down her feelings, the tighter her guts felt, and the silence dragged on and on as she made and discarded arguments in her head.<em>One</em>of them had to clear the tension, and once they got back to the group, it’d be that much harder to do so naturally.<br/><strong><br/>“So, you and Mouser, huh?”</strong>she said, forcing her voice to be light, teasing her a bit,<strong>“When did <em>that</em> happen?  You clearly made an impression.”</strong><hr/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">TL'DR</div><div class="spoiler_body">  - Cassidy reviews the scouting information before turning to head back to the party.<br/>  - She lightly teases Cassidy about Mouser's concern for her wellbeing.</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Pre-Rolling Initiative</div><div class="spoiler_body">At 2018-06-20 15:20:24, Cassidy Cane (uid: 52581) rolls: 1d20m+6 Result: 15 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=121856)</div></div>