<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/a/a6/Neeral.jpg)<br/>Neeral (https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheet.html#id=1428855)</div>Neeral greeted Curu with a reptilian chirrup of her own. Entirely without meaning, of course - the kobold lacked any of the gnome's facility with animals - but a pleasant noise nonetheless.<br/><br/>"If Secomber is close to the tower, then maybe we can use it as our base of operations," she mused. "Especially if this expedition is going to take months like the poster said. With a building this old, that's likely to have a lot of traps and protections, we're going to want to take things slowly. Can't just rush into a place like that. That's how you get your head cut off by the axe trap on the front door." She made a nasty snickering sound. "Idiots."<br/><br/>Neeral looked around again. "So, when do we leave? I prefer to travel at night, but I guess I'll be outvoted on that one. Maybe we can shop around for supplies - ooh, and a map of the forest, maybe! - and then hit the sack and leave tomorrow morning. We can get a couple of rooms here, no problem. I don't take up much space in bed."