<div align="center">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4b/05/2c/4b052ce7bbcfbdd7173e50faa3b00888.jpg)</div><br/>The travel continues from early day to late evening before merchants and caravan folk set up camp. They form a half-circle ring near the road and raise up tents and create several covered fires near the carts and wagons which make up the caravan. The cart and wagon drivers hang out together with each other, merchants hang each other or with mercenaries or drivers. Mercenaries hang either themselves or join other groups. However caravan folk are most suspicious of everyone.<br/><br/>Bewaring of possible night ambush by bandits the mercenaries discuss overall who takes what watches and most take a horn or whistle for signal. Party suspected for some foul play was extra careful and Baramos whispered a merry tune set up magical alarm on their own campsite which was surrounded by tents. There is some song, drinking and eating. The free grub offered by caravan chef was simply soup with some meat and veggies thrown together with pepper for spicy flavor and small hard piece of bread. Nothing grand but it was eatable although getting more than spoonful of any meat or veggies was challenge if you were in middle or later in the line (as folks who got first spooned most stuff onto their plates and left merely flavorful liquid).<br/><br/>After midnight the singing and drinking ceased and folks fell asleep on beds, only some mercenaries in night watch remained. Some alert and some asleep.<br/><br/>However none the mercs spotted the lurking approaching danger which Rishi thanks her vision spotted, several smaller shadows slithered closer to the camp and at first she thought seeing animals. But then she spotted a glint of steel in shimmering campfire light.....<br/><br/>OOC: Time to post actions. Only Rishi can act during surprise round and do full round action. Everyone else is surprised and waking up to alarm. All roll initiatives so I get average of the sum and I roll for bad guys and separately for caravan/mercs. Baramos rolled 18 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=140045)