After Alexis finishes his note, and as he’s placing it thoughtfully in the bones, he whispers to the rest of the group.
“Do you think there are enough dwarves to take and keep Dura-Intun? Not sure how we could get enough humans up here to hold it. Any thoughts?”
Shortly after the group has escaped the ambush with Skelor and ‘the Made’ Alexis addresses Inkham and Gustov. “That robin saved our skins back there. Can one, or both, of you give it a ‘thank you’ from us?”
Alexis looks at Gustov “I don’t mean just looking at the bird and saying ‘thank you’… or anything likewise asinine… in case my meaning was somehow vague.”
Alexis goes back to addressing them both “Question? Anything I can do to help?”
“Gustav, Alexis has allowed me to indulge in some good old sleuthing to see if we can unearth that ax buried in the nasty mold.
I need to run a few experiments. For this I will need some tasty bits of meat from you next hunt.
As well I will require your help in reviewing and placing some traps to gather some field mice, or really any small furry things. The traps will be little cages that we can move around and keep the specimens alive, for now.
Also please keep any hide and sinew you get from your hunts. I will require building some glove and possible a very inventive mask.”
Sometime before we see Skellor’s antics in the tree.
“Alexis, we have bested the lizard folks, broken our pact with the smooth faced Orcs. We have explored much of these caves. We are hidden. We are safe. But we have no treasure, yet.
Yet much we have seen that would be worth more investigation, more probing.. and possibly pilfering.
The Dark Hand is out there probing for something of power, for artifacts and items. What is to say what we have found is not what they are looking for?
If you know what we are looking for, then speak it so that we all may aid in finding it. But if we are just searching, hoping to find ‘it’ before the Dark Hand.. then let us start with what we have already seen in these caves.
I have ideas on some experiments we could do to safely get the axe, and what else lurks under the foul mold.
What say you?”