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[19:26] <SpaceThor> [19:25] <SpaceThor> One sunset since the disturbance with the outlaw, and there's a shout from the kin on the wall near the stream. It's big for a stream, but not quite a river, and has never had a name as far as you're aware.
[19:26] * @Jussika heads there immediately, and almost grumpily. She's concerned, it's easy to tell.
[19:27] * Steve_the_Troll lumbers over as well.
[19:27] * Bruuke follows
[19:30] * Kreg looks up at the wall from his seat, where he's been carefully feathering new arrows and maintaining his bow.
[19:31] <SpaceThor> "Look at the water, chief." Down in the stream, dark shapes are churning the surface.
[19:33] <@Jussika> She looks down, frowning... pulling up her rifle to peer into the scope, getting a closer look. "What in Caen...?"
[19:34] <SpaceThor> A pair of yellow eyes look back at you through the scope, then dart underwater.
[19:36] <Bruuke> "Should I get the mortar?" Bruuke grins.
[19:36] <Steve_the_Troll> "...I don't like the looks of this." To the kin on the wall, he says: "Keep an eye on things there, but don't let anyone else do nothin' stupid, got it? Juss, did you get a look at what might be out there?"
[19:36] * @Jussika narrows her eyes and grunts. "Yellow eyes... don't get the damned mortar yet, we should save ammo. I have a bad feeling, though..."
[19:38] <@Jussika> "Definitely had a yellow eye, though. Looked right at me."
[19:38] * Kreg has joined you on the wall, and looks over the side."
[19:39] <Kreg> "...Gatorman tribe?  Didn't think they'd be this far from the swamp..."
[19:39] <SpaceThor> A few moments go by, and a gatorman hops up out of the water, pulling a soaked felt hat out of his backpack, putting it on top of his head. "'Pologies if we frightened you up there. We had a bit of a...disagrement on the directions to our ob-jec-teeeve." He drawls.
[19:41] <@Jussika> She quirks an eyebrow. "Just been a little on edge lately, fellas," she drawls back. "The Tharn bein' what they are and all. You folk just passin' through?"
[19:42] <Steve_the_Troll> It's hard to tell on his rocky blue face, but Steve the troll's expression might have just gone a little flatter.
[19:42] <SpaceThor> "Now c'mon boys, no need to be rude. Get on up into the daylight so we's on an even keel here."
[19:43] <SpaceThor> The other gators pull themselves out of the water, five gatormen with long spears, followed by a huge gator. How did they all fit into that stream?"
[19:44] <SpaceThor> "Now, my name's Cornelius Buford Jr. May I have the honor of y'alls names?"
[19:44] <Bruuke> "I'm still hearing Mortar."
[19:44] <@Jussika> Jussika has long ago given up asking questions about how you fit so many people in such a small area. She'd asked the same of Steelhead barracks once. "Jussika Firetongue."
[19:48] <SpaceThor> "Well, it's a pleasure to meet you Madam Firetongue. And your friends too, of course."
[19:48] <SpaceThor> "Now, Ah don't suppose you folks've seen a farrow raidin party round here have ya?"
[19:49] <@Jussika> "Farrow?" She shakes her head. "I ain't. Maybe one of our scouts or guards has. You lookin' for them?"