Ghost Horse

Jessiah arrives from the west, riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings.
Jessiah dismounts from his long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings.
Jessiah sighs.
Jessiah hugs you.
Jessiah says, "Heya man."
You hug Jessiah.
Speaking to Jessiah, you say, "Heya."
Jessiah says, "I think I gotta problem."
You ask, "Hmm?"
Jessiah asks, "The horse ya saw beforein my mine, was it midnight black?"
A single faint chime peals through the area, signalling the time.
You say, "I can't remember the shade exactly, but...I think so. Its color is rather unique."
Jessiah says, "I saw one of em muscular warhorses in therr, midnight black in color. Thing is when I went in at first it wasn't therr. One of em shades popped out at me and I went into the entrance to hide from it and that warhorse spotted me. I never saw it until then."
You ask, "Wait, when did this all happen?"
Jessiah says, "A few moments ago. I hopped onto Belle and ran all the way back herra. I wasn't gonna stick around to know who had that horse."
You say, "So it's still in your mine..."
You cringe.
Jessiah says, "Scared the hell out of me."
You say, "That dam horse spooked me."
Jessiah nods.
You say, "Yar me too."
Jessiah says, "It did me too."
You say, "What about this..."
You ask, "What if I head in the mine and try to search for it?"
Jessiah says, "I don't want ya to go alone, in case the rider is nearby."
You say, "May be we can do something to drive it out."
Jessiah nods.
Jessiah climbs up onto the back of a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings.
Jessiah says, "I left my lantern a burnin down therr I was so scared."
Jessiah laughs!
  [ESP-GRAY] * A brief pulse of the color Silver-Blue flickers at the edge of your mind's eye. *
A small girl skips up to the statue, dragging her poor father behind her.
You say, "I should go with you then, and we search."
Jessiah beckons for you to join him.
  [ESP-GRAY - Steel-Pink]: Hello Sir, M'am? Silver-Blue.
You say, "I'm more capable alone if the rider suck at spotting me. If we see no rider at all, I'm gonna put down that horse."
  [ESP-GRAY - Silver-Blue]: Hello.
Jessiah says, "I don't like it."
  [CHAT - Spice Merchant Diamond_Dimon finds all the bling!]: okay, typing today is hard. this is going to be interesting
You say, "I can't leave it stalking around your mind like that."
Jessiah nods.
Jessiah asks, "What if that thang is cursed, and it cursed my mine?"
You ask, "Do you think putting it down is too cruel?"
  [CHAT - Elemancer Vaelin]: oh? what happened?
[Haiban, Founder's Square] (gathering spot) (OutUr) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
A small garden surrounds a large bronze #statue in the middle of the square. Shaded #benches are placed around the #statue, interspersed with a variety of flowering plants. Directly opposite the #statue, against the mountains, is a large #establishment and a four-story #tower. Both are clearly upscale, based on their facades.
There is a small crowd of people here. The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, north, south.
Jessiah shakes his head.
Jessiah says, "I just worry the rider is learkin."
  [CHAT - Journeyman Jessiah the Prospector]: damn spelling
You say, "I want to put it down because it may belong to one of them harbingers. And that's not gonna be good for us."
Jessiah nods.
A strolling couple takes a moment to sit on a bench, people watching.
You say, "The dam thing looks....unlike any horses I've seen."
Jessiah says, "I know."
  [CHAT - Spice Merchant Diamond_Dimon finds all the bling!]: nothing, just mentally foggy, stress will do that to you. I wish i could say it is because I've been drinking, but my brain is just dead after the last couple days
You say, "We go then."
You join Jessiah.
You follow Jessiah west.
You head west.
[Haiban, Bazaar] (market) (OutUr) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
Although the street itself is wide, the sheer amount of carts, stalls, wagons, and people along this stretch of town turns it into a cramped and chaotic maze. Reluctant to give up valuable space, vendors hawk their variety of wares on the street, only barely leaving enough room for foot and wagon traffic. Bright colors and the exotic smell of spices mingle with the more familiar smells of pine, oak, and other local flora.
The area is crowded with throngs of people. The area is very noisy.
You also notice a wooden trash barrel, a large ash crate (open) and a large post board.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, east.
You follow Jessiah west.
You head west.
[Haiban Entry] (OutUr) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
Wide cobblestone roads branch out north and south while a slightly larger road leads east. The avenue is clogged with wagons, carts and horses making forward progress slow. Three tall #arches allow passage through the thick walls that lead outside the city and a handful of soldiers stand, backs straight, keeping an eye on who enters and leaves the area. An iron water #pump has been placed on a small round dais that is nestled between the east and south cobbled road.
There is quite a crowd of people here. The area is very noisy.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: north, east, south.
You follow Jessiah through an arch.
You head through an arch.
[Haiban Entry, South] (OutGr) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
Three large #arches in the tall marble walls allow access to the city of Haiban while a tall barred open wooden gate leads out to the wilderness. A cobblestone path leads between the two and intersects north towards a massive stone bridge spanning the vast river, while a smaller dirt path leads southwards towards a wooded area. Guards are posted all throughout, carefully inspecting wagons, carts, and any shady looking individuals seeking access to Haiban.
A few people are milling about the area. The area is slightly noisy.
Also here: a lean Coalition guard (heavily-armored), a lanky Coalition guard (heavily-armored), a tan and white beagle, a stocky Coalition guard (heavily-armored) and Jessiah (riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: north, south, the wilderness.
  [CHAT - Spice Merchant Diamond_Dimon finds all the bling!]: and now the hands don't really want to work the way they are supposed to
You follow Jessiah off into the wilderness.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
[Deciduous Wooded Hills Road] (OutWldFrHlGr) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
Much of the space west of the road has been cleared away to allow space for a large wooden wall. Although tall, this wall is dwarfed by the white marble one behind it. Built against the towering mountains, guard towers can be seen at regular intervals on top of the wall. The #gate to the wooden wall stands open, allowing travelers to enter. Oak and elm trees cover the temperate grassy wooded hills. A river blocks passage to the northeast, north and northwest.
The area is mostly quiet.
You also notice a large pine watermill.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: north (river), west (road), northwest (river), northeast (river), southwest, south (road).
You follow Jessiah west.
You head west.
Travel time: 3 seconds.
(energy -6)
[Prairie Road] (OutWldPlGr) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 The area consists of temperate grassy flat plains. A road leads west and east. A river blocks passage to the north, northeast and northwest. A bridge spans the river to the north.
The area is mostly quiet.
You also notice a burned out mass.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: north (riverbridge), west (road), northwest (river), northeast (river), east (road), southeast, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah west.
You head west.
Travel time: 3 seconds.
(energy -6)
[Prairie Road] (OutWldPlGr) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 The area consists of temperate grassy flat plains. A road leads west and east. A river blocks passage to the north, northeast and northwest.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: north (river), west (road), northwest (river), northeast (river), east (road), southeast, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah west.
You head west.
Travel time: 3 seconds.
(energy -6)
[Prairie Road] (OutWldPlGr) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 The area consists of temperate grassy flat plains. A road leads east and northwest. A river blocks passage to the north and northeast.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: north (river), west, northwest (road), northeast (river), east (road), southeast, south, southwest.
  [CHAT - Elemancer Vaelin]: oh. hope you'll be better soon?
You follow Jessiah northwest.
You head northwest.
Travel time: 3 seconds.
(energy -6)
[Flat Prairie Shrubland Road] (OutWldPlGrFl) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
The road approaches a low #hill that overlooks a crude village straddling the river. The well-traveled road turns toward the south, and continues to follow the path of the river in both directions. The area consists of temperate grassy flat plains, the ground dotted with foliage. A river blocks passage to the north, northeast, northwest and east.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: north (river), west (road), northwest (river), northeast (river), east (river), southeast (road), south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah south.
You head south.
Travel time: 3 seconds.
(energy -6)
[Sparse Flat Grassy Shrubland] (OutWldPlGrFlDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 The area consists of temperate grassy dirt flat plains, the ground dotted with foliage. A river blocks passage to the northeast.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast (river), east, southeast, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah south.
You head south.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
[Conifer Forest] (OutWldFrFlDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 Pine trees cover the temperate earthy woodland, the ground dotted with foliage.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest.
You say, "I'll get in the mine to scout. If I find anything out of the ordinary in there, I'll give you a shout."
You follow Jessiah south.
You head south.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
[Conifer Forest] (OutWldFrDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 Pine trees cover the temperate earthy woodland.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest.
You ask, "Sounds good?"
  [CHAT - Spice Merchant Diamond_Dimon finds all the bling!]: thanks, going to be at least the weekend though, nothing I can do about the stress facter until monday
Jessiah nods to you.
You follow Jessiah south.
You head south.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
[Conifer Forest] (OutWldFrDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 Pine trees cover the temperate earthy woodland.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah south.
You head south.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
[Mixed Forest] (OutWldFrDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 Alder, birch and larch trees cover the temperate earthy woodland.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah south.
You head south.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
You're feeling ravenous!
[Deciduous Forest] (OutWldFrDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 Alder and birch trees cover the temperate earthy woodland.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah south.
You head south.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
You're feeling ravenous!
[Conifer Forest] (OutWldFrDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 Pine trees cover the temperate earthy woodland.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah south.
You head south.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
You're feeling ravenous!
[Conifer Forest] (OutWldFrFlDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 Pine trees cover the temperate earthy woodland, the ground dotted with foliage.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah south.
You head south.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
You're feeling ravenous!
[Conifer Forest] (OutWldFrDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 Pine trees cover the temperate earthy woodland.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah south.
You head south.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -7)
You're feeling ravenous!
[Deciduous Forest] (OutWldFrDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
Oak and elm trees grow to the very base of the escarpment that rises to the south, separating the trees from their coniferous counterparts above. Oak and elm trees cover the temperate earthy woodland.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah west.
You head west.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
You're feeling ravenous!
[Conifer Forest] (OutWldFrDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
A tall escarpment rises overhead to the south, making progress impossible but for a small #draw that leads up to the higher ground of the south forest. Pine trees cover the temperate earthy woodland.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah through a draw.
You head through a draw.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
You're feeling ravenous!
[Conifer Forest] (OutWldFrFlDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
Although a minor escarpment stretches east to west, a small #draw has been carved out, making passage to the north possible. Large coniferous trees grow together in dense thickets, some even to the edge of the cliff. Pine trees cover the temperate earthy woodland, the ground dotted with foliage.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah south.
You head south.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
You're feeling ravenous!
[Conifer Forest] (OutWldFrFlDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 Pine trees cover the temperate earthy woodland, the ground dotted with foliage.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a winded long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah south.
You head south.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
You're feeling ravenous!
[Coniferous Wooded Hills] (OutWldFrHlGrDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 Pine trees cover the temperate grassy dirt wooded hills.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a winded long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest.
  [CHAT - Elemancer Vaelin]: amused that mummer's camp don't sell booze.
You follow Jessiah west.
You head west.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
You're feeling ravenous!
[Coniferous Wooded Hills] (OutWldFrHlDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
Trees jut up out of the earthy foothills, the ground littered with shed leaves. Pine trees cover the temperate earthy wooded hills.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a winded long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah west.
You head west.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
You're feeling ravenous!
[Conifer Forest] (OutWldFrDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 Pine trees cover the temperate earthy woodland.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a winded long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah west.
You head west.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -7)
You're feeling ravenous!
[Conifer Forest] (OutWldFrDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 Pine trees cover the temperate earthy woodland.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a winded long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah west.
You head west.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
You're feeling ravenous!
[Conifer Forest] (OutWldFrDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 Pine trees cover the temperate earthy woodland.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a winded long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah west.
You head west.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
You're nearly starving!
[Conifer Forest] (OutWldFrDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 Pine trees cover the temperate earthy woodland.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a winded long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: north, east, southeast, south.
You follow Jessiah south.
You head south.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
You're nearly starving!
[Conifer Forest] (OutWldFrDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 Pine trees cover the temperate earthy woodland.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a winded long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah southwest.
You head southwest.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
You're nearly starving!
[Conifer Forest] (OutWldFrDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 Pine trees cover the temperate earthy woodland.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a tired long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, northeast, east, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah south.
You head south.
Travel time: 3 seconds.
(energy -6)
You're nearly starving!
[Hills] (OutWldHlDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 The area consists of temperate earthy hills.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a tired long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, southwest.
You follow Jessiah west.
You head west.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
You're nearly starving!
[Conifer Forest] (OutWldFrDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
A dense cluster of pine trees block out moonlight, forming a dark #copse. Pine trees cover the temperate earthy woodland.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a tired long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, south.
You follow Jessiah west.
You head west.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
You're nearly starving!
[Coniferous Wooded Hills] (OutWldFrHlDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 Pine trees cover the temperate earthy wooded hills.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a tired long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, southeast, southwest.
You follow Jessiah west.
You head west.
Travel time: 4 seconds.
(energy -8)
You're about to die from hunger!
[Conifer Forest] (OutWldFrDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 Pine trees cover the temperate earthy woodland.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a tired long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, south, southwest.
You remove some waybread from the double-folded buckskin case you are wearing with your left hand.
You eat your waybread, finishing it off in one go.
The waybread is moist and flaky, with a hint of honey.
You are holding a sleek steel falchion in your right hand.
You are wearing a thick leather cap, a buffed leather gorget, a small clear crystal pendant (concealed), a gray linen lanyard (concealed), a forest-green oiled leather rucksack, a burned willow longbow with bronze-tipped limbs, an exquisite steel buckler, a deeply hooded forest green cloak, a high-collared emerald green wool longcoat, a long-sleeved pristine jet black wool shirt embroidered with a crossed circle of arrowheads, an opal-studded electrum bracer, a rose-carved ivory wrist cuff, a wide leather utility belt, a nice mole fur flask, a slender leather belt-quiver, a forest-green oiled leather belt-pouch burned with vines and herbs, a double-folded buckskin case, a pair of fitted violet tweed trousers, some hunter-green flannel underpants, a pair of black knee-high flannel socks and a pair of buffed leather boots (battered).
You put a sleek steel falchion into your forest-green oiled leather rucksack.
You take off a burned willow longbow with bronze-tipped limbs.
Jessiah removes a huckleberries and butterscotch pie from his black shoulder-caught oilcloth cloak fastened with a bronze paw-shaped clasp.
Jessiah eats his huckleberries and butterscotch pie, finishing it off in one go.
[Conifer Forest] (OutWldFrDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 Pine trees cover the temperate earthy woodland.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a tired long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, south, southwest.
Jessiah rummages around in his pockets a moment.
Jessiah puts a large pile of riln in the black tailored oilcloth pants that he is wearing.
[Conifer Forest] (OutWldFrDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 Pine trees cover the temperate earthy woodland.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a tired long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah southwest.
You head southwest.
Travel time: 3 seconds.
(energy -6)
[Sparse Flat Grassy Shrubland] (OutWldPlGrFlDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 The area consists of temperate grassy dirt flat plains, the ground dotted with foliage.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a tired long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest.
You're feeling somewhat burdened by the weight you're carrying.
You follow Jessiah southwest.
You head southwest.
Travel time: 3 seconds.
(energy -5)
[Sparse Grassland] (OutWldPlGrDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 The area consists of temperate grassy dirt flat plains.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a tired long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah southwest.
You head southwest.
Travel time: 3 seconds.
(energy -6)
[Sparse Grassland] (OutWldPlGrDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
Tall, golden grasses bend in the wind, sending rippling waves across the hillsides. A dirt #path, broken with lack of use, leads through the hills towards three rather perfectly-rounded, uniform mounds. The area consists of temperate grassy dirt flat plains.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a tired long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah southwest.
You head southwest.
Travel time: 3 seconds.
(energy -6)
[Sparse Flat Grassy Shrubland] (OutWldPlGrFlDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 The area consists of temperate grassy dirt flat plains, the ground dotted with foliage.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a tired long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah southwest.
You head southwest.
Travel time: 3 seconds.
(energy -5)
[Hills] (OutWldHlGrFlDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 The area consists of temperate grassy dirt hills, the ground dotted with foliage.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a tired long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest.
You follow Jessiah southwest.
You head southwest.
Travel time: 3 seconds.
(energy -6)
[Hills] (OutWldHlFlDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 The area consists of temperate earthy hills, the ground dotted with foliage.
The area is mostly quiet.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a tired long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east.
Jessiah takes a number of deep breaths.
You follow Jessiah west.
You head west.
Travel time: 3 seconds.
(energy -6)
[Hills] (OutWldHlFlDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 The area consists of temperate earthy hills, the ground dotted with foliage.
The area is mostly quiet.
You also notice a crimson painted wooden stake and a freshly dug mine shaft.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a tired long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, south, southwest.
You see nothing particularly unusual about the freshly dug mine shaft.
[Hills] (OutWldHlFlDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 The area consists of temperate earthy hills, the ground dotted with foliage.
The area is mostly quiet.
You also notice a crimson painted wooden stake and a freshly dug mine shaft.
Also here: Jessiah (riding a tired long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings).
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, south, southwest.
Looking over the stake you see it has been engraved with the name Jessiah.
  [CHAT - Spice Merchant Diamond_Dimon finds all the bling!]: it's a camp of actors, musicians, and story tellers, if the camp sold alcohol, none of them would ever leave.
Stop what? You aren't doing anything, lazybones!
Jessiah says, "All I see is that damned shade."
You peer into a freshly dug mine shaft and see ...
[Reinforced Mine Entrance] (0, 0) (InCvDt)
Smooth, reinforced rock floor, walls and ceiling further supported by a number of mine supports creates a perfect working environment and mine entrance with plenty of room to store a large number of mining tools and supplies.
You have trouble seeing in the low light. The area is mostly quiet.
You also notice some exquisite pine mine supports, some well-crafted pine mine supports, a collapsed tunnel leading (northeast), a collapsed tunnel leading (northwest), a collapsed tunnel leading (southwest) and a collapsed tunnel leading (southeast).
Also here: a mournful shade (floating).
Obvious exits: north (dark), west, east (dark), south (dark), out.
Invalid command. (You may type help commands to get a list of all available commands.)
Stop what? You aren't doing anything, lazybones!
  [CHAT - Elemancer Vaelin]: XD good point.
You leave Jessiah's group.
Jessiah says, "But that is all I saw before, until I tried hidin."
You say, "Alright, i'll get to it."
Jessiah dismounts from his long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings.
A long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings sits down to rest.
You are holding a burned willow longbow with bronze-tipped limbs in your right hand.
You are wearing a thick leather cap, a buffed leather gorget, a small clear crystal pendant (concealed), a gray linen lanyard (concealed), a forest-green oiled leather rucksack, an exquisite steel buckler, a deeply hooded forest green cloak, a high-collared emerald green wool longcoat, a long-sleeved pristine jet black wool shirt embroidered with a crossed circle of arrowheads, an opal-studded electrum bracer, a rose-carved ivory wrist cuff, a wide leather utility belt, a nice mole fur flask, a slender leather belt-quiver, a forest-green oiled leather belt-pouch burned with vines and herbs, a double-folded buckskin case, a pair of fitted violet tweed trousers, some hunter-green flannel underpants, a pair of black knee-high flannel socks and a pair of buffed leather boots (battered).
Jessiah removes an elegant steel pickaxe with a hemlock haft from his long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings's burnished leather horse-mounted arms harness.
You say, "I'll give a shout if something happens."
Jessiah nods.
[Reinforced Mine Entrance] (0, 0) (InCvDt)
Smooth, reinforced rock floor, walls and ceiling further supported by a number of mine supports creates a perfect working environment and mine entrance with plenty of room to store a large number of mining tools and supplies.
You have trouble seeing in the low light. The area is mostly quiet.
You also notice some exquisite pine mine supports, some well-crafted pine mine supports, a collapsed tunnel leading (northeast), a collapsed tunnel leading (northwest), a collapsed tunnel leading (southwest) and a collapsed tunnel leading (southeast).
Also here: a mournful shade (floating).
Obvious exits: north (dark), west, east (dark), south (dark), out.
You carefully search the area, while attempting to keep out of sight yourself.
A mournful shade suddenly throws its head back and emits a terrible howl of despair!
Feelings of deep fear and desperation fill your mind!
Giving in to primal fear, you run northward!
[Complete Darkness]
It's too dark to see anything here!
Obvious exits: unknown
Wait 7 seconds.  Queuing following command:  hide
  [CHAT - Elemancer Vaelin]: and would Mayhew want a bunch of psychic drunk people doing gods knows what to each other?
You're feeling hungry.
Wait 2 seconds.  Queuing following command:  fire sha
You can't do that in absolute darkness!
You can't do that in absolute darkness!
[Reinforced Mine Entrance] (0, 0) (InCvDt)
Smooth, reinforced rock floor, walls and ceiling further supported by a number of mine supports creates a perfect working environment and mine entrance with plenty of room to store a large number of mining tools and supplies.
You have trouble seeing in the low light. The area is mostly quiet.
You also notice some exquisite pine mine supports, some well-crafted pine mine supports, a collapsed tunnel leading (northeast), a collapsed tunnel leading (northwest), a collapsed tunnel leading (southwest) and a collapsed tunnel leading (southeast).
Also here: a mournful shade (floating).
Obvious exits: north (dark), west, east (dark), south (dark), out.
A mournful shade moves in toward a muscular midnight black warhorse, but is unable to get close enough.
You are already hidden.
  [ESP-GRAY] * You sense a timid sense of fear in the color Deep-Mauve. *
  [ESP-GRAY] * You sense a timid sense of fear in the color Deep-Mauve. *
a mournful shade floats east.
Thick muscles bulge beneath the midnight black hide of this large warhorse.  It appears ever alert for danger, constantly scanning its surroundings.
[Reinforced Mine Entrance] (0, 0) (InCvDt)
Smooth, reinforced rock floor, walls and ceiling further supported by a number of mine supports creates a perfect working environment and mine entrance with plenty of room to store a large number of mining tools and supplies.
You have trouble seeing in the low light. The area is mostly quiet.
You also notice some exquisite pine mine supports, some well-crafted pine mine supports, a collapsed tunnel leading (northeast), a collapsed tunnel leading (northwest), a collapsed tunnel leading (southwest) and a collapsed tunnel leading (southeast).
Obvious exits: north (dark), west, east (dark), south (dark), out.
You get over the lingering after-effects of an intense fear.
You feel fully rested.
Invalid command. (You may type help commands to get a list of all available commands.)
You carefully search the area, while attempting to keep out of sight yourself.
Thick muscles bulge beneath the midnight black hide of this large warhorse.  It appears ever alert for danger, constantly scanning its surroundings.
  [CHAT - Spice Merchant Diamond_Dimon finds all the bling!]: now you're making the assumption that just because the camp doesn't sell it, that they aren't drunk. I spend a lot of time around creative people, trust me, they find a way
  [CHAT - Ranger Artus Arzaria For Whom the Deathknell Tolls]: wait a second...
a mournful shade floats in from the east.
  [ESP-GRAY - Deep-Mauve]: Did you see it?
A mournful shade suddenly throws its head back and emits a terrible howl of despair!
Feelings of deep fear and desperation fill your mind!
You find yourself unable to move from this spot!
Ranged
You fire an iron-headed oak broadhead arrow at a muscular midnight black warhorse! (+*****) (!!!!!)   5 pierce damage - to the chest!
(energy -7)
You fire an arrow at a muscular midnight black warhorse! (+*****) (!!!!!)   28 pierce damage - to the chest!
(energy -7)
A mournful shade emits an eerie, unwordly moan.
You fire an iron-headed oak broadhead arrow at a muscular midnight black warhorse! (+*****) (!!!!!)   44 pierce damage - to the chest!
(energy -7)
  [ESP-GRAY - Cinnamon]: Nah.
You shake off an intense fear.
A mournful shade moves in toward a muscular midnight black warhorse, but is unable to get close enough.
Jessiah arrives.
Wait 1 second.  Queuing following command:  hide
You are already hidden.
A mournful shade suddenly throws its head back and emits a terrible howl of despair!
Feelings of deep fear and desperation fill your mind!
Giving in to primal fear, you run westward!
[Reinforced Mine Shaft] (-1, 0) (InCvDt)
This shaft is reinforced with perfectly placed supports and the walls, floor and ceiling are all smooth, hard stone. It is as stable as any mine shaft can be.
The area is poorly-lit. The area is mostly quiet.
You also notice a brass sconce (hanging on the wall), some masterfully-crafted pine mine supports, some exquisite pine mine supports, a cedar-planked wagon, a burning brass lantern and an obsidian vein (x12).
Obvious exits: east.
[Reinforced Mine Entrance] (0, 0) (InCvDt)
Smooth, reinforced rock floor, walls and ceiling further supported by a number of mine supports creates a perfect working environment and mine entrance with plenty of room to store a large number of mining tools and supplies.
You have trouble seeing in the low light. The area is mostly quiet.
You also notice some exquisite pine mine supports, some well-crafted pine mine supports, a collapsed tunnel leading (northeast), a collapsed tunnel leading (northwest), a collapsed tunnel leading (southwest), a collapsed tunnel leading (southeast) and an arrow.
Also here: a mournful shade (floating) and Jessiah.
Obvious exits: north (dark), west, east (dark), south (dark), out.
A mournful shade moves in toward Jessiah, but is unable to get close enough.
A mournful shade emits an eerie, unwordly moan.
Jessiah attacks a mournful shade with his elegant steel pickaxe with a hemlock haft (scuffed)!
   pickaxe (++++)   9 hack + 2 alchemical damage -- to the abdomen!
You exclaim, "Get out!"
A mournful shade attacks Jessiah with its chilling touch!
Jessiah attacks a mournful shade with his elegant steel pickaxe with a hemlock haft (scuffed)!
   pickaxe (+++++)   5 hack + 1 alchemical damage -- to the left foot!
Ranged
You fire an iron-headed oak broadhead arrow at a muscular midnight black warhorse! (+*****) (!!!!!)   96 pierce damage - to the chest!
Piercing strike driven clean into the chest. Shish-ka-warhorse.
A muscular midnight black warhorse has been defeated.
A muscular midnight black warhorse falls to the ground!
A muscular midnight black warhorse is stunned!
You notice a mournful shade trace the flight path of your iron-headed oak broadhead arrow back to your hiding spot.
You notice Jessiah trace the flight path of your iron-headed oak broadhead arrow back to your hiding spot.
(energy -7)
A mournful shade suddenly throws its head back and emits a terrible howl of despair!
Feelings of deep fear and desperation fill your mind!
Jessiah attacks a mournful shade with his elegant steel pickaxe with a hemlock haft (scuffed)!
   pickaxe (+++++)   3 pierce + 1 alchemical damage -! to the right hand!
[Reinforced Mine Entrance] (0, 0) (InCvDt)
Smooth, reinforced rock floor, walls and ceiling further supported by a number of mine supports creates a perfect working environment and mine entrance with plenty of room to store a large number of mining tools and supplies.
You have trouble seeing in the low light. The area is mostly quiet.
You also notice some exquisite pine mine supports, some well-crafted pine mine supports, a collapsed tunnel leading (northeast), a collapsed tunnel leading (northwest), a collapsed tunnel leading (southwest), a collapsed tunnel leading (southeast), an arrow and an iron-headed oak broadhead arrow (x3).
Also here: a mournful shade (nearly vanished, floating) and Jessiah.
Obvious exits: north (dark), west, east (dark), south (dark), out.
Jessiah attacks a mournful shade with his elegant steel pickaxe with a hemlock haft (scuffed)!
   pickaxe (+++++)   3 pierce + 1 alchemical damage -! to the left arm!
A mournful shade loses its form, dispersing into a dark mist that slowly fades away.
You come out of hiding.
You feel fully rested.
[Reinforced Mine Entrance] (0, 0) (InCvDt)
Smooth, reinforced rock floor, walls and ceiling further supported by a number of mine supports creates a perfect working environment and mine entrance with plenty of room to store a large number of mining tools and supplies.
You have trouble seeing in the low light. The area is mostly quiet.
You also notice some exquisite pine mine supports, some well-crafted pine mine supports, a collapsed tunnel leading (northeast), a collapsed tunnel leading (northwest), a collapsed tunnel leading (southwest), a collapsed tunnel leading (southeast), an arrow and an iron-headed oak broadhead arrow (x3).
Also here: Jessiah.
Obvious exits: north (dark), west, east (dark), south (dark), out.
Jessiah heads off into the wilderness.
Look at what?
  [ESP-GRAY - Cinnamon]: What the hell.
You get over the lingering after-effects of an intense fear.
  [CHAT - Spice Merchant Diamond_Dimon finds all the bling!]: if you've ever been on a stage where at least one person wasn't at least a little drunk, it was probably elementary school play. and if the teacher was on stage, not even then.
  [ESP-GRAY - Deep-Mauve]: What t...
You can't go that way.
You head off into the wilderness.
[Hills] (OutWldHlFlDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 The area consists of temperate earthy hills, the ground dotted with foliage.
The area is mostly quiet.
You also notice a crimson painted wooden stake and a freshly dug mine shaft.
Also here: a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings and Jessiah.
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, south, southwest.
Travel time: 3 seconds.
(energy -6)
  [CHAT - Elemancer Vaelin]: good point. XD
  [ESP-GRAY - Cinnamon]: Is that thang hidin.
You feel fully rested.
You ask, "Was it a ghost or something?"
Jessiah says, "I ain't sure."
You say, "No it wasn't."
You say, "But it...disappeared right after I dispatched of it."
Jessiah says, "But ya hit that ghost with an arrow."
You say, "I did."
You say, "Then it just...disappeared."
  [CHAT - Ranger Artus Arzaria For Whom the Deathknell Tolls]: wow...
  [CHAT - Journeyman Jessiah the Prospector]: yeah
  [CHAT - Ranger Artus Arzaria For Whom the Deathknell Tolls]: a ghost horse...or something...
Jessiah asks, "Is it dead?"
  [CHAT - Ranger Artus Arzaria For Whom the Deathknell Tolls]: if it's a bug, it's the weirdest one ever
  [CHAT - Elemancer Vaelin]: what happened?
You say, "I saw it collapse. It ate a few arrows to the chest, so it should be."
  [CHAT - Journeyman Jessiah the Prospector]: So so freaking weird if it is and creapy
Jessiah says, "I am going to hide in therr, that is how I saw the danged thang to begin with."
Jessiah heads into a freshly dug mine shaft.
  [ESP-GRAY - Steel-Pink]: May I ask what are Sir Cinnamon and Sir Mauve doing?
  [CHAT - Ranger Artus Arzaria For Whom the Deathknell Tolls]: there was a warhorse in jes's mine. It didn't show up in also here, but I could look at, shoot at and even defeat it
  [CHAT - Ranger Artus Arzaria For Whom the Deathknell Tolls]: then after it was defeated, it disappeared. There was no corpse or anything
  [ESP-GRAY - Deep-Mauve]: Investigated...some...ghostly incident.
  [CHAT - Elemancer Vaelin]: let's roll with that
  [ESP-GRAY] * A brief pulse of the color Tangerine-Orange flickers at the edge of your mind's eye. *
You head into a freshly dug mine shaft.
[Reinforced Mine Entrance] (0, 0) (InCvDt)
Smooth, reinforced rock floor, walls and ceiling further supported by a number of mine supports creates a perfect working environment and mine entrance with plenty of room to store a large number of mining tools and supplies.
You have trouble seeing in the low light. The area is mostly quiet.
You also notice some exquisite pine mine supports, some well-crafted pine mine supports, a collapsed tunnel leading (northeast), a collapsed tunnel leading (northwest), a collapsed tunnel leading (southwest) and a collapsed tunnel leading (southeast).
Obvious exits: north (dark), west, east (dark), south (dark), out.
Jessiah arrives from the west.
You carefully search the area.
  [ESP-GRAY - Steel-Pink]: Oh, is this nethrem related?
Look at what?
You notice Jessiah quietly slip into a hiding spot.
  [ESP-GRAY - Deep-Mauve]: I don't know...it's too weird.
You hear the voice of Jessiah say, "It's gone alright."
You carefully search the area.
  [CHAT - Tree "Doctor" Jubjub]: Probably what happens when someone leaves their horse in the mine for weeks and it collapses.
  [CHAT - Elemancer Vaelin]: nether warhorse. XD
Jessiah carefully searches the area.
You say, "At least you don't have to worry about it anymore."
You notice Jessiah emerge from a hiding spot.
  [CHAT - Ranger Artus Arzaria For Whom the Deathknell Tolls]: it'd been in his mine for...not weeks, months
Speaking to you, Jessiah says, "Thanks friend, was wonderin if it were the cause fer all em shades too."
You're feeling hungry.
  [CHAT - Ranger Artus Arzaria For Whom the Deathknell Tolls]: and it wasn't like any other horse I've seen
  [CHAT - Journeyman Jessiah the Prospector]: No, it was weird
Jessiah heads off into the wilderness.
  [CHAT - Elemancer Vaelin]: now I'd want to see the logs of that. XD. BBS it?
You can't go that way.
You head off into the wilderness.
[Hills] (OutWldHlFlDt) [temperate] Mild, Fair, Calm
 The area consists of temperate earthy hills, the ground dotted with foliage.
The area is mostly quiet.
You also notice a crimson painted wooden stake and a freshly dug mine shaft.
Also here: a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings and Jessiah.
Obvious paths: west, northwest, north, northeast, east, south, southwest.
Travel time: 3 seconds.
(energy -6)
You feel fully rested.
Jessiah says, "Thanks again."
Jessiah climbs up onto the back of a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings.
Jessiah says, "Now back to work."
Jessiah laughs!
Jessiah waves at you.
You wave.
Jessiah heads into a freshly dug mine shaft, riding a long-coated chestnut horse with four white stockings.