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MATT: Make another investigation check.
SAM: Mmm. That’s an 11.
MATT: It’s better. In looking through near where
these cart tracks begin, there’s no signs of
blood. Going back and following the grooves
through the dirt, you find a few small traces.
SAM: Anything weird about the blood? Is it green
blood, purple blood, blue blood?
MATT: No, just standard dark, dusted-over blood at
this point.
MARISHA: Censored video game blood.
SAM: That means that they weren’t bleeding when
they were dragged, which means that either they
were killed by vampires and all their blood was
sucked out of them first, or they were still alive.
MARISHA: And that blood was far away from our
camp. Maybe they were just triggered by a sound
that they heard, and they went to go investigate
it.
TALIESIN: I’m going to freak out. Is there any
trash or anything on the road? I’m just going to
look for any–
MATT: Make a perception check.
TALIESIN: That’s better. 14.
MATT: 14? As you look off, looking for any sign of
change, there’s the fog at the far peripheral of
where you’re watching. Nothing on the road, except
for a couple of tufts of scrub brush, catch your
eyes, until you see a dark shape on the road to
the south.
TALIESIN: Moving?
MATT: Moving. It looks to be a shadowed outline of
a person.
TALIESIN: I’m going to draw both swords and head
towards it.
SAM: Seeing that, I will draw my new crossbow.
Turn it on. I imagine it’s battery-powered.
(powering-up noise)
(laughter)
MARISHA: Four D batteries. It’s very obnoxious.
MATT: They run out in half an hour. It’s like a
Game Gear.
LIAM: Do you want my not-cat to go look first?
TALIESIN: I may have already moved. I didn’t think
of that.
MATT: I think Molly’s already off.
MARISHA: I’m following Molly. As I follow Molly, I
turn to Nott and Caleb, and I say, just stay back
for a second. Back us up if we need it.
SAM: Sure.
MATT: So you’ve nocked your bolt into your
crossbow for the first time. As it winds back, you
crank it, and it slips into place. You hear this
faint spring tension.
SAM: Ooh!
MATT: As you’re preparing for this, Molly and Beau
start rushing up.
TALIESIN: Yeah. I’m just going to be obvious.
MARISHA: I flank.
MATT: Okay, so you head off into the brush?
MARISHA: Stealth.