Geode Fe

Our journey is taking longer then it ought to. I had expected to arrive in the next town tomorrow or the next day. It appears we are probably only about half way there! It doesn't help that Bailey is out cold. I think Elva was practicing some of her magic, and cast a sleep spell on him. She was probably sick of his inane yammerings about his one true god and so on and so forth. Can't say I blame her, but couldn't she have just told him to shut up? Now we gotta cart his heavy ass around until he snaps out of it!

We encountered a traveler bringing some grain to market on a pack-horse. I couldn't see how that could be profitable until I purchased half of his load! 5 times the normal rate. Talk about highway robbery!

About noon a storm overtook us. We decided to keep traveling in the rain. I am used to the rain, so that didn't bother me. Everybody else seemed to cope with it better than I thought they would. Even Bailey, with a lot of help for me. I set up some of the canvas father had me buy over the cart like a tent so he wouldn't catch cold or rust up in his sleep. We trudged through some NASTY rain until sunset, when the rain lessened enough that we could see more then 5 feet in front of us. We must have missed a turn in the road, as there was a tree right in front of us.

We decide that enough damage had been done, walking however far off the road we where, and set camp under the tree. I curled up under the cart. I woke up to something a little larger then any of us going through the cart. I look out from under the cart to see a bear paw. I reach over and tap Cal awake, and he starts muttering to himself.

I roll out from under the cart and try to start calming the bear, and convincing it that Bailey wasn't very good to eat. Much to tough, more work then it's worth. This was going well until Elva woke up and freaked out. She started screeching and carrying on to get away from the cart. I reach out grab my bow and quiver out of the corner of the cart and back away from the cart. Then she did something even more rash, she attacked the bear by casting a spell on it. I am not sure what turning the bear blue was meant to do, but it did mean I can see it well in the dark. About this time, it finds one of the bear traps we had set and disguised in the cart for bandits which clamps down on it's paw. Elva then does something sensible and summons a dire scorpion.

I start shooting at the bear. I am not sure if it disliked that more then the scorpion, because it turned and ripped it's paw right off! The scorpion vanishes and I feel myself stretch. I look down and I grew twice as big as I was. I take off after the bear, but cant catch it.

Now we are lost, and have an angry three legged bear wandering around nearby. I slept great underneath the cart the rest of the night.