Zecora turned to Kicker. "An Equine body, this stranger had, but his mind and spirit were naught but bad. Something has corrupted this pony and others; you must stop this group, my sisters and brothers!" She shooed you out the door, then began cleaning up her hut, looping a rope around the body's leg and dragging it out into the forest.
As the hut door slammed behind him, Kicker quipped, "She seemed nice." "So...anypony got any leads on...hey, where's Nioxen?"
(OOC: *Cue Zelda item obtaining music* Just want to be clear on the items Lucky has. So far, I believe he has 1 knife, 1 flask of Zecora's acidic fluid, and several stones.) With an appreciative nod of thanks, Lucky carefully collects one of the flasks, and receives several of the stones that trigger an explosion when combined with the fluid in the flask. He makes sure the stopper on the flask is on tight before putting it in the saddlebag he brought along for this journey. To avoid any unfortunate incidents, he places the stones in a separate pocket before Zecora shoos them out of the hut. Snickering slightly at Kicker's comment, he replies, "She's under a lot of stress. I can understand not wanting any company after having somepony try to take your life." At the mention of Nioxen missing, he quickly assesses the group and counts. "Looks like Hunt and Winter might have noticed something."
Winter and Hunt saw the path that Nioxen took, so Winter set his torch alight and followed what they could see.
Nioxen hearing the creepy noises started to run ( in a random direction you can roll for which ) through the forest worried and alone "HELLO ANYPONY?" Yelled Nioxen in a panicked tone.
Winter decided that yelling to get Nioxen's attention would be the best way, so he called out, hoping that Nioxen would hear, "Nioxen! Where are you?!"
(Meh, I could just have Winter call out trying to get Nioxen's attention, but that also probably would require a roll. You know hat, that's what I'm gonna do, editing time!)
(@ Derpyderp, I won't roll for which direction, I'll just choose one that will move the story along, if that's all right with all of you. @ Darkshine, indeed it is a perception check.) Spoiler: A whole bunch of stuff Snow perception: 3 Roll: 1 Nioxen Perception: 2 Roll: 9 Nioxen Luck: 9 Deeper in forest: -1 Roll: 4 Snow Luck: 3 Further from enemy camp: +1 Roll: 3 Snow heard Nioxen call for help, from the direction in which he was already headed. Nioxen heard nothing but his own voice and the noises of the forest around him.
Nioxen sits down after running for a few minutes and curls up into a ball and closes his eyes (this rp has basicly died. i loved it tho.)
Looking around at the others, he frowns slightly thinking of Nioxen out in the Everfree all alone. He moves to the edge of where they say he went and stamps his hoof down. "Alright everypony, let's not leave anypony behind! I say we go out and look for him! Whether you're in or not, I'm going." With that, he sets off into the Everfree to track Nioxen down. He makes sure to be alert for any noises, and is looking around to not only be aware in case of an ambush, but to find some hoofprints to track.
(All right, basically everypony follows the trail that Snow and Hunt did. That all right?) Spoiler: Group Luck Group Luck: 5 (Because it's in the middle) Roll:5 As the group, led by Lucky, wanders about in search of Nioxen, they find the destroyed plants that Nioxen smashed when he was running pel-mell through the woods. They form an ambiguous, but existant, path.
Kicker rubs his chin with a hoof. "Hmm...my keen Pegasenses tell me he went that way!" He points down the path and begins trotting along as a leisurely pace.
As he continues to lead the group of ponies, he notices areas where the vegetation seems to have been trampled. "Looks like we're on the right track. I certainly hope we find Nioxen soon so we can continue on our way." As they continue following the trampled path, he remains alert of his surroundings.
Winter found himself in the middle of a clearing, "WELL BUCK!" he yelled, "NOW I'M LOST!". He looked around, a pretty good sized clear pond covered about half of it, leaving the other half dry, with small grasses. "Wow, if the Everfree wasn't so creepy I might want to live here." he said chuckling to himself. He laid down next to the pond, "Well, if they can't find me in about 30 minutes, I'm sending up a flare."
Winter only had to wait about 5 minutes, in fact, before he heard the sound of Kicker, Hunt, and Lucky nearby. They walked into the clearing and saw Winter and Hunt. Nioxen isn't yelling anymore, but the trail is still fairly obvious; he hadn't made much of an attempt to cover his tracks or even avoid obstacles, and so there were plenty of bushes and small plants that were demolished along his path of flight. Spoiler: Winter's Luck Luck: 3 Roll: 8
Grey Mane had followed everyone. For once, keeping quiet, was not helping. She got lost, the others, left without her. "Of for Celestia's sake... This is why teams are useles... Well... Best find them before somepony dies... When I find them... I am so giving them a piece of my mind!" She clenched her teeth, and snuck around the forest, looking for signs of where they went.
