PREAMBLE: Regrouped and Time to Saddle Up!

[Anorin]

Arianna pulls away from the hole, "can't see a blasted thing its too dark." Looking over at the dwarf, "do you mind?" Arianna though still uncertain as to what's back there, but has a fair idea, figures the badgers won't be too dangerous so long as they keep this room closed, she sets about binding their wounds with whatever is on hand, ignoring any attempts to stop her. She says, "I suspect the badgers were merely defending their burrow, and they won't attack us so long as we steer clear of this room, and if I'm wrong we're perfectly capable of killing them in the future."

[arkahm]

Marak steps forward to look into the hole. "We get done clearin' da place an' ye wanna save em? I never understand ya pointy ears! Shield da light from me eyes." Marak looks diligently into the hole letting his eyes adjust to the darkness. He expects to see the badgers' young, feeling a small pang of guilt, but not letting it show.

Action

Peer into the hole adjusting to the night vision. Prepare for anything to jump out and attack the face.

[Eanwulf]

OOC

Won't bother rolling for the obvious; will, however, roll secretly for something else! BTW, the badgers have both bled to death by the time you make your discovery.

Sure enough; after several moments of staring into the darkened hole, Marak soon discovers three small cubs belonging to the pair of badgers that they just finished killing; lying huddled together in the darkened recesses of their burrow!

OOC

MARAK? The burrow itself twists and winds for about 8 ft. or so before opening up into a larger (almost too large for a family of simple badgers) area. The walls of this recess appear to be littered with various roots, rocks, and other debris; amongst which are several pieces of tattered paper - much like the torn and shredded pages of a book or ledger!

[Illeveun]

"What next?" Jonus blurts out, "A bevy of trolls? This house has more creatures in it than a wizard's menagerie."

He looks around and sighs, before saying, "This house should have been condemned long ago, for the good of the people. If any of the town's children had come out here to play, they could have been hurt. I'm just glad we came out here before any of them became adventurous enough to play 'cave explorer.' Those badgers would have been a nasty surprise for any child."

[arkahm]

Marak reaches deep into the hole, attempting to grab as many of the papers as he can, but sadly they escape his clutches. After not being able to reach them, he then turns to Kalen. "Thar be papers down har ye may be lookin' fer. Ye'll haf ta crawl in der ta get em doe. I'm too big fer da hole." he says standing back up. Ye might wan' ta get da cubs out o' der too. There's three of them. Dey can't stay in dar wit nun ta take care o' um." I hope there be sumplace in town ta take dees buggers.

[Trogdor]

"I don't like the look of this," Kalen says. "Why is it I always end up getting the short end of this stick?"

[Eanwulf]

"You ain't got ta likes it Kalen," Marak replies brusquely and playfully, "You just gots ta doo's it!" Rather reluctant and snorting with disgust, Kalen eventually begins to crawl upon his hands and knees and into the badger's burrow!

OOC

Check for a PM Trogdor!

[Trogdor]

Grumbling as he worms his way though the small tunnel, Kalen eventually makes it to the badger's home. "Yup," he calls back. Three of the cutest little badgers you'd ever want to see - not that I can imagine wanting to see badgers, cute or otherwise." He reaches into his pocket and gets a bit of food that he drops to the squealing babies. "We'll have to figure out what to do with them."

Then he gets quiet as he starts to look around the burrow. After a good five or ten minutes he gives them a shout. "These papers are definitely about the mine," he calls. "And it seems like this area wasn't dug by the badgers. It's a hidden room - can't tell exactly how you get to it - maybe the badger's tunnel is all that's left of the door. But I'm gonna try and hand hte baby badgers out and give this place a proper look see. Marak, hand your cloak in. That'll make a good sling for them."

[Anorin]

Arianna gimaces as she sees the badgers are already dead, upon pulling out the cubs Arianna grumbles, "poor little things," Arianna pokes her head in, "do you need some light Kalen?" Preparing to hand off the enchanted wood should he ask for it.

[Trogdor]

"It wouldn't hurt," he calls out. "But really, this place is gonna take a good long while to clear out. Might be days before we could uncover everything that's in here. But it's useful stuff. Has to do with the mine. And who knows what else they might have hid in a secret room that we might find when we clear the rubble."