"family is different here... most families are only together until the children grow up, then when the children reach sixteen they split from the parents and the parents go to live on their own" dearg explains "its because the tribe is family, not bloodline family"

I nod my head, "Okay, Is the stone important to your tribe?" I ask them.

"the stone is what keeps this place alive, without the stone this will all wither away eventually. it will take time, yes, but generations from now the forest will be unliveable." annamet sighs wistfully. "we may not start to see the affects just yet, but soon."

there is a moment of silence before dearg pipes up. "we should rest until evening, that way we're ready when shadow comes back"

I nod my head at them.

"we need to be prepared" annamet begins " the tree is here" she uses a stick to draw an x in the dirt. "we are here" she draws a stick person in the dirt. "between us is a creature of plague and pestilence, rot and ruin. this is what has stolen the stone of creation. we have the stone, our ancestors took it from it long ago. this does not mean it will be friendy. infact it will try to kill us if it so much as smells us" she continues

"Okay and how are we not going to let them smell us?" I asked.

"we can't. so we're going to need a distraction" dearg says, pausing to think. "annamet, you will draw him away from the tree, so me and lovador can get to the tree and put the stone back"

(sadly we are going to have to resume this in the morning, i am a bit preoccuied, very sorry)

((It's okay,))

I nod my head.

(good evening, very sorry i didn't get to you sooner i got a little distracted ^^; hope you don't mind)

once the plan is agreed on (annamet will lead the monster out with a flaming stick, while you run to the tree and put the stone back) you make your way towards the tree, which you can see peeking out the top of the tree line, black against the rising sun.

(It's fine and I don't mind)

Once I got to the tree I attempted to put the stone back into the tree.