Ea quickly weighed the pros and cons. Sure, he could be luring her into a trap, but that had happened a few times already and she had gotten out of it. *Sure, when do we start?*

Velos stood in silence, eyes closed, "Alright. I will join too, on the condition I will be allowed an hour to help those who rely on me."

The man clapped his hands together excitedly "ah wonderful! I'll give you the details now and then you are free to take care of any business you have before you start." he said and uncorked the bottle. He pulled out a scroll and laid it down on the table.

On it is what looks like a very blurry headshot of a human woman. It's hard to tell what she looks like because the drawing is so smudged and blurry underneath is information about her
Name: Elliana Tierr
Last known Location: The Boreal Isle
Description: supposedly a human with long black hair and almost ghostly white skin

you now see that there are actually more scrolls in the bottle but the man has yet to take them out.

"Am I allowed to ask questions?" Rue asked, without waiting for an answer "Is there any more information about her, like why we're hunting her, or can we have a better picture? this is absolutely terrible, this could be anyone, I saw three people who vaguely looked like this on my way over here" Rue says bluntly, eyeing the picture

He sighs and in a slightly apologetic voice says "I'm afraid I can't tell you why you have to find her right now, too many ears as it is, and you've only just accepted the job, can't be too careful" he explains then continues "I know the picture isn't the best but that's because she's hard to catch, this is the only one I could find of her anywhere. These people are used to living lives on the run, but they need to be warned because there are finally people with the capability to hunt them down, I have information on the other three in the bottle." he hands you the bottle and the cork "it's magically sealed, the moment you close it no one else but whoever I trust it to can open it again" he explains

Ea walked up to the bottle and grabbed it, looking at the others kind of suspiciously. "Does this 'trust' thing apply to us?" Ea looked at the man, then back at the bottle. "Or is it that once we close this we'll never be able to open it again?" She set the bottle back onto the table for the others to examine.

He snapped his fingers and tapped the bottle twice, it shone silvery blue for a moment then stopped "There ya go, now you can all open it"

@Druid @Freki
so since ivy's breaking away from the party you guys can carry on your conversation with the man or go off and prepare without having to worry about her in the order until you all join up again. So I'll be pinging ivy separately for her part and you guys can carry on.


@Ivy
Okay I'm not gonna make you do a check for climbing the tree, however, you are going to have to make a stealth check against the riders perception. Basically what that means is you roll a d20 (or generate a number between 1-20) and add 3 to whatever you get. Meanwhile, I'll be rolling a d20 for the horseback rider being attacked, if he gets a higher number he sees you, if not you stay hidden. So just roll/generate and let me know what you got

Rue

*So, I guess were going to be working together now.* Rue said, turning to the tiefling next to her. *My name is Rue, I dont think I got your name* Rue asked, introducing herself and holding out her hand for a handshake as she stood up, facing towards Ea