[center][img]http://txt-dynamic.cdn.1001fonts.net/txt/dHRmLjcyLjRhODI0NS5RWE5vLjAA/parseltongue.regular.png[/img][/center]
[h3]~Forest outside the Cavern~[/h3]
[hider=Inventory]
[i]Throat Pouch:[/i]
- x1 Mana Crystal
- x4 Nothing
[i]Rawhide Backpack[/i]
- x5 Nothing
[/hider]
[hr]

Slowly, Ash roused herself from sleep, stretching her body and yawning tiredly as she heard the others around her doing the same. Urrgh, she wanted to sleep a bit more, honestly. Curl up under a blanket and do absolutely nothing. Ugh, she missed her human life slightly. She was not suited towards roughing it, as they say, but oh well. She'd slowly gotten used to it over the past week. Stretching her neck and working walking out of the temporary burrow, Ash quietly observed her surroundings, taking note of the others and making sure they were mostly alone.

Nothing seemed out of the ordinary for now.

Walking over to the creek, Ash took a big mouthful of water. Now all they'd really need is food, and they could spend the rest of the training and practicing. Oberon and Mourn were likely a good fit for that. Keep Digbie around to help fend of anything that might attack them, and send Torrent and Reoth out scouting around for trouble.

That aside - they had made some extremely good progress last night. She did, at any rate. Taking a look at her skills she made progress on a good number of things she wanted too in the magical department, and her Analysis skills seemed to have synergized into something new as well. Good - she could spend less time actively thinking about doing both in that case, and likely gain just as much, if not more information.

Which skills to use though...she had 14 to spend, but if she was to be completely honest. Nothing stood out a whole lot to her. She could more or less eventually train everything she had so far, so spending skill points felt somewhat pointless. All except that one at the very bottom of her list...Rabid Fit. Something similar to Rabies then? Increased attack strength at the cost of something else? Perhaps that could synergize well with her Overwork skill. Hm. 

[b][color=598527]"Nine points into Rabid Fit...and three points into Meditate."[/color][/b] That would leave her with two left over for later. No need to use all resources right now, and she was curious as to this Rabid Fit and what the next level of Meditate could do. Now what to do next...before she could tell, there was the feeling of someone watching, just barely, and she could barely make out the sight of the goblin from the hill. Ash tensed her body, making a move to chase after, but he was gone before she even had a chance too.

[color=598527]"Ugh, damn it...[/color]" She held a claw to her nose. [color=598527]"Why is it always something with these interruptions..."[/color] The Pygmy drake ground her teeth together, obviously not quite happy at the prospect of potentially being interrupted by some nobody goblins.

[color=598527]"I agree with Oberon. That didn't seem to be any goblin from the cave. There's likely another tribe around here."[/color] Ash said in a matter of fact tone. [color=598527]"All we can do is either move out again, or prepare for the worst. Hm, I doubt we'd have time to construct fortifications. We lack the materials and we could expect something in the next day or two."[/color] Ash sat up straight, thinking about their situation. She had hoped now that they were out of the range of the cave goblins, she could finally have some measure of peace to study without worry, but of course nothing could ever be that simple.

[color=598527]"So I think our best course of action would be to continue as we were. Training our skills, sharing knowledge, and working on our teamwork. If we must use force to overcome our obstacles until we can finally be settled in some place safely, then that's simply how it must be."[/color] Turning her head to the others, she began handing out instructions. [color=598527]"Oberon, Mourn, you did an amazing job yesterday with the hunting. If possible, head back out and see if you can hunt some rubber frogs for food and their skin. Their skin is highly flexible and durable. Might make for some good armor. They don't seem to have any magical abilities other than trying to swallow things whole so I doubt you'd have trouble."[/color]

Flapping her wings and hovering lightly off the ground, Ash continued.

[color=598527]"Meanwhile the others and I can see about foraging, scouting, and perhaps practicing some."[/color] She did want to learn that Scale Shift move from Reoth. That would be incredibly helpful - and well, also her vanity was getting the best of her. Being able to be whatever color she wanted to be would be absolutely amazing. Now if only she could work on this ugly lizard face of hers. [color=598527]"I, have a few things I'd like to do with this mana crystal."[/color]