[center][h1][b][color=silver]Lazash[/color][/b][/h1][/center]


[quote=Akeno][color=red]“Okay. If we’re really doing this and if there really is something in there for us to fight, then I can only see two ways of going about this. Either we go into the dark were it is…”[/color] She raised a hand and extended a finger to point directly at the mouth of the cave. [color=red]“… or we lure it out to where we are.”[/color] The Orc jabbed her finger towards the ground in front of her. [color=red]“I vote for the second one.”[/color]

[color=red]“Even if it’s asleep right now we still need to light torches so we can see and if that doesn’t wake them then the five of us stumbling around will.”

“Even if we could sneak up on it, we don’t know what it is, how many there are or if we could kill it before it wakes up. If things go bad, there’s only one way out and we’d have to hope it isn’t faster than us. But if we can set up an ambush out here and then lure it out into the open, we can at least see what we’re fighting and it’ll be up to us where and when we fight. And we’ll have an easier time escaping if we need to run.”
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Ah.

Before she could respond with any sort of comment or thoughts of her own, Lazash got another message from this "SYSTEM" that was keeping up with them. Like it was some kind of video game they were living in, as it were, or some kind of digital simulation. Yet it was and felt and had been real enough for them as it was thus far. 

Hmm. Curious. Whatever the case, she had to choose something for an upgrade before they did anything else. Esfir was striking it out off on her own, and the rest of them were left to deal with the cave and their quarry. They needed to get moving. 

[quote=SYSTEM:Lazash]
Quest: Find Something to Eat and Bring it Back Whole[list]
[*][s]Kill a Creature[/s][/list]

Ingested New Creature: Elwet

Learned Skill: Fire Bolt

Explored Areas: Orc Camp, Forest, North Caves

[b]LEVEL UP![/b]
Choose ONE:[list]
[*]Increase HP (Health)
[*]Increase MP (Magic)
[*]Increase SP (Stamina)
[*]Gain 1 Skill Rank Point[/list]
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She would choose [b][i][u]Increase MP (Magic)[/u][/i][/b] in this case. No use ranking up a skill if it cost too much to use potentially, in the case of her Fire Bolt at least, and next level she could see if a skill rank point might empower her analysis skill to boot. Well, such felt like a good plan for now unless the situation changed and she had to adapt with it. It paid to be....flexible, as it were. Yet now she felt she had a chance to speak, and would pipe up finally after her own bit of silence. 

[color=silver]"I agree, Akeno, it would be far more advantageous to bring whatever is in there to us. Torches are also a wise decision if we head inside. However, I propose an idea for how we lure out whatever lies inside since we've no idea if it eats meat or not. 

I suggest one or two of us go in and lure it out. Make noise, throw rocks from the ground, roar, seem like predators entering the cave, and even in my case fling out a Fire Bolt to try to disturb whatever is in there. Make whatever is in there panic and flee out of the cave or make it angry enough to pursue us to where the ambush await just outside of the cave."[/color]

Akeno's plan was agreeable and sound, but she felt that the method of bringing out whatever was in there would be the key then. And that hadn't been addressed as of yet either. Yet they had no idea if these creatures were carnivorous or hebivorous, ate insects or were willing to devour Orc runts like themselves, etc. In that vein, something like a bat might spook and try to fly out whilst something like a bear....well, that would be a far different story maybe. 

[color=silver]"In that vein I volunteer myself for heading inside to draw attention or stir things up or lure them out. Well, unless just one other individual here would wbe willing to come inside with me to do this."[/color]

Groggy panic, if such a thing was viable, felt like a good state to impair a prey animal's senses and mental faculties. Or even just making it groggy and angry and suddenly awoken from its slumber. Either way make it act on instinct and have to do so fast. Not the safest plan, but it felt reliable enough. The female Orc Runt also had faith in being able to make a mess and ruckus going in there, draw attention or cause a panic or such, and at that be able to analyze whatever was living in there if she got the chance. Another individual would make the ruckus they could stir up that much louder and potentially more effective as well, but reallly wasn't nessecary since she could do it alone if needed. 

The sooner they got started, though, the sooner they could have their kill and bring it back to complete the quest. If it was multiple smaller creatures, then, it would perhaps be optimal for them all in such a case. One big kill from a group might not fulfill the quest, for all she knew, but it would be worth a shot if thhey managed it before it got late enough in the day that whatever was in there woke up properly. 

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