[h2]Farm[/h2]

The assembled adventurers weren't there long, maybe minutes, before there was movement over at the farmhouse, a man emerging and making his way over. Despite his hair receding and the lines on his face, his shoulders were still broad and body strong, and a steady gaze swept over them. Much like his farmhouse, his clothes were plain and hard-wearing, but new and well maintained; normally, this farm would be thriving. "You're the adventurers, eh? Come on, then, there's not much light left."

Whether they followed or not, he stomped over to the barn, then to a small pen within it. "Never seen anything like it, it ain't a normal illness."

Sure enough, the few sheep sequestered away there were visibly sick – barely reacting to their arrival, but black ichor weeping from sores around eyes and out of their mouths.

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[h2]Corinne and Liliane[/h2]

After the first day's travel, Corinne was no less cheery than she had been on her initial introduction to the little group – some alchemical concoction Liliane had whipped up no doubt helping with [i]that[/i] – but had become altogether far more shy, all but hiding behind Liliane for the majority of the journey. [i]Actually[/i] hiding behind the wiry woman would have been a major achievement.

This was fine by Liliane, it gave her more time to focus on learning what everyone could do. Or, at least, what they were willing to share. As the ranking adventurer, she'd take the lion's share of the blame if anyone came home horrifically mangled or not at all… especially when they were bringing [i]two[/i] novices along when the request had been quite clear. Couldn't someone more experienced have come over to distract the drunk Hundi?

She hadn't really been able to pin down what the elf's skill set [i]was,[/i] but that was fine – everyone else was a lot more clear. One heavily armoured dwarf, one sneaky type, and one all-out fighter. If they could get an idea of how the goblins were laid out, then they could probably overwhelm them before they mounted any sort of co-ordinated resistance, especially if Corinne [i]didn't[/i] freeze up and could contribute something explosive…

She was at least glad this was goblins and not bandits. Less moral qualms to get in the way.

But Reeva would do much better in such a situation if she could go for whichever goblin [i]might[/i] be in charge, and they just weren't armoured enough as a group to rush in blindly. Which was why Corinne's first request on arriving was to ask the woman to look around for them.

She could probably have done it herself, but with [i]two[/i] coppers to keep an eye on…

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