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Flirt (or pay, I suppose) the ferryman into bringing us across, then tie the rope to a something high up on the other side of the bridge. The elves can proceed to climb their way across, and the ferryman won't notice them.

Oh, I forgot to mention that this rumored ferryman is quite far away(days worth of travel)

Edit:We could add a second rope for easier climbing. We just need to tie it to something at one side of the bridge and a small rock. Once we're on the other side, we have the elves throw it across, so we can tie it on something else.

Create a makeshift bridge? So you'd be sending over one of the elves to fasten it on the opposite riverbank?

Edit2: Maybe we could throw someone across and bypass the ferryman altogether?

While the bodyguard and the ranger(have I named these guys?) could probably get a across and there's a chance you could potentially be thrown over, it'd still leave 2 elves on the wrong side...

Edit3: We could pretend we're a variation on the wolf goat cabage scenario.(Perhaps two seperate iterations if we find something cabage-like for the second group?) Ferrymen have to deal with this so often that he'll hardly notice the presence of elves.

Can't say that I'm familliar with the..."wolf-goat cabbage scenario"

Edit4: Get Nerin across, pretend to be a fisherdwarf and hit the ferryman with a hook on accident. The elves can ferry across while we argue with him.

While feasible the same problem regarding the ferryman's locations remains.

Ah fuck, this was quite a blunder…uhmm how should we proceed from here…?
Should…should we run!?
Nah the situation is still salvageable…for now…
Oh no I just realized! She might get caught in the trap…
No…that might actually work in our favor! I’ll just feign innocence and tell the elf that she'll alert her bodyguard (Chester 'the horse'), which is why we went along with the insanity he just saw!
This was obviously not a hostage situation!
You’re just gonna let her die!?
I think she’s beyond saving now…and she might prove a necessary scape goat.
But it’s our fault she…she got involved in this!
I say we leave it up to fate and pursue our own goals, sweet, sweet necromancy *a harsh giggling*
We even laid a freaking trap for her to get caught in!
Aww life’s never fair, don’t worry Nerin.
But…but…
May I work my magic?
*A sort of unanimous but hesitant agreement*

-Oh thank the Sun she’s gone…phew…
-What are you on about now dwarf!?
-Listen very carefully! That woman has a bodyguard named Chester nearby, she’s probably contacting him right now, she held me hostage here for hours!
-What was she after!? Information!? *As he says it he’s obviously unconvinced by your story but at least concerned enough to hear you out*
-Uhmm…no…She was just after my enticing dwarven body!
-Uggh…*he chokes on his words looking flabbergasted*
-Don’t worry my friend! For I have laid a trap in her path, a good 50 urists down that way! It should slow her down if nothing else.
He just looks at you quite chocked…then he starts running after her.
-Happy huntin’ my friend! I’ll warn the others of Chester’s presence!
He doesn’t even turn around to acknowledge your comment, seemingly completely focused on his task.
Man you should maybe tone down the Gili a bit Gili…
What? That went excellently!
Nerin would never call that guy “my friend” though…
Ah details…pfff
Do…do you think he’ll kill her?
Don’t think about that Nerin, we’ve got more pressing matters on our hands here! We’re not really out of the blue yet, some of these other elves will need some convincing as well.
Oh…okay…
Fix ya beard and get back in those robes quickly!

I rush back to the camp and as I arrive they’re all up looking slightly agitated. I explain the situation to them and they immediately prepare for battle, the ranger takes a few steps into the forest and suddenly disappears from my vision. His presence completely erased. Meanwhile the priest takes a proud stance and stands there motionless, perhaps awaiting a signal? The last disciple chose to take a defensive stance at the back of the camp, looking back and forth shiftily. I was not expecting the bodyguard to be back so soon but just a few Urists later he came walking down to the camp with a huge frown. I attempt and interpret it but can’t really reach any conclusion.
-Did…did you get her?
-He holds up her bag and nods slowly…
-That’s great!
-And the other one?
-Huh? Oh you mean Chester!
-Chester’s a horse.
-What?!
-Uhh…what!?
-…
-You must be mistaken!
-I asked her as she got caught in your trap.
-Oh that actually worked!
-What’s the intent of your actions!? I fail to find any resemblance of continuity in them!
-Uhmm…well I didn’t know that Chester was a…horse…
-I can’t tell whether you’re planning something or if you’re just stupid…
I think it’d be best to play the fool here…
-Oh let me assure you that I’m quite stupid!
Perhaps not to that extent…
-Dear Tyraltin give me the strength to deal with this dwarf…
-So do we go back to bed or do we start off the day early…
-If I didn’t despise the freakin’ dwarf before I sure do now…
They all give you disapproving looks as you pack up and the body guard makes it clear that you can no longer leave his presence. But at least you appear to be out of harm’s way…
The trip continuous on uneventfully and there’s not too much idle chatter either, actually the only one speaking to me is the ranger either leaving snarky remarks aimed at my intellect or from his point of view-lack thereof or a general threat. I guess things had suddenly turned quite hostile…but then again they didn’t seem to like me from the start.

The closer we got to Blackheart grounds the darker the forest appeared to get, flowers and bird song was soon replaced by mushrooms and the squeaking of rodents. I even think I heard a troll growl in the distance…This was perhaps not especially strange to dwarf but after a few years in the lush wilderness of Seraté I’d gotten used to more pleasant scenery. Yet it did not live up to any of the legends I’d heard…however there was still at least another two weeks left until we’d reach the fathomed spire…

It all went fairly smoothly until we reached The yearning stream, a deceptively dangerous river with a calm surface but strong currents deep below. The priest knew of a hang bridge nearby but as we reached the location we found out that it had broken down. Some remains were still intact but all in all it seemed unusable.
We concluded that not all of us would be capable of climbing over and that none of us were too keen on attempting to best the rumored stream by swimming across. Jokingly the ranger patted you on the back and told you to use your “dwarven ingenuity“ to get them across before returning to the other in some kind of scheme to “borrow” a boat from a ferryman further down the river. Their plan would delay you even further and bring unwanted attention to your group but the broken bridge was an unforeseen hindrance.

So got any plans? Or ya’ll just goin’ with the flow?

Really love these kinda threads, people got such a varied view on how things look.

Some of the df plants-
Apparantly I'm the only one who thought sweet pods would be a mushroom

And you can never beat some cavernous scenery

Sign me up too

Guess whos back!
The amount of fucking maps and notes I've been forced to go through...never thought I'd have to study something written by myself

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The discussion whether we should approach the unknown woman or simply investigate her things became rather heated and it took quite some time for the voices to settle for a decision. Some were vary of the potential repercussions while others were merely overwrought by the opportunity…
We should go through her stuff and look for clues, no reason to steal anything though as we don’t know who we’re dealing with. And perhaps we should investigate those tracks as well; I can’t tell what they are…
What!? You want to follow the tracks of some random fucking animal when we’ve been presented with such a glorious encounter.
I may be paranoid... I may be very paranoid... but doesn't anyone find this kind of weird? We should check her stuff and then go back to camp and report what we saw.
Oh! We can light up the nearby trees as a distraction! The impending forest fire will be sure to scare our elven comrades away!
Why!?
Uhmm…they seem like shady meddlers to me!
…
We should be nude when we approach her!!
There are multiple risks associated with such an action. First off she may not be alone. Secondly she might overpower us, as most things seem to… And thirdly it might be a trap anyway.
I got it! Use the rope we have to make one of those tree snare traps right next to the person's belongings. When they come to get their stuff, they get hoisted up into a tree and dangle there until someone rescues them.
We must be naked even if going through her belongings!  And let's stack her belongings in alphabetical order then write this in the dirt next to it something like-

Be more orderly or bad things will happen.
Love, The Vengeful Spirit of the Woods…

In the end no proper solution was reached so a compromise was decided upon, where we’d attempt to fulfill as many suggestions as possible (OOC, I had multiple updates finsished due to drastic changes in the votes )
First off I made my way over to the spot where I had spotted her belongings earlier; I did so in as quietly as dwarvenly possible while staying out of sight. The ground was littered with clothes, seemingly quite well worn so it’d be safe to assume that the woman’s a traveler of sort. Amongst them was also a bag, presumably used for miscellaneous items as it shared the same signs of frequent use with the clothes.
After going through the clothes I found nothing of note as her pockets were empty except an emblem, an emblem which if I recall correctly was used by the family of Mui, indicating that she’s somehow employed by the state of Capitol. This does however not mean much as she could be anything from a diplomat to a secretary.
The bag on the other hand held a few surprises, a dagger made from copper or bronze, a metal flask with the mark of Capitol, some overcooked meat seasoned with an unknown spice, some eatable herbs which hold a very low nutritional value but keeps you full (commonly used by people traveling longer distances), 20 or so coins, a sealed off document with the sigil of Mui as well as a lot of random stuff like house keys, hair pins and string. There were also some horse related things which indicates that she might have a horse somewhere nearby, I might’ve gotten more in touch with nature during my time in Seraté but just the sheer size of horses still frightened me a bit…
I don’t really know what to make of it all except for the fact that she’s defiantly on traveling foot and has been for quite a while. But the voices left me no time to ponder on such trivial matters; I was to set up a snare trap of some kind. Something which I had never done before and had very little knowledge of… Some of the voices knew however and with their guidance I somehow managed to produce something looking like a proper snare trap. 
I even signed it with a warning from the vengeful spirit of the woods due to a request from Gili…
However, I was now moving on to the most intricate part of the plan; I was supposed to make contact with this unknown human…and to make matters worse do it naked. But as always there was no point in arguing once the voices had decided upon something, I guess I might as well pretend I’m there to bathe myself…
I had no idea really how I’d approach this situation without it ending horrendously, so I did whatever I could not to scare the life out of this poor lady. Which in this situation surprisingly enough meant that I’d be attempting to strike a casual conversation with a stranger while disrobing… never thought I’d hear myself utter that sentence…
-Uhmm…how’s the water…

(The story took an unnecessarily nsfw turn at this point…contents of spoiler is only for the bravelewd)
But as all good things it soon came to an end when I spot an undesirable sight showed itself just over the shoulder of my recently acquired acquaintance. 
-In the name of the Sun! What…!?
-Ohhh…
-Ahhhhh!
-Courtlounger this is….is highly unsuitable behavior for someone of your stature! And don’t forget that you’re under parole!
-Don’t worry I know this guy!
-It’s a friggin’ elf!
-Nerin, provide an explanation immediately!
-Calm down both of you…we’ll…we’ll sort this out…
-What’s going on!
-You’ve just compromised our entire mission!
-No no…uhmm…she’s okay!
-She could be a Spy you imbecile!
-She knows nothing!
-We can’t be sure about that…she must die here!
-Aww hell naw! I’m outta ‘ere!
She sprints away in the direction of her belongings…
At the same time I manage to blind body guard with my manhood.   
-Oh for the love of Tyraltin put on some pants dwarf!
Now I was put up before a difficult choice…should I leave with the Becca or the elf…
I can’t just leave my mission put at the same time I wouldn’t want the elves to kill off the girl due to my mistake.
The voices reactions varied…some said we should leave these long-eared tree-huggers for this clearly superior traveling companion while others meant that she’d be an unfortunate but necessary sacrifice on the road to meet the rumored necromancer. 
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please let me reiterate just how lucky of a roll ya’ll got there, 1/108…wtf  o_____O
Sorry 'bout the slow tempo...doing this drugfree's proven harder than expected...abstinence's a real bitch...
Glad to be back though. 

Haha man your adventures were almost as crazy as Nerins.

I did purposly pick out the interesting stuff, did lots of waiting in airports and all the other boring stuff aswell

Sounds like quite the time. How much money did you set off with?

bout' 2500€ or so, same for one of my freinds while the other brought a lot more and funded the end of the trip. Like I said we kind of frontloaded the spending quite a bit and I'm convinced that it'd been possible to make the original trip with some better management

anyways back on track soon, I'm just haveing some serious trouble deciphering my own notes atm...

So, what happened? (Sorry if that's a too personal inquiry. Don't feel obliged to answer.) Computer problems? Family? Overall business?

Well at first I got a new girlfriend which led to me kind of like putting other stuff to the side for a while, we broke up a few weeks later though(short but sweet). Afterwards I had a sudden urge to do some soulsearching(no idea how you'd really explain it in english) which wasn't really related to recent events but rather me being unsure of what I want to do with my life. So two friends and I went out to travel across the world, we were gonna go through europe and asia and then take a ship over to south america, drive up to north america and follow the southern cost line and finally take a flight back to europe. We never got that far 'cause we ended up in some trouble in india during the second month but all in all I have to say that it was one  of the best experiences of my life    

But nevermind I'll see if I can find my notes and get the story goin again sometimes soonish

oi, ya'll still alive?