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“You know what, let’s leave this to a vote, because this could risk EVERYBODY’s life. One that won’t pressure anyone, and gives a clear understanding of what will be accepted. Everyone PM me an answer to these questions. No explanations of why. Just a yes or no.”

Vigil paused for a second as he gathered his thoughts.

“Question one. Would you feel comfortable with Bringing Priscilla along, with the knowledge that there is a chance she may go rogue and attack us?
Question two. Would you be alright with putting Priscilla down, by any means necessary, if she does go rogue?
Question three. If Priscilla is brought with us, would you like a fail safe put in her, to disable her, quickly, and in as safe a way as possible?
Question four. If we do leave her behind, since she is valuable company property, would you be willing to split our squad in two, in order to make sure nothing happens to her, while we are gone?

That last question in not negotiable. We already left our vehicles behind, and we have no way of knowing if they have been manipulated, buried, or destroyed, while we have been gone. I will not risk that, unnecessarily, with something that a teammate holds dearly. I will count the votes up in five minutes, or whenever I get them al in. Whichever Comes first.”

Well, I would say to get new armor, instead. Of course, something that keeps him as light as possible, since I/we have been playing him as a light and fast fighter. If we must get a shield, I say it should be armor on one arm. He is also due for a better short bow, and some anti-man arrows. Maybe a better map.

Vigil is going to take first watch. While the rest rest. He will also borrow someone’s side arm, A gunshot will wake someone far faster than a shout would.

“I think this will not work out well. Frazz just get what samples you can. I am going to just scan and record what I can. I can’t afford to make this blunt. After that, we should keep moving. The longer we stay out here, the more I will freeze my ba- butt off.” Vigil says, before starting a log of his findings, and describing, in as exsact detail as possible, how the creature ambushed them, the apparent use of the scales to do so, and how it died.

“Frazz, I guess you are up. Might as well collect samples. Darn? You alright? Didn’t break any bones did you? That looked rather nasty.” Vigil said as he jogged over to check on the man.

“A trace implies direction. I think the trace we are looking for is the minute distortion that I had found. That means the most we can do is keep on our guard, or find a way to predict-“
Suddenly Vigil gets an idea, and runs through the various wiki-arrivals, how to’s and anthropology papers he could access, to see if he can predict, from just the previous distortion, and from the attack on Dahl, the process that the creature goes through to choose its targets.

“I think we should assum a 3D enemy stalking us, for now. Easier to plan for.”