Reprise! Act 1!

[Carthrat]

"I can't, I don't get any XP from goblins," replies Carthrat. "They don't have any magic items or treasure, anyway, they're just another irritating random encounter."

[Rezantis]

Relm gave Ginn a flat look, then turned towards Carthrat.  "XP?  No, wait, never mind, I don't think I want to know."

Thus saying, she waved her hand over her blanket, drawing the water out of it and into a ball in her hand, then looked at Ginn again.

"I don't know about you, but I tend to prefer my sleep.  If you look hard enough you can probably find yourself some goblins, though."

[Ginnezumusha]

"Fine, go back to sleep, then.  Sleep the day away, then."

Ginn sits down and takes down a GBASP and plays some Tetris.

[Rezantis]

Relm promptly tossed the ball of water at him.

[Ginnezumusha]

Ginn is drenched, but the GBA is still functioning, so Ginn takes no notice.

[Carthrat]

"Kinda hard to do while one is wet," mutters Carthrat. "Aww, heck, I'm wearing a white shirt underneath this armour.." she continues, pulling up her breastplate a bit.

[Bean Bandit]

Ryoma sighed, and gave the treasure chest a poke with the bundle, hard enough to tip the chest over...

[Carthrat]

The chest fell over.

It was odd the way it fell over, though, it was more like a single solid object than a chest, with a moving lid and gold inside.

It dropped like a statue, everything in the exact same position except turned about 90 degrees.

[Rezantis]

Relm rolled her eyes, then gestured and pulled the water from Carthrat into another ball, which she froze, then threw at Ginnezumusha.

This done, she set to packing her gear back in her pack.

[Carthrat]

While the little group is getting ready to make off again.. an arrow slams into the ground between Relm and Ginn!

[Rezantis]

Casting her senses out, Relm . . . couldn't find the archer.

She made a noise of severe annoyance.

"Alright," she called out loudly, "what in the seven halls of hell do you want?"

[Carthrat]

It suddenly occured to Relm that she was getting a *severe* magic reading from the arrow.

The fact that it was glowing black and apparently leaking copious amounts of pus somehow confirmed her suspicions.

Meanwhile, Carthrat was opting for a more direct way of finding the culprit, pulling out her lighter and fiddling with it for a moment..

[Rezantis]

Waving an arm, Relm grabbed the arrow in a grip of solid air and hurled it back into the forest.

[Carthrat]

The arrow trailed a thick black fog that promptly obscured all vision from the area, as well as choking the lungs and making it difficult to move.

[Rezantis]

As soon as the saw the fog coming out of the arrow, Relm jumped straight up.  About fifty feet straight up.