Chapter 8: Councils of War

[crazycrypt]

If Tommy haven't done so already, and I don't believe I've posted that a he has, Tommy will reload his empty clip while Will is trying to talk to Kordal. As for ammo, Tommy took 4 boxes of 20 rounds with him, as well as his two extra clips full, so he has plenty of ammo for the Lugar P08. If Will does not have any extra, Tommy will offer him some just to make sure he has backup if he needs it. As for Will offering one of the guns to Tommy, Tommy will suggest that Will keeps the Lugar as we have extra ammo for it and will take the Colt off of Will and holster it, as it is not his favorite type of gun, but it's better in a pinch then nothing.

[Hywaywolf]

Simon is drip drying as he walks up river with a sharp eye on the German.

[Solomoriah]

There is about a 40 minute gap between Simon and the villagers; as with Artie, he'll have to wait for them to catch up. So, I'd like to skip forward. Tell me what Will and Tommy are doing for the next 40 minutes or so.

[rredmond]

Unless Tommy has a more action-packed idea, Will helps the villagers get prepared and tries to figure out, without getting in the way, what they're thinking of doing. "There seems to be more Nazis here than we could have brought, do you think?" He'll ask Tommy while they are getting things together, "think they'll know about getting out of here and being able to point us to the way home?"

[Solomoriah]

Very quickly, small groups of warriors fanned out into the woods. Will wondered how they could be so sure-footed in the near-total darkness beneath the canopy.

Shortly the radioman, Lt. Markwell, appeared in the village. "The Captain is more than a bit concerned," he said, "as you have not yet returned with a report. What's going on?"

[crazycrypt]

Tommy looks at Lt. Markwell and says, "I was just about to send Will up to give one. It seems as though Artie and Simon are both missing and the villagers just sent several small groups of warriors into the woods to look for them. I was going to follow myself after Will made it up safely, unless you think the captain will want to send his own hunting party out, however, we are short on people all of a sudden."

[Solomoriah]

"I'll let the Captain know, then," replied the radioman. "You'll be staying here until they're found, I suppose?"

...

Simon had become almost bored with walking along the shoreline, when suddenly three Dalar warriors leaped out of the trees, surrounding the engineer and his prisoner. One of them peered at Simon in the moonlight, and said something; Simon couldn't understand what was said, but the air of respect and deference the warrior displayed showed that he had been recognized as a sky god.

The warrior barked an order to the other two, and they took up positions around the prisoner. Then he turned to Simon, apparently waiting for some indication that he was ready to move on.

[Hywaywolf]

Simon gives a slight nod of acknowledgement to the warrior then waves upriver to indicate a walking motion and says "Bey" to indicate where he wants to go. Then he pushes the German lightly to get him walking again

[crazycrypt]

"I don't know about Will here," Tommy will say, "however, I am going after Simon and Artie. It is not right to leave them behind."

[Solomoriah]

"Very good," said Markwell. "I'll report to the Captain right away."

As Tommy was moving toward the forest and considering where to begin his search, Catherine appeared out of the night, carrying the rifle. "You'll need someone with you who can talk to the natives," she said, by way of explanation.