Hunted in the Night

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## Summary

Flint and Seven notice some blood on the trail they're following. Hoshimi asks for them to wait up but Seven is upset because she didn't want to be useless. Seven accidentally steps on an internal organ of the horse and the pair find the remains of the horse shortly after. Xaillen suggests they head back while Olwen Edgeworth wants to examine the horse's wounds. Flint helps her and notices that the horse has been hollowed out a little. Whatever ate the horse only ate the organs. Hoshimi sees something dart behind a tree and everyone pairs up while backing up back to camp.

Olwen and Xaillen check on the horses when they get back and Flint suggests a night watch. Seven volunteers to go first as Flint calls for the horse to ease Hoshimi's worries. Olwen climbs onto the roof of the ruins as something hears Flint's call. The horse returns as Seven is relieved. Before the party heads to bed, Caius pulls out broken mask pieces that he found on the trail. Xaillen recognizes it as one of the masks the babbling freaks from Thultanthar were wearing and joins Seven and Olwen on the first watch. Hoshimi and Adrian Tanlaial looks over the mask to notice that the mask was enchanted before the magic ran out. Olwen promises to get Adrian, Flint and Sybl for the next watch as Xaillen expresses his concerns over the sword lady.

Xaillen paces around as Seven glares at the woods. Olwen asks Xaillen what's bugging him and Xaillen reveals that people are selfish by nature. He expresses how Olwen is different. She helps people and notices how she takes away other people's feelings for her to keep herself safe. Xaillen explains how similar he felt when he heard Raquel was captured but stopped when Flint mentioned that everyone would seem worthless if that was the case. Seven explains her jealousy over Yuta and how she made the wrong choice. Olwen sympathizes with Seven and mentions how making the wrong choice isn't bad.

During the watch, Adrian has another dream with Feronia. Feronia remembers living in a forest with friends. She also remembers two rude people that weren't siblings in the dreamscape that didn't like each other and how she was upset by it. One of the people was a tiefling woman while the other guy was male and she remembered them arguing about something petty. Feronia tried to help them but the tiefling woman got hurt really badly. She spent a lot of time together with them while healing the tiefling woman. The two others got to know each other through their time hiding from someone. When the pair were told that the coast was clear, Feronia set a tree on fire to get their attention.

Adrian then asks about Hextor and Feronia gets angry at that name. Adrian quickly backs up from that topic and Feronia feels a lot more powerful. She takes on a humanoid form that feels familiar to her. She tries to pull out the shortsword at her hip but it's only a handle. Adrian guesses that she was either a ranger or a rogue while also mentioning the portals to Thultanthar. Feronia understands Adrian's concerns but Adrian promises to check out the next orb at Directian. Adrian is then woken up for his watch.

## Notable events

* The party finds the dead horse and recalls the horse that escaped
* A babbling freak is revealed to be nearby
* Adrian Tanlaial has another dream sequence with Feronia