1,8,23 - A Lodge for the Abominable

We had a lovely rest in Hoovale before declaring that we really did need to go, but before we could leave we needed to resupply for our journey. The innkeeper told us that Sweet Glove’s Sweet Supply was the place to go for anything we might need. Sweet Glove, the owner, supplied us with everything we needed and even had candy that we could purchase, so I bought some to take back to the castle for my brothers once we are done with our errand. Pew disappeared for a while before coming back with some figurine that he had found to slobber on.

Once we were resupplied, I asked my hand to direct us towards the lodge, and we managed to get there by about mid-day. Rustling of a “Deer” and Shady “Bush” were surprised to see us and set about warming the lodge while Pey and Pew made friends with the llamas. Marko and Dense disappeared for a while before Dense came back, reporting that everything was clear after investigating the old servant passages that had been sealed off. A few moments later, we could hear an eagle screech and some running on the roof. When we looked out the window, we could see a giant eagle with Marko on its back flying towards the waterfall. Dense and I grabbed our packs to meet them down there.

By the time we got there, we could see the waterfall was being disrupted by earthen pillars that had risen from the cliff face, a bird imprint lower on the wall behind the waterfall, and handholds climbing up the cliff face to a cave. Pey and Marko were trying to figure out the best way to get to the cave when Dense sent Flint to take a look at the cave when he suddenly poofed into thin air. By then, Pey was hanging onto a rope he and Marko had attached to one of the pillars, but because of the water the pillars began to break and he slipped on the icey rope and he started to fall. Marko managed to get off of the pillars and down to the cave; however, it was then that an abominable creature jumped out of its hiding place in the cave and grabbed him. My mechanical dragonfly from my arm flew after him so that I could see in the cave and cast a few spells to try to keep the yeti from eating Marko while I got down there.

Pey managed to stop himself from falling all the way to the icey pool below the waterfall and summoned his unicorn to help save Marko while Dense did his best to get to the cave. He managed to arrive just in time to end the abominable yeti. By then, Pey had managed to grow grass and make the cave quite pleasant just to start skinning the creature. The rest of us looked around the room and the pile of bones to see if there was anything valuable in which we found a great deal of coins and some general goods that we divided amongst ourselves.

Once Pey had taken the pelt and we had packed up all our goods–including Dense claiming the skull and horns–the pillars that were blocking the water had fallen, blocking the easy path back to the lodge. We returned to the lodge in time for Deer and Bush to serve dinner. Then it was time for bed in the nice warm rooms they had been preparing all day. In the morning, we asked them some questions about the people who had passed through recently and how much further it would be to our destination. Apparently, Amara Lightfingers and her crew had been through a few weeks ago and they had said they were going to the end of the Highroad so we had a few more days to go until we got there. However, there were some ruins just a day from here that make a good resting place along the road and the new bridge was just another day after that.