Even though the trees were too thick to see through, the sound of beautiful singing slips through like a fish through water. To say the voice was easy on the ears would be an understatement. The voice was soft, elegant, and alluring. Even though the Apprentices couldn't understand the words of the song, the Apprentices couldn't get enough of it. Pushing through foliage, and pushing through fatigue, the Apprentices pushed forward in search of the source of this mystery. At lease until the music stopped...
The breeze was still blowing, and the birds were still chirping, but the song was indeed no more. Suspecting they were getting close, the Apprentices decided to tread softly. Creeping, sneaking and snooping along, they moved as silently as possible towards the last known source of the serenade. Then peering through the pines into an open clearing, the Apprentices spied a sight they had never seen outside the scroll-books.
Flowing silver hair, bronze skin, and features far too shapely to be human. This woman could only be... an Elf! Everyone has heard of that Elves used to be very common around Thaelyn, but ever since the war between Light and Dark, they have disappeared. Some say they were all destroyed, some say they returned to their homeland, but the truth is no one really knows. Well, maybe someone knows, but certainly no one in this humble group of Apprentices. Except maybe that guy.
Distracted by thoughts of fantasy folklore and the sight of such an elegant Elf, the Apprentices didn't notice that there was an old man wearing dirty rags for robes beside them. Not only that, but he appeared to be spying on the unsuspecting maiden!
Dirty Old Man: "Yes, now, the other legging--"
Dirty Old Man: "By my beard! What are you lads doing here!? I thought you'd be-- Hold on, yes... if you're here now, then that means."
The bearded old man opens one of his many scroll-books and begins flipping pages rapidly till he apparently comes to the one he was looking for.
Dirty Old Man: "This could be a disaster! If she catches me spying on her way out here, it could ruin everything. Sorry lads, but I'll need you to take the fall for this one. Just bob and weave and you will all be fine... probably. Farewell!"
With a sudden pop of light and smoke, the old man in odd clothing disappeared before the Apprentices' eyes. While it was amazing to see a magic spell for the first time, there was no time to enjoy it, for the Elven enchantress had become aware of their presence.
Elven Archer: "What was that? Is-is someone there? Hey! Who are you! And you, and you! What are all you boys doing out here?"
With their presence suddenly discovered, the old man's disappearance, and the jig seeming to be up, the Apprentices just stood there like a deer in the lantern light. A few of them pointed at each other, a few said words like "the old man" or "we were lost", or "your singing". But in the end, the Elf girl had her own idea of what was going on. And she wasn't afraid to let the Apprentices know.
Elven Archer: "You were spying on me, weren't you!? Gods, why are boys such perverts! I'll skewer you alive you- you DIRTYROTTENIMMATUREPERVERTMANPIGS!!"
With the Elf's rambling of rage, she draws her bow and begins firing a flurry of arrows at the Apprentices! Having no choice but to flee in terror, lest they be "skewered alive," the young men fled into the forest bobbing and weaving as the old man advised them.
After an hour of running for their lives, the party of alleged perverts makes it out of their frightening forest experience. And aside from several scrapes, scratches, and bruises, they were relatively unharmed.
Feeling safe for the moment, the Apprentices decide to inspect their surroundings. Seeming to be at the base of a mountain with a tunnel carved into the stone, the party sees two options before them. They can take shelter inside the tunnel, or climb the mountain to get a better view of the area.
What will the Apprentices choose?
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