Mui was sleeping peacefully, sitting upright on a sturdy tree branch braced against the trunk. His finely crafted longsword was in his sheath, and his sturdy studded leather armor was hung on an adjacent branch. It had been a stressful day, but good enough. He dreamt of his home, longing to be back in the City of Coin. Suddenly he awoke. It was time for his watch to begin. He went to Sheria and woke her, then told the two keeping watch that they could take a break. He then returned to his post in the tree, then donned his armor and sword.

(OOC: Please don't start the fight during the third watch too much without letting me post, I'd like to control the attacking critter's actions.)

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Sheria rolled over and sat up, accepting the torch Derikan handed to her. She sat with her back against a tree, her cool green eyes watching for any signs of movement as she carelessly flipped a knife in her palm.

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OOC:Well, it's getting late, I suppose I should get some sleep.
While I'm away, anyone except uberers can control my char, just please, try not to let him die. :D
Last post here for tonight.

IC: The large dwarf turned once more in his sleep, and awoke with a belch, scratching his head he realised he was far too hungry to sleep,so ate some food he had with him, then tried to get a decent uninterrupted night's sleep.

The dwarf's rattling snoring was getting to Mui. For the third time that night it had begun, and his patience was running out. "Do you know any way of silencing a loud snoring dwarf?" he whispered to Sheria, who was quite occupied but looked kinda lonely.

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The dwarf's rattling snoring was getting to Mui. For the third time that night it had begun, and his patience was running out. "Do you know any way of silencing a loud snoring dwarf?" he whispered to Sheria, who was quite occupied but looked kinda lonely.<hr></blockquote>

Sheria turned and looked at him for a moment, then, grinning, she pulled another knife from her sleeve. "I know a way, but I don't think our leader would appreciate losing one of the company." With a wink, she secreted the knives again, and rolled the dwarf over so his snores were less obvious.

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"Well, I suppose that works. At least now I can hear if anything's making its way here." Mui returns the wink then climbs higher up the tree to the less stable branches for a better vantage point.

OOC: ladeda...time passes

IC:
*Glancing up at the moon, Sheria, gestures to Mui to come down from the tree, and makes her way over to Urion. Waking the theif, she hands him teh lantern and returns to her bed and sleep*

Mui, following Sheria's gesture, gently climbs down the tree and gets back to his position. He goes back to sleep on the branch, and dreams of beautiful and glorious things.

Urion wakes Khalist and together the two keep watch, nothing happens for an hour or so, and the sky brightens a bit, but then, suddenly, something can be seen moving in amongst the trees....

A pale, floating orb... An undead beholder, it's body rotted and decayed yet still retaining some of the power that it had in life.

Khalist and Urion do their best to wake those that can be woken as the beholder approaches, fast.

As the beholder enters the small clearing it unleashes a Sleep spell on the small party and quite a few of them immediately fall into a deep slumber(Anyone who's not online during the battle, saves us the trouble of acting for those who aren't here.).

Khalist looks around to see who's still awake....