Seth, Blake, Miller, and Stella creep through the thick underbrush, moving toward the flickering orange glow of a campfire. The scent of woodsmoke hangs heavy in the stagnant night air, cutting through the damp smell of rotting pine.
Seth
(Keep your eyes up. If it is a camp, it is likely a trap.)
They reach a ridge overlooking a hidden ravine. Below, a group of figures in thick, scavenged gear sits around a fire. They are not Saviors, nor are they dead. They are carving strips of dried meat with unnerving, mechanical focus. One man sits apart from the rest, his face obscured by a hood, tapping a rhythmic beat on a metal canteen.
Miller
(They are not Whisperers, but they are too quiet to be refugees. This feels like a scout unit.)
Seth
Everyone, stay low. We need to know who these people are before we make a move. If they are linked to the railyard, we don't engage.
Suddenly, the hooded man stops tapping. He tilts his head toward the ridge.
+ Scene Quest Added
Identify the group in the ravine
“We see two dark brown skinned people and we put them at gun point and ask what there doing and why there all the way out here in the middle of nowhere alone they introduce themselves as brother and sister Tyrese introduces himself and says everyone calm down my name is Tyrese Williams and this is my sister Sasha Williams we mean you no harm I hope the same for you guys”
SUCCESS (Good Intimidation, rolled +0)
Seth
Drop the meat. Hands where I can see them. Now!
Seth bursts from the treeline, his AK-47 leveled at the man and woman. Miller and Stella flank him, weapons raised. The hooded man and his companion freeze, the raw strips of meat falling into the dirt.
Tyrese
Everyone, calm down. My name is Tyrese Williams, and this is my sister Sasha Williams. We mean you no harm. I hope the same for you guys.
Seth
(They look exhausted, but their gear is clean. That rifle by the fire... military issue.)
Sasha
We’re just trying to get through the night without starting a war. We don’t want any trouble.
Seth
You're a long way from any safe zone, Tyrese. Why here? Why the ravine?
Tyrese slowly raises his empty hands, his gaze shifting from the barrel of the AK to the cold, focused eyes of the man behind it.
Quest Complete
Identify the group in the ravine
+ Scene Quest Added
Determine the intentions of Tyrese and Sasha