[piosenniel]

I am back in the saddle again. I did two short posts near the end of the string that dealt with Stoatie's journey to the Plantation, and his dreaming of better things to come....

Hmmmm . . . looks like Bird is one of those better things, eh?!

I'm working on a post now where a band of hobbits comes up to Cami as she's leaving the Inn. They will volunteer to help and she will accept them. By the time she gets up to the pond she will meet up with Mithadan and crew. They will begin their journey east, with Mithadan in the lead. Just a ways down the path, Frodo-lad will join us. Samwise will have no choice but to take him along, since speed is of the essence and we can't send him back alone. (He will assure us he's left a note for his poor mother and assured her he will stay close by his dad's side!)

This sounds fine – please do mention Merimac, Fosco’s daddy, as being in the group going to the Plantation.

Pio---do you want to do that strategy post?

I would love to do the strategy post – but I’m a little unclear about what this is about. If it’s about the attack on the Plantation - I thought Mithadan had offered to do that just above your recent post on the Discussion Thread. He is supposed to be telling Pio that they are on their way and that they will attack at the front entrance (in the north) of the plantation, and draw off most of the men from the cottage where Bird, Gilly, and the children are.

However – I can get that done (I can do it from Halfred’s point of view, who is trying to get it straight in his mind) – if this is what you mean: I’ll have Halfred go over how Mithadan the character has outlined the attack plan to the band of Hobbits. Then, off they’ll go.

After the strategy post, I'll do one where Stoatie wakes up. It's already dark. Ferny should be back but he's not. So Stoatie begins to get a little queasy.

He should be getting queasy – he’s been drinking like a fish! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]