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>Welp, we found some Cocoa Beans. We can do that request now with no issues.

>We didn't find any wood chips. That either means there are no chips in this subarea or we were just unlucky about it.

>I say we look for ingredients again and if we don't get in a fight, look for a fight next time.

> Look for ingredients again. Don't look for a fight again, though, I don't think it would be all that necessary. Instead, try to find a new subarea.

> If we find wood chips, though, keep searching for items. That is what we want, after all.

{Exploring Forest - Into the Thick of It}

You head out to look for more ingredients, trying to keep an eye out for pretty much anything. After a while you find just one more medicinal herb, and a bunch of bits of fallen wood from the trees (+1 Magic Grass, +5 Wood Chips).

While you're wandering around, you encounter a cave going into a small hill with an unusually large wolf monster lying down in front of it. It raises its head when you get close enough to see it and looks at you, but doesn't attack, which is great news because this thing is huge, scarred, and tough, looks like a real bruiser. Your best guess is that this is the alpha and it's protecting its den; the den doesn't go very deep but you do see something shiny in there. If you felt up to a challenging fight sometime you could take him on and see what treasures are hiding inside.

You stop for a short rest only to hear growling from some of the bushes nearby. You and Dave draw your weapons just in time to see three wolves emerging.

It's an ambush! You have time for only one move or action each the first round.

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Date: 1/8
Time: About one quarter

Status & Inventory:

1626 Cole

Location: Nearby Forest - Wolf Territory

Character Status:

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SpoilerSarah Kennigan: Uninjured, Just Okay
Weapon: Basic Staff
Armor: Normal Clothes
Accessory: None
Skills:

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SpoilerEther Light: A self-defense technique from Master. Non-elemental magic attack, any 1 square.

Dave Barrett: Barely Scratched, Just Fine
Weapon: Hatchets
Armor: Normal Clothes
Accessory: None
Skills:

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• Hatchet Throw: Throw a hatchet in any of 8 directions. Does physical damage to whatever it hits first.
  
• Slice & Dice: Chop-chop-chop-chop! Attempts 5-10 normal attacks, all on the same target, at reduced accuracy.

Fee: 0 Cole

Miranda (???): Uninjured, Fine
Weapon: Knight's Sword
Armor: Knight's Armor
Accessory: None
Skills:

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• Zero Motivation (passive): Eh. Miranda has less energy states than normal (Exhausted, Okay, Fine). It costs energy to perform regular move and attack actions in battle. Active skills require a large percentage of her maximum energy.
  
• Chill (passive): Whatever, it's fine. Miranda regains a small amount of energy anytime she isn't doing anything, regardless of if it's out of town or even in the middle of a battle.
  
• Spin Slash: Gotta respect the classics. Slashes everything in the 8 tiles surrounding Miranda for physical damage.
  
• Lazy Combo: Way too much effort. Performs six normal attacks in a row (which can have distinct targets), and then lacks the motivation to do anything at all for the next two turns (Chill is disabled during these turns).
  
• Slack Off (3/3): Miranda's favorite activity. Doesn't accomplish anything immediate, but restores a moderate amount of energy instead of spending it. Has a 2-turn cooldown and only works 3 times per battle.

Fee: 500 Cole

Dual Techs:

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SpoilerSarah & Dave:
Ether Hatchet (Hatchet Throw + Ether Light): Do the thing! Targets any enemy on a straight line from Dave which he could hit with Hatchet Throw. Deals physical damage to the target and then magical damage to anything in the 3x3 square centered on the target.

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