"Hungry ... rumbly tum-tum, hungry ..." Gregory hears a low gutteral voice repeating over and over. He inches closer and peers over a rise to finally look down at the crash site.

"Quiet you fool!! You'll get your snackies soon enough, but only if you shut your mouth." Another voice hisses out to the first. This sounds far more 'human' than the first although Gregory is finding it difficult to see the source of either voice.

The first voice goes quiet after a whispered "... meanie ..." from the first voice leaving Gregory with no indication of the source of either. He takes a moment to survey the crash site.

The rains of recent days have begun to dry but the scarred terrain is still muddy and the depression is slightly filled with water and thick muck. Other than the damaged group there appears to be nothing out of the ordinary about this section of the forest.

Where are they? Gregory thinks to himself. They musts be cam'flaged like me. Maybe I see them with my hearing.

Gregory once again pushed quantum through his node. This time he sends out waves of ultrasonic sound, which is above the wavelength where a normal person can hear. Where the sound bumps into something, he pieces together it's form so he can 'see' it. I hopes they not hear it too, He worries to himself.

After about five minutes Adam opens another warp to the opposite side of the crash site and allows Raider through in his intangible state. Allowing for his ability to move nearly invisbly by walking 90% submerged within the ground Raider takes up a position near the crash sitearound the same time that Gregory does.

Gregory lets out a chirp, much like a certain common bird for the area and tracks it's echos much like a bat would. Unfirtunately the forest is too dense to get any sort of sensible reading. He does determine that there are no invisible persons within the clearing caused by the crash site. If they are there they would be hunkered down within the wreckage of the downed trees.

Raider observes the area for a few moments and then continues to move forward toward the crater staying as deep into the ground as possible while still allowing from breathing and sight. He quickly takes a position within the mud and water within the crater.

Gregory didn't find anyone who was standing around camoflaged or invisible, and it worried him. He knew there were at least two people there and maybe KB. He had to find out.

Stripping himself completely naked, and with only his pistol in his hand, Gregory stealthily began to circle around the crash site. He moved closer with each step, while he listened for breathing sounds.

If the link is open. *People here talking about hungry and waiting for snackies. They waiting for someone. Ambush maybe? Can't see them. Don't see KB. Moving closer to look.

Courier says to Adam and Buzz,

"Gregory hears someone there. Several someones, talking about food and being hungry. He can't see them and he doesn't hear or see KB."

Courier forwards what Gregory sent to Raider and then tries to contact KB again. If(When) he is unsuccessful he rotates the link between Raider and Gregory.

Raider will move around the site looking into likely hiding places like the downed trees and such. He will also keep his eyes open in case anyone might be in the air. Since there is a slight possibility that he might be seen he will also duck completely underground and move a few feet, come up and look around, and repeat. He will also look for anyone that might be concealed in a pit or tunnel.

Buzz stays quiet and crouches low, hoping his clumsiness doesn't foul up things. Meanwhile he's trying a strange mental exercise, he's dredging up old memories, and at the same time forcing them back down. Almost as if he's teasing the wild animal of his vicous flashbacks.

*Alright, stay calm, that's probably an ambush, we don't want to talk to no one but Squiddy. Let us know when youfind him.*

Adam frowns slightly, mumbling under his breath and counting things out on his fingers. "If we know for sure that KB's not with them, then I'm going to need Gregory to tell me exactly where they are, and then get the hell out. I'm not going to play nice. But after I unload a bomb full of whoop ass on them, I'm going to borrow Raider's cot in the back. Cool?" He addresses the last word to Raider.

((Once Adam has a location, Analyze Weakness roll to figure out a good height/angle to get in one round of surprise Q-bolts.))

Courier almost slams his hands together but stops himself at the last moment.

He says,

"Right", and continues to monitor and relay information.

At the crash site Raider and Gregory complete their stealthy searches of the area. Both are certain that they have not compromised their own stealth but neither hve they found anything. Half an hour passes in the near silence of the deep forest.

*****

Back at the shop Courier, Buzz and Adam wait for word of something but neither Gregory nor Raider has anything to report.