Characters: Zak Trueblood (Rel Vobud) - Pat[0], Mena Timaly (Time Renald) - Denise[0], Lorraine Jace (Lori) - Marie[0], Jethro (Tom) - Dean[0], Kesh (Tes Larya) - Kim[0], Andre () - Gene[0],
The party heads for Tussic to follow LeBlank. Along the way, they discover wagon tracks leaving the road from time to time. They estimate that they are gaining on the party they are following by about 1/3 of a day per day. The first night, squirrels attack but are killed and eaten by the party.
On the second day of travel, they camp and are attacked by Ninjas during first watch. They defeat the ninjas and discover their horses which they keep.
After 3 days they get to Tussic at nightfall only a day behind the party. They stay at Grimnar's Bar and Inn only to discover that LeBlank has stayed there the night before.
The next day they discover that two ninjas have left the road and believe that they are waiting to ambush the party. After some discussion, Zak feels that the party should attack the ninjas at once and charge the suspected hiding place. The ninjas have left already and so Zak follows. After several turns down a winding river bed, Zak is clotheslined by a rope stretched across the riverbed.
Mena continues in pursuit only to discover that only the horses have continued. Cassandra discovers footprints up the bank on both sides and follows one set. She loses the trail for a while in a rocky field but does recover the trail and follows till the footprints are joined by horse prints.
The party that followed the other prints up the other side had similar bad luck. These prints led to a small forest where the ninja got away.
Discouraged, the party continues till nightfall. There are no attacks that night which disappoints them! Looks like they should reach LeBlank by late afternoon if things continue as they have.