[Kenderfriend]

*Keppli is sitting on a soft bale of hay in Stormcrest, resting by the campfire after a long adventure. An old looking pipe hangs out the side of her mouth as she smokes the forest pipeweed. She closes her eyes for a moment, relaxing in the twilight when a voice speaks in her head..
"I saw a man once who smoked too much, and he had yellow teeth! Ya don't smoke too much do you Keppli? Just promise me it won't be an everyday thing.."
She smiles and stops smoking, proceeding to pocket her pipe.
"Alright then, Tod.." she mutters while looking into the flames, the light flickering in her large green eyes.
She takes out her precious journal and begins writing in the green ink, seemingly back to her jolly mood.*

Written- Threas, Seplar 5, 1438

I had an interesting day the other day! Gala was giving me'n Rocky a tour of her house, and was I shocked! It's massive, and I thought Ben's house looked expensive! She even had her own horsey called Rimfrost, it was really beautiful too. Perhaps I can persuade her to let me ride her horse sometime... hmm...
I was still looking around wide-eyed, when we suddenly heard a knock at the door. Gala went to get it, but I ran ahead shouting " I got it! "
She laughed, and I pulled open the door, and it was Ben! I said hello, then we went on a tour all over again for Ben. He had the same reaction of me when stepping inside... just saying, "Woah."
*laughs to herself then looks around thinking she laughed a bit too loud.*

Anyway, we talked a bit, and then Ben said something about needing people for an adventure. Guess he came to the right halfling! I was kinda sad to leave Gala's cushion mountain, but I guess adventure is more exciting!

When me, Rocky and Ben finally made it to Silkwood, we edged round close to the trees but suddenly two cockatrices appeared. One just... looked at Ben and he froze! They started to move towards him, so I grabbed my sword and dashed in front of the frozen Ben, hacking at them. When I got them, I panted, then looked up and my eyes widened. In front of me was a big ogre, grunting. I tried to protect the other two, and I stabbed the ogre, but then it whacked my head with a big club, and I fell to the ground. I'm not sure what happened to Rocky then... but I think he was okay.
I eventually made my way back to my stone, with their help, then we set up a campfire and rested awhile. Gala trotted up to us on her horse, and I smiled.

The four of us then... made our way through swamps, and a large cave... then halfway through the cave, we saw Snagnor running behind us followed by a troll. I grinned and waved, good to see Snaggy again and well... the more the merrier I say!

We fought through lots of trolls and such... but the one moment I won't forget was when Snaggy took out his horn and blew it to make Ben dance.
I ended up laughing hysterically, you should have seen Ben's face. He grit his teeth and said he was going to beat up Snaggy or something. We all told Snag to run while he could so he backed off a bit and turned invisible.
*the writing is shaking slightly as she chuckles to herself as she writes*
Eventually he showed himself though, and I had to stand between the two, or Ben might punch him or something... and I'd rather Snaggy didn't have a nosebleed right now.

Then Gala said that trolls pick off people who stray too far from the group, and they would eat me if I didn't stay with them.
I said, "Well, I ain't on the menu!"
I grinned, no ugly troll is making a meal out of me, thats for sure!

Anyways... it was a fun trip, though tiring, and I waved to the group as they walked away, smiling cheerfully. I stretched out and yawned, sitting back down on the log at Stormcrest Crossroads.

-Keppli

*closes the journal yet again and gets up for a short walk*