How Many Crusaders does it take to...

This is from the perspective of Delem....

You are walking along a bare, windblown mountain ridge. The path climbs up the slope of the ridge to the west, and begins to level off to the east. The air here is bitterly cold, and a sprinkling of snow covers the ground. To the south is the edge of a thick evergreen forest, while to the north is a low cliff, Looking over the edge of the cliff, you see a tundra stretching off into the distance.
There are six obvious exits: northeastdown, east, southeast, south, southwest, west.
A raspberry bush, a shining hoe and a stump of a cherry-tree.
Turbo, Maly and Rex.

Rex gives a piece of unicorn meat and a piece of unicorn meat to Maly.

Rex grunts in Common: got shovel?

Maly looks at the unicorn meat.
Maly looks at the unicorn meat.

Maly shakes her head in disagreement.

Rex grunts in Common: Nope

// Hmm, seems the Crusaders are in yet another major problem that needs to be
// solved.

You take a shining hoe from your backpack.
You drop a shining hoe.
Rex takes a shining hoe.
Maly gives you a piece of unicorn meat and a piece of unicorn meat.
Oops Maly seems to have made a mistake.

//Mistake #1

Rex gives a shining hoe to Maly.

//Mistake #2

Rex laughs. You grin.

Maly gives you a shining hoe.
Maly nods.

You drop a piece of unicorn meat and a piece of unicorn meat.

//Mistake #3

You grumble in Common: Darn it
Rex grunts in Common: drop it delem

You dismount Turbo.

You take a piece of unicorn meat and a piece of unicorn meat.
You wield the hoe in your right hand and left hand.
You bury the items.

//Problem solved! Praise the Crusaders!

Rex smirks. You unwield the hoe.

Maly rasps dryly in Common: how many cruzssaderzss it take to bury
a meat

You put a shining hoe into your backpack.
You mount Turbo.
You wield the rider lance in your right hand and left hand.

Rex grunts in Common: 3
You grumble in Common: Apparently three.

-- ReX - 03 Nov 2007