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The slim curved figure of Lenne could be seen walking back across the plains, she had just come from the ruins where she had left the guardians to guard. Striding through the grass she would see a figure and some shades alittle abit away from where she was, taking her guard up she would keep an eye out for trouble as she approached Daniel. The shades would hopefully be following her as she had basically said to come here.

Incoming. With shades? Either a prisoner, or a willing helper. Either way, with two of them there, he wasn't too concerned with them. Instead, he was conversing with one of the yellow eyed pawns, the one he codenamed Con.

"Tell them, to dig like this. Small trench, 6 feet deep and wide. Sloped. It's not a barrier, but something to slow them down..." he pointed towards a place, equidistant from both sets of ruins along that invisable line seperating the ruins from the Dead Woods. "Keep that place even. If they take the bait, natural choke point. And for quick movement among our troops."

"Scattered around there, and there," he said, making loops around the ruins, "I want a series of pits, 1 foot deep hemispheres. Nothing too bad. But it'll twist the ankle of any charging moron."

"There," he pointed to another location, beyond the long slow down trench line he described, "We set up similiar, but longer pits. Use the rocks to shore up the pits, embed them so the sharp end in pointing up."

Gods, this was ancient tactics... but then again, it's what he had on hand. And it worked.

"And I want those trenches around the ruins to a depth of at least 8 feet. Shore up the gaps with the extra earth. Mingle any extra stones you have in their to help reinforce it."

"Got it?"

The shade nodded, and started to relay the orders to the work crews.

By about this time, Lenne should have been able to cross into the presence of Daniel, rather than being across the plains.

"Oh, and incase all else fails," Daniel told Con, "Pass on thsi to the Jagged Cliff garison."

"Practice running the route from the camp to the trail for quick ambushes and surprise strikes. When you have the resources to spare, see if you can relocate a few boulders, so they cover the path, and will hide you from sight on your way in for the kill."

"Yes, so I can see."

Lenne would listen to Daniel as she followed him, looking about at all the work that was being done. Giving a simple nod to what he had said she would do what was needed so the place could be secure, the work seemed to be coming along nicely.

"Right ok, well the shades can help with the security until the work is complete and I will be on hand to guard against danger as well. At this moment in time I have nothing to add as you seemed to have covered everything well, but if I do see or think of something I will let you know straight away."

Lenne would listen to what he said carefully, taking noted on important things.

"I will do so..."

She carried on following him as she nodded to what he said, he had planned this out very well. Lenne would then answer the question he had asked her.

"Well since i'm a vampiress..well day walker I should say, I have a number of things I am good at. I can use some magic to help me, my abilities or I can be quite useful with my blades...as well as other things."

She would smirk slightly and then ask him something.

"And what might yours be?"

"Your doing a good job..."

She looked about as the shades would carry on working on the defenses, she was impressed they were working very hard.

Lenne would listen to the conversation between Con and Daniel, she could hear noises in the distance but for now she knew she must stay here.

"Ok, I will make sure they do. I'll see you later..."

Lenne would watch him walk off then go about walking around watching the shades work and keeping a look out for any danger.

((Got to pop back on for a minute. Anyway, can I suggest a time table? Something like "The defenses will be set up in 4 hours (Real Time)". This should give plenty of time for it. ))

Ivan stopped, crouched in the shadows at the edge of the forest. The big man was covered in mud and grass and moss and leaves which made his form difficult to discern in the foliage. He grimaced. Plains were such deathtraps. It seemed normal enough from here, but those tall grasses could be hiding anything. There were no orange 'X's on the trees, so this clearly was no longer Skinner Company territory. He carefully set down the case and opened it up. There wasn't a click... it had been made, along with every other piece of equipment in his possession, for stealth missions. The matte black-with-mud case was opened so as to produce as small a light shift as possible as well. An array of stylish women's sunglasses were revealed, along with several large blue tipped ammunition. He selected one of the sunglasses and put it on, connecting it with his temple dataports. He closed and picked up the case as carefully as he had put it down, then eased up on the side of the wide tree trunk facing away from the plains. He slowly rotated until he was just able to peek around the tree, then he began to survey the area through the glasses, being careful to shade the lenses against whatever light might reflect off them. The military optics built into this specific pair gave him the function of binoculars with digital distance calculation. The data was then downloaded into his cyberbrain, stored as video files.