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Viktor, ever very alert, notices something and trains his sniper rifle on it, peering through his scope. "Comrades, there is another building in that direction," he says, "and I think I just saw movement in a window."

"Da.", Kozlov confirms coldly. "Fan out, keep all angles covered. Melnikov on me."

Instinct suddenly took over, half-crouched Kozlov started the familiar approach pattern of occupied compounds, keeping his rifle trained on their objective. He was glad for the sudden diversion.

Korovin has saw something.

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As you spread out you pass what appears to be a coal mound, probably used to fuel the cast iron heaters you noticed in the first cabin. Before you lies a cabin that, from those at the sides, appears to be longer than it is wide, it's greater length running away from you. Facing the direction you come from is a door to the left and a window to the right, with windows running down the sides.

Behind the left hand side as you approach are several long sleds ... half buried in the snow at the edge of the building. As you approach quietly, there it is again ... movement behind the window apparently a man dressed in furs by the bulk of his silhouette.

Viktor keeps his rifle trained on the figure as he advances. "Well, at least someone here's alive," he says. "He'll have to know something about what happened here, but we'll need to tread with caution. He may be responsible for it."

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Melnikov, at Korovin's command moves alongside him still sweeping the area for hostiles.

Kozlov hand gestured to Viktor to put the man down in case of any hostilities and then ordered a man to each side of the cabin, to cover the windows on the side.

Once they were in position, he'd take the rest to the door.

Viktor takes up a position covering the unknown man with his sniper rifle. "If it's possible, we should try to bring him in alive," he says. "He can't tell us what happened here if he's dead."

Melnikov nods with satisfaction as he watches the others move to their positions with military precision. He takes a position near Kozlov ready to spray the door with lead if necessary.

"At your orders Comrade Capitan", he cannot keep the excitement from his hushed voice.

At the prearranged signal the door is burst open by Babenko before he flattens himself against the wall, allowing the others to get in before he follows them. As you enter, shouting for whoever is inside to lay down their arms and kneel on the floor, hands behind their heads you see the startled faces of a group of on man and five women which you recognize as being of Nenet descent, though something does seem odd, you cannot put your finger on it just yet. Also there a group of dogs ar rhte rear of the cabin. It appears to be some kind of mess hall. The tables and benches mainly being used to corral the dogs. In the centre of the room is a disorganized pile of assorted guns, tools, ammunition and canned goods. and the old man was busy going through the pile when you entered.

In not too fluent Russian, the old man says "We surrender good Comrade. there is no need for you to use violence, we chanced upon the camp and decided to wait out the storm." The women look on confused at this unexpected turn of events. It is slightly warmer in here than it is outside, but not by much. The cast iron stoves seem to be in better repair in here, though are not lit, it is still a few degrees below freezing.

OOC:   A spot hidden roll please

Mr Handy,Yes please wrt the spot hidden roll thank you.

Those who pass the spot hidden roll,You notice that the man and at least some of the women are wearing a well polished stone medallion round their necks that depicts a footless running figure etched into it, very similar to the graffiti above the camp commandant's bed.

As you look among the Nenets before you then among your own men, you can see the breath from your group fogging the air as you breath out. However, the same cannot be said for the Nenets. Furthermore, they seem to have been looting the camp, hence the pile of goods in the centre of the mess-hall.

Viktor notices something out of the corner of his eye. He speaks to the others over his radio headset: "Comrades, those stone medallions they wear have a similar design to that mural over the commandant's bed: a running figure with no feet. Do not trust them. Just a hunch, but you might want to look at their feet."

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Korovin is soo suspicious that he fails to nottice anything.

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Despite his obstructed view Melnikov is aware of the occupants. At Victor's warning he looks downward at the feet of the Nenets.

Those who look down at the feet of the Nenets notice little out of the ordinary. All the time the women look to the old man, hardly daring to look at the party. In halting Russian the old man continues;

"We got caught up in the storm and having lost three dogs to the cold I didn't want to lose more so we chanced upon this place. It seemed deserted so we gathered what we could that would prove useful to us.

Kozlov kept his gun trained on the old man, his voice cold and imperious.

"Step away from the equipment! Slowly! Where did you come from and where are the rest of you?"

Viktor holds his position, keeping his rifle trained on the man he can see through the window. "Try getting them to take off their footgear," he suggests over the radio.