Before Flynt can get all the way out the door, Gashka will approach him and lay a hand on his shoulder. "He may not always say it...but you know how he feels. We'll get back and he'll be okay...we're not gonna let that asshat hurt anyone else we care about, right?"
"Oh I didn't mean it like that. We're brothers, I know that." He then lowers his voice to a whisper. "I meant he's a little preoccupied with the Sheriff's daughter right now. Hint hint."
Anyka starts laughing, then trails of into a cough as her mother glances her way. "Ok it's broad daylight so it should be fine you going alone but keep your eyes open and don't take too long."
"Be back in a flash." Flynt says before running off to his home.
Gashka's eyes widen in sudden understanding as a deep blush comes to her cheeks. "Ohh, oh, okay..um yeah." She goes back to the couch and sits back down next to Tikkle.
Lady Talia looked at her daughters and smirked. "Alright then, I'll let you make your plans to leave." As she reached the door, she added "Oh, and when you see Brand, thank him for the fine work he did on the General's armor." The Noblewoman departed.
Gashka looks a little surprised at Lady Talia's statement about brand but simply shrugs and nods at her. As she is departing, "We will." So....Brand made that armor? No wonder he's so popular, I just hope we can get to him before anyone else does. As she thinks quietly a look of concern crosses her features.
Tikkle had been watching the conversation without saying much. He'd rather stare down the throat of the kraken again than face Lady Talia.
Guess I should let you all in on this before we go... Tikkle indicates the package from Pharnox. "Doesn't look like we'll be seein much more of baldy. He left us this though." Tikkle hands the individual bundles out to everyone. When he got to Jin, he added "Don't worry twitchy, mine wasn't booby trapped."
"So off to Tarth then... I came from there as the crow flies. The Swamp's a little rough, but unless you plan on 'borrowing' another cart, it's better than the extra day's walk around the road."
"Yea. We're headed to Tarth. We're gonna get to the bottom of what really happened to Rose. Just tell mom and dad for me, please?"
"That's the plan, little brother. Stay safe while I'm gone." Flynt says giving Nate a manly hug before heading back to meet with the others.
Jin takes the bundle with a brief look of confusion before shaking it away and storing it for later.
"I'm all for speed, the sooner we het there the better." Jin says.
Gashka nods, "I agree with Tikkle and Jin, the sooner we get there the better. I don't like the idea of being on an open road with little to nothing for cover either. Anyka, Terra, what do you think?"
...Tikkle hands the individual bundles out to everyone...
Terra was sitting quietly, she hears the comment about baldy but says nothing, but there is definitely a sense of relief from her. he was nothing but bad memories.
I would prefer to take the road. good, stable ground, lets me see better. swamp usually means water or mud. at that means i am pretty much useless.
Nigai returned with a tray of various beverages. Setting it down on the cart, he turned to Anyka and Terra, "Ssshall I have the carriage prepared Missstresss'?"
Gashka looks at Anyka, "We have a carriage?"
"Yes please Nigai, it would be a good idea at least for part of the trip." Anyka says smiling.
"Yes, we have a carriege, it's kinda why I didn't say anything while you were all going on." she winks as Gashka.
Gashka sighs and shakes her head, "Pffttt, you're such a brat." She laughs as she stands up to take one of the drinks off of the tray. "I'm so thirsty this morning."
Sitting back down on the couch she takes a couple sips of her drink, "Well, at least this way it'll only be a couple days instead of three or four."
"Welp, what're we waiting for? Gods know what Jeggs is doin with my ship after this long.
Nigai bowed his head and left the room. It took half the day to get the carriage ready, but just after noon you began heading to Tarth. Just before sun began setting, you noticed a young man, with a crossbow strapped across his back and a fox companion, wandering by the side of the road.
Tikkle was standing on top of the carriage, enjoying feeling like he was back in the crow's nest. Seeing the man walking, he drew his rapier, wary of what he thought may be a bandit.
"Ahoy mate, are ya lost? long way from anywhere out here."
"Probably bait for an ambush, we should ignore him and keep moving."
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"You're right, that fox looks like it's ready to maul us to death any moment now. Better watch those ankles." Jin jests.
Terra rode in the carriage and it was obvious she really hated every minute of it.
the bouncing around, the smell, everything.
the only thing that wasn't unpleasant was the company. she took a seat beside Flynt.
there is somebody outside?
Christophe turns toward the sound of voices and the carriage, a vacant expression on his face. Carriage weren't usually portents of danger, but one could never tell. He was at a disadvantage here, they had numbers.
"Bonjour, I think...I think I am lost. If you could tell me where I am, that'd be much appreciated. I want no trouble though," Chris says carefully.
Sitting next to the driver of the carriage, Gashka looks down at him. "Well...right now you're on a road." She giggles lightly, then points back in the direction they had come from. "If you were to continue going in that direction, you would eventually come to a place called Swampwood."
Her eyes seem to scrutinize every detail of him as she looks him over, "Tell me....where is it exactly you are trying to get to and where did you come from? I don't think I've ever seen you around here before. Perhaps if you tell us where you are trying to go, we can be of better assistance."
Swampwood? Où suis-je? Chris thought, the half-orc's answer bewildering him further.
"I came from a fishing town called Polaris...As for where I'm headed, I don't remember..." Chris answers, scratching at the stubble on his face. Things were too odd for his liking. Renard seemed bigger, his hands were larger as well. It felt as if he was in a stupor or some wild dream, but the pain felt real.
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Looking at the young man's dazed expression Gashka becomes concerned. What could have happened to him to make him so confused....I wonder... Climbing down from her seat she goes to the others inside of the carriage.
Looking at them she says, "What do all of you think? He seems really out of it...I don't think it's safe to leave him by himself. It's strange enough that he be out here all by himself, but to not even know where he is, or where he's headed? That strikes me as very odd. I've never heard of this Polaris before....have any of you heard of it?" She pauses for a moment, "I just really don't like the idea of leaving him out here alone...." Giving her sisters and friends time to think, she goes back around the carriage and walks up to Christophe. "Can you remember anything else? Do you remember how you got out here?"