"Welcome back." Cyna says nonchalantly.
Letting Rhy get up from her lap she stands, "So...how did it go?"
Sadhana grins, considering the fact that traveling miles in the blink of an eye was about as routine as walking in the door for them now. "Got him dressed at Asha and Priya's. You could have knocked Alethiro over with a feather when he grasped who was standing there. The reunion was about as emotional as you could expect." she says, unable to hold the happy smile in.
"She wanted me to thank you all for her."
Tesia smiles, "I'm sure it was quite the shock. I'm very happy forf her. Maybe now that he's back she'll be more inclined to behave herself. I'm sure havijng him home will help her take care of herself. It'll atg least gived her something else to focus on other than not being out here with us. So, do we continue okn to Ilneas now?" She asks, unsure of how to exactly get there.
Sienna nods. "North of Lysse, I think."
"Does anyone know how far we are from Lysse now? I'm only asking because I can only fly for so many hours a day and I've already flown for five hours. I think we might have to stop over in Lysse and then continue on in the morning. Would that be okay? That way, we can talk to the Baron and get an exact idea of where Ilneas is and what direction to go from there. It would probably make getting there a lot easier and less dangerous." She says thoughtfully.
Sadhana knows that Lysse is due north from where you are. It would take about three hours to get there.
"It'll take us three hours roughly to get to Lysse. If we spend the night there and get as much information as we can we can set out in the morning. As much as I want to carry out the rescue mission first, it might be safer for them if we handle going to Ilneas first." Sādhanā says thoughtfully.
Tesia nods, "That makes sense to me. I'm sorry, we were coming in from a slightly different direction last time so I wasn't sure how far we were from this point, but that sounds like a good idea to me. It'll give me a chance to finish the reading I started this morning as well. I still have to study those books for a few more days."
"Okay, then to Lysse we go." the magus says settling her gear on her back.
Eager to get the show on the road, Tesia nods and steps a little ways apart from the others to give herself room to once again transform into her giant eagle form after giving her love a gentle kiss in thanks for all of her support.
Changing back into her giant eagle form, she once again lowers herself to the ground and waits for everyone to secure themselves safely to her back.
Once everyone is ready, Tesia stands and takes a few running leaps before vaulting herself into the deep blue afternoon sky. She ascends to a cruising altitude of about five hundred feet before leveling out and turning towards Lysse.
Thinking of something she concentrates on her connection to the others.
It was too bad they didn't have this ability when that whole thing with Basir happened. Maybe it would have made things a little easier...or something like that. She kind of sighs to herself before scanning the horizon for trouble.
As Tesia heads towards Lysse, she spots a circle of ruins and a small encampment.
Noticing the encampment she notifies the others with her thoughts.
"Tesia says there's an encampment down below and some ruins," Sienna says to the others. "Do you want to look into it?"
Cyna shrugs. "We could, shouldn't take too long."
"Definitely worth looking into." Sādhanā replies.
"Take us down, cap'n," Sienna says telepathically to Tesia.
She nods her head and starts to descend. She circles above as she slows herself, giving herself enough room for a safe landing about fifteen feet from the encampment so they could get a better look at things.
Tesia sees six tents circled around a fire pit that appears to have been used several times. Boxes of digging tools lies scattered around the encampment. The druidess sees a solitary figure gazing out at the ruins.
Once they land and everyone is off of her she changes back, "Okay, should we just approach?"
"He doesn't look like a threat," Magestreia says.
"It might not just be him," Mirrin says, looking around.
She nods as they approach the lone figure, "Good evening, lovely out here isn't it? A tad bit cold though." She says, deciding to take the casual approach for the moment.
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Sienna shrugs. "Might as well. If he's a cultist, we can solve that problem pretty quick."
The man turns to face Tesia, taking in the rest of the group. "Who are you with?"
His hand rests on the hilt of a dagger, waiting for an answer.
Mirrin sees some movement within the tents and counts five other people.
"There are at least five more people here," Mirrin informs the others.
She gives him an appraising look, "I'm not sure I know what you mean. We're just with ourselves. We hail from Valwick, and were on our way to Ilneas....but we decided to stop for the night in Lysse and rest. I saw your encampment and with reports of "odd" activity in the surrounding areas, we just thought we'd check it out." She explains, while remaining completely calm and keeping her hands safely where he can see them.
"So you're just some wandering adventurers then?" the man asks. "Or mercenaries?"
He relaxes slightly, but keeps his hand on his dagger.
She shakes her head, "I wouldn't call us "mercenaries". We pretty much work towards weeding out the evil in the land as much as possible and trying to keep the baddies at bay. Our homes are in Valwick, but we do travel a lot. Ilneas might have some key information that we need towards our next objective, so that's where we're headed next. Well...there's actually a whole list of stuff we have to do...but since we can't be everywhere at once, we have to kind of pick and choose when we do what. Does that make sense?"
Ruedo smirks. "Ah, 'heroes'. I am an archaeologist. My crew and I have been studying these ruins for the past three months."
She whistles, "Wow...that's a long time. Have you found anything interesting?"
"Besides the two cults that keep interfering in our work, not much," the man answers. "By the way, I am Ruedo Cardavan. Would you care for something to eat?"
Eating now would save them time later and they should hear more about these cults, in case they ran into them later. Looking at the others she gives him a nod, "Something to eat might be a good idea. It's been a while since our last meal. Maybe while we eat you can tell us more about these cults that keep interfering with your work so we know what to be on the lookout for as we travel."
Ruedo leads the group to the encampment and lets out a high-pitched whistle as he approaches.
A male halfling, a female halfling, a burly half-orc male, a yawning human male and a female elf come out of the tents and look over the group. "What's all this then, Ruedo?"
"These are some wandering heroes who are investigating the area," Ruedo says to the assembled group. "They'd like to know more about the cults."
He gestures to each person in turn. "The halflings are Yenna and Bodge, the trap experts of this little group and happily married couple. The half-orc is Garf, our bodyguard though he's a little on the dim side."
He claps the other human on the shoulder. "This is my son, Madero. He would have stayed at home, but he likes studying old cultures."
Finally, he gestures to the elf. "And this is Nolletta, she arrived not that long ago."
The elf nods. "Let's just say I have an interest in things that do not belong here."
She nods and gives them a smile, "Fair enough. It's nice to meet all of you. So, did you have something already made? If not and you have stuff to cook, I can make it. I've gotten pretty good at cooking."
"Garf cook," the half-orc says. "Garf good at bashing and cooking."
He gestures toward the fire pit where there are small chickens roasting along with some potatoes. "Garf no have spice. Make Garf sad."
"He does a pretty good job with what he's given," Ruedo remarks.
She gives the half-orc a smile and pulls the spices that they found in the tower out of her bag and hands them to him, "Here you go. We can always buy more spices, but maybe you'll get some good use out of these."