"Then this way it is." Sādhanā replies, settling her shield on her back.
The group departs from the remnants of Ilneas and head northeast toward the Fissure. Not more than an hour later, the ground is covered in a thick blanket of snow. Seeing no roads nor any landmarks of note, you could easily become lost wandering in this bleak landscape.
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Cyna expertly leads the group through the cold plains and you come to what appears to be an abandoned hunter's camp.
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After a while, Rhy had come to bed and informed her of the plan. Agreeing that going to Lysse would probably be the best way of finding someone to help them find the other sisters, Tesia kisses her wife's head as she crawls into bed beside her.
Tesia puts an arm around her wife to hold her as she reads from the thick tomb.
Long after her wife falls into a peaceful sleep next to her, Tesia finally marks her page and puts up the book. Lying next to her wife, she takes her gently in her arms before falling asleep.
Having stayed up late again to read, Tesia sleeps past the sun coming up.
Roshan looks around the camp, "Should we rest here for the night?"
He kind of takes in the surrounding area as he waits to hear what the others would like to do.
Going over to Jerrica and Sig she looks up at her friends, "So...since there's really nothing left for us to do here...I mean, with the catacombs and stuff...are you guys gonna want to go back to Valwick to be with your friends? It's totally fine if you do, and we promise we will still come to visit and everything. I...I'd really like it if we could all get together for the holidays. I've never really had a family to spend them with, before now that is." She looks slightly nervous, as if having trouble finding the words to say what she's feeling.
Frostine didn't want to lose her friends, but she also wanted them to be happy.
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Jerrica taps her fingers on the table. "I was sure a while ago, but now...maybe not so much. We've been through a lot together. Maybe a bit more than I had gone through with Derika and Vishanti. I'm not going to speak for Sig, but I think I need a little time to figure out what I...we really want."
The rogue shrugs. "Besides, we're waiting for Belos and Temperance to get back. We can help get this town back in shape before we make any long term decisions. But...I will have to go Valwick for Derika and Vishanti's wedding, for sure."
Though she tries to hide it, a look of relief crosses her featurws.
Frostine smiles while nodding, "Of course, there's no rush to make any long term decisions. Ummm...so, when you go back for their wedding, we can go with you if that's okay? I mean, if you don't think they'd mind?"
Frostine kind of looks down for a moment, unsure of exactly how to say what she's thinking. There was always so much going on in her head at one time, it was hard to separate them sometimes.
Taking a breath, she lets it out slowly before looking back up at Jerrica and Sig, "I'm sorry I didn't go with you to meet up with your friends before. I just...I thought since it had been so long since the last time you saw them, that maybe you'd want some time alone with them. I can tell how important they are to you though, so they're important to us as well. I'd really like the chance to get to know them, if you don't mind us coming?" She asks, even as she seems to think of something else.
Looking over at Arista she says, "I'm sorry, I didn't even think to ask if it was alright with you if we stayed here, and do you know how far away that Valwick place is from here?"
Rosa looks back and forth between Frpstine, Arista, and their other friends with a somewhat amused expression on her face. Looking at her love she smiles before looking back at Arista, "Yeah, I think we'd like to stay as well, if that's alright with you Ms. Arista? I promised to teach Frostine how to sew, and we don't really know anyone else besides are friends that are here with us and you."
Other than white tundra and the sound of wind blowing across the snow, Roshan does not perceive anything else here.
Sienna looks at Cyna, Celia and Sadhana. "You feel like pressing on or should we call it a night?"
"I'm good to press on, if everyone else is, though this is probably a better place than most to stop. As long as it isn't abandoned because of something nefarious." Sādhanā replies looking over the camp.
Celia softly utters the words of a prayer to Aroden, her eyes glowing white as she slowly scans across the camp.
Celia detects no evil in the immediate vicinity.
Sienna shrugs. "It might be dark before we reach the Fissure and the drow will probably be more active then. Do you think there might be a town nearby if there's a hunting camp out here?"
Arista shrugs. "I've never been to this Valwick place so I'm not sure how far it is from here."
The aasimar gives the group a slight smile. "I don't mind you staying in Ilneas at all. This town could use some new life."
"I'm sure they wouldn't mind meeting you," Jerrica says.
Roshan waits to find out what the others want to do, before doing anything.
Frostine looks thoughtful for a moment, "Well...Lord Woden brought us here through some kind of portal, so we don't really know how far we are from it, or where it is exactly either. I guess we can figure it out later."
Looking over at Jerrica she says, "We can probably find someone somewhere that can tell us where it is and how to get there. I'm sure we'll figure it out in time to make it there for their wedding."
Giving Arista a little smile she says, "Thanks, it's nice to have a place to call home again." She gets a distant look on her face for a moment, before shaking it off and putting the smile back on her face.
Rosa nods, "Yeah, thanks Ms. Arista."
"I would think so. Hunters usually supply somewhere not too far off" Sadhana answers.
"Thank you very much." Dagmarr adds, welcoming the chance at a bit more of a relaxed pace.
"So we can either take a break here or try to find the town, if there is one," Sienna suggests.
"Maybe we'd have a better view from the air. If there was any place within decent walking distance, we would be able to see some sign of it from the air, smoke from fires, something like that." the magus suggests.
Sienna casts a spell on herself and takes to the air. She then takes in a view of their surroundings.
With the wind stirring up the snow, Sienna can't see much of anything.
Sienna lands on the ground. "I didn't see a damn thing..."
Taking in the scenery and the drop in temperature Roshan decides to speak up, "It might be safer to stay here tonight, rather than get lost with all this stuff flying around everywhere." Looking over at Sienna he suggests, "If we don't want to take any chances on something sneaking up on us, or freezing to death, you could bring up that magic house of yours again....if you want to. I could make some hearty stew, and I think we would all benefit from a good night's rest and start out again first thing in the morning after breakfast?"
Looking around at the group of formidable women he adds, "I mean..if that sounds good to the rest of you?" He was merely offering suggestions, he would do whatever the majority felt more comfortable with.
Getting an annoyed look on her face she sighs, "Oh good grief...some of those people that were here a little bit ago were from that town. I should have asked them where it was. Oh well, too late now I guess. Sorry, I just remembered they were from there. It's okay though, I'm sure when we need to get there that we can figure it out."
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"I'll try my luck." Cyna takes flight and has a look around.
Cyna manages to see a hint of light some distance away. The ranger reckons it would be another three to four hour walk to reach the light she spotted.
"I could teleport us closer, but it wouldn't be that accurate not seeing it myself, and we aren't completely sure that light is the town, though it likely is. I think the safest thing might be for us to camp here tonight and make for that direction in the morning." Sādhanā says, considering their options.
Cyna nods. "Sounds like a plan. We'll pick up the trail in the morning."
"Want me to summon the mansion or should we rough it tonight?"
"I think we should be fine with roughing it, though if everyone would rather the ease of the hut, not knowing what we might be walking into in the morning, that's fine too. Might make more sense really." Sādhanā reasons
Sienna taps her chin. "I might as well. It's not like I have other spells that draw on that kind of power. I just wonder..."
The tiefling trails off for a moment, trying to gather her thoughts. "...if there's something wrong with relying on such power repeatedly. I mean...geez, this just sounds weird. It doesn't affect me physically to do this every day, but is it just lazy? Am I setting us up for a lifetime of just using magic to get through life without difficulty and not relying on our own skills?"
She looks to Cyna then to Sadhana. "Am I being silly about giving this so much thought?"
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Cyna wraps an arm around Sienna. "Magic is your skill and you've worked hard for it. We can always rough it on our off days."
Roshan sets down his things and sits down, while he waits quietly and patiently for his companions to decide what they wanted to do. He had no problem roughing it, if that's what they wanted to do, and he could understand what Sienna meant by coming to rely on the use of magic too much. He would never ask the sorceress to do something she wasn't comfortable doing.
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Sienna touches her forehead to Cyna's. "Makes sense."
She waves her hand, calling forth the door to the extradimensional mansion. "After you."
"Think of it as a reward for all the roughing it, it took to get to where you can do this." Sādhanā says with a smile as she heads inside, taking a deep breath of the warm air.
"Thank you Sienna." Celia says with a smile as she enters the mansion.
Roshan picks up his bag and heads through the door, "Thank you, I'll put my things up and get started on dinner. You can come help, if you'd like." He gives both women a smile and slight bow of his head as he enters the magnificent magical place, with the fully stocked kitchen.
Going to one of the rooms, he puts his things down by the bed. Eventually he would have to cut his hair, but for now he twists it and puts it on top of his head, to keep it out of the way while cooking.
Walking back out to the kitchen, he starts gathering what hed needs to make a nice filling stew, some naan bread, and a simple sweet bread for dessert.
He thought everyone would rest better with a full belly, and the weather was perfect for it. He could go a little lighter for breakfast since they would be travelling, he thinks to himself as he gathers what he needs and waits to see if Sienna wanted to assist him.
Sienna walks in with Cyna and closes the door with her foot. She raises an eyebrow as she see Roshan head into the kitchen. "If you want to take our stuff to the bedroom, I'll get started on dinner with Roshan."
Sienna finds Roshan in the kitchen as he's taking out various vegetables from the pantry.