Frostine follows her out after waiting for Sig to be ready. She giggles a little as she shrugs, "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Don't play dumb with me," Jerrica says. "You know what I'm talking about."
She tries unsuccessfully to hide the smirk she feels coming to her lips, "Who, Moi?" Unable to hide the smirk she feigns a look of innocence, "I wouldn't dream of sassing you Ms. Jerrica."
Jerrica shakes her head. "You need to work on your bluffing skills. Ms. Corrie, can I get some breakfast please?"
"Sure thing," Corrie says, getting another plate ready.
Clearing her throat she says in as a serious tone as she could muster, "I would never dream of trying to sass you Ms. Jerrica."
Unable to stop the giggle that escape she looks at Ms. Corrie, "Could I have some too please?"
"Well, maybe you're okay with those skills already," Jerrica says.
Corrie brings two plates to the table and some juice for both women. "Eat up, there's plenty."
Frostine tries to hide her smirk behind her juice glass, "I had a good teacher. I'll try not to be too much of a brat, okay?"
Looking at all the food on her plate her eyes get about as big as saucers, "Wow...that's a lot of food." She starts nibbling on this and that on her plate, while managing to just push most of it around on the dish.
"You're going to need to develop more of an appetite," Jerrica says. "I don't know what kind of adventures you've been involved in, but you need your strength."
The rogue takes a couple of bites and then sighs. "Corrie reminds me of someone I used to know."
She nods and then shrugs, "I"ve never been able to eat very much at one time. That's what was so nice about having Mr. Truffles around. Whenever I ended up with more food than I could eat, I just always slipped him some of it under the table and didn't have to worry about wasting it. Up until now I really haven't had much adventures, unless you count running away from your parents and a marriage they tried to arrange to gain political power....but, that's hardly relevant now. Then we went to Frijia on an exploration mission and there were some kobolds and stuff....but, we were working on things and I still eat that much. I don't know if I can."
She's pretty slow about it, but she tries to eat some more. Looking at Jerrica she asks, "Oh really? Who does she remind you of Ms. Jerrica?"
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"Who's Mr. Truffles?" Jerrica asks. "And Corrie reminds me of an innkeeper I used to know. Her name was Lynnie."
She nods, "Oh....Mr. Truffles was Goldie's pi....I mean boar. She was a druid, so I guess the boar was like her companion or something? He went everywhere with us and was always wanting something to eat, well Goldie always had quite the appetite too. Anyways, that's that."
Jerrica giggles. "I see."
She kinda frowns a bit, "What's funny about having pi....boar for a friend? It really helped to have someone to feed food to so it looked like I was eating more so Goldie stayed off my back. It's not like I'm starving myself."
"Nothing wrong with having an animal friend," Jerrica says. "Just as long as you think you can make it alright."
She nods, "Yeah...I'm sure I'll be fine. I've always been like this actually. It just doesn't take a lot to fill me up."
Dangren and Ishmael eat quietly, trying to figure out what they will do.
Looking at the two men she says, "You guys should all stay here until she can walk again. There's nasty stuff out there and you won't have a chance if you try to drag her along right now. Everything will be alright."
Sig requests some breakfast as well, tucking in with gusto as the others banter, occasionally chuckling here and there. The talk of walking trees made her quite glad that her weapon of choice was an axe.
"She's right, navigating terrain that attacks is no place for a broken ankle." she says as she continues eating.
"Fire spells would be nice," Jerrica says. "Unless those don't work on these kinds of trees."
Frostine eats about half of what's on her plate before pushing it away from her and finishing her juice. Wiping her mouth with a napkin she says, "Well...we can try ice, but hopefully we can get through without too much hassle. I'd like to see what's going on in that town Ms. Corrie was talking about."
"There's a town?"
She nods her head as she finishes her juice, "Yeah...when I was getting breakfast for Ms. Nolletta, Ms. Corrie told me that there was a town just beyond this forest and the people there were needing help with some tasks and stuff and that maybe they'd be able to help us too. I don't know...it's better than just wondering all over the place ya know?"
"Sounds like a plan. What do you think, Sig?"
"I'm curious to find out what a town of the child's making would look like. At the very least we might meet somebody with useful information." Sigrdrífa replies with a shrug.
"Either that or some more figments of her imagination," Jerrica sighs. "I'm ready when you are."
She stands up from the table in her green sun dress, "I'm ready too."
Jerrica stand up. "Thanks for everything, Corrie. Ready, Sig?"
She sways in her sundress, the skirt of the material swaying to and fro. She smiles a bit, "I feel like such a girl."
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"You are a girl," Jerrica chuckles. "You're about my age, right? Seventeen?"
She looks up, "Yeah....for just about two weeks now."
"Heh, I'm older then," Jerrica grins. "By three months."
"Well I've got you both beat by two years so there. " Sig says grinning as she gets up. "I'm ready."
"Then let's head out," Jerrica says, going to the door. "Age before beauty."
"You'll pay for that brat." Sig says before bursting out into laughter.
She gets a pouty looking smile on her face, "Well...I'm younger so I get to be the brat. Besides, I look cuter in the sundress so I can get away with more."
"We're doomed..."
She gets a real pouty look, "Nuhuh"
"Only if the trees like your sundress."
You head out into the forest and get back on the road, heading towards the town that Corrie had mentioned. The trees seem more menacing in the daylight than they did yesterday evening.
She shakes her head, "I don't like this...they're spooky."
"Well they better keep their limbs to themselves if they know what's good for them. " Sig says keeping her axe over her shoulder.
Jerrica looks around for any signs of trouble trees.
Frostine keeps a cautious eye out as well.
Sigrdrífa looks around, clearly distracted by the weird surroundings.
Only Frostine sees the vaguely animal-shaped candy cane monstrosity headed toward the group. It looks like it might be a challenge.
Initiative:
The antelope-like beast moves toward the group, but does nothing more.
Surprise Round: Candy Cane Monster, Sig, Jerrica, Frostine