The Warped (2nd Party)

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance continued to lay her head on Macid's shoulder, slowly beginning to drift off to sleep again. "You make a good pillow, Macid..." she said softly. She heard the explanation of money before passing out. Before she knew it they were at their destination. She woke up and sat up straight ceasing to lean on Macid. "Oops, sorry, Macid. I hope you didn't mind me falling asleep on you." she said looking at him realizing she leaned on his shoulder the whole trip.

[Ares the Ram]

Macid watched as the pen wrote the name Lincoln Palvo in the air. He watched as it glowed for a while then faded. He eyed the blank page of Anon and back to Lincoln. He closed the book and held it in his lap. "He didn't lie about his name, I don't think he's lying about the money either." Constance's words of him being a good pillow caused him to blush beet red, as he turned to look at her. She was slowly drifting off to sleep, and a yawn from Macid meant he was still sleepy as well. He neatly folded up his bag, which was empty without anon, and put it on Constance's head. He payed no attention to what Mortis or Max were doing and lightly rested his head on Constance's, the bag was to make sure that any bumps they came across didn't cause them to knock heads together. He awoke later when Constance pulled away and apologized for falling asleep on him. He rubbed his eyes and groaned as he responded. "It's allright. We need our rest so we can make it through the day right?" He chuckled lightly, trying to break up the awkward tension he felt between them. He stretched and yawned loudly as he heard Mortis ask where to go.

[serpington]

max climbed oout of the carriage  last, carefully lookong around for any potential trouble as he did. he remained silent for the moment, anything he felt needed to be really said had been so he was more focused on just staying woth the others. he was more than happy to be back on solid ground again, the ride had left him feeling nautious and with a headache from contact with the side of the carriage. he heard mortis ask about the direction they should travel and looked over to constance. "do you still have the map?"

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Lincoln pointed to a large plain to the east, "Well, you can head out through the Sacatoma Plains, but you'll have to be extra careful. There's a checkpoint about halfway through it that is against the edge of the plain. If you're not careful, they'll spot you. After that, it'll be smooth sailing through the Cherry Fields, the grass there is extremely high, so even a random patrol won't be able to spot you without really paying attention. But be careful, there is one small downside to going through there. There is a small nest of Behemoths somewhere out there. If you encounter them, either run like hell, or die. They are just too strong, even for many of the world's strongest warriors. They'll be easy to spot, though, the adults. Their fur is purple, and they walk on all fours. They have large, black horns on their heads, and their faces look like a dog's."

[Goblin Cat 😸]

"Well, that's wonderful to know." Mortis said in an almost musically sarcastic tone. "So, we're either going to be killed by soldiers or by some big beastie." She seemed not too thrilled about heading north again. "So, if I lay my head under the wheel of your carriage would you do the honors?" She asked, again in the same tone, to Lincoln. "I mean, we're going to get killed either way, I might as well just save the soldiers and whatever-you-called-them's some trouble and just..." She tilted her head, as if laying it on the ground, "Let you run me over. At least the others can chuckle when my head pops like a watermelon." Honestly, she was getting very tired of their rotten luck. The whole time they had split up, they had yet to get a decent break in anything. She just wanted one night of peace, one night of not having to be on their toes and alert constantly. It was at that time she wished that she was back in their own time, where she could just curl up on her bed at the dorm and sketch until she no longer felt upset. She wanted to be where there were no soldiers or no beasts, just college. At least college wasn't a life or death situation even if it did stress her out as badly as this had so far.

[Srgntcuddles]

"Yeah, I suppose." said Constance to Macid. She got out of the carriage and began to get out the map when Max asked for it. As she did so she listened to Mortis being a downer. "I wouldn't enjoy it. The less people we have, the harder it will be. If we stick together we can handle it somehow...Stiff upper lip!" she said trying to boost the morale a little. "We can handle some wild animals. And guards. I mean hell...You can go invisible, Mortis. If we can't sneak around a guard post we can think of a plan. Macid's smart. We have a good...Strategic team. We just have to think more, rather than fight. And Lincoln said it's smooth sailing once we get passed it, so there's something to look forward to." she contnued. She hoped Mortis wouldn't actually kill herself. "Besides. We have Moon! She can handle any beastie we come across, can't ya girl?" she said to Moon.

[Ares the Ram]

Macid watched as Mortis complained about their situation. Her less than bright attitude was beginning to wear on his nerves. He knew more than any of them what death could feel like, and he was about to try and talk some sense into her when Constance spoke up and tried a morale boost. She tried to play up the groups strengths instead of focusing on their lack of fighters and bad luck. At the mention of smooth sailing, Macid's mind caught those words and repeated them like an echo. He looked down at Anon and slowly opened it. He wrote slowly in the open pages, Lincoln Palvo, and hoped it would give more information on where they were going. He found it hard to believe that it would be smooth sailing anywhere for them, and thought that Lincoln might not be telling them everything they should know about the fields and what lies beyond.

[serpington]

max listened to lincoln's directions so he wouldn't be left out or behind. mortis' comments made him roll his eyes and sigh tuning out the conversation till constance began to speak. he agreed with her logic of the situation. "i agree with constance. we need to start thinking things through more." he slid a hand over his injery and winced slightly feeling a tender spot. "and if what he told us is true then we just need to get through that one part befor we're in the clear. so what's the call? are we going to get this over with or not?"

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Moon cood happily at Constance's question, and then looked at Mortis with her head in front of the carriage wheel. She meandered over and bit down on Mortis' pants at the rear and tried to pull her away. After only an inch, she ended up pulling off Mortis' pants down to her ankles, and she let go since the sudden fast movement surprised her and she rolled back into a tree. Lincoln blushed at the sight and turned away. "Umm... I won't be the one to kill a Hero. From what I've heard, you are all our only hope."

[Goblin Cat 😸]

Mortis stopped a moment when her pants came down. Part of her felt embarrassed, but another part of her didn't since she didn't really have anything to show given her androgynous appearance. She stood up for a moment, quickly pulling her pants up and looking to Lincoln playing it off, "Well buddy, I feel sorry for you," she chuckled in disbelief, "And weren't we supposed to be in the clear when we got to the Inn? I mean, how many times were we ACTUALLY supposed to have been in the clear?" She crossed her arms, looking to everyone as if expecting an answer. "I mean, I'll play along and go, but I'm not gonna like it." The chameleon was very aware of her Debbie Downer status within the group, but she was always one to expect the worst of things, her motto being, If you expect the worst, you'll never be disappointed. She was almost talking in a joking manner because she could not believe that the others believed in actually being in the clear or that Lincoln actually believed they were going to save them.

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance facepawed at what happened to Mortis, and to how she was still being a downer. "I suppose we should get moving then?" she said putting her paws together. She grabbed her things from the carriage and walked over to a tree to hide behind. She quickly changed out of her clothing into the robes she was given last night and reappeared. She had put her old clothes in her bag which still contained meat. "Uhm...Lincoln, before you go. I have a lot of meat in my bag...I just had the thought...Me with raw meat equals moving target for those...Behemoths. Think we could pawn it off on you? We wanted to sell it in the town, but ya know...Evil bad guys came and tried to kill us." she said with a joking tone. "Whaddaya say?" she said setting the bag on the carriage. "If not, we could just keep feeding it to Moon. Either way, I'd like to get it off my hands. Or at least some of it. Also, on the topic of food, how's the game around these lands? We don't exactly have provisions. We have a chef on our team, so I'm sure we can make something out of what ever is around." Constance continued. She was trying to point out the pluses on the team, to hopefully boost the spirits of Mortis a bit. "AND! On the topic of provisions, hows about something to help us light fires? That seems to be something we're lacking." she said raising a finger in exclamation. "I would trade this meat for something to cook food with later down the road. Or even provide warmth in the night."

[Ares the Ram]

Macid stared intently at the book, waiting for something to be written. He was so focused he didn't hear anything that anyone else said. When nothing came up, he turned the book upside down as if to see if it was broken. He shook the book like he would an etch a sketch to try and jump start it, but nothing worked. He slammed the book shut and threw it to the ground, swearing loudly. "Goddam piece of mother lovin' buck shoving junk! The one time I want you to really work you decide to stop working! God Damnit!" He breathed heavily, as he looked around at the others. "What?!" Bending down, he picked up Anon and threw it into his bag. He decided to sit down and wait for everyone to be ready to leave, for as mad as he was, he knew it would be suicide to leave the group.

[serpington]

max looked away out of comman curtesy when moon pulled down mortis' pants, and instead looked over at macid intime to see him shake anon before throwing him on the ground and looking around. "what?!" "nothing. i wasn't going to say a word." max looked back to mortis once she had her pants. he looked from mortis to constance then to lincoln. something to help start fires would be a huge help. and maybe some tips on what not to eat....my imune systom might be good, but it's far from perfect."

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Lincoln thought for a minute and then fished out behind him in the carriage, and tossed two small satchels, one looking like a coin purse. "The small one has a few week's worth of flint and magnesium bars. Try to use the flint up first. Magnesium bars are far too rare, but they start fires better. However, the magnesium needs metal to produce sparks, and it makes a LOT of sparks. And consider the other bag a gift for our first business. There's 100 Zeny in there in copper and silver."

[Goblin Cat 😸]

"Thanks for the kindness." Mortis said. She honestly meant it even if she had been a downer the whole time. Small things like that meant a lot to her, even if it was a trade. She bowed slightly to the others, "Shall we get a move on then?" She still felt suspicious of Lincoln despite his kindness, but only because of what had happened to them so far. It wasn't Lincoln himself, exactly, but the fact that he had done something nice for them. Usually after that, the next event was bad for them. "Constance, we need to locate ourselves, then figure out where we need to go before we're in the clear." Mortis said, making quotes in the air with her fingers at the "in the clear" part.