The Warped (2nd Party)

[Goblin Cat 😸]

Overhearing Septar's question Mortis couldn't help but interject herself into their conversation. "The others split. I got into an argument with one of them because he's a pompous ass and walked off, and well, people chose to go with me over him. Though, I wasn't intending to split us up. More me from him." She looked down, somewhat concerned. "Honestly we don't know where they are, hell they could be dead for all we know. You would think Filadius would tell us if that was the case, but then again..." She drifted off, staring ahead while she was walking, then shook her head and walked a little ways ahead of them silently. She didn't want to think about things again.

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance took out the map and looked at where they were heading. Once she figured it out, with a little help from Volgus she folded it back up and put it away. she heard Septar's question, but Mortis pretty much said what needed to be said. She started off ahead of everyone, since she knew where to go. Though it was no real mystery since they were just following a single path. She kept a cheery face, despite what had happened recently. She didn't want to let the bad get her down, hopefully it would help lift the others' spirits.

[Ares the Ram]

"Oh yeah. The others. I completely forgot about them. What did happen to them?" Macid had meant to ask Mortis about what happened while he was unconcious during the first leg of his journey, but with the attacks and general survival for his life it slipped his mind. When Mortis gave her explanation, he was disheartened. He didn't think they were that bad, though something could and probably did happen while he was out. Mortis seemed a bit sore on the subject so he didn't push it and instead waited for Constance to lead the way to the next town.

[[Sov]]

Septar's face turned a might red when Mortis turned around to talk to her and tell her what happened, and even more when it seemed like Macid didn't know what had happened to them. Those were the first real words that Mortis had ever spoken to her. She followed behind Constance who had a map and seemed to know where they were going to get to the next town. Looking at the back of Mortis she decided to step up and say something, just to at least try and comfort her a little bit. "He-hey Mortis?" she choked a bit and cleared her throat catching up with her, "I know I don't know you very well, and you don't know me very well, but I hope to see you smile sometime. I don't think the split was your fault either from the way it sounds to me....sorry if it's a sore subject." she said rubbing the back of her head and neck, her spikes and scales felt harder, and more durable than they usually did. She suspected it was from being in a different era.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Unbeknownst to the group, Moon had already made her way to the end of the path, and was laying down at the opening of the path, waiting for them for the next couple hours. However, Moon's mind was far from easy as there were 10's if not 20's of nests all around the path that they were about to take to the next town. Unfortunately, the northern half of the entire continent was mostly rural and therefore had the most dangers.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

Mortis turned her head when she heard her name, her gaze suggesting that she was severely annoyed with being interrupted from her thoughts, however her look softened somewhat when she realized that it was just Septar attempting to be friendly. "I'll smile when I get to go back home and I don't have to worry about fighting for survival or sneaking around like a criminal." She replied, a little bitter still. She was almost tired of being irritated and upset all the time, but she couldn't find a single thing at the moment to change how she felt. She let out a sigh, "I know the split wasn't my fault. That jerk Kiral was dragging Macid on the ground and not caring if he was hurting him or not while he was unconscious and I wasn't going to tolerate being around him if he had that sort of attitude. As far as this journey goes, you've come in on the easy part. Wait until we get going... If it's anything like we've been through so far, you'll see exactly what I mean." She continued walking on, wondering what was going to happen next, but stopped when they neared the end.

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance had only noticed Moon's absence when they ran into her lounging about ahead of them. "Oh hi, girl. When did you sneak away?" she said a bit cheerily. She pet Moon on the head gently and looked around, feeling a little uneasy. "What's that smell?" she thought, catching a faint scent in the air.

[Ares the Ram]

Macid didn't register what Mortis said about Kiral dragging him for a little while, until it finally hit him. "Wait what? He dragged me? On the ground? Wh-what?!" He had trouble wrapping his brain around it, not wanting to believe that one of their fellow saviors could be such an asshole. He reached to the back of his head and rubbed the spot where he once hurt. "Is that why I had a headache?" Macid was so busy thinking about Kiral that he didn't hear Constance's query about a smell.

[[Sov]]

Septar listened to Mortis talk about what happened, and was a bit nervous about what she could mean about 'you'll see what I mean.' Surviving was one thing, being attacked all the time was another. Ohh this was not exactly how I expected my 'fate' to be Filadius, she thought to herself. She stopped with the others when Constance spotted Moon. Septar waved to Moon with a smile, but then noticed Constance's expression change. Her wings immediately tucked into her body, something really didn't feel right.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

When Constance commented about the smell, Moon blushed a little as she pushed dirt behind her onto a large pile of her manure. She got up and walked on ahead, patting the ground in front of Constance as if to say to stay there. Moon then took flight and started circling around to check the area, and roared when it was okay to walk, using her shadow as a lead.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

"Yeah... That would be why." the chameleon said, averting her eyes to the ground. She felt bad mainly because of how Macid was reacting, but pushed her feelings aside attempting to prepare herself for what might come. Mortis watched Moon with mild interest as she interacted with Constance, hesitating on following after Moon roared.

[Srgntcuddles]

Constance didn't say anything about Moon's secret. She remained there when Moon stomped on the ground figuring that's what she wanted. When she heard her roar she followed after her shadow. "Maybe I should summon something...I'm sure it would help if we DO actually find something that wants to eat us...Hmm...I suppose I should wait." she pondered as she walked.

[[Sov]]

Septar watched moon fly above them, and partially wanted to fly up with her but also was afraid of what could possibly be around to attack her after listening to what Mortis had to say, and even Volgus before they had left. She was dwarfed by Moons size and Moon was still just a young dragon, though it wasn't like Septar was that old herself. If an air attack was launched Septar was at a greater risk than Moon would be just because of the size difference. Maybe she'd be okay with flying next to Moon once she knew it was 100% safe to do so. She just kept plodding along with the others, still somewhere between Macid and Mortis. Macid had become silent after hearing what the guy Mortis was talking about had done to him. She decided to keep quiet as well, looking around to remain cautious of her surroundings.

[Shinzuu Katame: Her Tolfy]

Moon saw their hesitancy and thought for a minute to use her breath to "kill" out a path for them, but decided against it and flew on forward to scout, coming back to the group about 3 minutes later, landing just in front of Constance, snorting a bit quietly as she looked at them, motioning for them to follow her closely. As she led them, the faint sound of snoring in the distance became louder and louder. Despite the beautiful scenery and the only hip-height grass (unlike the 4 meter tall grass from before), some larger creatures could be seen sleeping in the field all around them. Some were familiar, while others were not, and others that were odd. There were quite a few behemoth bodies seen around them, some a little too close for comfort, literally inches from them, but they weren't the usual purple fur, but rather the fur was green, and some portions of their bodies had scales, too. There were some large wolves that were seen clustered in different areas around them, too. One could figure that there were full packs with each little group of 2-4 large wolves. Within the far-off treeline, if one paid close attention, could see the little bouncing heads of some cactaur running around. Overhead, about 30 meters ahead, the figures of some flying beasts could be seen. However, despite how tiny they looked, they had not interacted with or saw Moon, indicating they were extremely high.

[Goblin Cat 😸]

She eventually got herself to walk, her eyes darting around madly as she looked at all the things that were in the field. Her heart leaped, and she wasn't entirely sure she felt safe, but nonetheless she followed Moon closely. She held her book close to her, preparing to flip to the ogre page and use begin drawing if need be.