paradisabeyond | (no subject)

[Good evening, explorers! After departing from Cair Paradisa, the path was south at first, but turned west fairly early on. Skirting well south of Eldritch Forest, the travelers had camped near the edge of the Amber Steppe, not quite within sight of the forest that marks the Totem Coast. The grasses are parched brown by the heat, though greener patches mark the presence of water. It's near one of these - a small, bubbling stream leading west that Raine has chosen to follow as it will almost certainly run into the river marked on her map - that the travelers have made their camp.

The carts and wagons are arranged in a defensive circle, though the campers are free to set up their tents outside them as well as inside wher ethe rest of them are. There are small cooking fires scattered around as well as a large bonfire in the center for socializing.

Play music? Sing? Teach those poor non-Earth kids how to make s'mores? Or just sit around and socialize with others.

Or hide in your tent and ignore everyone, if you really want to.]

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[Oh. Hermione. He feels a little bad about lying to her]

Not by my own choice. My dear friends decided this would be healthy for me.

I'm worried about what your friends define as "healthy". The last expedition was very dangerous.

They decided to overlook that little part.

[shakes her head in disapproval] That's quite a thing to overlook.

That's my dear buddies for you. They're all the crazy adventuring type, y'know? Boldly marching into the unknown.

[she smiles a little] Nothing wrong with that, but it should be your choice to follow them.

That's what I told them. Of course, I would have said no, but that's besides the point.

This isn't for everything. I just hope this expedition goes smoothly.

Me too. [He glances up towards the sky. The stupid, clear, sky] I heard there are people out here who really don't like us. I'd prefer not to run into them.

[she follows suit. Well, the sky is very interesting...] I think we can all share that sentiment.

Do you know much about them? The people who live out here, I mean. All I've heard is that they really like alcohol and occasionally blow us up in their pursuit of it.

Not all of them are hostile toward us. The ones we really need to watch out for stole some very powerful armor from a resident. From what I understand, this armor is designed to act as a weapon as well as protection.