Terre Haute expedition: Camping Day 1

[lord_wizard]

[It's been a more or less uneventful day of travel for the expedition team. Not unexpected for the first leg of such a trip, and with any luck, it will stay that way.

As the sun starts to get low in the sky, Felix signals the group with a sharp whistle to stop, shortly after he feels the change. They've entered the Dead Zone. That sudden loss of power for anyone used to that sort of thing. Not an easy thing to adjust to, at first.]

"We've crossed into the border of the Dead Zone now. We should stop here for the night. Those of you with experience, help set up camp as needed. And I recommend a few of you working out a watch schedule. You never can tell what might be out here."

SET UP | CAMPFIRE | IN THE NIGHT

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[wolfskin]

Arya.

[ Grey Wind seems pleased with himself, tail wagging behind himself as Robb approaches from behind. What little rest he allowed himself did not change much, he still looks pained and generally uncomfortable.

But hi Arya, here is your brother looking quite unimpressed... or as unimpressed as he can manage. ]

[wolfchild]

[ So.......a lot. ]

Hello, Robb. You remember Zelos?

[wolfskin]

Aye. [ Leave Zelos alone, he's asleep. ]

[wolfchild]

[ Whispering: ] You have to be quiet because he's sleeping!

[ Lying back down. All wide-eyed and innocent. ]

[wolfskin]

And you are not supposed be out here. [ Don't try that innocent look on him. ]

[wolfchild]

But I couldn't let Zelos come alone! He's--he's my pack. A pack stays together. Father said so.

[wolfskin]

[ That... well it silences Robb, at least for a moment. ]

You left without a word, do you know how worried Mother was? [ How worried I was? ]

[wolfchild]

I'm sorry. I forgot.

[ And she was running around as a unicorn all day so lol journal ]

[wolfskin]

[ LE S I G H. Whatever will he do with you? ]

Are you willing to return with me?

[wolfchild]

Do I have to?

[ LOOK AT THAT FACE, ROBB. LOOK AT THAT FACE. ]

[wolfskin]

I came to take you back. [ A beat. ] But if you are unwilling, I will not force you.

[ He will just stay. C: ]

[wolfchild]

I can stay? For true?

[wolfskin]

As will I.

[wolfchild]

No.

[ Robb. No. What. No. ]

You have to be with Mother!

[wolfskin]

Mother has Sansa and Lady with her, she is safe.

[wolfchild]

She had better not be in my room.

[wolfskin]

She isn't, your room is safe.

[wolfchild]

Is she going to stay?

[wolfskin]

Do you want her to stay?

[wolfchild]

[ Her eyes slide to him. No. No, she does not. Sansa had a year to come back to them. A year. And she refused, preferring to hide that she was a Stark, thinking it a condemned name—meaning she damned Catelyn and Arya from the start.

Now she wants to come back and Arya knows why. There's no loyalty. There's no love. She thinks Robb will keep her safe. She's a liar and craven and Arya hates her.

Sansa isn't a Stark. She's not even a Stone. The bastard name is too good for her. She's become a Lannister.

Lions have no place among wolves. ]

[wolfskin]

[ She need not say any words, the look on her face says all that needs to be said.

Sansa spoke of returning, said she could possibly abandon her armor for them (or was it for him?). Yet he knows the wound she inflicted on Arya is much too deep, she would not have their estranged sister.

He wants his family together, though would not be a happy house with the sisters at odds with each other. ]

I do not know if she will stay, I asked only that she remain with Mother while I was absent.

[wolfchild]

[ Arya makes no reply. She turns her back on Robb, curling up closer to Zelos. Whatever desire she had left for sleep is gone. But it's easier to pretend she's tired than continue a conversation she never wanted to be part of. ]

It's late. You should sleep.

[wilder]

[Zelos meanwhile starts stirring when he feels something curling up against him. He opens an eye lazily and looks around, very confused by what he sees]

Huh?

Starks...?

[wolfskin]

A─ [ Robb starts, only for his words to be cut off before they really have a chance to leave his mouth. ]

Ser Zelos. [ Welp, you weren't supposed to wake up. ] Apologies, we had not meant for you to wake.

[ Robb was literally just about to go. ]

[wolfchild]

[ Arya doesn't quite hide her stricken expression fast enough. She covers it up by glaring. ]

You go back to sleep!