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

Comments

[deltacain]

That depends if you enjoy sprawling epics about Chinese noble houses, theology, romance...

Or if you just like the history.

[wizard_redfive]

Well, what do you think?

[deltacain]

I enjoy it. It's prose is pretty free-flowing.

[wizard_redfive]

Huh. [Dairine leans over further, interested.]

Do you think I could borrow it? When we get back to the castle, I mean.

[deltacain]

It's the castle's copy. It's pretty useless if you can't read Chinese, though.

[wizard_redfive]

[Raises eyebrow]

We'll see about that.

[deltacain]

[And a one gets raised in return.]

There's not many people your age who know how to read Standard Chinese without having been born or raised there.

[wizard_redfive]

You'd be surprised what I can do when I set my mind to it.

[deltacain]

Or... [He taps his book, idly.] ...With the right type of... magic?

[wizard_redfive]

Wizardry. [She corrects him.] And yeah, sometimes that helps.

[deltacain]

So, you speak Chinese? Wǒ bù zhīdào rúhé liúlì...

(I wonder how fluently.)