The Curse and the Treasure - The Quest

Eight shrugged. If she took offense to everything he said, they wouldn't get anywhere. He'd see later.

A1C Bronymous wrote:"If you say so. But robes and fur don't to much to prevent the spears and claws of your enemies, either. Just something to keep in mind."

"That's true," she mumbled thoughtfully, "And I doubt I could get much more disgraced...I'll consider it, Horizon. At any rate, Mr. Elric, is there anything I can do to repay you for your kindness?"

Elric laughs. "Kindness? All I did was let you use a cottage which isn't even mine, anyways." He stands up and leans on the chair. "But if there's any way you can repay me, it'd be by finding the treasure. Good luck."

"Easy enough." Horizon nods to him, then steps outside again. He takes a look down the wet road. "We ready to move on?"

As she walks out of the house, Dagnir pauses at her reflection in the window to fix her war paint and clack her teeth experimentally. Once finished, she walks over to Horizon and nods. "Mhm. I'm ready to head towards the city. It shouldn't be too hard to find."

Eight smiled and hopped up. "Then let's be off!"

Horizon rolls his eyes, the action hidden by his helmet. "So eager... sometimes I wish I could be that cute and optimistic."

Nadir rose with the rest of them. As the others put themselves back in order, however, he took a moment to stare at Elric, as if measuring him...

A moment later, he stooped out of the front door and followed the rest of the group outside to the road.

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The path twists and winds, and at times gets a little faded, but never disappears, and you soon find yourself on a hill overlooking a valley. A river runs through the valley, snaking its way through the land, and around one of the bends, a town can be seen, surrounded by clearings and fields.

The path leads down to it. You should reach the place before the sun sets, should you choose to go there.

Dagnir stood up on her toes, cupping her paws around her eyes in a vain attempt to see further before falling back onto what passed as her heels. "I see the city. Do we want to pony up for a meal and hotel tonight? Because if not, I can build a shelter for us and catch some of the local prey.."

"Huh." Horizon says, peering out over the valley. "For some reason the way he talked about it, I figured the town was a lot closer than that. I'll admit, as much as I am all for getting to the town as early as possible, I think there is wisdom in not paying for a room." He looks at Dagnir and chuckles. "Someone's really eager to build us a shelter, huh? Might as well, but let's at least get to the river first."

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Sure, I'll throw you a bone. Obviously wanna get some use out of that ability.

Eight shrugged. It was true that she wanted to get going, and get to the town, but it was also true that the town wasn't going anywhere. At least, she was pretty sure it wasn't going anywhere.

"Are you guys coming or not?" Horizon says as he steps forward, heading farther down the path on the way to the river.

Eight inwardly rolled her eyes. "Actually, I figured we were all going to go home now." she said cheerfully, stepping forward to follow.

Horizon doesn't look at her, but quietly sighs. She's just the same... It's going to happen all over again. He shakes his head a bit but keeps walking.

If Nadir could frown, he would have. He was familiar with the concept of banter, but seeing it in action...

He was normally quiet, but the display still left him speechless. Instead, he lumbered after the rest of the group with long, precisely even strides.

The group reaches the river in short order. It's a peaceful sight, the small river murmuring softly as they walk alongside it. To the keen-eyed, fish can be seen in the waters, even as the sun begins to dip low in the sky, bathing the land in orange light. It looks like a fine place to gather food and find shelter, should the group wish it.

(sorry for taking so long, but I really don't know what you expect of me...)

Horizon stares out over the river. "Well this is cozy, I guess. I don't know what people think is so bad about this place, it looks perfectly nice." The sarcasm is subtle, but noticeable. "So how's that shelter coming?"

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Shelter. So they were planning on staying here for the night?

A thought- closer to an order- crossed the beasts 'mind'. They had stopped at Elrics home; now they were stopping here. Natural creatures needed to rest, after all.
Nadir didn't. He could have marched through the rain before. He could see as well at night as he did in the day, and he never tired. He never had to stop.

It made sense to leave. To strike it alone.

Instead, he took a step towards the river and rumbled, "I'll get the fish."

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Draug awoke from her distracted state and nodded. "Oh, yes, um, if you need it, I can help you with the fish. Um, for now though, I'll get to work on our shelter for tonight."

With that, she bound off into the woods on something between all fours and two legs, coming back around two minutes later, weighed down with wood, grass and other materials, which she started fashioning together into a lean-to hut.

Horizon watches the odd couple go to work, and then looks over at Eight. "Well they have that handled. So what do you wanna do?"

Eight shrugged. "Know any good stories?"

"None that you would like, probably." Horizon says casually. "The ones that aren't basically incoherent nightmare ramblings usually end with the Good Guy bleeding out on the floor. But if you're into that, well..." He steps away from the river and opens his pack, pulling out a blanket. Laying it on the ground, he explains, "Ground's still wet." He then takes a seat, then gestures at Eight to do the same. "If you'd like."

TheCavalry wrote:

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Nadir isn't quite the stealthiest of hunters, but it looks like most of the fish don't care. It looks like the bigger fish favor the center of the river, or at least away from the shore, so Nadir kind of has to wade into the river. After a few moments, it reaches an optimal vantage point, and strikes, succeeding in catching what looks to be a large and juicy fish.