[Last Time, on El WHAT?!: The group discovered a present from the elf who nearly stole all their gear, got chased by some scorpiquitos all the way down the road, and just as they were getting ready to bed down for the day, they decided to go see a slaver caravan a way down the road. Shiho dared to go and talk to the guards, and discovered them to be friendly, and the caravan master was summoned to do some wheeling and dealing.] [After a short fight over dealing with slavers, the group had just come to a sort of concensus.] [Session Start] * Just as Ichi opens his mouth to say something, he flashes with bright light and plushifies. * CaravanMaster barely even blinks at the disappearance. * Amy grabs the Itchyplushie and puts it somewhere safe. * Shiho waits in the back. * Rocky waits with Shiho. * Cara waits. * Daphne fidgets. "Well? What're ye' all waiting for?" * CaravanMaster dry-washes his hands eagerly as the group approaches. I'm staying out of this one. I don't want to see the funds wasted, but they're not mine, either. But...Shiho, you're better at keeping us from getting ripped off. ^^; * Shiho shrugs. "If that's the case, I'd suggest we see what he offeres, and leave if it's too much. We can get supplies at the town. If you can wait long enough. * Rocky folds his paws and nods. * Daphne frowns. "...I can't wait long enough." That having been said, she storms off in the direction of the caravan master. Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll be reasonable, but I doubt... * Shiho sighs. "Nevermind." * Shiho trudges after Daphne. * Rocky follows Shiho. * Amy walks along. * Cara follows Shiho, looking rather nervous. * CaravanMaster turns his head slightly and mutters to the guard on the left. * Guard1 runs off. * Ichi's plushie begins flashing with light. * Shiho watches him go. 2d6 * Daphne notes the guy runing off and mutters dark things to himself. * In a flash of light, Ichi deplushifies. Welcome back Ichi. That was short. ^_^ * Cara blinks at Ichi's reappearance. "That was fast." ^_^ * Ichi stands up. "I just had the oddest dream...or maybe it wasn't a dream. Hm? * WellDressedWoman comes dashing out from the direction the guard went running. She skids to a stop next to the caravan master, who looks positively relieved at her arrival. A dream? What kind of dream? Greetings, adventurer friends. I am Hazred, master of this caravan. I am told you want to make a deal? * CaravanMaster speaks up a little to be heard properly over the din of the waking caravan. I was in the big, plush room with a big fire, and some chairs...Oh yeah and there was this beautiful woman...I think. * Amy peers at the Caravan Master. "Uh.. yeah.." And she was watching T.V. and you guys were on it. * Daphne stops as she hears what Ichi says about having a dream. "Yes. Uh, a few seconds first, please." She turns in Ichi's direction and listens. * Cara ignores the caravan master and the woman, and pays attention to Ichi. "What else?" * Shiho listens to Ichi while keeping her eyes on the caravan. Please, do not take too long, good friends. I must get this caravan out of the immediate area quickly, before the new laws come into effect. And you were talking to him for a bit ::points to CarvanMaster:: So...some woman is watching us? * WellDressedWoman stands slightly unsteadily near just to one side of the caravan master, panting lightly. * Ichi looks up in thought. "The lady seemed real nice...and uhm..." * Daphne raises an eyebrow at Ichi. I think that's it. ::smiles and nods:: Well. That is odd. You didn't hear what we were talking about? * Hazred turns his head and mumbles something to the woman at his side. Okay. Guess we can go back to dealing with these guys, then. ^_^ * WellDressedWoman nods slightly and gazes intently at the group. I heard you. Didn't you say something about not wanting to wait? * Daphne nods. "Yeah, I did." She thinks about it for a bit and shrugs. "Anything else before I get back to making arrangements for getting drunk? * WellDressedWoman leans to one side and whispers something to Hazred. * Cara looks at this new lady. "Um. Who's this?" I still think you should just wait. It can't be that much further to the town by now. This is Meraja, this caravan's telepath. Telepath? Oh wow. That means she can read minds, right? Yes, I can. * Meraja bows. Neat. * Ichi sits and thinks about his dream for a bit while his player stocks up on pizza. * Daphne turns back around to Meraja and Hazred. "Nicetameetcha. How far's the nearest huddling of people?" Ah, the Free City of Tyr is just down this road, just one day's travel. * Daphne frowns and thinks. C'mon, Daphne. Can't you wait a day? You see? It's not too far. I feel obligated to warn you, dear friends, that you will find the city much changed. King Kalak has been treacherously slain by his high templar, and the city is in flux. * Shiho frowns at that. ... k. Everything is changing, and violence overflows the streets. You will likely find prices high when you can find goods at all. * Daphne bites her lip and thinks hard. Uhoh. * Ichi looks up. "Why'd he do something like that?" There was some foolish talk of sacrificing the people of the city in a hideous ritual. I cannot help but think that it was but a treacherous lie to cover Tithian's own lust for power. Ohh.. * Daphne shakes her head in disgust. "What do you have to drink?" Besides water, I mean. I've had more than enough of that. I wonder if they have any plushies.. Ah, I regret that I have but a small store of fermented nectar. This caravan is for slaves, not for goods, so we have little food and drink. I could, however, be persuaded to part with some of my goods, as much as will not impact the health of the slaves. Goods? Fermented nectar? I'm assuming you mean that, like, metaphorically. Metaphorically? I'm unfamiliar with this term. * Cara waves her hands. "Nevermind, nevermind." * Daphne blinks. "Uhm. I mean, it isn't nectar in a literal sense." Oh yes, it is nectar. Fermented kank nectar, to be specific. Quite good. ...eh. What the hell. What's a Kank? You prolly don't want to know, Ichi. And for foodstuffs, we can easily give up a single day's supply of unfermented kank nectar, or if you prefer, I _do_ have a pair of erdlu eggs. Those will be more expensive, however. Ah, my friend, a fine jest. How can one not know of kanks? Uh.. how much is... unfermented kank nectar? * Daphne pops her knuckles. "And how much would it set me back to get, say... a wineskin full of this fermented nectar?" * Ichi thinks hard "Uhm...you could get hit on the head and forget, you could be from far far away...Live inside a tiny village...uhm..." _That_ is entirely dependent on the size of the skin, my friend. Heh. Good answer. Unfermented nectar is quite a bit less valuable, being far easier to obtain, of course. * Daphne reaches into her backpack and pulls out a wineskin that she bought some time ago but never got around to filling with wine. "How much to fill this?" * Shiho looks at the ground for a minute. With fermented nectar? I could see my way to filling that for perhaps... ten coppers. * Daphne raises her eyebrows. "Really?" She reaches back and pulls out another wineskin. "I'll take two, then." Isn't that really expensive Daphne? * Cara pats Amy on the shoulder. "If she doesn't get it, we'll never hear the end of it. Small price to pay." ^_^ * Ichi nods. Twenty cents for a gallon of booze? Hell no, that's terriffic. Very well, miss. My heart aches to give up so much of this fine beverage, but I shall do so. * Daphne hands the wineskins over to the guy and bares her teeth good-naturedly. "Here. Fill 'em up." We need food too tho... Quar, take her containers and fill them to the brim. *** Guard2 is now known as Quar * Quar approaches almost hesitantly, keeping his eyes on Daphne the whole time, then reaches out and takes them, making sure that his hands touch Daphne's. * Quar runs off to one of the wagons and goes inside. * Daphne reaches into her pockets and produces some money. She thinks for a bit and nods. "Here you go. Two silvers. Last I heard that was as good as twenty coppers." ... * Hazred takes the coins and bounces them a couple of times in his palm. * Shiho sighs. Hmmm, they're a little light. Not Tyrian coins, that's for certain. Perhaps another copper to make up the difference? ... * Daphne fidgets and mutters about that guy taking so long, etc, etc. * Daphne looks back at Hazred. "Eh? Sorry, I was distracted. Could you repeat that?" * Quar comes running back with the two skins. They're filled as full as they can possibly be without spilling over. * Quar holds them out eagerly to Daphne. I asked if you might part with another copper to make up for the inferior weight of your silver coins. That doesn't seem really fair... * Daphne glares sceptically. "You show me a silver coin of superior weight and maybe I'll buy that line." * Hazred pulls a silver coin from a pouch at his belt. He places it next to Daphne's, and it is clearly slightly thinner. Please, my friend, do not take it as an insult. Tyrian coins are the standard, this being the Tyr region. * Daphne raises an eyebrow. "Eh. Can't argue with empirical evidence." She pulls out a copper coin. "Here. And don't worry about it." * Daphne turns to Quar and snatches the wineskins. "Thanks." My pleasure, milady. Sure it is. * Quar backs up to stand beside Hazred, never taking his eyes from Daphne. * Hazred accept the coin and tucks all the coins away in his pouch. * Cara eyes Quar curiously. * Daphne eyes Quar too, although her eyeing prolly isn't as friendly as Cara's. * Cara whispers to Amy "What's with him?" Now, do you still wish to discuss the purchase of foodstuffs? I think he likes Daphne. ^_^ * Amy nodnods. "Yes please. ^_^" * Cara looks back at Quar. "...heh." * Cara starts to giggle. * Ichi leaves the negiations to the people who have money. * Quar blushes. * Hazred moves his arm back swifly and smacks Quar right in the forehead. * Quar falls down. @_@ Hey! Don't be mean to him! * Amy frowns. * Cara stops her giggling and stomps her little foot, looking furious. Why did you do that? * Daphne shrugs. "You guys handle the rest, unless you need me to volunteer money. I'm pretty much fine, now." She uncorks/plugs/caps/whatevers one of the wineskins and chugs. * Cara scowls at Hazred. She's not very menacing. He was being a foolish boy. If not corrected, he will become useless. * Daphne looks up when she finishes. "Whoo! That's sweet. And, uh, why'd who do what?" It is not your business how I run my caravan. What kinds of foods have you got? * Daphne blinks. "Eh? Who was..." she notices Quar and frowns. "...oh." Hmph. * Cara storms off. I suppose that's true. I have a small store of preserved meat, a ready supply of kank nectar, fresh from the kank, and a pair of erdlu eggs. Uh.. how much is the stuff? * Daphne has some more nectarbooze and looks contemplative. Some of the meat should be enough. The erdlu eggs are quite valuable, each one being enough to feed a dozen men for a day. I cannot accept less than five silvers for each one. The meat is good, of course, and well preserved. The price depends on how much you wish to purchase. * Cara continues to stalk away from the group until she's almost out of sight, then sits down and sulks. * Shiho thinks. "How much for a week's worth?" For all of you? * Shiho nods. A week? That's quite a bit of meat. I'm afraid I couldn't part with it for less than ten silvers. Don Don't we only need a day Shiho? Ten silvers is really expensive, 'specially cuz our silvers are not good enough for them... * Shiho closes her eyes for a minute and thinks. "Three days, then." * Shiho shakes her head. "We'd better get some extra." * Daphne has some more nectar, and recaps the skin, giving a refreshed sigh like someone on a soda commercial. It's preserved, so it'll hold, and if he's right, the city's in chaos right now. * Rocky draws a stick-figure raccoon eating a slice of ham in the sand. :9 * Ichi nods at Shiho, "Didn't he say that things would probibly be more expensive in the city?" Mmmm, three days... * Shiho nods. * Hazred thinks for a moment. Perhaps... three silvers, yes. That should be about right. * Shiho looks to Amy. Uh.. ok. One second. * Amy digs out three silver and three copper and hands them to the man. "Here you go." * Daphne eyes Quar again, frowning contemplatively. Ah, excellent. See. I even remembered the extra. ^_^ Quar! Make yourself useful. Three days of preserved meat for five people. On the double. * Quar scrambles up and runs off to a second wagon. @_@ Poor Quar... * Daphne frowns deeper. "Yeah..." * Shiho closes her eyes for a minute, then looks at Hazrad. I realize it's not in my place to tell you how to run your caravan, but where we come from, we treat servants a bit better. By doing so they work harder, and are more reliable. Yeah! Yes, yes, whatever. * Ichi opens his mouth and then shuts it as he looses his train of thought. * Cara fumes off by herself in the desert. * Quar comes running back with a large bag of of what may be assumed to be preserved meat of some sort. The bag is quite cheap, and might fall apart at any moment. Amy, C'mere. * Amy walks over to Daphne. "What's wrong Daphne?" * Daphne turns to Amy. "How much gold do you have left? * Hazred blinks. Uh.. a bit. Why? * Shiho turns. "Why don't you talk about this after we leave?" * Daphne eyes Shiho. "...I suppose. Nevermind, Amy, we'll talk about this later?" OK. ^_^; * In the background, a relatively large man pats the immense lizard on its leg as he feeds it... something. The great beast seems a bit... restless, though. * Daphne wanders off to fume with Cara. * Shiho takes the bag and hands it to Amy. "Put this in the belt, okay?" * Amy peers at the cute widdle giant lizard thing. * Cara looks up as Daphne approaches. I'm gonna go see what Daphne wanted, ok? Alright. I'll finish up here. Or.. do we need to buy something else? OK then. ^_^ * Amy runs off after Daphne and Cara. * Ichi stands and waits for Shiho. ...huh? Oh, hi Daphne. * Daphne notices Cara as she approaches. "I hate this place, y'know." Me too. * Shiho turns back to Hazred. "I think that's everything, unless you have something else to discuss?" * Cara looks like she's lost the energy to be angry now, and now looks saddened. He's such a mean man...poor Quar. * Spike sleeps restfully in Amy's backpack. No, no, nothing for me. If you have no further business, I must get the caravan underway. * Shiho nods. "Very well. Good day." I mean, there's the desert, the man-eating bugs, the desert, the relative lack of alcohol, and then there's the shitbags acting like buying and selling people is the most natural thing in the world. Ain't it lovely? * Shiho heads for the others. "Come on, Ichi." * Cara nods unhappily. * Rocky follows Shiho. Right, ::turns to Hazred::: Gooday. * Ichi then walks after Shiho. And yeah, poor Quar. I'm tempted to buy the poor bastard just to set 'im free when we hit the city, but that'll prolly cost too much money that we might need to stay alive sometime. * Cara frowns deeper. "Shiho said we could probably take them on..." * Hazred turns about and begins issuing orders. Huh? * Amy walks up to Daphne and Cara. "Hi." The guards for the caravan. * Meraja goes back over to the chain of slaves. * Quar gets back to feeding the slaves. * Daphne uncaps one of the wineskins and has another swig, wipes her mouth, and says. "One of 'em, yeah. As much as I'd like to see it happen, I don't think we're gonna take down a caravan on our own. They have a psychic, and I don't like some of those critters they keep as pets." * Shiho comes up about now. "Are you all ready to go?" S'just not fair... Those 'critters' were cute. ^_^ * Ichi arrives behind Shiho. How can we let them get away with that? Maybe we can buy the slaves and let them free? * Daphne can't think of a good answer to that, so she has some more booze. And what will you do the next time we run into a caravan? That was actually why I pulled you over, Amy. I dunno if it's a realistic goal, tho. We may not even be able to afford one, although asking never hurt, I suppose. Kick their butts! Uh... We can't go around attacking people indiscriminately, Cara. If we do, we not much better than them. * Cara sulks. I'm sorry, but you have to realize that the society here may be vastly different from the one we know. Not everyone's going to like it if we preach about how we should free the slaves. * Daphne sighs. "And unfortunately, Shiho has a very good point." * Ichi thinks "Maybe we should find out why Wassisface freed all the slaces in the city. Maybe we can help him. Hmph. They always rescue the slaves in the stories. This isn't a story. Well, maybe it should be more like one. * Shiho nods to Ichi. "Maybe. But there's a problem with that, too." We don't know what he's really after. If he's just a power monger, there's no point in going to him. It's not a story. It's a TV show, remember? Ichi said that. ^_^ * Ichi 's face falls. "That's true." * Daphne blinks at Amy and snickers. "There is that." It's not a story. I should know. I've written them. I bet that lady watching us would want us to free the slaves! Or maybe she's just enjoying watching us trying to survive. * Cara shakes her head. "Itchy said she was nice." * Daphne has some more nectar. I don't think so. She seemed to nice to do something like that. Maybe so. Not at all. Either way, does it matter? Maybe we should go free them? Yeah! * Shiho sighs. * Daphne frowns contemplatively. "Okay. How?" Uh... we ask? So we're becoming terrorists, then. Wouldn't it be kind of rude to attack them after buying stuff from them? No! We're heroes of justice! ... Uh, heroes of justice wouldn't do that.. ... Yes they would! Slavers are bad guys! Heroes of justice. We're attacking innocents. Scum, but still innocents. * Daphne has another swig. "Okay, look. Attacking them is a bad idea. I'm just gonna make that assumption and get it into the open." * Ichi nods at Shiho. * Cara scowls. "They're not innocents." They're completely rotten and evil. No. This is their society. They are innocent. You want to force your beliefs on them. They've destroyed peoples lives just to make a buck. May as well be a jihad. So you're saying slavery is right, just because they believe it is? I'm saying it's not our place to tell them how they should live. * Daphne sighs. "Okay, I'll leave you guys to decide the ethical issues. Back in a little bit." * The feeding is obviously winding down, and the caravan is nearly ready to move out. * Daphne wanders back towards the caravan, capping her wineskin as she does so. Where are you going Daphne? Daphne? Uh-oh.. * Cara fumes. What if someone told you artwork was bad, and you couldn't sraw any more, Cara? * Daphne keeps wandering, and looks for whatsisface, Hazard or somethin'. I'd ignore them. And if they attacked you when you didn't stop? Then what? Uh.. I think Daphne is about to do something bad.. Daphne? Maybe we should.. y'know.. do something? Now? ^_^; * Shiho looks back. "Daphne? Aw, no..." I'd run away, then keep drawing when I was safe. * Shiho starts jogging towards Daphne. * Cara looks up. "Daphne? What?" Uh... I've got a bad feeling about this.. * Rocky chases Shiho! * Quar walks swiftly out to meet Daphne as she approaches. * Cara gets up and runs after Shiho. * Amy stares at the running people. "... Oh no.." * Ichi runs back down to the caravan. D-did you decide you had more business? Possibly, yes. Where's the son of a... where's your boss? Hazred? He's in his wagon, making sure everything is secure. Want me to get him? * Amy looks at the running people and frowns, then slowly walks after them. Alright. Hm. Do you know the prices for good in here, or is that pretty much up to him? Um, you've gotta talk to him, pretty much. I'm new. This is my first run. * Daphne nods, then stops. "First run?" Trip. You know, from city to city? * Shiho stops a few feet behind the two. * Rocky does too, then climbs onto Shiho's shoulder. Yeah, I figured that much. Hm. I guess what I'm asking about is, do you actually work for the bastard, or are you just another one of the slaves? If I was a slave, I'd be chained up. I'm a free man. * Quar puffs out his chest proudly. * Daphne nods her head. "Yeah. That changes things." * Ichi tries to stop before he runs into people and pulls it off by a few inches. * Cara catches up, and hears what Quar says. "You WORK for this creep?! * Amy continues slowly walking along, rather far behind the group at this moment. She still has a bad feeling. Hey! He is not a creep. Whatever that is. Since I'm new to this kind of thing, I may as well ask. Since you're a free man, that pretty much means you're not up for sale? He's a monster! He destroys peoples lives to make money! And you help him! * Cara storms right up to Quar and slaps him across the face. Of course I'm not for -HEY! You shut up! I don't destroy -*CRACK* * Quar falls down. Cara! Dammit. * Daphne grabs Cara by the shoulder. "Hey, none of that." ... Uhoh. * Cara glares down at Quar. "You have NO right to take away peoples freedom to make your own lives better." * Amy continues walking along, just KNOWING something bad is going to happen. * Guard1 walks around the corner of one of the wagons. Hey! What's going on here? * Cara tries to evade Daphne's grip. * Guard1 walks cautiously towards the group, hand on his sword. Absolutely nothing that you need to worry about, sir. * Quar glares at Cara, hand on his cheek. * Shiho mentally curses. * Cara glares at the guard. "None of your business." It's a private discussion. If the boy was being too forward, I'll take care of it. Just say the word, miss. * Ichi waits for it. I was NOT! She hit me for no reason! It isn't a problem, sir. I hit him for a perfectly good reason. He was being mean. I was not! Cara. Go calm down. Please. You stormed up here all fired up and slapped me! * Amy continues walking... And you deserved it! * Guard1 drags Quar to his feet by the collar of his tunic. That's enough. I hope you all get eaten by desert monsters! Go back to the wagons, boy. I'll deal with you later. * Quar runs along like a good little boy. * Daphne sighs. It wasn't his fault, sir. Now, what exactly is the problem? * Cara storms away. * Amy stops when she can see the others, and makes sure to stand a fair distance away. She doesn't want to end up as a slave. And I apologize for my comrade's... behavior. If you've still got business, make it quick, we need to get moving soon. * Daphne rubs her face ans sighs. * Cara stops, sits down, and pulls out her sketchpad. She starts to draw a picture of Quar, Hezred, and Meraja in a horrible fit of itching. * Cara focuses. Sorry. I thought I had business here, but I was wrong. Hey. Tell Quar 'good luck' for me, eh? No problem, miss. Sorry about all of this. ::bows out:: * Shiho nods. "Sorry to trouble you again. We were just leaving." She turns and starts heading towards the Tyr. * Daphne waves dismissively and swaggers off. * Amy frowns and walks over to Cara and taps her. ".. Stop that now." You're hurting it. * Cara is too intent on her drawing to notice Amy's tap. * Amy pokes Cara VERY hard. Look at what you did! Wah! * Shiho halts a short distance away and waits for the others. * Power builds around Cara and releases just as Amy taps her. Somewhere in the caravan, Hazred and Quar drop to the ground, itching frantically. * Cara drops her sketchpad. What? What did I do? * Amy points at the plants around Cara, which are wilted and turned to dust. You hurt nature. ... * Cara looks at the plants. I...I didn't know... * Amy frowns at Cara. * Cara starts crying. I really am a defiler, just like he said. ;_; * Shiho sits down and rubs her forehead. You killed these poor plants for petty revenge. Can we go now? * Ichi looks at the plants and at Cara. "Uhm...er...ah...yeah." * Daphne walks up to Amy and Cara. "...damn. Looks like you guys could use this more than me." She has another swig. "What's a defiler? I think I can guess, but I'd like to have it explained to me anyway, just 'cause." * Cara sobs. "I thought...I thought it was just like that extra energy in Colorford! I didn't want to destroy anything!" Do you know what you did Cara? * Shiho sighs, gets up, and heads towards the others. * Amy waves at the area around Cara. This land can not support life for a very very long time. Maybe.. a thousand years. ... Was that worth your revenge? * Cara puts her face in her hands and cries harder. Uhm, the druid guy said that me and Cara and... aaaaaiiiia. * Amy walks away from Cara. * Daphne shakes her head. I...I... * Ichi walks to Cara and sits near her. "You didn't know." Alright, look. It's starting to warm up. Let's all get some sleep and put this whole pile a'... garbage, behind us. * Shiho arrives about now. " Are you ready to go?" * The caravan starts moving, slowly. Go? I would really like to leave. Slavers and nature being killed. I don't like this place. * Cara latches on to Ichi and buries her face in his chest. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry..." Just a bit. Out of their sight. * Amy looks rather upset. Then we can camp for the day. * Daphne shrugs. "Sure, I guess." * Ichi puts an arm around Cara. "Don't worry, we'll find someway to help things around here." * Amy sits down on the ground and hugs her knees, tears falling from her eyes. * Shiho offers an arm to help Cara up. "Come on." * Cara ignores Shiho, and continues to cry. * Shiho looks over at Amy, then scratches her head, then looks at Daphne with a puzzled look. 'Cause she wasn't there when it happened. :P I'm horrible... ;_; * Ichi hugs Cara tighter. "Maybe we should go plant flowers or something, you're not the only one who's used some magic around here." * Cara looks up at Ichi. "But you never destroyed anything to do it." ;_; * Daphne walks over to Shiho. "Cara did something to get revenge, and it did something to the plants around her, and now they're all torn up about it." * Cara looks at Amy. "There's...there's some way i can give it back, right? Right?!" She sounds increasingly frantic. I froze part of that thing with the wind, and I might have destroyed something else to do it, we weren't exactly paying attention to that sort of thing. So that's it. * Amy looks over at Cara, tears still rolling down her face. "No... I don't think so." Yeah. I'm sure I missed a great explanation about all this when I was a cute little doll in one of your backpacks. Could you fill me in on it? N-no? There's got to be a way! You're a druid, right? You have to know how I can fix it! * Shiho nods. "Apparently, using magic here drains the life out of living things." * Ichi looks over at Amy as well. "Nothing at all?" * Daphne raises her eyebrows. "Wow." I.. I'm just a starter druid.. and if there was a way to fix it, I bet one of the real druids, like they guy we met back there, woulda done it. ...y'know, the more I hear about this place, the more I hate it. I want to get off this dustball as soon as concieveably possible. * Cara releases Ichi, then latches onto Amy, crying on her instead. "I'm so sorry! I won't cast a spell again, not as long as we're on this world! I promise!" And...and...I'll do whatever I can to make up for it! I.. i guess you couldn't know. Just.. please don't do it again. Please. * Cara hugs Amy tighter. "I won't. Not ever." * Shiho looks at the Horizon and frowns. "Ichi, help me set up camp, okay?" * Ichi stands up. "Sure, see any good places?" Have fun, Shiho. I'd help, but it'd prolly catch fire or something if I did. O.. OK. * Shiho looks around at the sand. And the sand. And the sand. And points to a random spot. "That'll do." * ACtually, there's quite a bit of scrub around, and small bushes. You...will you...can you possibly forgive me, Amy? * Except for the clearly delineated four foot radius circle around where Cara was sitting. I.. I forgive you Cara. Really. You promised not to do it again, and.. none of us coulda known. Th-thank you. * Cara releases Amy, still sobbing a bit. * Daphne goes over and sits with Cara and the others, not saying anything. "Right, then. ::walks up to the place Shiho pointed to and pulls out a sharp pointy object to clear some....:: "Is it allright if I cut down some plants?" Uh.. maybe you shouldn't. I.. I don't like saying it, but can't you do it where .. the plants died? That'll do. I guess that makes sence. ::puts his sword away and walks back to the dead spot:: * Cara shudders. "I don't want to sleep THERE!" Neither do I. But.. at least that way no other plants die. * Cara hugs her arms. We've got to, unless we want to clear a spot somewhere else. Uhm...is that a yes or a no? * Shiho nods to Ichi. * Rocky peers at the three people not doing anything. * Ichi nods back to Shiho and sets about the work of putting the shelter together. "This sword goes here and that one goes there and, I'll need thoes arrows now, please." * Rocky hands Ichi the arrows. * Ichi blinks and then takes the arrows from Rocky. "Thankyou." Could you get me the hakima bits too? * Shiho hands Ichi the equipment :P * Ichi takes it from Shiho. "I'll have this finished in a bit." * The group beds down for the day, getting some much needed rest after their angst-fest. Sleep well. [Session End]