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[iforgotthepassword]

For the Map Group: After taking down the assassin, morale is teetering and everyone is weary. At least you've finally reached the village, which doesn't look at all how you might have imagined it: everything is bright and tidy, and the smoke you'd seen from afar had been nothing more than the bakery's chimney. As you enter the town, you notice there are people walking around, seemingly oblivious to the carnage in the canyon.

For the Compass Group: You're tired of walking. There's a long stretch of orc and corpse-free land, and it would be a perfect spot to camp. After the beating you endured in the caves, there's no way you could keep going without taking a break.

[ mission: rest and recuperate. ]

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[goodguy]

[gathering sticks and other flammable objects to make a campfire]

[fairyvagina]

[super paranoid now...]

[butgrandma]

[map group gets shiny suburbia stepford town and we get sticks and tents. again]

[sits with her knees drawn up under her chin somewhere next to belle and tries to forget horrible things]

[thisbites]

[ checking the compass, and looking at ruby over the top of it now and again.

not looking too hot over there. ]

[crotchbite]

[ well they did get the mudwrestling...

sits on the floor heavily and drops her shit to inspect forearm and jesus christ it's so deep how the fuck.

:\ she's gonna have to spend rum to clean it up... ]

[butgrandma]

[you look like a chewtoy]

How are you doing?

[crotchbite]

[ thanks. ]

I've been through worse. [ rummaging through her bag to get the last rum bottle she stole :( the booze oh no ] How are you feeling?

[butgrandma]

I'll soldier on.

[this place is wacky and traumatizing at every turn but she doesn't want to be the slowbus that holds everyone up]

[gets up and wipes dirt off her pants to go sit next to hel]

Let me help you with that.

[crotchbite]

You'll soldier on, huh? [ yes you definitely look like a soldier on type of person

mhmm. ]

Are you sure? [ because it's not just a scratch
it's a gross orc bite. ]

[butgrandma]

You were hurt protecting us...me.

[awkwardpants. she was really the only one aside from belle that wasn't jumping into the fray]

[she boiled some water over their campfire earlier so that they could clean up a little, so she'll just go retrieve a warm clean rag and sit back down]

So it's the least I can do, right? Make myself useful.

[holds hot rag and waves for her to give her her arm]

[crotchbite]

I was hurt because we were tricked and ambushed. [ watched her go grab the rag and then pulls off shirt

pinuply.

looks at dirty shirt. she wants a shower sssso bad. ]

You're useful. [ oh well. gives arm ] With your nose and all.

[butgrandma]

I know, it's just-

[she's been over this before with emma and all of them. emma seems to think she's capable of anything but ruby still isn't convinced]

-it's nothing.

[smiles reassuringly but blinks when she deshirts and quietly presses her lips together. could have just rolled up your sleeve but that..that works]
[touches rag to the cut and gently cleans up around the edges]

[crotchbite]

[ she needs to pinup more often ok?

awkward moment of just sitting there while ruby cleans up the bite mark

it's probably kind of infected because orc mouths are dirty anuses. ]

[butgrandma]

It looks pretty bad.

[rag montage]

And it smells a little infected. We should get you to a town fast...

[crotchbite]

[ seriously what's up with your nose ]

Well, if I pass out, you can pay back the favour. [ peeks at the wound and grimaces. yep. infected.

hands her the rum bottle ] The alcohol in it will have to do for now to clean it up.

[butgrandma]

[holds and looks between rum and her arm]

[you chose the wrong val character for this thread she's not licensed to practice alcoholic medicine]

It's going to hurt.

[crotchbite]

[ i don't see dean around she'll have to do ]

Thanks. [ raises eyebrows ] I'm aware of that.

[butgrandma]

I've never done this before-

[eyes her arm and the bottle again like okay you asked for it i guess]

[pours it over the cut]

[jiffles]

[ shalalalaa. brooding away from everybody. ]

[ can we just forget that. ever happened. ]

[crotchbite]

[ no ]

[jiffles]

[ it was the cave. shadows. orcs. you saw nothing. ]

[crotchbite]

[ i saw everything. ]

[jiffles]

[ shiiiiiiit. ]

[ buries face in hands. ]

[butgrandma]

[side eyes]

[jiffles]

[ PLEASE DON'T HATE ME i was only trying to help. ]

[ staying away from them because yeah. ]