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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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[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]

[crotchbite]

[ just raises her eyebrows at her and waits for the pouring mmhm

hiSSES tho, and grips ruby's arm while she cleans it up oh my god that's painful that shit is really infected

cries on the inside ]

[butgrandma]

I'm sorry!

[sets bottle aside and goes to wrap it up quickly with a clean bandage]

[crotchbite]

[ breathes through her nose and clenched teeth and forces a little smile ]

Don't apologize. You did a good job. [ pats her knee ]

[butgrandma]

[all she did was pour some booze]

If you say so.

[sits back and looks around]

Why do you think the canyon is so quiet now? Just like that?

[crotchbite]

Calm before the storm? Probably something enormously bad is about to happen, so we might as well rest before we have to run.

[ ties the bandage a bit tighter around her wound ]

You must be used to this already.

[butgrandma]

I'm used to running, at least.

[sounds a little bitter about it tbh]

[crotchbite]

[ pulls on the shirt again ]

Here or elsewhere?

[butgrandma]

Both, I guess.

Though I enjoyed running much more before coming here.

[she just rediscovered control over her wolf and got to take it out for a spin before all this]

[crotchbite]

I think everyone enjoyed things much more before coming here.

[ grabs the rum bottle and saves the rest ]

Do you have water on you?

[butgrandma]

[shuffles around and produces a canteen from the swirling vortex of her confusing layers]

What did you do? Before you came here?

[hands it]

[crotchbite]

[ she did girls. ]

Private... security.

[ she's so good with excuses i can't. ]

[butgrandma]

Like a bodyguard?

[crotchbite]

Something like that.

[ takes the canteen to drink some water

kind of needs to rest but doesn't want to fall asleep because she has some Trust Issues with this groupe ]

[butgrandma]

[you look drowsy.]

I'll stay with you.

[crotchbite]

Sorry?

[butgrandma]

You should rest. I'll stay here.

[if you're worried]

[crotchbite]

[ looks at her from head to toe and then laughs a little ]

I'm fine. [ hands her back the canteen ]

[butgrandma]

[tucks it away again]

You'll only make it harder on yourself to heal if you keep pushing it.

[crotchbite]

[ moment of silent staring then she just sighs and rubs her forehead ]

You're probably right. But you don't need to stay. [ picks up the crossbow ]

[butgrandma]

You say that like I'd mind.

[crotchbite]

Wouldn't you?

[butgrandma]

Of course not. Like I said, it's the least I can do.

[gets one of the blankets out of their pack and rolls it out for her]