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[forestcrap]

After the hole is sealed and Ninurta's done away with, your entire party is bippity bopped to the other side of the forest. If there were stragglers that got separated, you're all in one place again. If you lost gear, weapons, phones, whatever, it's back on your person, functional again. If you lost any organs you're on your own though. No but basically you've been bewitched to safety out of the forest and the evil noises have stopped, you're homefree, homies. There's a crow perched on a rundown fence post along the road watching you with beady little eyes before it takes off back into the forest.

The map takes you to a rundown little bed and breakfast not but a fifteen minute walk out that looks like it was abandoned a while ago. No foul play, just closed for business, the economy is rough when you're located next to a haunted forest. Feel free to avail yourself of its beds, there's no room service but least you don't have to pay.

[Mission: get your bearings, make sure all your shits there, do a headcount, follow the road. call dibs on a room. rest up]

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[crotchbite]

[ she's watching him carefully, like you would keep an eye on a suicidal guy, but isn't saying anything. for a while, at least. ]

Obviously. [ slowly, with caution ] That's... good to know. [ she guesses. ] So you have a new goal in life?

[cabineyes]

[ smiles at her cautious look. he wasn't exactly going to set himself on fire before. ]

No, I wouldn't go quite that far, love.

My goals haven't changed.

[ it's still the same thing we do every night pinky. rumple must die. ]

[crotchbite]

[ crosses her arms over her knees and leans in closer to him, eyeing him from head to toe. hmm. narrows her eyes a little, smirking, and reaches over to pat his cheek the way he likes it. a bit too rough. ]

Good to see you're making progress.

[cabineyes]

[ ow. smiles through the pain. ]

What's this? Do you find yourself satisfied with the contents of my little head?

[ that would be a first. ]

[crotchbite]

[ drops the hand back to her lap and looks to the horribly kept garden in front of them ]

When it's about you letting go of your tendency to dive head first towards death's embrace, I'm very satisfied. [ glances at him with a smirk ] That's about it.

[cabineyes]

[ watches her before opening his mouth. ]

I am glad to hear that, sister.

[ might sound teasing, but he really means it. there aren't many who really care about his well-being. ]