Daphne makes a small noise of protest when the wolf moves her, then tries to push her off. When that doesn’t work, she huffs and leans back, still petting the wolf. After a while, she drifts off to sleep, her hand going still on the wolf’s fur.
(should I just let her sleemp this time)
(Yes)
(The floof is there)
(Great)
The wolf falls asleep with her paws and head still resting on Daphne’s legs, and with that everyone is asleep. They rest through the night undiscovered.
The sun slowly rises, illuminating the entrance of the cave with daylight.
Resh had woken up pretty early, moving closer to the cave’s entrance to watch the sunrise. He sits cross-legged at the cave entrance, humming to himself. Teth starts to wake up soon after the sun rises. She looks around and notices Resh at the entrance. Of course he’s already up. She stands up and walks over to Resh, sitting down next to him. “Good morning. Did you sleep okay?”
Resh glances at Teth and nods. “Could have been better, but yeah.”
Teth sighs. She knows what that usually means. “We, uh- we went on quite a detour from our original plan, didn’t we?” Might as well change the subject.
Resh chuckles. “I guess we did. Sorry about that.”
“Shut up, you don’t need to apologize.”
While Teth and Resh talk, Tsadi wakes up and looks around a bit. He watches the other two for a bit, then starts fixing his hair.
(Daphne is still sneeping)
(She needs rest,)
(I mean they are still following the original plan with some uh, extra passengers)
(Anyway sleep good)
The wolf was woken up by Resh moving and had moved to lay down next to him at the cave entrance. She made sure that Daphne wouldn’t be woken up by the movement. When Teth wakes up watches her as she goes over and sits on the other side of Resh.
Calian stirred slightly in their sleep. Somewhere through the night they had begun to grip their spear, but nothing more than that. Eventually they opened their eyes and looked around, getting a bearing on their surroundings once again.
(Sleep is great)
(Anyway tiny respons 😔)
Daphne stirred in her sleep, wrapping her wings around herself after the wolf moved to lay next to Resh. She was still fast asleep by the time everyone else was awake.
Calian stands up and stretches, cracking a couple joints as they do so. They yawn and look over at everyone who was already awake. “Morning.”
Teth and Resh had already stopped chatting and fell into a comfortable silence. They both look over at Calian, and Teth waves while Resh just nods. Tsadi completely ignores them.
(Bitch)
Calian glances at Tsadi and raises an eyebrow. “Well aren’t you a ray of sunshine.” (Calian and Tseth would be great friends /hj)
(Pfftt)
Tsadi just glares at Calian, then rolls his eyes and stares at the wall.
Daphne stirs and opens her eyes slightly, blinking a lot as she processes her surroundings. She shifts her position and rubs her eyes, then looks around at the others. She looks slightly confused.
(Daphne just like “how tf did I sleep an entire night”)
Calian huffs at Tsadi and walks over to the crates again. They were admittedly curious about what’s in them. They lift open the lid to the top one and peek inside before making a small ”oh” sound and closing it again.
Resh tilts his head at Calian and raises an eyebrow. “Oh?” He glances at Daphne and waves, smiling a little when she gives a tired wave back. Clearly, she’s still trying to wake up fully.
Calian looks over at Resh. “Uh. Anti-krill canisters- Something we probably don’t want to have in Wasteland.” More like not at all. Get found with any of those by a krill and you’re immediately viewed as an enemy or suspected to be one. Calian shakes away the thought and moves away from the crates.
(wheeze)
Resh narrows his eyes. “What-?“ He shakes his head slightly and looks back outside. “We should try to get going soon.” He fidgets a bit and he seems a little antsy.
Daphne yawns and stretches, then tries to stand up a little too quickly. She makes a small ugh sound and leans against the wall, closing her eyes.
(I love unnecessary lore bits)
(Anyway Daphne, mood)
Calian nods at Resh. They almost say something, but then Daphne almost falls down. They look a bit startled, but nothing more than that. "Stand up too fast?"
(Yes)
Daphne looks up at Calian, nodding and huffing a little. “Mhm-“ She rubs her eyes again, then crosses her arms. She looks like a wreck, but that’s not uncommon.
Calian looks at Daphne for another moment before looking at Resh. “Before we do leave, do you still have the map that you had yesterday morning?” They had seen Teth snatch it from Resh and then show it to Cyrus. And they wanted to make sure they were going the right way.
Resh stays silent for a few moments, processing what Calian said. “…Oh- yeah, I do-“ He quickly stands up, then pulls out the map and hands it to Calian.
Calian stares at the map for a second. Whoa. Where the fuck did they get this- Okay, focus. They look over the map for a second before handing it back to Resh. They point to where they all need to go. Little illustrations of boats leading to a coliseum. “This is a shortcut to wasteland. Faster than walking, and hopefully we can avoid patrols on the way there.” They look up at him a bit hopefully.
Resh tilts his head. “Huh. Well, it sounds like it’s better than walking, so I don’t see a problem.” He looks around at the others.
Teth and Tsadi both stand up, and Teth shrugs. “No use in waiting.”
Daphne hesitates for a minute. This is a terrible idea. I’m gonna have to go back home anyway, and I’ll just be back at square one. Except probably worse this time. She covers her face with her hands and groans. Shut up- She looks back up at the others. “Yeah- let’s go.”
Resh looks at Daphne, visibly concerned. “Are you okay?”
Daphne nods. “I’m fine. Let’s just go already-“
(Lmao daphne you’re just going to be permanently kidnapped sorry)
(Damn)
Calian looks at Daphne, not very convinced themselves. Nonetheless they exit the cave, and the wolf stands up and starts following them.
Outside it was snowing… yet again. But it was only a light fall.
(Short response because brain where??)
(Gone. Reduced to atoms.)
Tsadi and Teth both follow after Calian and the wolf. Resh waits for Daphne, then follows behind her and the rest of the group. Teth glares at the sky once she’s outside. “I’m getting real fucking tired of all this snow-“