Fantasy Cursed Island

[Fangs9090]

Roy nodded and ended the call. Technical difficulties, was his excuse this time. “Perhaps she’ll calm down by morning...”

 

[Darkling0096]

"Put it away before she calls again!", Sinach shouted, Turac opened his mouth to catch if it was thrown.

 

[Fangs9090]

Nidia hopped up. “Hey, that’s mine.” She took the mirror and shrunk it further to put it away. “There.”

 

[Darkling0096]

A sigh of relief escaped the group. For the moment, they had escaped the blue dragon's wrath. Hopefully that would last.

"She's gonna be pissed,", Siege groaned, already anticipating the nightmare the next call would be.

 

[Fangs9090]

Roy shook his head. “Let’s hope dad can calm her down.”

 

[Darkling0096]

"We can only hope," Turac tucked back into his shell, that was enough chaos for a the night!

"Yeah..." Siege sighed, "i think I'm gonna turn in too, who's got first watch?"

 

[Fangs9090]

Katsuo spoke up. "I will keep watch."

 

[Darkling0096]

"Sure," Siege shrugged and vanished into a tent.

"I guess it is time to turn in," Jalin sighed, as covered the pot, moving it away from the fire for the night. "Do not push yourself, Katsuo."

 

[Fangs9090]

Katsuo dipped his head. “Thank you, but Lady Niudisa summoned me because I do not need to rest.”

Roy left that to them and headed to his own tent. Nidia went to make sure Siege took her nightly medicine.

 

[Darkling0096]

Siege groaned despite knowing she'd still need to take the medicine.

Sinach crawled down to Emilia's carapace to settle down.

 

[Fangs9090]

"At least it tastes better than most medicines."

Emilia glanced back at Sinach with a smile before settling down herself.

 

[Darkling0096]

Night passed into morning, oddly peacefully. Turac's paranoia seemed to have acounted for nothing.

"Mmm," Siege yawned and stretched, looking over at Nidia and shaking her head. Medicine with morning mouth... yay... At least it had a flavor besides... besides tasting the same way snot looked.

 

[Fangs9090]

Roy woke with the sun, getting up and making sure everyone else woke up as well. Nidia and Emilia needed some convincing, but they woke.

 

[Darkling0096]

Turac was a bit slower, needing the rising sun to fall on his shell and warm him up some before he could really move around much. Turning his horn ring so he could help the party break camp and load the cart up again.

"I'm gonna be the first to say it," Siege grumbled, "Camping sucks!"

 

[Fangs9090]

Roy shook his head as he helped pack everything up. "Can't say I'm surprised you got spoiled by royal accommodations so quick. Best get used to this though. This is how we'll be living for most of this."

 

[Darkling0096]

"it's not about being spoiled!", Siege barked. "It's about having things stab me in the ass all night, and then when I go to get rid of it there's nothing there!", she spread her arms in the nothing around her to punctuate that, "I've been getting poked in the back by ghosts all night!"

 

[Fangs9090]

Roy glanced over. "Are you sure it's not fleas?"

 

[Darkling0096]

"Fleas don't leave a very rock-shaped bruise in your asscheek!"

"Siege, just calm down," Jalin shook his head as he prepared breakfast, "Eat, you can sleep in the cart next time. I hope Emilia doesn't mind?"

 

[Fangs9090]

Emilia smiled. "Of course not. I don't mind sharing sleeping space. Or making a web, if you'd rather not."

 

[Darkling0096]

Siege just grumbled and went to chop some wood for the fire.

"She's just not a morning person," Jalin noted.

"None of the women in our family are," Turac rolled his eyes. "Except Shuffle, but if we could bottle her energy we'd never have to work again!"

 

[Fangs9090]

Roy shook his head. "I wonder why I'm able to get up so easily in the morning when no one else does. Mm...or maybe that's why. The mornings would always be so quiet because everyone else was still asleep."

 

[Darkling0096]

"Whatever it is," Jalin shrugged and distributed breakfast, "I am sure when we find a more permanent base location to hunt stones from, we will be better able to handle some of our number needing to sleep in."

 

[Fangs9090]

"Right. I still don't know what kind place would be best for that..."

 

[Darkling0096]

"Perhaps we will find a village indebted to us," Jalin shrugged, "I believe a dedicated labspace for Nidia and myself will prove beneficial long-term."

 

[Fangs9090]

“Let’s hope we get that chance then. Are we set to go, once we all finish eating?”