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[metharchy]

I need more information. If anyone can provide it I would appreciate it.

Where are the nearest villages? Are there roads connecting them and the temple? How long does it take to reach them? Are there maps available? I'm not walking into the jungles blindly, not knowing what to expect first.

[Meth already has her weapons and basic traveling supplies that her capybara's saddlebags hold. She's named him Frei, though he's considerably calmer and steadier than her deity. That doesn't mean she's going to trek through unfamiliar terrain when their hosts are sure to have all the answers to her questions.]

My name is Meth Rezza, for those of you who I haven't met.

[Yeah, that's all she really wants to say to the crowds at large.]

Kat, Liz, I'm heading out tomorrow one way or another, if either of you want to join me.

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[memoriesinsmoke.livejournal.com]

I'll take you up on that offer. [Better to explore in a group than to go alone, and better to do it with a group of people who aren't likely to get themselves killed.]

[metharchy.livejournal.com]

Good, glad to hear it.

[Meth has no interests in traveling alone. She's already sure Kat is going with them, and while she doesn't know as much about Liz, she made a good enough first impression to earn the invitation.]

Do you need any help getting things together for the trip?

[memoriesinsmoke.livejournal.com]

I'll need to head over to the armoury to see if there's anything I could use in case something happens, but other than that, I should be all right.

[forestcalf.livejournal.com]

Ah! Venturing out, miss? Ardel and Eider aren't far. I'm sure one of the carts will be happy to take you to Ardel. Leave in the morning, be there well in time for lunch.

One of the servants can point you the path to Eider.

[There's a pause and the faint rustle of paper.]

It will take longer, though. We don't import much from Eider, so you'll need to walk, but it's not far. Maybe half a day? The roads are good, it's quite easy. I make the journey often myself!

[metharchy.livejournal.com]

[So there are roads and two villages within walking distance.]

Are there any differences between the two? Blight, are there any maps I could at least look at, if not take with me?

[Meth would appreciate being able to gain a little geographical perspective, thank you very much.]

...and there are places for us to stay in these villages, aren't there? An inn or one of the locals?

[Not that Meth wants to stay with strangers, but she also doesn't want to be walking back to the temple in the middle of the night.]

[forestcalf.livejournal.com]

Well, Ardel's farmland, mostly. It's to the south of here. Eider is north, in the heart of the forest. Not much farming there, though we do get some very fine wood from them for furniture and so on.

The villages are kind enough to provide spare housing for our Called, but I think you will find the locals are more than happy to provide a place for you to sleep.

[It sounds like he's fiddling with a pen...and then he drops it. There's a muffled "whoops" before he returns.]

There's a button on your comm. Near the top? It will bring up a map.

[thenotmagician]

I'm Zeke. Ezekiel Lerish.

[Completely ignoring everything else she just said, yeup]

[metharchy.livejournal.com]

[That's fine. Everything else she said was addressed to specific people, after all.]

Good to meet you, Zeke.

[She stops awkwardly. Meth doesn't really do this small-talk thing easily, or well.]

[thenotmagician]

[Don't worry, Zeke does enough talking]

Y'name your capybara yet?

[pimp-hat.livejournal.com]

Dis farmin' village be havin' a nice bar.

[Can you guess where he is right now?]

[metharchy.livejournal.com]

You don't say?

[Meth is...intrigued, though it isn't enough to sway her to head to Ardel over Eider. Not with the way this place is all laid out.]

What's it like there?

[More information is always good.]

[pimp-hat.livejournal.com]

Dey be havin' one helluva selection. Dere be liquah here I ain't even heard of. It be amazin'!

Oh yeah, and dey be havin' rooms upstairs too.

[tv-troper.livejournal.com]

Hi, Meth. I'm Abed.

[Pause.]

So you're heading out to one of the villages. You must have an secret passion for adventure. I hope you know, when one usually make journeys, they take an accomplished band with them to ensure that no trouble occurs. There's also one extra guy there just for comic relief.

[metharchy.livejournal.com]

[What?

That's...an interesting way to look at things.]

It's good to meet you, Abed.

[She might have pegged you for a Kouhyaran by the name, but it seems too soon to tell.]

I'm not sure that comic relief is needed so much as able bodied people who can hold their own in a fight.

[tv-troper.livejournal.com]

That's where you're wrong. Comic relief is absolutely necessary if you hope to hold the average American's attention span for more than three minutes. Besides, no one likes a humorless story.

[And Abed makes a conscious effort not to let stories be humorless, mind you.]

But I guess able-bodied people are pretty important, too. That's why the best people can do both.

[bellator-lucis.livejournal.com]

Have you been well, Meth?

[He doesn't want to invite himself along. That would be rude. But he's keeping an eye on you. Or more accurately, he's keeping an ear out for you.]

[metharchy.livejournal.com]

I have, actually. As well as can be expected in these circumstances. And yourself?

[She rather likes speaking with the Warrior. He's polite and respectful, and doesn't push past the boundaries of personal space, conversationally or otherwise.

As such, she is also keeping an ear out for him, should the occasion arise that he needs aid.]

[bellator-lucis.livejournal.com]

The same, although I am concerned about the fog.

[heavyweaponsbot]

... I want in.

[metharchy.livejournal.com]

[Straightforward. Meth likes that a lot.]

You know how to fight, I assume?

[Meth wants credentials, Ironhide. All she knows is that you're a robot, and the ones back home are not the sort you travel with.]

[heavyweaponsbot]

[Ironhide snorts.]

I have been a soldier for longer than your species has had the capacity to walk upright.

[mmmleather]

Ahhah. I see how this game is played... it is the lovely-sounding women who attract the attention of our hosts, not the dashing, handsome men.

[Snooping in your post, Meth? Nooooo~]

[metharchy.livejournal.com]

[Meth grins, though no one can see it. Snoop away, Zevran. She has nothing to hide.]

Perhaps, or maybe those who are attracted to dashing, handsome men were busy when you tried to get their attention. I know that two of those in charge are ladies.

[Well, the pale-haired one seemed a lady. Meth was withholding judgment on the one named Raina.]

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[catherine-b320.livejournal.com]

Count me in.

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[metharchy.livejournal.com]

I was hoping that was still the case.

Liz is also in, though she still needs equipment. There's also another that would like to join us. We can discuss it as a group later.