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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.

Comments

[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?

[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!

[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.

[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.]

[metharchy.livejournal.com]

If you want a hand, let me know. Kat's already been there a few times, and I stopped by there not all that long ago.

[She might decide to grab that knife she'd been looking at the last time she was there.]

Which reminds me, I should introduce you two if you haven't met already.

[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.

[metharchy.livejournal.com]

[There were more maps on this thing? Meth pauses to see if Fillin is correct. Sure enough, a map of Vertiline shows up. Meth finds the temple first, and from there, Ardel and Eider. Eider is up on the peninsula, and Meth's inclination is to explore that corner before heading in to explore the rest of the country.

Hopefully Kat and Liz will have the same preference, or none at all.]

Very well, thank you.

[memoriesinsmoke.livejournal.com]

It'd be appreciated. I've used guns before, but I normally resort to using fire. [Which, as she explained before, she can't use here. Still, someone to offer advice on which weapon to select would be appreciated - anything that can't be set aflame isn't really her forte.

As for Kat...]

We've spoken several times, but never actually met.

[metharchy.livejournal.com]

Let me know when you plan on going and I'll meet you there then.

[Meth remembers being trained by her mother well enough to know which weapons generally work for beginners, or how to gauge which weapons a person is best suited to, period. Finding the right size for Liz shouldn't be a problem either.

When Liz mentions she hasn't met Kat yet, she grins and stifles a laugh. Meth wonders if Liz will make a visible reaction to Kat's size.]

I'll see if she's interested in joining us at the armory again. You should meet her before we leave.

[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?

[metharchy.livejournal.com]

Yes. Needed to call him something.

His name is Frei, after my deity.

[She warms a bit with her last comment. Meth is endlessly amused at naming this strange, awkward creature after the all-powerful Frei, especially knowing it would scare the shit out of the god.]

What about you?

[thenotmagician]

Frei, eh? Nice name.

Can't seem t'come up with one for mine. It doesn't seem t'like anything I try to call it.

[Probably because Rump Roast isn't the best thing to call anything]

[metharchy.livejournal.com]

It does in a pinch.

[Meth is not imaginative in this regard, though she would have found the name Rump Roast amusing.]

I say name it something ridiculously overblown and pretentious.

[thenotmagician]

Oi, I tried that! Kinda looked like it was gonna kill me.

[metharchy.livejournal.com]

Well what name did you try?

[thenotmagician]

Welp, first I tried Sir McFlufflebottom. Didn't like that.

Then I tried Rump Roast.

Didn't like that one, either.

[This is why Zeke never had pets]

[metharchy.livejournal.com]

[Meth snorts.]

While I see the humor in that, I can see why maybe it didn't.

You might try something simpler and more...name-like.

Or just have someone else name him.

[thenotmagician]

Good idea!

...

You name him!

[metharchy.livejournal.com]

...

[Well, it isn't as if he's having any luck.]

Is it male or female?

[thenotmagician]

Male.

[metharchy.livejournal.com]

Temperment?

[pimp-hat.livejournal.com]

Dis farmin' village be havin' a nice bar.

[Can you guess where he is right now?]