Party Regrouping (Current Location: Clock Town) Thread 7: Rip

Quint spoke up"I'll head off too. I feel bad for leaving them and assumed they could cope without Me and Trace. I also know where to go. It should make finding them easier if something has happened."

"Four of us should be enough if we want it to be a fast group," Kairo said. "When do we head out?"

"I'll get my things," Ruul said, getting up.

"That'll have to do, won't it?" Calcifer grinned at Darem's comment and actually laughed. "Sorry for giving such a shitty first impression. I seem to be too good at that. Just 'bout everyone at this table can attest. Heh." He scratched the back of his head.

His disposition darkened back to what was essentially 'normal', hearing Kairo and Ruul's exchange. He got up and went upstairs for his pack.

"Guess that means I'd better get ready too," Kairo said. He too left the table and went to get ready.

Fist wanted to go, but her muscles were exhausted. She'd put a lot of strain on them during the trip and they could use a real break. She was still willing to give 120% though if she had to.

Chaos wanted to go. He couldn't stand sit still while there was a job to do. When he thought about his body though, it was aching. Under the cloak he had cuts, bruises, and burns and had been fighting dragons, undead, and cloaked magicians with hardly any time to rest in between in one of the harshest environments he'd ever experienced. At this point he could end up being the one to slow them down. He needed to remember his own mortality. He was concerned about Ruul and Calcifer's mental states, but they seemed determined to go and they were surely in better fighting condition than his people right now. "Fine. Excluding Darem, the rest of my team will hang back and recover. Hand over the mask you found and we'll keep them safe while you're gone." He was unknowing scratching the table with his fingernail as he spoke. "If you somehow pass each other we can meet them back here."

Fist grunted with discontent, but thinking more on it she was relieved at the idea of a rest. She still smelled like dead shit and under her cloak, had the half healed markings of a dragon's chew toy

"Uh, me too!" Darem looked around, feeling like he should be doing something. He sighed, and brought Nila up to the table, "Think this thing'll shrink down whenever I get t' rollin'?"

Ruul was up and back down in a minute, with his bag, harp and axe. He reached into the first and brought out a smooth, silvery plate with two holes in it. "Here's the Ice Mask, for lack of a better name. I think it lets you freeze things with a touch, if memory serves." He reached inside again and produced a key. "Here's my room key. I'll let the owner of the inn know you'll be using it."

Calcifer took a bit longer. He came down, only catching the last half of Ruul's exchange. His backpack was slung over his shoulder. Aero's on the other.

Kairo came down a few minutes after the other two. His knives were in his waist pouch again and he had a pouch in his hand with the little money he had. He headed the money over to Chaos along with his and Calcifer's room key. "The room's paid up until tomorrow I think, there should be enough money there to get you a few more days at least in case we're not back by then. I can't see us needing it for much while we're travelling."

Darem's hammer shrunk to the size of his palm as he spoke.

Chaos took the mask, keys, and money. "We'll keep them safe." He said as he put the mask in his bag next to the others."

"So, we're heading out?" Kairo asked, turning to Ruul.

Ruul nodded. "We'll need to pay for more rooms if we stay the night." He looked at Chaos. "If we're not back when you've recuperated, you're free to come after us."

Fist waved. "Let's hope there won't be a need to backup the backup. You can count on us to save your asses if something happens though."

Chaos tossed Ruul one of his two remaining flares. "Light it if you need help."

"Well..." Calcifer adjusted the bags on his shoulders, shrugging. "Keep your noses out of trouble, regardless. Or you'll have to deal with me when we get back." He tried to veil his concern with humor, but didn't smile at his own joke.

Ruul smiled a little. "We're off then." He went and informed the innkeeper that someone else would be in their rooms.

"See you soon," Kairo said to the others as he made his way outside.

Darem stood up and moved the bench back to its original position before waving at those waiting at the table, "We'll be back before ya know it."

Ruul finished up and followed them out.

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After the backup team left, the remainder of team 2 was free to relax. Fist got up. "And now that that's settled, I smell like ass, I feel like ass, I have sand everywhere, and I'm going to get cleaned off." She said as she left the table. Chaos finished his drink. Cleaning would be good for everyone at this point. "Might as well" he said in agreement.

"That sounds like a great idea." Jillian said, she sighed at the thought of having the layer of grime scraped away from her back with soap and hot water.

"If we were at the bay we could have used the hot springs." Reina suggested.

Everyone took their time getting cleaned off before regrouping to eat. Chaos was done first. He was looking at his bag on the table with his head resting on his hands, deciding what their next steps would have to be.

Reina was finished second. She came down quickly to join Chaos. "What do you think we'll do next?" She asked and started absently braiding her hair while it was still damp.

"Next we'll decide what to do with the masks in our possession. I've been thinking about it since we started this task. We have options, but each with its own risks and challenges." Chaos answered in greeting

"I don't suppose destroying it would be as easy as all that." Reina frowned.
Jillian came down next after her long soak. "Don't play with your hair at the table." she scolded. "Honestly isn't Chaos teaching you any manners along with your other lessons?" She smirked.



"That's rich coming from you." Reina grumbled but she dropped her braid.