We fought the goblins. I killed one of them, but it was less up close than the werebear. These creatures didn't seem very nice. Fenara cuts of hands and ears as proof and it is absolutely revolting. I do not like the sight of blood, but I have a feeling if I stick with these people I'll have to get used to it. Better get over myself.
IP made a joke about getting married and I made a throwaway comment about him being too late. Damn. Slip of the tongue. Hopefully the group doesn't pick up on it.
We discuss what we should do next, because we need to go to this meeting about our points the day after tomorrow and we're only at 19 points. This feels like it's going nowhere and we're not gaining nearly enough points fast enough? Could the system be rigged? Is it a set-up? What happens when we don't get enough points? We decide to go to the shadowcloud encampent. We don't trust the Village People and we hope maybe the Shadowcloudpeople can help us remove these damned marks.
We decide to set up camp for the night. Only, I've not really camped before and I don't know how to properly set up a bedroll. I go to Jorg to ask for help about this. He seems like a person who'd know this stuff. He has a certain vibe. He helps me but also says there's ants and roDENTS?!?! How am I supposed to sleep like this? Better keep watch first because I'll need to process this new information.
Fainn joins me on the watch. "so... married?". Shit. she caught that. Well, they were bound to find out and she seems trustworthy. I guess it can do no harm to tell her and it looks like she's really curious about this. I tell her married is maybe too much of an official term. I tell her I haven't seen her in a while, that I don't know if she's alive. I hope to find her, to know what happened to her... It hurts to talk about her. I miss her. I dream of her that night. A beautiful dream and she's smiling at me. I miss her.
Jorg was asleep next to my bedroll. He set it up so it doesn't touch the ground. So nice of him. These people, they're so caring and it's so lovely.
I'll thank him in the morning. Seeing as he's such a good cook and I'm absolutely not, I give him all my rations. I wouldn't know what to do with them anyway. They don't look very nice uncooked. He gives me a bracelet in return! It's a plain thing, but very adorable. It says AFO, Awareness For Orphans. I'm very intrigued. I ask him about his orphanage. It's about 2 hours north of the Wheel's Spoke. I do not know this place. He says he hasn't been there in almost a year, hasn't been in contact with anyone for a while. He tries to get funds and stuff for the orphans. I tell him it's a noble cause, to help the orphans. I want to know about the adoptions, though, and if birth parents sometimes come and get the children again. I ask him. I can't contain the question, I must know. He says birth parents rarely come and get the children and the seldom get adopted. It's mostly nobles who just come and pick whichever children they like. Wow. So it's like that. Wait. He winced. Did he lie about something? I confront him. He seems a bit intimidated by me. Weird, I don't think I'm very intimidating, but I can guess where it comes from... His deeds weren't very noble, he says. He does get some gain from it and it's, and I quote "basically just a big fuck you to my former orphanage". Well. I must chat with him again about this sometime. But not before I ask him not to lie to me anymore. Oh. Okay. I get the intimidating part now I think. I do hope those children get a good future.
When we go to set up camp, I ask Jorg to teach me how to set up the bedroll like he did last night. It seems like a usefull skill and I want to learn. He also teaches me about lighting a fire. I lit a fire! By myself! That is so cool! I tease him a bit. Still intimidated, Jorg? Oh, he does still look like it. Please... I'm really not like that though. He ask if we can be friends and I tell him we can. I have a friend! A friend! Oh, my heart. This group... I'm really starting to like them.
That night I dream of her again. But it's not good. It's horrible. Oh, the sight of it. No! NO! AMARA!
I wake up. I must've said that last part out loud. Fainn is looking at me and ask to join her by the fire. I do, but I cannot catch any sleep. She asks if everything's alright. It's not. These visions keep haunting me. What do these dreams mean? I must figure it out. It's a message from Seraphina. She's trying to tell me something, but I don't know what she means. What should I do?
These people are smart... maybe I should ask one of them to help me. Help figure out what this means... Do I trust them enough though? I don't know yet. Maybe keep this to myself for a bit. Wait and see what happens. My heart aches.
Suddenly we're at the encampent. Wow, how did that happen? They're arguing about what to do. Something about a bridge? Huh? Oh, you want me to fly over? Oh, wait, now I'm to do the talking? Sure, okay. If I could only get my head. To. Think. Straight.
Wait, these people look weird. They look a bit like Fainn. Kind of dead. Huh... They let us in. We'll see what happens next.