Mera looked ahead as Larel started moving, glad he couldn't see her face. This was killing her. Where the hell did he go? She looked back over her shoulder towards the villages, [i]'You'd better show up... I'll never forgive you if you just left after all that mess you made me open myself up to,'[/i] she put a hand to her chest, clutching her kimono a bit, hating the assault of emotions that was being thrown on her. Something had happened to him, that much was obvious now, but she couldn't let Larel in on the fact she this conflicted over him not being there when they had all gathered. She looked back ahead, closing her eyes as she tried to calm herself down, to put all of it behind her. This was another reason she had never let anyone in like that. [i]In the end, who can you really trust?[/i] she thought as she opened her eyes back up, putting her other hand back on Larel's shoulder, not wanting to get him off balance. She was doing her best to shut those emotions back off but Hotaru could have sworn when she glanced back, she saw her crying.
Hotaru looked back ahead as Raina and Eryn reached the edge of the woods, Raina going up in to the trees while Eryn began scouting for a reasonably unnoticeable spot for them to be able to set up some kind of camp. He found a nice boulder that jutted out at an angle from the ground, leaning against two large, thick bodied trees, "Here," He waved to the others, "We should be able to make a fire here without anyone from the village being able to see," he called before landing in the small space behind it. 
Hotaru came up, gently setting Mary down against a rock, raising a brow as she saw Eryn putting little strips of paper around the area in a circle, "What are you doing?" she raised a brow at him, moving to grab some pieces that would make good firewood.
"It's not actual magic or anything, but I used to carry this scent on me when I was traveling and I found nothing ever bothered me in the woods while I had it," Eryn rubbed the back of his head, "Everything little bit counts, right?" he mumbled, clearly just trying to help in anyway he could.
Hotaru sighed, "I can guess why nothing comes up," she muttered, setting the sticks in a pile and it dawned on him that she could smell it and went to pick it up, "Leave it. It's fine," she waved it off, using a quick fireball to start the fire.
"Alright," Eryn murmured, standing near Mary, putting his hands behind his back to try and not get in anyone's way. 
When Larel and Mera reached the group, she got down from his back, sitting next to her sister with a sigh, Raina landing on the boulder above them, "It's clear for a few miles around as far as I can tell," Raina said as she sat down, her legs dangling over the side.
"You should get some rest," Eryn told Mera, who smirked a little at the fact he was still trying to dote on her in a way, "But seriously, you had to be carried, and you only allow that at extremes, so you really should get some slee-"
"I will, Eryn, relax," Mera motioned for him to sit down, "We should be fine here for the night. There's no way any of them can recover from that overnight," she said as she leaned her head back against the stone, giving a heavier sigh than before.