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"I agree with the little ray of sunshine," Devrin said jerking his head over in Luna's direction. If she wanted to be snarky, then he would be sarcastic. "It's as good a plan as any."

This was definitely an interesting group they had going. As far as first impressions were concerned, he was already annoyed by Jun and Luna seemed to only be pretty on the outside. Tyrin seemed alright so far, but only time would tell.

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Swiper mulled over his options. As much as he liked shiny things, his grumbling stomach came first. The caves would probably be a safer bet, then again with those diablos rampaging all over the place there's no telling what all could be holed up in those caves to avoid the conflicted. He decided to brave the swamp. While the swamp contained its own many dangers, he doubted it could be anything as terrifying as a diablos.
Bastian Felstead


Bastian's snowy homeland had made him rather accustomed to the cold, but as he tried again and again to get even one measly spark to catch on the leaves the icy wind was becoming too much for even him to handle. He could feel his hands begin to sting from the cold as he tried in vane to produce even so much as a small flame. Then, everything went still. Leaves drifted to the ground around them as the wolfborn finally became visible. It was just as he had thought. There were far too many for them to handle, so what were they waiting for?

A solitary red leaf slowly drifted to the ground in front of him. As soon as it finished its descent, the wolfborn began surging forward. Bastian's eyes widened in panic and he began vigorously scraping the fling and steel together praying to whatever god that would listen that just one spark out of a hundred would catch. His prayers were soon answered when a single spark landed on a leaf, glowed for half a second, and then produced a small flame. This small flame quickly grew, however, as it devoured the dry leaves that coated the ground. Bastian had to move back a bit, but his plan had worked. The wolfborn had no interest of nearing the blaze. He had bought them at least a bit more time.

As they hid behind the flames, Col said something about following him to a glowing rock. Bastian turned and only then noticed Marque sitting over by this glowing rock that Col had spoken of. There was no doubt in his mind now. Magic was definitely at play here. Bastian knew of the existence of magic, but it was never something he would bet his life on. There was, however, a first time for everything. Not to mention their options were very, very limited.

As Bastian followed close behind Col on their way over to Marque and his rock, Bastian offered a response to Col's second statement.

"I'll take my chances with the burns. Burns I can cure. I have yet to reattach a limb."

Devrin cringed when he received the rude awakening, but dutifully dragged himself out of bed all the same. He was not used to sleeping on a rocking, creaking ship. Luckily they would be reaching land soon. He went out and joined the others as they discussed where they should go. The group had varying opinions, but the one that Devrin found most strange was the desire to go to the tundra. Why would anyone want to go there? Were they to live in igloos? That was a terrible idea. Devrin stepped forward and pointed to a spot on the coast in the forest closer to the swamp.

"We should go here," he said. "We'll have the trees for wood for building, the coastline for fishing, and some of the more fertile land nearer the swamp for farming. It's the perfect spot."

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Swiper was mildly annoyed at having his slumber so rudely interrupted. The worst part about it was that now that he was awake he was hungry. He had no intention of getting caught up in whatever scuffle was taking place outside, so after a nice long stretch he squeezed out of his little den and went looking for food in the opposite direction. With how close they were getting he wanted to get moving before they got too close.






Banned because you are clearly unaware that CAPS LOCK is cruise control for cool.
@Allure

Fallen off the map? I've been waiting to start this thing for well over a week.
Mayhaps be interested.
Who's there?
Bastian Felstead


Bastian was slightly relieved when he heard the man speak. Perhaps there was hope for him, but he would still need time. As he spoke he mentioned a 'theater man' and turned his head in Marque's direction, who seemed very interested in a rock.

An icy wind then swept through the clearing. Bastian couldn't tell what chilled his bones the most: the wind, or the howls carried with it. The wounded man suddenly began a violent coughing spell. Bastian quickly dove into his medical bag to find something to help him, but then the man fell silent. He was gone. Bastian punched the dirt in anger and frustration. He had failed. He wasn't able to save even a single man.

Bastian was brought back to reality by Col's shouting. It seemed he had regained his wits. It seemed as though the squire wanted Lorenzo and Marque to join them in the storm of leaves that surrounded them and find weapons. However, Marque was obsessing over a rock and Lorenzo was still unable to walk, so he wasn't sure what Col expected to happen. At least Lorenzo had a bow. Bastian was, however, certainly in need of a proper weapon, so he took up Colley's sword and fastened the scabbard to his own belt. As he quickly packed up his supplies he attempted to come up with a plan. To his surprise he actually did come up with something, but he wasn't sure how good of an idea it truly was.

"I have an idea," he said to Col. "It's not a great idea, but an idea nonetheless.

Bastian reached into his pack and pulled out his flint and steel.

"These beasts, as savage as they are, seem very uncomfortable around fire, and we are sitting in the middle of a very large tinder box. It may buy us some time."

He would leave Col to use his imagination to figure out what he had in mind. Bastian could think of no other way to hinder the beasts other than their innate fear of flame. Standing and fighting was unwise given that they were unaware of exactly how many wolfborn were coming. However, perhaps slowing them down and masking their scent with the smell of burning leaves and smoke would be sufficient. Not to mention a massive fire would surely attract attention and therefore, perhaps, some much needed assistance.

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