Four Once More

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Characters: Warriors of Light (FFIII crew)
Progress: Ongoing
Summary: The last one has arrived! THE SET IS COMPLETE
Location: Fossil Roo entrance on the Mist Continent
Date: June 1803
Warnings: Enthusiasm, that should be all

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[flythesurface]

Luneth was glad to be out and about. He didn't want to stay in one place, and Dali seemed pretty slow to begin with. Almost like Gysahl in a way. It took them a while to get to the marsh, but it was obvious once they reached its wet, grassy edges that they were there. As Luneth tugged on his chocobo's rein, he was not at all surprised to hear what Refia had said. He chuckled a small one.

"They're just toads, Refia," he told her, but he stopped his chocobo and chased a few toads into the water so she wouldn't have to look at them until they found what they were looking for. And speaking of what they were looking for, Luneth needed a bit of a reminder. He turned to Arc, the cleverest of the bunch, and began to tote his chocobo again.

"What is it we're looking for again, Arc? A cave, right?"

The grass was very tall, and it looked to get taller.

[saltparsley]

"Er, yes, I believe so." He fumbled with his chocobo's reins for a moment as he dug a small notebook out of his coat. While Refia had spent time working up money for the chocobos, Arc had spent some time going over what he knew about the world and figuring out where they needed to be.

He flipped to the appropriate page, checking what he'd written. "Right, yes. There's a cave deeper into the marsh, um, it should be obvious, from what I've read." He paused to glance up at their surroundings and frowned. "...It doesn't seem very obvious."

[light_chosen]

While Refia had raked together funds for their journey for the chocobos, and they had finally set out, Ingus had long been on the road. He hadn't been able to find anywhere that would allow him to rent a chocobo, much less take one through Fossil Roo, so he had been on foot.

Fortunately he had stocked up on rations and curatives before heading out. The Mist spawned many monsters and made visibility very limited, so his adventure hadn't been an easy one. Not that any of the adventures the three had been on proved to be easy.

Thankfully the fights had been less within Fossil Roo, it then became a task of coercing Gargants to take him where he needed to go. Eventually Ingus saw light ahead and, after discovering that he thankfully hadn't been turned around, he breathed a sigh of relief. A little break outside the entrance wouldn't hurt, and if the other three found him before he found them all the better.

Honestly, he was exhausted and just needed to sit for a while. Hopefully without getting attacked by giant man-eating

[smallmage]

"They're gross and disgusting!" Never mind that she'd had to become one at a couple of points, she would just never like the slimy things. It was such a girly thing to hate, but whoever said hating was rational? She hid her eyes for a moment while Luneth chased some of them off, only looking up when she heard him return to his chocobo. "I just don't like them." Even though she could turn people into them. Or used to be able to, at least, she hadn't tested that one yet.

The grass was definitely growing above her head, making her basically useless for navigation on foot, so she put her foot back in the stirrup and hoisted herself up to stand on the saddle as a makeshift lookout post, hoping her bird didn't startle easily. "I... think there might be rocks in that direction?" she offered, pointing towards the north and vaguely west. "It's kind of foggy, but it looks darker over there."

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[flythesurface]

Luneth could feel Arc gravitate beside him, then sort of recoil slightly. He subconsciously knew that Refia cared for them and only knew how to express it best through nitpicking every thing. After all, if they didn't make it and Ingus did run out of food, then it really would have been dire. The problem was he didn't realise this consciously, and took Refia's masked mothering as a somewhat unnecessary action. Ingus did have a point; he was a knight from the very beginning, rigourous training was his precept, even if Luneth didn't quite catch the connection of Refia's purposeful, if somewhat misdirected, care. He was about to pat the back of his head in admittance and apologise, but Refia snapped back sharp.

What to do now, Luneth? Always quick to pick at Refia. And even if he didn't suffer from the lack of food, he knew that Arc and Ingus might feel uncomfortable with her glares directed to him, or her knack for ignoring him when she was angry.

"I didn't mean it like that."

That sounded just as bad - how else did you mean it,

[saltparsley]

Arc practically jumped at the opportunity Ingus provided. He followed silently, trying very hard to ignore the explosion behind him. Refia cared for them all, sure, but that didn't mean Arc was any less uncomfortable around her righteous fury - especially when his brother had done plenty to deserve it.

... And speaking of Luneth doing things to deserve righteous fury.

This time Arc hid behind Ingus, peering out cautiously from behind the dragoon's shoulder at what promised to be a horrendous aftermath.

[light_chosen]

Oh, Ingus knew why Refia mother-henned them. That was why he wouldn't argue that he was a trained knight and knew how to take care of himself. She did it because she cared, and frankly she did take care of them a lot better than they would have taken care of themselves. He certainly wouldn't let a little lecturing tarnish their friendship.

He subtly checked his own supplies for bandages and Potions when Luneth continued to speak up. Something told him he might need to remedy a black eye in a little while... Especially if Refia kept good on her threat to not heal or feed him. "Luneth..." A quiet warning, stop talking. Now.

He sighed, paused, and stayed close enough to intervene if that became necessary. At this point Luneth was really asking for the beating she might deliver, however. At least Arc was safe behind him.

This wasn't going to end well, was it?

[smallmage]

Their chocobos were right there, so Refia immediately made for hers as if she was going to just pretend Luneth didn't exist - but then she unfastened her staff from its holder.

And then she stuck it just in front of Luneth's legs right as he was walking.

It could have been a lot worse - being a blacksmith let her throw a punch with the best of them - but she was still too happy with finding Ingus to really do something bad.

"Now," she continued, pointedly ignoring Luneth, "where do we want to go? I don't want to sleep in this place." Too many toads, eww.