Into the New World, Chapter 1: Amongst the Verdant Towers

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"Hm..." Enko cocks his head at the tree. "Uh, yeah..." after a moment of silent contemplation he turns away looks back at Artimisia with a concerned expression. "Artimisia... I'm, kind of worried about the others... If you don't tell them about your visions, they're bound to start noticing things eventually. There's no telling what ideas they might get if they don't know the truth. I'm not too worried about Erin, but Alistia's a different story, and Cleyra's been taking care of her family by herself since her father died."
"Visions? This is the first time I've seen anything. If I did see it, that is. What else is there to tell? I feel that there is a purpose to my life, and when the mountain spirit unleashed its rage I knew I had found my purpose. That doesn't sound much different than Erin's story to me." With that, she kicks the tree in frustration and starts to walk back toward the camp.[/sblock]
[sblock=Everyone else]While you start setting up camp, making makeshift shelters and clearing the ground for a firepit, Artemisia and Enko walk up the path towards the oak tree Artemisia claims she saw a woman at just a few minutes ago. It's difficult to tell through the gloom, but it appears that her search isn't bringing up any clues. After a few minutes, she kicks the tree and starts walking back towards the camp.[/sblock]
 

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Thane's eyes - which seem much more keen now that he is at home in the woodlands - pass over Enko and Artimisia briefly, but he doesn't make any comment, instead just saying "I will take the first watch, who wishes the second?"
 

Enko winces at Artimisia's small violent outburst, and then watches her leave, feeling rather brushed off. He looks back at the tree for a moment, sighs, and then turns to follow her.
 



Ryon walks over to the aforementioned tree and looks for tracks. He also has Growl sniff the area around the tree. "Your nose sees more than my eyes do sometimes, Growl. Anything here i should know about?"
 

[sblock=Ryon]You are unable to find any signs of large creatures around the tree, except the patches of trampled ground where Artemisia and Enko walked. Growl doesn't detect any unfamiliar scents either.[/sblock]
 


Ryon rejoins the group, lights a fire and sets some venison to sizzle. "Growl and i will take a night shift. Where have the star-crossed lovers gone off to?" he asks of no-one in particular. "I sure hope they don't decide to take a watch together tonight. I swear, a pack of rabid, growling, snarling bears could charge into the camp while Enko was staring at her all doe-eyed and he wouldn't even notice."
 

Enko, who had obviously passed Ryon on his way back to the camp, turns to stare at him as the hunter returns with his bizarre, and embarrassing question. "W-What!?" He glances at Artimisia, and then quickly looks back at Ryon. All the while blushing profusely.
 
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