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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mfrench" data-source="post: 4037156" data-attributes="member: 32901">As the company of strangers gather around the fire, their stories begin to emerge:Quan and his family are headed deeper into the valley towards the town of Hiruma Watch for an upcoming festival.The shifters were out hunting; they rarely stay in towns much at all, and have used the Tors for shelter on nights similar to tonight.  They don't volunteer too much information, as it seems they are distracted by their impending dinner.  Also, the slimmer one is apparantly female, though it is difficult to tell from body-type, voice, or hairstyle.The korobokuru is a simple woodsman, who got caught going rather farther afield than normal to collect this week's bounty.Otaru, looking over the man's arm and tending to it as best he can, explains that he and Kerim are headed towards the Lake region as well, though he reveals very little else.The old man, who claims to have found the horse on the road, is headed to the next town to eat at his favorite inn, where they serve "The most excellent noodles you young 'uns would have ever tasted, even if your whole time in this world is short compared to me!"  He is disappointed when Higoshi, the man with the damaged arm, gives him the news that the town is currently quarantined, as some sort of sickness has come over the community.  He was headed to Katsuki Ford to alert the Lord there of the disaster when the storm caught him, and the horse bolted out from under him.  He broke his arm, and is relieved to find that nothing is missing from his gear.**********************OOC: Higoshi's story seems confirmed by Sen, who was turned aside by armed guards when he came to the last town.  They seemed bored at the roadside, playing dice; they were startled by his rather silent approach.  They forbade him from going into the village, which is a collection of small buildings around a tall stone tower.  Sen skirted the town, and later came across Higoshi, in pain on the side of the road, during the storm.Also, Kerim notices that Higoshi discreetly checked to make sure that in his bed-roll, a sword is still safely hidden from sight there; Kerim managed to catch him doing this out of the corner of his eye.**********************When Higoshi mentions Sen, who saved him, one of the shifters perks up, and asks what happened to that guy?</blockquote>

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