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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deuce Traveler" data-source="post: 6573504" data-attributes="member: 34958">Herkor shrugs and says simply, "Well, when you come back we'll see what you have in hand and talk it over.  Tomorrow I'll give you a map and some general directions to where you'll want to go.  If you return prematurely and empty-handed, I won't judge.  The jungle can be quite dangerous, after all."The rest of the discussion turns to empty pleasantries as you are given small plates of Yafakh hiDütoyal from the locals, which is really rice with light ginger spice added to it.  Normally you wouldn't find it too appetizing, but you have become quite hungry from the journey.  When the food disappears, you are led to the hut you have been given to stay in.  Although it is structurally in sound shape, there are spaces in the side where the wind breezes through, and it is on slightly lower land than the rest of the village.Your guide has already set up some straw mats, wool blankets, and travel pillows for you to be able to rest and later sleep in, and she has also already moved the mules to the side of the huts where they are tethered to a nearby small and decaying tree.  After she ensures that no one is listening, she speaks with the assured coolness of an Azure Legion officer.  "Tonight I'll investigate the village.  I'll feign weariness and get some sleep now so that I'm still functioning by the morning.  If someone questions my behavior, feel free to disparage me and my 'laziness'.  The more you make me seem harmless the better."  After you brusk command she lays down puts and extra pillow over her eyes, and attempts to get some sleep.  The sun should be down in a handful of hours, though what you might do between then and now to entertain yourselves you cannot fathom.  No one in the village seems to be making an effort to approach you and make you feel welcome.  In fact, quite the opposite.OOC: Look what I found => <a href="https://ssaingkan.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">https://ssaingkan.wordpress.com/</a></blockquote>

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