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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MacConnell" data-source="post: 8655779" data-attributes="member: 6855223">The caravan proceeded to get underway without any further delay. In fact, since it was already prepared to depart, Vyerbluth barked some commands and the teamsters signaled the burros to begin pulling the wagons. There was not enough space for riders, maybe one beside the driver, so almost everyone walked. Antapkos and Cormorant trailed the caravan so that they could converse with their newly found friends. Vyerbluth was indifferent about having some residents of South Road Fair follow his caravan. Youths, from the village, often did for a day or two. He was not going to feed them, as they were more than likely to be able to feed themselves and, if they were even barely competent rangers, provide some extra meat for the caravaners. He could plainly see that the four youths trailing behind were armed and equipped and looked skilled enough to add extra protection, if needed. His caravan had been assaulted a few times in the past; though because of the size, that was rare.The conifer forest north of South Road Fair quickly thinned, at least on the eastern side of the roadway, the side farther from the Southern River, where understory shrubbery eventually gives way to a small patch of grassland. The patch is small by geographic standards, being about a two-day walk across, in any direction. Corn grows there and collectors from South Road Fair go during the appropriate season to gather it. The corn, when it is ready, also means larger game animals, but that is not something so readily taken by javelin, and it was not yet that season. On one of his occasional, very occasional, positive thoughts, Vyerbluth realized that two of the trailing youths carried bows. He licked his lips with imagined, better fare. The trip to Bridgetown would take eight days, the last four would be through deciduous forest with nut and acorn bearing trees. It was the wrong season for the nuts, too, and the forever scowl returned to the bitter man’s face.Caravans normally move for eight hours of the day, instead of the ten that a person would walk, which is why it requires eight days to go between South Road Fair and Bridgetown, instead of seven. With three wagons, four swordsmen, eight javelineers, and four armed additionals, the chance of encountering anything or anyone hostile was negligible, at best. As the javelineers and the four friends would hunt each evening, of their own volition, and small game was being readily acquired, once the hunters were far enough from the main road. On the fourth day northward, the four friends, hunting with Cormorant and Antapkos, came across a small herd of peccaries. Sprthnt and Siofrita were both able to take one before the herd ran. They were not exactly significant, as far as game animals were concerned, but they were more than twice the size of anything that had been killed thus far, and the caravaners were thrilled that the small group was so willing to share with strangers.While traveling with the caravan provides new experiences to garner the interests of all but an elderly, especially adolescents, and it provides ample opportunity for the budding friendships to further solidify, it is not a conducive environment for anything of a romantic nature to progress. There are too many people and too much activity. Arriving in Bridgetown would provide another full day of liberty for Antapkos and Cormorant. Something for those two to look forward to spending some quieter moments with Siofrita and Britta, respectively. Though Sprthnt and Kuwaia are inseparable, even they display little to no amorous behavior while with the caravan. It is a remarkable situation for the other four to observe. It seems that those two are a single life force, separated into two completely different bodies.[spoiler=Character Data]Antapkos: full wellnessSioftrita: full wellnessCormorant: full wellnessBritta: full wellnessSprthnt: full wellnessTunic: 48Kuwaia: full wellness[/spoiler][spoiler=Collectibles]nothing at this time[/spoiler][ooc]Each character receives 5 DP. State nominal actions and intentions while traveling and provide a random roll.[/ooc]</blockquote>

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