Die, die, we all pass away

[burntbridges]

who: Letha, Laurent, Damen and Nico.
what: Waking the dead!
when: 4/16, arriving in the morning and getting back a little after sunset.
where: Southeast of the wall, off in the forest.
warnings: Will be added as necessary. There will be a lot of dead people and necromancy.

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Letha hadn't exactly bothered to meet anyone she'd invited in person, but she'd managed to arrange for them to meet her just outside the wall as the festival was ending. She's a little sad to see another celebration go, but if things keep going to way they are she's sure there will be more to come.

Truth be told, Letha is not the type for leadership - she's not even particularly worried about the commune they're headed toward, more the excitement of getting to use her powers for some good and spend time with a fellow necromancer. She has no speech prepared, no plan in particular, nor any sort of armor to speak of; she's waiting for them in a knee-length dress, which she figured was the best she had for being out in the woods, with her hair braided to keep it out of the way and her pet Phantump out and about so he could get some fresh air.

Whoever makes it there first, they'll inevitably spook her. She's a bit busy in her own head, planning ahead for when a few certain someones have to concede that her powers are good and useful and she's not a menace to society. (The fact that she is entirely at fault for their opinions being, of course, irrelevant.)

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[goldcuffed]

Damen takes the map from her with a nod, and takes a step back to unroll it, holding it down so that Laurent can join him in figuring out their direction. It feels a bit like being on the road together in Vere again, the two of them bent over maps, strategizing together. The directions are vague indeed, but he thinks they can puzzle it out. "It looks like we need to go south-east, to begin with," he says, running a finger along the paper, tracing what looks to be the first leg of the journey.

He can't help but give Laurent a skeptical look when he hears Letha talking about the afterlife to Nico, though, and pitches his voice a little lower, switching from the easy common language of Riverview to the lilting tones of Veretian, "If you think it's a bad idea to continue, we can make our excuses."

[redoublement]

"It's all right, Damen. I don't think either of them wish to hurt us," of course, whatever they might find upon their quest was another matter entirely. Yet still, Laurent was willing to take the risk. At the first sign of there being anything they couldn't handle, and they would get the hell out of there. "Besides, if we don't go along they'll end up hopelessly lost, and I wouldn't like to have a couple of children lost in the jungle on my conscience,"

"It's a bit like a treasure hunt, don't you think?" he said, both to Damen, and loud enough for the two teenagers trailing behind them to hear, inviting them into the conversation, if they wished.