~● Freya's Rest ●~

All is dark as Cabrina lies with her eyes firmly shut, having a feeling she's forgotten something... something important.

There is muffled sound in the background, of many voices talking in low, exhausted tones, and of snow falling heavily atop a roof, a familiar sound of the Frozen Lands.

Cabrina finally raises herself up onto her elbows, blinking sluggishly until the blobs align into many faces, of the other elves hovering around her in concern and the humans off by themselves nearest the window. She finds herself on a bed, a healer with a kind smile hovering over her.

Cabrina: "W-What happened...?"

A half-elven healer presses a cool cloth to Cabrina's forehead, the feeling a relief to the ache of her headache.

Josephine kneels by the bed, holding Cabrina's hand and looking all too concerned as she calls out to alert the elves.

Josephine: "She's awake!"

Calpernia is standing nearby, clearly having been working with medicinal berries. She seems hesitant to say something.

Calpernia: "We all fell off the ship after another dragon attack. This is Dalnim, a healer from Freya's Rest."

Dalnim gives Cabrina a kind smile, placing the rag away into the water and offering her a bowl full of a shimmering liquid, a familiar combination of berries and medicine known to the elves as well. He looks all too calm as he speaks to her, almost relaxed.



Dalnim: "Here. Drink up. It will help. The water pulled you under and you must've knocked your head on something hard, so your friend Rand had to drag you out, lest the waters had killed you."

Cabrina's face freezes, in an expression of one questioning reality. She decides not to deal with it as she drinks from the bowl, sighing in relief as it heals her.



Cabrina: "I... thank you for the aid. Are all the elves of the council well, Calpernia?"

Calpernia nods, glancing to where Rowan and Elif are standing close together, eying the humans with a judgemental expression.

Calpernia: "Leo is here, too, but he's talking with the humans... I suppose he's quite taken with them now."

The humans consist of Ardelia, Cyprus, Gray, and Rand, who are all huddled together with Leo seated nearby watching them. They seem to be in deep discussion, save for Rand.

Ardelia: "Our priority should be on curing this plague... as Astra Rhea asks of us."

Cyprus: "But what of Eurydice?"

Rand hasn't said a word or looked at anyone at all. He stands at a window, staring out at the snow regretfully and seemingly lost in thought.



Rowan finally steps forward to join them, shooting Calpernia a look.

Rowan: "The dragon did not only burn the ship. Eurydice was taken, and we cannot find hide nor hair of her."

Cabrina's eyes go even wider as she takes in that information, and all goes black in her vision once more as she faints from the shock.

There is once more the sound of voices filling the air, now louder with arguing amongst the whole lot of them

~● Beast Clan Elder Hut ●~

  A few hours have passed since Cabrina and the others had woken up in Freya's Rest after the ship wreck. The elders of Freya's rest have gathered everyone into a large hut of sorts in order to discuss what will happen now that they are here. The first one to speak is a old woman, half her face is covered in scars from wild animals and battles with humans as well.

Elder Wolf: "Welcome all, I am known as Elder Wolf. For those of you humans that may be snickering at my name, know that once you've lived as long as I have in these frozen lands you abandon your name to embody to spirit in which you'll take in your next life."

  A few beast clan members bow their heads.

Elder Wolf: "Now, you have all come here because allegedly your...Astra was it?....whoever, sent you here. Correct?"

  Kyrie nod rolling her eyes.

Kyrie: "Yes, as I have said hundreds of times now. Please, on the authority of Astra Rhea, escort us to Queens End."

  Elder Wolf laughs.

Elder Wolf: "We recognize no authority of your astra here, girl. Careful with that attitude, lest you find out why I'm so close with a wolf spirit."

  Kyrie sighs and remains silent. Another elder speaks up.

Elder Badger: "Now, you have claimed that a plague has threated the land...while we have noticed sickness...we fear you have come here to scout our lands. Do any amongst our own people vouch for these strangers?"

  A man stands up, a serious look on his face as his fellow beast clan members shoot him angry glances. Some of the group recognize him as Lynx, the beast clan panther shifter that guided them all the way to Labyrinthine.



Lynx: "I cannot vouch for all of them, but I do know most of these people. If you find yourselves unable to trust them, trust in me. If they had come with plans of conquest, they would not have brought Meliad Cabrina."

  The elders whisper among themselves. One by one they nod.

Elder Wolf: "Thank you, Lynx. You may sit."

  Lynx sits back down as Elder Wolf stands.

Elder Wolf: "By the power invested in this council, we have decided that you will all be permitted to stay until we are able to escort you out of our land. Should you cause any problems in our land, your actions will reflect on Lynx. You are all dismissed."

  The elders retreat into the back rooms of the hut while everyone else shuffles out into the cold air of Freya's rest.

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Hello, and welcome back for chapter 2!

Event will always start at 6:30 Pm est or later depending on what happens (we'll try to warn in advance)

Thursday - Exploring Freya's Rest and discussing the plague 6:30 PM EST

Friday - Traveling for Queens End 6:30 PM EST

Saturday - Finding The Source of the plague  6:30 PM EST

Sunday - Returning Home 6:30 PM EST

*Wren is sitting off by himself, studying the lantern he had found*

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*Lynx exits the elders hut with a sigh, what has he gotten himself into this time*

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Dalnim sits in the healing hut, glancing through his supplies and taking stock of them.

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Elif walks up to Lynx, raising an eyebrow. "You put your name on the line again? What follows exile? Being thrown to the ice wraiths, perhaps?"

*Lynx shakes his head, pulling his knife from his boot as he sits. He begins carving at a stick*

Lynx: "No, burning at the stake."

(I'll be in and out for half a hr just got off work)

*Leo is sat thinking about the events that have just occured*

Lynx seems like he actually likes us

Elif leans back against a tree trunk, looking ever so curious. "Is that a common event here?" They kind of want to watch. Just once.

Rowan: *they stand, furrowing their eyebrows at Wren... studying a lantern...?* ... *they hear Leo and quickly shake their head, glancing over* ...We're lucky.

Lynx: "No it's pretty rare."

*he tosses the stick aside*

Lynx: "Don't make me regret sticking my neck out for you all again."

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*Wren slowly traces his fingers across the runes on the glass of the lantern*

"You would not be remiss in doing so," Elif says dryly, glancing towards him. "Lest you wish to find yourself with rodents and insects feasting upon your ailing flesh as you rot. The spread of this plague is no small matter."

Rowan: ...What are you doing? *they eventually ask Wren*

Lynx: "And what are you all going to do about it? Have the power of plague curing?"

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*Wren jumps, slightly startled by Rowan*

Wren: "Nothing...just looking at an old trinket."

*he quickly puts the lantern in his bag*

Elif shrugs a shoulder, watching Wren and Rowan talk. They look back to Lynx. "Nothing in particular," he says. "Perhaps I might think myself to contract it. I've never had the plague before."

*Cyprus sits down rubbing his face a bit before pulling something out of his pocket, taking a few steps away from the main group and prying eyes as he was planning to read the letter from Cabrina on the ship, but fate have it elsewhere, he just sits down taking a deep breathe before opening up the letter to read it alone*

Rowan: Oh. *they furrow their brows at how quick he is to put it away* ...Right, well. Don't let me stop your... reminiscing? *they try, pointedly glancing away*