Crystal Tear Forest

[Zet]

The Crystal Tear forest, named so by one mercenary who passed through during a light snowfall, is a large forest that runs through the center of Ilia. One must pass through it to reach Edessa. The most notable thing about the forest is that it has an unnamed village somewhere within it. Anyone wanting to go there would probably need to be escorted by someone from there, though.

[Zet]

*Unsurprisingly, Zet had sprinted the whole way there. He was too eager after all given he still had no work to do and all that very good stuff right now. What he came to see though made sense for why it had earned such a name for itself. The snow and trees, coupled with the thankfully non-blizzard weather was helping right now honestly. Remembering that Vivi was on his back....if only from just now registering the "Yay" that she had screamed out way back on the way here, he figured she would want to get down by this point. Of course, he was feeling a little bit worn out now from all of that. New terrain he could blame it on even if it wasn't going to stop him now still.*

"The place itself is amazing enough, but adding on how the fliers actually 'fly' through this during bad days even sometimes is pretty dang awesome."

[Feneroe]

The second that Zet began to talk, Vivienne dropped to the ground and began to run through the trees. She quickly disappeared out of sight (purposely, but she didn't want anyone else to know that). Niamh, who neither child had noticed Zet had left behind in his mad sprint, finally caught up and leaned against a tree to catch her breath. She would berate them for ditching her to get in the border of Ilia quicker, but she doubted she could manage two words at the moment.

[Zet]

*Still taking in the scene, and the fact that Vivi was pretty good when it came to vanishing into something, he started wondering where to head to next. Then he started wondering if he should even be wondering on where to head to and simply just start heading out to places? It wasn't a bad idea likely, so he stopped wondering and prepared to start trekking again. Niamh would catch back up sometime too, running off aimlessly through the trees himself, though only disappearing because he had kept heading further into the place.*

[Ark]

Ark gave a sigh as he entered the forest. That... That was quite the hustle. One he did not plan on making any time again soon in the near future. He hoped that they had managed to catch up with the others, all things considered. Running through that much of the country had to merit at least some kind of lucky chance, right?

[Elaine]

'She had to agree with Ark on that one. Sure she had the speed to back it up, but taking a trek across the world pretty much at that pace was something she didn't want to experience again. How in the world did anyone muster up the kind of energy to pull off that kind of feat? Leaning up against one of the trees nearby and making a mental note to pay attention to the area later, she focused on seeing if she could see anyone that she knew about here, particularly Niamh. She had a feeling that the other two had continued to run off somewhere....for better or for worse.'

[Feneroe]

Niamh had rested and waited on the other two not too far in the forest. She had decided it was smarter to group up with them before catching the two hyper children who had taken off and were who-knows-where by now.

[Elaine]

'Luckily Niamh was spotted not too much further into the forest. The unlucky part was that as expected.....she was alone, heading over to her. Couldn't be surprised there, what with the hyper two being as they were. She noted how Niamh could've been in worse shape and thankfully hadn't gone searching for them on her own. While she didn't think anything was out here and that Niamh probably could hit hard if she wanted to, she couldn't fight like the rest of them. What was funny though was that the cleric could take a better hit than most of them regardless of this fact. Irony.'

"Sorry if we're late. Any idea where the other two got off to?"

[Ark]

Ark gave a small grin at the sight of Niamh. He should have known that the two would have been too energetic for her. He was glad to see her in good health however. But really, it seemed Zet and Vivi were children just running rampant. Giving a small wave at the woman, he shifted into looking around for the running swordsman and thief.

[Feneroe]

As she saw the other two children approach, Niamh stood up and brushed her dress off. She was relieved to see both of them were fine, as she had worried she made a bad choice with letting them split up. Sure, the two hyperactive ones who had ran off already would not of waited, but that still didn't mean it was right to leave the other two behind like that. Still, there was no use thinking about it now. A soft smile crossed her face as Niamh walked over to the two.

"You're fine, the other two are just too hyper and have WAY too much energy. They're off somewhere, but I have no idea where... You two didn't have any trouble getting here?"

-

Vivienne was humming to herself while collecting snow to make snowballs. She was planning to ambush the others when she had enough. It wouldn't be hard to find them in the forest as they would stick out like a pirate in a cathedral, she thought.

[Zet]

*Zet had taken a completely different idea to what Vivi had planned, having just run off from the sight of everything. After having gone so far off, he just fell over in the snow and lied there, watching the sky above and mainly a focus on the snow, occasionally waving his arms and legs. Sure it was chilly to do such a thing given everything, but it wasn't so bad when he didn't think on it too long. The pegasus mercenaries had the oddest living space out of everyone, but that didn't put him against it either, closing his eyes and just taking in his surroundings now. If they thought he was hyperactive now, who knows what they'd think once he actually got further into the place.*

[Elaine]

'Too much energy was a plus and a minus in their case. She supposed that the two of them couldn't get into too many problems....separately. If they were together she would have to be worried about what they would plan to do, even though she felt a few slight pangs of doubt about that even by themselves. She shook her head at the adult's questionings, not running into any problems getting here. It was kind of strange given that the brigands of the plains were often much more ruthless than that, though persistent might fit better.'

"No such thing. It was easy sailing all the way here actually. I didn't feel anyone following us either."

[Ark]

How did they have so much energy? It was... in a slight way disturbing, in another way intriguing. But if everyone were too stoic, it would get a bit dull. Though, they had better watch out for any plans the two 'children' might come up with unsupervised. "I suppose we caught a lucky break this time. Should we try to gather the other two?"

[Feneroe]

Niamh nodded at Ark's question. They needed to find the other two before it got late. Getting lost in a forest at night was not a pleasant experience.

"Yeah, but we will be sticking together, okay? One of us getting lost while trying to find the other two would be... very unhelpful."

[Elaine]

'Sticking together was good at least since Niamh had put it honestly enough. One of them or all of them getting lost while searching for the other two certainly would be unpleasant and unhelpful. Knowing the two, they likely had just run off randomly at the first thought of it and kept on going until they were satisfied with their location after that. Which of course didn't mean any good for them.'

"Alright then. Here's to hoping they didn't roam off too far then."

'For the most part, she at least gave them the benefit of the doubt that they didn't run off entirely on their own. They would be in the forest still and not too far into the place at least. Of course what didn't help was if it was actually easy to find them or not, starting her walk through the trees. Zet didn't strike her as one to hide out somewhere in the place, or at the very least if he did he didn't seem like he'd be very good at remaining hidden among the trees and snow, given they could at least follow possible footprints in the white substance anyway. The one who felt like they would be a problem though....was Vivi. Well, to be fair, it fit at the least of it all.'

[Ark]

The swordsman gives a nod. Niamh made sense at the least. And he'd much rather not go through more trouble trying to find everyone again. Well, as long as they managed to keep each other in sight, and watch out for everything, they would most likely be fine, the Spell Sword mused as he walked.

[Chaos]

A gray-haired swordsman in tight-fitting clothes walked through the forest and a ball of light bounced around glowing red in frustration. The man looked back to the hooded figure.

"Hey, Chaos...are ya sure this is the place you were told? There's nothing here..."

The robed figure turned to (presumably...his entire body is hidden by his robe except a small part of his face) the man and nodded.

"That's what I was told. If not...well it wouldn't be the first time I was sent on a wild goose chase. You don't get to complain though, I didn't ask you to come with."

The glowing orb smacked into the robed man's head several times.

"Hey now, what were you expecting, for Tresc to just sit by and watch you go off on your own after dealing with you one night?! Not a chance buster! You'd be a threat to everythi-"

"Enough, Rei. Ya don't need to remind him. The fact of the matter is, Chaos, is that we're with ya now, so no point in dwelling on it."

[Zet]

*There was something that came from listening to just his surroundings and just being so still....for once. Sitting up from the snow, he heard voices then. It sounded like three people talking amongst themselves, and he recognized two of them. One was that guy who had helped although he was downed by an arrow to the arm and then his companion....more or less that fit right. He didn't know the third one but it didn't particularly matter to him as he jumped up to his feet immediately afterward in a quick display, stretching briefly as he picked his sword out of the spot he picked out for it in the snow.*

"He could have just come with us, silly guy."

*Now then...how to find him exactly? He had picked up pretty well that they were near enough to be heard, so going off the rest of that made it easy enough. He had been doing this for a bit after all, and in his usual rushed manner he ran off and cut past the trees and snow until he spotted who he was looking for. Yep, no doubt about it now. Now to shout out to see if the guy wouldn't swing as a response or not...he actually didn't think about that and just acted instead.*

"Yooo!"

[Elaine]

'Well, 'far off' was a distant hope now. From the sounds of it, she could recognize that energetic voice anytime with him shouting out like that. It did make finding him easier, but they just had to navigate through the trees and snow in order to get to him. Luckily it sounded like he was calling out to someone...now whether that someone wasn't a possible hostile and the sword fighter didn't realize it yet wasn't known either. She doubted as much since he seemed like he was good at judging people...or just rushing headfirst into it instead.'

"Guess he's still in the forest at least. He either got lost or finally stopped running around everywhere. Thankfully for us anyway."

[Chaos]

Tresc spun on his feet and gripped the grip on his sword strapped behind his waist. He lowered his stance prepared to strike before Rei collided with his head.

"Idiot! Don't ya recognize the voice?"

Tresc blinked for a moment before replaying what he heard in his head. Then he realized it.

"Zet, is that you?"

The robed man stepped forward for a moment before stopping. If it was a person, it'd be best if he stayed in the shadows if possible.