[closed] it's not the long walk home that will change this heart

[onlyhymns]

WHO: Cade, Nari, a healer at the end (Sam?)
WHAT: a camping trip turned awkward family reunion
WHEN: sometime in Guardian w/e
WHERE: the easternmost edge of the Planasene forest
NOTES: warning for violence, discussion of self-harm and sexual abuse of a child

Between the flu, the fire, and Kit's passing, things have been rough lately. One of the few boons of Cade's excommunication from the Templars has been an abundance of freedom, with which, until recently, he had no idea what to do.
But sometimes one just needs to get out of the city. Not on a special mission or anything serious, just a little hunting trip, a pocket of time spent in the quiet isolation of nature. It's the one thing he missed from his time in the Hinterlands, and perhaps it's time to do it again.

Nari is invited, for her particular losses, and for her help throughout the flu. She looked out for him, and he's worried what she might do if left alone in the wake of her grief. Perhaps it's best if they both remove themselves for a while.

In separate tents, of course.

It's on the edge of the Planasene where they finally make a less temporary camp, setting up to stay for a few days by a small creek in a grove well-insulated from the still sharp winter winds. It's early morning, and the horses are lazing tethered to a tree, content to spend the day eating grass and rolling in whatever dust is nearby.
Cade is preparing for the day, sitting by the fire and sharpening his arrows, waiting for Nari to join him so they can cast out.

Comments

[samahl]

Cyril raises his brow a bit, though it's a teasing gesture more than anything. "Would you be uncomfortable in my bed too? I promised I washed the sheets."

He isn't going to push more than that, though, and the comment is more lightly than stern. He knows Nari probably wants to stay close to her friend.

[el_tybs]

Well he had meant if she wanted to stay in the house in general seeing as he wasn't sure if she wanted to go back to her own residence or anything. But it sounded that she had already planned on staying while Cade was present, which was fine.

He knows what Cyril says is only meant as a tease, but something about it seems to remind Sam of something. "... I do have an extra mattress that we could bring down as well."

[nadasharillen]

“I don’t have the willpower to fight the both of you,” Nari chuckles, sitting up and raising her hands in good-humored surrender, “put me where you like, as long as I’m—” a brief pause, as she purses her lips, scolding herself inwardly. He doesn’t belong to you, Nahariel. Any friendly face is as good as yours. “—as long as someone’s here, in case he wakes up in the middle of the night somewhere unfamiliar.”

Something was at her like a sore tooth; and like a sore tooth the more she poked at it, the stranger it felt. Maybe she should sleep somewhere else.

“...I’ll take your offer then, Cy. Since you cleaned especially for me,” she says, the corner of her mouth twitching up.

[samahl]

Cyril nods at that, offering her a comforting smile. "Why don't we let Sam take care of Cade and you and I can go check out my room? See if there is anything else you need for it?

[el_tybs]

Looks like he was getting volunteered, but it made sense; he was the healer. That and he supposed Cyril had questions for Nari.

"Sure. Guess I'll watch him for a while."