The End Days of Erida [JeopardizedJake]

[Kynikos]

You grab the money. Nothing of any interest besides that remains, so you toss the wallets. You modify your backpack to carry such items. It's very clunky and not exactly subtle, but it does work. You then use the rope to bar the doors. You have 12 feet of rope remaining.

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I go over to the woman, removing my backpack and taking out the medkit again. I redress her wounds, disinfecting them again.

[Kynikos]

You go over her wounds again and clean them up.

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I stay on watch until it begins to darken, staying up an hour or two longer after that before drifting asleep myself.

[Kynikos]

You stand attentive and then go to bed.

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You wake up as light streams through the windows. The half-naked woman is still asleep. It doesn't look like the doors have been touched.

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I try to wake her with a light shake.

[Kynikos]

It takes a moment, but she comes too. "What.." She blinks a few times. "What do you want?"

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"Thought you might want a fresh shirt," I say, handing her my spare t-shirt. "How's the pain? There are some mild pain-killers in the medkit, but I imagine they'd help if you need 'em."

[Kynikos]

She quickly puts the shirt on. "Hand them over and I'll name my dog after you. If I had one."

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I hand her a few of the pills. "Solid compliment," I say without emotion in my voice. I take the time to hand her the revolver and the two spare rounds as well. "Imagine you'll need this."

[Kynikos]

She takes the pills immediately before taking the revolver. "This may be a long shot, but do you have like... food? Eatable things?"

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"Yeah. Some water, too. But after that I'm gonna have to go out and look for more," I tell her, revealing the meals and water I had packed away. I divvy it up, leaving one meal left over.

[Kynikos]

You split the food and water. Once you've eaten, she asks if you've searched the doorway upstairs. "These chapels are typically live ins for the preachers or monks. Probably preachers here. If the water's still running, that's probably the best place to fill up before we set off to..." She shrugs. "Wherever, I guess. Now that my brother's dead I don't really have anywhere to be. If you want me to stick around, that is."

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"I'll try that. And yeah, two is much better than one," I reassure her, putting the food and water back into my backpack. "I uh, never caught your name. I'm Gavin." I extend my hand, helping her up while introducing myself as well. Two birds with one stone, I guess.

[Kynikos]

"Ciara. Like the old Queen of the North." She says simply, straightening up.

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"Are you good to travel? You just took a bullet."

[Kynikos]

"I think so. Maybe not that far." She pauses. "But I can hotwire a car. Milrel gave us a lot of training like that - emergency stuff. So if you're okay with making that noise, I'd only need to get as far as to the driver's seat. Still, I thought you were going to loot the chapel first. Feels a bit wrong saying that."

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"Yeah, right, I'll get on that," I say, thanking her for the reminder. Afterward, I get right to looking the chapel.

[Kynikos]

You head up the stairs first and try the doors. They're unlocked, so you enter.

It's a small but comfortable living space with a couch next to a window with the curtains drawn shut, a bed in the corner that has been made, and a table filled with religious articles and a few necklaces. A paper lantern rests on the table, unlit. Checking the cupboards reveals some bread and a wide assortment of spices. The bathroom hid in the corner has running water still, so you fill up the thermos. The last thing of note is some odd whirling device stuck beneath the bed. If you press the red button on the device, it starts twirling and unfolding a bit.

There are a few robes in a closet but nothing else of note.


The other room seems to be some kind of maintenance area, filled with a wide and alarming ray of plants, tools that don't seem to have any practical use, wood, and vaguely head shaped pieces of stone. You have absolutely no idea what any of this is.

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I take whatever is edile and take all the articles and necklaces, along with the paper land. After seeing the odd device, I was a little intriqued, so I decided to see if Ciara might know. "Ciara, can you come up?"

[Kynikos]

You grab the bread, the religious articles, and the two necklaces and stuff them in your bag. You hold the paper lantern for the moment since it would probably get crushed in your backpack if you stuffed it in there. You call Ciara up. It takes a moment but she arrives. "Yes?"

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"Look at this thing," I said, pointing to the device. "Any idea what it is?"

[Kynikos]

She takes it and examines it, sort of prodding around it. "I'm... not entirely sure. Some kind of toy?" She shrugs and hands it back to you. "Maybe a good luck charm."

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"Alright. You hold on to it then. You could use some good luck right now after yesterday," I tell her, holding it out for her to have.

[Kynikos]

She rolls her eyes but pockets it all the same, folding up all the moveable parts. "Are you done looting?"