Arrival!

[ruin_mania]

[Good morning, Paradisa! Thanks to a little getting-up-at-the-crack-of-dawn, the expedition-goers will be crossing the Dead Zone border about ten AM today and from there it's just a quick TARDIS jump back to the castle. They come bearing news, stolen gold, reports of the Totem Coast and the Lastlook river, and even a guest or two.

For some it's a relief to get back to the castle - it's been insistently tugging at the residents the entire time they've been gone - and for others it's like shouldering a weight again. A few unexpected disappearances along the way bring some solemnity to the group, but despite the rough conditions along the way the group as a whole seems to be rather upbeat. Maybe it's just the prospect of a hot shower and a meal they don't have to cook themselves, or maybe it's the lowered stress of having been away from the castle for a while. Maybe both.

Feel free to mingle, run for your rooms, or just sit back and relax after a long three weeks, and thanks for exploring!]

Comments

[ninjainviolet]

[She looks up at him, surprised.]

I'm being serious.

[She's not lying, since she's terrible at it, and it's what she hopes is wrong because something like what he described couldn't have upset her that badly, could it?]

[whichwayyoulean]

[He casts her a look]

...Ooookay. It's just no one else seems to be acting like that. Just, you know, pointing that out.

[ninjainviolet]

[She looks around and sees he's right.]

They're not, are they? [She's seriously confused.]

Maybe I should have a doctor look me over at the clinic.

[He's probably right, but she wants to make sure.]

[whichwayyoulean]

[He gives a small shrug, okay he might be a little concerned but this is not his area of expertise at all]

I'm sure House will check you over.

[ninjainviolet]

[He's not as concerned as Sheena, but even she's got an opinion about his choice.]

No. No, no, no, no. I remember how he acts from that whole family reunion thing. No way.

[She'd probably take his cane and beat him with it with his attitude.]

[whichwayyoulean]

Okay, well there's gotta be someone else in the clinic who'll take a look at you.

[ninjainviolet]

I hope so. I have to take Danny there, anyway.

[She straddles Onyx much more gracefully than that first time all those weeks ago and points her in the right direction.]

Well, as soon as we get him out of your wagon.

[whichwayyoulean]

Good luck with that.

[ninjainviolet]

What? I'll be able to get him out no problem.

[Not every "we" Sheena says means the people around her.]

[whichwayyoulean]

Okay, if you say so. [Doubt? Nah. NEVER]

[ninjainviolet]

All right.

[Sheena steers Onyx towards the back of Once-ler's wagon, since that'll probably be easier.]