CH. 3: Guardian Mountains

[HorizonsDream]

Echo stands and stretches in hopes that getting the kinks out from sleeping in a small bed. "He can really sleep," she says to herself as she makes her way out of the room, and to the main room.

[JadedDM]

Echo steps into the common area to find it filled with most of the same people she saw last night. Hollidan is the only paladin present, though, and he's speaking to them all presently. "We leave in an hour," he tells the pilgrim. "The gnomes are going to escort us to the surface where the temple is, so make sure you don't leave anything behind."

[HorizonsDream]

"Good to know," Echo says as she takes a seat at a table. She waves over someone that can take an order from her, so she can have breakfast.

[JadedDM]

The waiter brings Echo a dish of food she has never seen before. It's some kind of slab of meat and what appears to be fried roots of some kind. The meal tastes well enough, although rather salty.

[HorizonsDream]

Echo eats about half of the meal before the salt becomes a little too much. Though, as to make sure nothing goes to waste, she stands, and takes the rest up to her room. "Keet?" she says as she opens the door. "Wake up. I have some food for you."

[JadedDM]

Keet suddenly sits up. "Food?" he asks, rubbing his eyes. "Oh, no, did Keet sleep too much? That never happen before. But bed is so comfortable. Keet used to sleeping on rocks."

[HorizonsDream]

"It's okay. We are leaving pretty soon, so I thought you would like something to eat before we go," Echo says as she lays the plate down next to him.

[JadedDM]

Keet wolfs the food down quickly, even going as far as to lick off any stray salt from the dish when he's done. He finishes with a soft burp and pats his belly and licks his chops.

[HorizonsDream]

Echo wrinkles her nose at the kobold antics, but she picks up the plate once he is done. "All right, let's get out of here," she says. "Also, remember to wear your hood. Otherwise, these gnomes are probably going to go crazy."

[JadedDM]

"Yessss," Keet says, putting on his new cloak and putting up the hood. "Gnomes crazy enough as is." He wraps his tail around his waist like a belt so it doesn't poke out from underneath his cloak.

[HorizonsDream]

Echo gives a nod of approval, and leads the kobold back downstairs to join the others. Though, she does take the time to pay for her food as well.

[JadedDM]

Echo pays a gold piece for the meal and refills her waterskin. She finds the pilgrims are filing outside of the inn, and meeting up with the pilgrims in the other two adjacent inns out on the street, with the clerics and paladins organizing everyone and making sure nobody is left behind.

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Echo pays 1 gold piece.

[HorizonsDream]

Echo follows the crowd of pilgrims outside, keeping Keet in tow as she looks for a familiar face.

[JadedDM]

Walking among the pilgrims and the gnomish escort, holding Keet's hand to make sure he stays close, Echo spots Leonor and Sofia in a very similar position not too far from her. Sofia turns her head and notices Echo, and waves, smiling.

[HorizonsDream]

Echo gives a small wave back with her free hand as she makes her way through the crowd towards the mother and daughter. "Good morning," she says. "Or at least I think it is morning."