H m. In a way, the beasts could be an ally if we
play it right. It's a dangerous game. But if she comes our direction
when we leave for the castle, maybe we can mhmm. It would be
impossible the time to fight fight the right way though, that's too much of
a risk. Like Ricardo like finishes the thought and he keeps walking. You
mean, like leaving the angry bowl into the doorway of a china shop kind
of situation. Carda wouldn't say it quite like that, but it is the
general idea. If it happens, it happens. It's hope that there's enough
of this herb and the talismans that will keep it away from it and not
be an issue. I just hope we can cross enough grounds to keep up
between us. If we leave when we know it won't be a full moon,
then I think we'll be safe. It doesn't like the North. There's
something about the North that well, it's been two weeks so far. We
have what another week and a half before the next full moon? Maybe yeh
a half weeks pending what day is it? You guys make it back to
the hut, no issues, and now you are going to have to make
preparations. If you want to do you want to go right back out like
the next day. I think taking a day like we take we do,
like a day to gather like the supplies, you know, ok to get
everything that we can, and then of the day after. Okay, if
you're going to be going that far north, Nalo wants to go with you,
Okay. Yeah, she's nervous that you might get ambushed by the fishmen
or something, especially because if you're going around that magic circle, you need
to get closer to the middle path, which is where the fishmen prefer to
hunt. Well, any of these fishmen are there, I suppose we can't
turn down extra protection. But Katara will take all the help he can get.
There is a tiny pit in his stomach when he says that, just
the tiniest pit. Don't worry about it. It's gonna be fine. You
take your day to gather your things, and then you set off on your
scouting expedition. Think now, trying to make a mini cauldron? Why what?
Why did I only think now about trying to make a mini cauldron?
Why traveling during the day minimizes your risk of the fishmen. They seem to
hate the sunlight. They burn easy, I bet, so it's fairly easy
for you guys to make your treck across the moorlands. And really it's still
just all the same kind of terrain, just fog banks and soft earth and
scrubby short plants, tall grass. Nothing you would call a tree. The
soil is perhaps too soft and loose to support such a thing, just gonna
fall over. And yeah, the acidity doesn't help either. I mean there
were trees in the swamp itself, so oh yes, those kinds of trees
they specifically grow themselves, so they can grow like that. But if you're
talking about that's what those knees are for. Yeah, they spread out and
make a very wide base for the tree. Say there are short squat trees,
there are, all right. So basically around the time you want to
make camp, you can tell that the ground is starting to change. There
is a lot more gravel, there, a lot more firm packed dirt,
and you can see the middle path as you're looking for a place to make
camp, and it is much the same as when you saw it from the
other end. It's a lot of swampy, boggy ground with occasional solid islands.
In it, and there are a few things that you would consider to
be more like regular trees. And it is in this area where a lot
of the lumber that Nala has taken for her house comes from. She would
take smallish trees that she could then drag with her to get them back home.
I know it's a bit late, but what exactly does Nala use for
a weapon? A spear? A spear? Yeah, okay. She brought
some of her quote unquote bushcraft kit with her, but not a lot since
this was only going to be a one day trip. And she pushes you
guys to go a little further after it gets dark. The hard packed ground
is the place she wants to make camp. You come out of the mists
right on the border of where the mists start to really thin out, and
there is a steepening incline ahead of you that goes up pretty sharply, and
in the distance at the top there is this late in the day, it
is the shadow of a building and it is pretty massive looking. And there's
the scraggly trees that grow in very gravelly places, the ones that don't get
much taller than probably eight or nine feet. Kind of are you look in.
It definitely looks from here like a castle or a fortress or something.
It's massive. If I remember correctly from the journal all that time ago,
you mentioned an herb garden up here. Is eventually what we wanted to find,
yes, or that this was the herb garden. Maybe he has the
herb garden in there somewhere. I mean, Nala did mention that there was
flower scents coming from this place, so that probably is what it's talked about.
Oh, look at you, smart man, remembering sh it's fifty percent
of my superpower. Yeah. Yeah, you are at the base of the
incline. You can see that large structure in the distance, and there appear
to be little birds flying around above it. It has some big looming energy.
A picture it's looming above us. It is. It is the highest
point you've seen in the valley so far. Yeah. What I want to
try is maybe try and see if there's any maybe any way we could flank
around. Is there any maybe like caves like tunnel system midweight up or cave
system that we can hide out in. You would have to try and take
a better look tomorrow when the sun comes up. Oh d night time.
Yes, I'm sorry, completely, completely, sit in my mind. It's
probably like around nine now, Okay, there's just enough light from the moon
and from the stars that you can see the suggestion of the shape of a
building. Got it? Okay, sorry, more can see what appear to
be birds flying around because they're passing between like the star light or flying across
the moon. Wait, much more far, thank you. I bet those
aren't birds. I would not bet money on those being actual birds. If
I would have had to put cash dollars down that it's not the bet i'd
make. Well, actual dread is now settled in me, perfect, unfortunate,
what's understandable. This is the Nala is in Charge show. I don't
know if you noticed, but clips here and she's lived here a long time.
I ain't in no position to argue big chilling with knowledge. Oh you're
chilling. They're homies. They're good friends. Friends. Yeah, best friends
and a dog. Interesting. Okay, you'll huddle up, set up a
makeshift camp, break out your cold dinner, and who wants to run?
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