Journal Entry, Days One and Two
To start our plan is simple. Open a temporary hole in the barrier to the territory, trek as far as necessary, and set up camp. Then try to see if we can find the source of the magik which opened the first hole. Plans may change as we go.
"Got him!" Exclaimed Bryce, as he picked up the now dead, spasming carcass of the boar.
We'd been wandering through this wasteland for almost four hours, and no one had eaten since breakfast. Everyone was glad that we now had food. The only problem was we'd yet to find a camp.
"I warned you not to do that," I reminder him. "Now you'll have to drag it along with you for who knows how much further."
He groaned and walked on. To be honest his arrogance was getting him on my, if not everyones, bad side.
The sun was beating, the sand was stinging, and it was hot as hell in all this armor. I decided that anywhere with shade will do, otherwise it could be much longer before we stopped.
"I see a large rock formation ahead. It can provide shade and protection from the wind. It will have to do."
Immediate sighs of relief.
Almost twenty minutes later we reached the destination. The winds were calming now, and night was beginning to fall. I put Bryce and Lilia in charge of setting the camp. I then had Dex scale the rock formation to test for any frequencies being broadcast through the Territory. In all the excitement, though, I had failed to realize that Benetio had gone AWOL.
"Do either of you know d'Rangon has gone?" I asked the two as they failed in putting up a tent.
They mumbled back and forth, and finally Lilia said "He'd been going on about feeling watched for the last few hours. When you decided where camp would be tonight, he went off on his own to see what was going on. As he put it 'he had to make sure someone was there, or at least be able to know it was just paranoia.' He said he'd be back by dawn at worst."
"And you didn't think I'd want to know about this."
"He said not to tell."
I was growing more and more impatient, and decided not to respond to that. "Well he's on his own, nothing we can do about it for now. Just finish setting up everything and get some rest. We'll need it for tomorrow." With that I laid my head down, shut my eyes, and soon was consumed by darkness...
I opened my eyes. It was bright. d'Rangon wasn't there.
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