- anything? We have water."

-and park your ass, I will be making sure the trees keep you locked up for a week!" Rena sighs, standing up, now noticing the coughing person in the corner. She glares at Gav. "I'll handle this." She walks to @bardstales.bsky.social . "Sorry about him but you are coughing a bit. Do you need -

Rena finds Cieve's commentr amusing. "An ex-lover? You still have it? Cause if you do, you're definetely living up to that knghtly bravery." Rena takes her order, about to thank the waitress when Gav starts making a scene. "Gav, I swear to the gods and maybe one archfiend, if you don't keep it down-

Rena followed @albinoduelist.bsky.social 's glance, looking at the big, armored man who's laugh was as deep as he is tall. She nodded. "Ah, yeah, really big, I can see that." She leaned forward, resting on her elbows. "So, he doesn't just make a good stew and entertain wayward troublemakers."

"I sense a great disturbance. Either I have a mess to clean up or someone stepped on the grass again. Either or."

- @albinoduelist.bsky.social .

-throat again. "Must be someone who had quite the impact if I remind you of them." She looked at Gav, concentrated on a new story and Kerva, bracing herself for some gruesome story. She had taken them both in, taken care of them. Something like pride bloomed in her chest before she looked back at-

Rena was a bit shocked. And maybe blushing but she'd deny it. "Uh.." She let out a coughing laugh, choking on her own spit for a second. "You would be the first." She cleared her throat. "Me? Really? I mean, I'm not that old. Not that I take offense." She straightened herself out, clearing her -

Rena leaned forward, forearms resting on table, her upper body weight on them. "What's one more surprise? Let's see it, Aronion." There was a beat before she caught Cieve looking at her. Her eyes darted between Aronion and then Cieve a few times before she turned her head. "Something the matter?"

-surprises lay under that big, clunky armor."

"Gav never leaves a detail out either." Rena straightened herself in the chair. "I've never seen someone so excited over finding an owlbear on the road." She paused a beat. "After we had to run away from it as fast as we could." Rena turned to Aro. "And you, dedicated to the local flowers? Many-

Rena pinched the bridge of her nose. "Gav, covering the bill doesn't mean add more to it." She exhaled. "I'll just have a water, thank you."

Rena is the last to sit, leaning back in the chair with a groan, her heels finally no longer screaming at her to stop for just a second. "Okay, I needed that." She straightens herself out. "Can't go wrong with stew. Kerva, don't pry."

"That's what I'm hoping. I tend to do the check ins when we arrive at a city and catch up with these two later but food first sounds delightful." And among other things. "And a load off our feet for five minutes would be even better."

-and decided to band together." The short version saves time and she'd rather not act like she's mad at Gav.

Rena stood, arms crossed as the other two introduced themselves. When it was over, she stepped forward. "Rena. Nice to meet you." She offered a small smile, Rena hands moving to rest on her hips, shifting her weight from one leg to the other. "I don't any of us were, either but we met on the road-

-put." She turned back to Aronion. "Assuming you don't want to visit your friend first?"

-but if you have a hurt back, I'll save the lecture after breakfast." She huffed, heading straight for the bar keep, already negotiating a stay for the next couple nights. "We can head into the city proper and the inn once we have everything set up. Which means", she looked at Gav, "jobs. So stay-

Rena watched him walk off, then to the street urchin, frowning, she took some coin to hand to the child, telling them to get something warm before she ran back after Aronion as they arrived at the tavern. "Unless they have seeing orbs in the room..." She waved he hands. "Okay, okay, I won't pry-

-fully in front of Aronion. "We aren't in the woods right now. No excuses." She was full on in mom mode. Look, she even wagged an index finger at him.

Rena rubbed her temples. "Sylvanas, let me make it through the day." She followed after Aronion, catching up to him. "Okay, tavern it is but you can't just sleep in your armor. Proper rest is needed and I don't think cold, hard steel pressed against your back is going to do the trick." She stepped-

Rena blinked. Very slowly. Then again. Then again. Then shrugged. "We've slept on worse." She paused. "Is that even comfortable for you? We can just get an inn."

-talking to the bar keep. There was an inn up in the city proper but the place did have room and board. Rena thought it over. "Thoughts? If the tavern beds don't agree with Aronion, I have no problems going to a proper inn."

Rena gave a nod. "Doing things the old fashioned way: asking." She started walking, asking around until they found such a tavern. Cracked bricks, wood looking like it was straining against the weight, the doors practically falling off its hinges. "This looks like the place." Motioned to go inside, -

-Kerva, then Aronion. "When I step out, make sure he behaves. He gets antsy in cities." Rena, as always took the lead, even if she didn't know where to go. "We should ask the locals. Unless you know where one is, Aronion?"

Rena let out a sigh of relief. "I'll pitch in. A week won't suffice won't suffice." She dug through her backpack, grabbing her coin purse. "I'll check in with the local guild boards once we're settled, see who it is who needs help." She looked at Gav. "And we're staying to help." She looked at -

-you right." She rummaged through, throwing a bed roll at Gav while she carefully got up, nicely handing a bed roll to Kerva. "Honestly, Gavwen, I don't know how your parents put up with you sometimes." She walked off to set up her own roll, close to the fire to help with the chill in her bones.

Rena was rubbing her temples, pulling her cloak to the side, revealing her backpack. "Gav. We got our supplies while /you/ ran off. My back hurts from carrying this thing around that has all we need in it. I was going to tell Kerva not to say anything while you slept on the ground, which serves-

-and her shoulders, and the rest of her, and her soul, not that she would show it.

-at Gav, "He ran off. He didn't get lost. He /never/ gets lost. He just won't stay still." She took a deep breath, turning her attention back to Aronion. "And, since we're all going there, we'll travel in the morning." Lucky for Gav, she was being agreeable. Only because her legs hurt. And her back-