The lake is shimmering under the sun, and Gascoigne sits down by the edge. You sit beside him.
Suddenly you hear footsteps. A young girl runs up to you from the forest. She looks very scared, and is out of breathe. She shoves a backpack in your lap.

"Dont let anyone have anything in there, keep it safe!" she says, then runs away.

Holding the backpack, you stand up and watch her disappear over a hill. Then you see a large Sylestian coming from the way the girl had come. He is fairly out of breathe. He is holding a sword.

"Did you see a girl?" he says roughly.

In panic, you nod and point the way the girl had gone. He runs that direction and disappears too.
Gascoigne is huddled between your feet.
You decide to leave before the man comes back. Do you go into the forest, around the lake, or into the cotton fields?

Berlinda turned and ran into the forest, checking over her shoulder for Gascoigne and hiding behind a tree/ in bushes or something, sitting down and opening the backpack slowly, wondering what was in there. If it showed any movement, glowing, light, danger etc Lark closed it immediately.


^Berlinda image please?

I look left of my position and right of my position and check for narrowing of the river and lessening of the currents. If there is either of those, I go to check it out.

You search the bandit and take a bag of coins, and some dangerous looking weapons. You stuff food and water into your pack, and some other things, then you search the dead girl.
You take out the golden chip, making sure the bandit couldn't see it, and put it in your pocket. She has a gem necklace, so you take that and put it around your neck.
You see a box sitting in a corner, so you open that. There is a extra coat, a coat for a pet, another necklace that is the same as the one you are wearing, so you put it on midnight, and there is a small, circle shaped piece of glass (Which you take and put in your pocket).
You shrug on the extra coat, and put the pet coat on Midnight, then open the door.

"So you're going to just leave me here?" the bandit calls.

"Yes," I say before leaving. "You'll get out yourself."

((By the way, Berlinda is you, and you are in the journey. (who is Lark?) Is the picture Berlinda/you?))

You hide in some bushes, and open the pack. There is something glowing inside, the colors gold and purple. There is also movement. (and there are more things in the bag)

There is no narrowing of the river, you'll have to think of another way to cross.

((By the way, Berlinda is you, and you are in the journey. (who is Lark?) Is the picture Berlinda/you?))

You hide in some bushes, and open the pack. There is something glowing inside, the colors gold and purple. There is also movement. (and there are more things in the bag)

(Triple rping. If I write Lark, change it to Berlinda please. Yes, that picture is what I would like Berlinda to look like in this rp, I prefer rping in 3rd person so I don't get muddled up with characters, which i do all the time anyway.)

Berlinda looked at Gascoigne "What do you think, boy?" she said hopefully, wondering if he could smell any dangerous contents before she was injured or worse.

(could I also know how bright the glow is? Just so a little visible outside the bushes or lights up whole forest etc)

The bandit growls at you as you close the door. Midnight seems to be enjoying her coat since it is snowing very heavily.
You decide your foot tracks will be covered soon since it is snowing so hard.
The gem on the necklace you are wearing it glowing red, and so is Midnights. You can see midnight because of the glow.
You see the golden chip in your pocket is also glowing.
Which way do you walk, back or onward?

I consider making a raft, looking around for supplies.

((Okie, Berlinda can look like that if you want! The golden glow is soft, if you look at the bag from the outside with the top closed, you can see a small hint of gold from it. The purple glow is brighter. If you look at the bag from the outside with the top closed, there is a large circle of purple from it. ))

Gascoigne sniffs the pack and wags his tail. Do you open it and take somethings out, or not?