Chapter 4; Search Party

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(1st Person POV)

{Y/N's POV}

I let out a sigh of relief as Obi and Chester linked arms and chatted for a bit, Chester then came over to me and held out his hand for me to shake which I accepted with a friendly smile.

Chester; "Hello, pleasure to meet you..." He trailed off as he waited for me to tell him my name.

You; "Y/N. Nice to meet you as well." We shook hands before he walked over to Imsh to introduce himself. After he was finished introducing himself to everyone we all followed him out the tavern and to our destination.

[In the Forest]

We were walking down a path, in a snow covered forest, Solaire broke the silence.

Solaire; "Isn't winter beautiful?"

Imsh; "Yee!"

Obi; "Yeah."

Alice; "HELL NO! It's fucking freezing! Imsh, your shirtless and Obi, your borderline shirtless! How the fuck are y'all not freezing?!" I couldn't help but to laugh a bit at Alice's outburst.

Imsh; "No shirt. Shirt not comfy."

Obi; "I'm gucci."

Alice; "What's 'gucci?' "

Obi; "It's elvish." I glanced towards a small clearing and noticed a snow weasel struggling to carry a rabbit so I carefully walked towards it, I crouched down and held out my hand to try and get its trust. It seemed to trust me enough so I picked up the rabbit and gestured for it to lead the way to its burrow or wherever it was taking this rabbit. Once I saw its burrow I carefully placed the rabbit in the burrow. The weasel came up to me and made a soft noise, as if trying to say "Thank you!", I gave it a small pat on its head before letting it disappear into its burrow.

?; "Oi, Y/N." I turned around and realized it was just Obi.

You; "Oh, Obi, what are you doing back here?"

Obi; "Could ask you the same thing."

You; "I wanted to help out a little weasel, sorry you had to go through all that trouble.."

Obi; "Mn, no trouble but c'mon. Let's head back." He grabbed my hand and led me back to the group, him and Alice then talked about something while I continued to admire the snow covered forest. We made it to the ruins and all stopped as Chester turned to look at us.

Chester; "Alright, here we are. Proceed with caution. These ruins are an undead hot spot, so it's best to stay alert."

Solaire; "It's so quiet.."

Alice; " 'Oh noo it's quiet' "

Obi; " 'Too quiet' " I felt a slight tug on my arm and realized that me and Obi were still holding hands, I guess he was trying to cross his arms.

You; "Oh sorry–!"

Obi; "Nah, that's my bad."

You; "No, it's fine! Not like I didn't mind..." I murmured the last part under my breath.

Obi; "Hm? What was that?"

You; "Nothing!" He smirked down at me before turning his attention back to Alice and Chester.

Alice; "Your begging the universe for some shit to happen, shut up."

Chester; "Settle down now.. I propose we take this slow, be stealthy.." We then heard a loud clunking noise, "Solaire ran ahead didn't he..?"

Obi; "Yup."

Chester; "I don't recommend that!" He called out after Solaire who was confidently strutting forward.

Obi; "My boy, your armour is loud as fuck."

Solaire; "Hah! I'll be fineee! I'm Solaire! This nose detects evil from miles away!" He tried to reassure us but as soon as he turned the corner he must've seen some enemies, "Maybe they're not evil?" He got hit in the face with a bone. We all sighed before getting ready to fight.

{After heroically saving Solaire from getting jumped}

We all sat in silence as everyone, besides me and Imsh, stared at Solaire in disappointment.

Solaire; "Sorry..."

Alice; "You're sorry? No fucking way, holy shit. Sorry for what? Running ahead, getting jumped, and making us save your ass?"

Solaire; "U-uhm.. Yeah..?"

Alice; "Idiot."

Chester; "Hey now... That's not nice, let's try and get alone during the mission."

Alice; "I'm not here to be nice. I'm here to make gold. And frankly, I don't know any of you and I sure as hell don't trust you. 'Kay? Spare me the 'get along' lecture. The faster we finish this bum ass mission, the better. So, let's go–"

You; "Alice– We're low on hp, it'd be better to rest for a bit or just take a small break..?" Obi nodded in agreement as Alice went silent for a second, she then leaned back against the broken down wall behind her.

Alice; "Let's go, after my nap." She flipped over and closed her eyes, I lied down on the snow covered grass and tried to get some sleep.

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