Essentia Animus

11-Unfamiliar Circumstances

After having left Vwyx's home, their first destination was to where Vwyx had stocked up all the wood for Fhyernx. The four of them might have packed for the occasion, but they still needed a way to reach the city.

Vwyx looked over the large vehicle Fhyernx had brought to transport all of the wood. Fairly similar in design to a long van, the back compartment was currently filled with the supplies Fhyernx was due to transport. The entire thing was yet another instrument, powered and controlled by the gift to provide fast transportation of the occupant and whatever they were bringing with them. It happened to be also designed with only two chairs. Vwyx had compensated for this obstacle, having thought about it ever since the decision at the mansion. She made her way through the front passenger side and poked her head into the area in the back. Making use of some of the wood stashed there, she managed to rapidly meld together two additional chairs in the back area, each melded to the floor in an attempt to provide some measure of safety and comfort.

"By the divine, what are you doing with.." "Relax, I'll put it back the way it was when we finally get there. Certainly you were prepared to provide some measure of comfort for your passengers?" Fhyernx grumbled, losing even more control of the situation to Vwyx. Vwyx and Sryine took to the two custom-made chairs, allowing Khyzae to sit in the properly designed chair. With everything in order, Fhyernx took control over the mobile instrument and drove off. Not moments after they left did Vwyx and Sryine discover they were quite hungry, both because of the frugal usage of the gift they had been applying, but also due to the fact it was lunch time.

Khyzae passed back some of the packed lunch her mother had given to her for just this occasion, having predicted this very eventuality. Fhyernx was a bit more unsatisfied by the turn of events, being himself unable to remain focused on their travels while also eating. He had his own lunch already available for him, something he could eat at their first rest stop as he recovered his stamina. Vwyx and Sryine took the opportunity to go over some of their new reading materials, even though the current circumstances wouldn't promote much conversation on the same subject. Khyzae had much less available to occupy her attention, and was left to watch the passage of scenery. However, Vwyx wasn't someone who could distract herself with a book for very long and eventually put her book away, leaving only the devoted bookworm Sryine to still be absorbed in her book.

"What sort of schedule are we looking at anyway?" "Well, it's quite a drive to the city, I'll need to make a couple of stops along the way to recover. Once we reach Windvale, I'll need to make sure all of our supplies are delivered properly, then we can figure out the best way to proceed. Sorry, I haven't exactly had much time to plan this sort of thing out, same as you three. On the bright side, you'll get to personally see where I bring all that wood you keep trading away." Vwyx nodded, realizing that expecting any more of a schedule from Fhyernx might not be all that reasonable. He could get them to the city, much like he would have normally done, but from there they would need to figure out a new plan.

Being otherwise unoccupied in the seat behind Khyzae, Vwyx took the opportunity to watch Fhyernx manage their transportation. Having worked with him in the past, she had seen it around before, but she had never gotten the chance to see it in action. It was a very complicated instrument, the main control for it was a mounted sphere rotating in a cage before him. The sphere looked like it was rolling forwards, in line with the vehicle, and causing it to roll to the side also made the vehicle turn. Fhyernx had to keep his hands near the sphere at all times, so that it was not confused by the will and focus of other passengers. Behind the sphere were an assortment of smaller instruments, clearly informational gauges that looked to be reporting on the performance of the vehicle. From Vwyx's seat, it was far too difficult to identify exactly what anything was actually reporting upon, but it was interesting regardless.