30th Saun, 722
Travis nodded and made his way over to the flustered dignitary, whome on his arrival began to lay into him with commands and berratements. He opened his mouth as if to protest, but thought far better of it as the repercussions for such weighed in his mind. Instead, he simply nodded and replied. "Of course, my apologies, me-lo..."
During this exchange, the girl and Rorom made it to the mouth of the cave with little to no difficulty and, as the two still in the cave made about their conversation, the survivalist let loose a gust of air. With such little preparation, the wind was not severe, but the trial was one of much haste for the air around them already and it needed very little persuasion to whip up into a short frenzy. As the ranger gave a slight, apologetic, bow to the recovering noble, the gust of wind hit him, sending him stumbling towards Virikai. It was all he could do to avoid knocking him over and as their attention turned once again to the mouth of the cave,
Rorom was gone as his back was seen only as a glimpse disappearing into the while-out of the snow and wind
.Rorom
A competent tracker would find tracking Rorom in this snow easy for a break, harder after a few breaks and impossible thereafter
as he left long divots in the white fluff around them
, but as he reached his boat, anyone following him would find it impossible to track his further as he stole away into the salty waters, the girl still huddled into the warmth of his chest. He might realise the weight of the choice he had made that trial should he ever return to Viden without caution. But until then, a great many secret would be held within the girl as she gradually recovered from her harrowing ordeal.Virikai Talius
With that, the Ranger made further apologies and as the two of them became aware that Rorom was not just waiting outside the cave with the girl and was in fact gone, the Ranger set about trying to get Virikai back to home.
Travis was clear on one thing, staying out here, by himself with a man as poorly suited to the cold and well suited to get him fired was the worst idea in Idalos and under the guise of getting him back safe and news of events as they understood them, which was, to be fair, not at all, they set off back to report in that the girl was found, but further carried away into the unknown by Rorom himself.
The ranger was not clear on the specifics of what had happened, but in describing the events to those back at base, there were knowing glances shared and thanks given to the Lord for his selfless attempts to rectify the problem. If Virikai was inclined to care,
it would be apparent to him that there was more going on here than met the eye as events were 'wrapped up' and excuses made to move people along
. The people in charge seemed a little too eager to close the affair, now knowing that the girl had moved on, however, for anyone not caring or inclined to notice, it might come off as a conscientious need to get people out of the cold.The word was spread that the girl had been found and that trial won... Whether the truth of this was the case or not.
