Star: "It is a much different environment living closer to the ocean. Then living out here in this barren wasteland."
Pan: "You learn to get by, and plus you know. You don't have trees to hide behind, and you can see people traveling a distance away. So it doesn't. I mean, it doesn't bother me. Of course, I have lived here for a while now so. Uh, you know. It's not too bad."
Star: "It seems so being a darker skin tone."
Pan: "Yeah well, you know it's darker humans. We are definitely get shit done."
Star: "We will see. You suggest we go at the fast pace?"
Pan: "Uh yeah lets uh let's pick up the pace. We don't want uh, at least try to get there early morning, right? At least get within a certain distance, that it won't take us. It won't kill the daylight for traveling. Let's pick up the pace man."
Pan begins to walk a bit faster. With Star following behind. The sky begins to set as time passes them by.
Star: "We should set up camp, and in the morning, we shall figure out what goes on, on the other side of this dune."
Pan: "Alright, yeah. I think that's a good idea. Let's make some camp, and in the morning, we can assault these bings."
Star: "Why don't you take first watch, and I will cover the rest of the time."
Pan: "Alright."
As time passes by, Pan walks quietly over to Star's meditating body. Pan begins to search through his belongings, noticing that Star is a magic user and not from these parts. His staff has cravings along the edge, then stumbling across his coin pouch, taking the remainder ten gold coins. Pan reaches for Star waterskin and finds it empty. Grabbing his dagger and cut a small hole into it to render it useless. Pan noticed Star had nine remaining rations. Pan begins taking half and placing them in his pack. Leaving, Star with four rations remaining. Pan then gets up, walks away, and begins to head up a dune to wait for the remainder of his watch, as Pan's watch time is ending. His torch begins to go out. Off in the distance could hear something running across the sand. Pan slides down the dune and wakes up Star.
Pan: "Yo, it's your turn man. It's your turn to take watch."
Then lays down, uses his bag as a pillow, and falls asleep. The remainder of the watch was peaceful. As the sun begins to rise, Pan would wake up to a large flightless bird with a beak in the shape of an ax head trying to take Pan's shiny objects gleaming from the sun's light. Pan reaches into his bag, grabbing a ration to feed it, as he would cast a spell to become Pan's friend. Afterward, Pan digs in his bag for a rope and ties it around the flightless bird's neck. As Star sees Pan tying the bird with a rope. Star begins to head down the dune.
Pan: "Alright man, I got a bird. I cant wait to see if I can get anything from this. I don't know what it is. It looks pretty cool. Uh yeah, we got away to travel and be at our location, my friend. Let's go, let's do our thing."
Pan and Star would begin to climb up the side of the dune and notice off in the distance. A rock is not completely round, but it's easy enough to walk straight up and down the edge without worrying about slipping and falling. The top of the hill has two guard towers fifteen feet tall, with ten feet walls, and a gatehouse. Off in the distance look like a trail. A group of nomads walked along the pathway heading to the top, carrying a large flightless bird. Pan points it out to Star.
Pan: "Hey, yo look at over there. Do you see that rock? It looks sturdy enough to climb up and down. It doesn't look like we will have too much trouble with it. So I would say go. Maybe they lost a bird, who knows. Do you think those are guards, or you know whatever castle up there?"
Star looks upon Pan.
Star: "This is probably the spot the map was referring to. Regarding the conclusion on what's going on. That it looks as tho they are trading with the smaller indigenous tribes and not having to do all the work."
Pan: "Do you want to do some recon? Because I can definitely get in there. Do you have a way I can contact you? Like any kind? Do you have a suggestion?"
Star: "We wait until night time, let the nomads leave and hope that more follow them. Attack now and have more individuals to deal with. I suggest we attack the moment the nomads leave."
Pan: "I think that's a solid plan. I was merely referring to maybe I could pass myself as one of the nomads real quick and gauge what kinda people we are dealing with essentially. Because
I do have a shovel."
Pan reaches into his bag and pulls it out.
Pan: "I have a shovel. I even have the clothing. So maybe disguise myself, engage where we're dealing with, come back, and well as soon as I exit stealth. Away and tell you what I've learned. Either way, they're going to be joking they're blind. So that's why I want to try to take this opportunity now and get some things done that way, you know. Maybe if there's, maybe a treasure tent something substantial maybe a way for us to escape if things get too hot."
Star: "If you want to leave, you can leave. It's not a problem."
Pan: "Alright, cool, you hold the bird."
Pan passes the rein over to Star. Then puts the new outfit over his armor and begins to walk up the hill.
Pan: "Yeah, I'll be back, and uh what you could do bro is just look around the area, you know, and keep yourself hidden for now. I'll be back in a bit."