She doesn't recognise that tree.
She's been here before, she's not that far from the estate, this isn't some unknown place. She must've taken a wrong turn, of course, but where? She should probably just try to retrace her steps, Jaol will be incredibly mad at her...
Tetsuma decides to meditate for a while after dinner, then she'll turn in early, unless Dayo has other plans?
...well that depends on her reading of how far Tetsuma'd like to go on this new and exciting kissing road.
Yeah Tetsuma's still on 'mostly chaste kisses.' She was mostly thinking of, like, 'staying up plotting' type plans.
Eh, they can plot when they're less tired, tired plots don't tend to work well.
Definitely! Then they can make sure to be well-rested for setting out the next day.
Ugh his skin is crawling, the transformation jutsu is a poorly done waste of chakra but needs must. At least it'll be good for expanding his chakra stores.
(He starts muttering to himself about ways to improve the transformation, because seriously.)
He nods to Dayo when they both emerge.
He smiles slightly and leans in for a quick kiss. "Being able to customize helped!" Then: "And I am positive I haven't mentioned enough how attractive you are."
"I don't know about 'enough' but it's certainly been said." Kiss! "Are we ready to go?"
Sarati's already on the ship. She jumps down when the other two approach the dock, and asks, "About ready to go?"
"I have a few final preparations before setting sail, but we can go ahead and get you both settled."
Sarati leads them into the ship by way of a smooth plank that emerges from its side to the dock, a doorway rippling open in the hull. There's a single level accessible to passengers, plus the deck. The rooms are small, theirs at the very end. The narrow room consists of two sets of bunk beds across from each other, with a thick curtain able to be pulled between them. There's just enough space in between for two people to stand. There's something of a main gathering room in the center, with boxes serving as chairs and tables (and more boxes in the corners).
The ship's interior is lit by smooth, heatless lamps recessed into the wall. The one in their room can be turned off by tapping it. Most of the rooms don't have windows, but Sarati says she can turn part of one wall of the gathering room transparent while they're in the ley-line.
"Unfortunately being on the deck's unsafe for non-navigators, especially if a storm hits. It's plenty gorgeous just looking through the view-port, though. Like nothing else."
"While within the ley-lines, yes. Not immediately unsafe - it's not like the air's instantly poisonous - but it's like being on the deck of a world-ship in a storm, and there is a lot of magical charge around, which can overwhelm the untrained. Storms are also decently common and often hard to predict."
"Good! Passengers are sometimes a bit more stubborn that all that, so it's a nice break to get folks who'll listen to safety warnings. Once we drop from ley the deck'll be safe, and you can come up to watch our approach. If there's nothing else, I'll want to get back to undocking."
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