[ the trip out to their next location takes just nearly two days, and as they come up upon the next location, it is just an hour or so before dusk. they'd planned during their ride (because, yes, alright stephen. the cart became incredible helpful, and made this leg of the trip more leisurely than anything) to set up camp just outside of range of the device. yennefer found herself actually quiet curious, as they got closer, to have more time to observe the device, and she's sure stephen and thancred are also at least partially curious as well.
this will be their seventh night, and yennefer can't help but notice the patterns they've already started to create with each other. the routines they've made and what they can expect from each other. stephen and her conversations on theory and magic during the longer hours of the various things he's discovering in the books he brought from hayle, the way thancred was much more in tune with the road itself, the upkeep of the horses. it was nice, in a lot of ways, to be out in a place where they could all find ways to count on each other's strengths - without the worry of the castle, without thorne breathing down their necks.
as they arrive at their final location, the dark shadows of the mountains to the west and the rolling plains to their east. it had been decided already that thancred and stephen would start setting up camp - far enough from the device's location but close enough they could still keep an eye on out - while yennefer set up the device itself. and as thancred pulled the cart to a stop in a place he deemed good enough for camp, that is exactly what they did, with yennefer jumping down and setting off with the device. thankfully, this particular time comes with no surprises, and yennefer is able to get it set and calibrated and even watch it whirl in place for a few minutes with no complications at all.
roughly half an hour later she returns to camp successful, just as the sun has disappeared behind the mountains themselves. she steps in close to the fire and holds out her hands, warming them over the flames. it would be a cool night, but the wind is nothing compared to the unforgiving gusts from their last location. ]
One more complete. [ the watch is tied to her belt, and she'll offer it back to stephen in a few more minutes, once her fingers are a bit warmer. ]
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this will be their seventh night, and yennefer can't help but notice the patterns they've already started to create with each other. the routines they've made and what they can expect from each other. stephen and her conversations on theory and magic during the longer hours of the various things he's discovering in the books he brought from hayle, the way thancred was much more in tune with the road itself, the upkeep of the horses. it was nice, in a lot of ways, to be out in a place where they could all find ways to count on each other's strengths - without the worry of the castle, without thorne breathing down their necks.
as they arrive at their final location, the dark shadows of the mountains to the west and the rolling plains to their east. it had been decided already that thancred and stephen would start setting up camp - far enough from the device's location but close enough they could still keep an eye on out - while yennefer set up the device itself. and as thancred pulled the cart to a stop in a place he deemed good enough for camp, that is exactly what they did, with yennefer jumping down and setting off with the device. thankfully, this particular time comes with no surprises, and yennefer is able to get it set and calibrated and even watch it whirl in place for a few minutes with no complications at all.
roughly half an hour later she returns to camp successful, just as the sun has disappeared behind the mountains themselves. she steps in close to the fire and holds out her hands, warming them over the flames. it would be a cool night, but the wind is nothing compared to the unforgiving gusts from their last location. ]
One more complete. [ the watch is tied to her belt, and she'll offer it back to stephen in a few more minutes, once her fingers are a bit warmer. ]