(Yay! *Clap clap* I'm back. Thankee-you Lillie for taking care of my character, tis much appreciated. I'll gladly take care of Karmina.

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Mina took a long time in the shower. She stood, motionless, in the hot water, while casually letting thoughts of the other squad members flit through her head. She couldn't help wondering what they were up to at the moment. Slowly her thoughts turned to daydreams, and soon she found herself thinking how wonderful (not to mention amusing) it would be if Iaran fell in the river, and accidentally pulled Karmina in with her.
Finally climbing out of the shower, Mina dried herself off, dressed in some clean clothes, and was just beginning to brush her hair out and tie it into braids when she heard a knock at the door. "We're having a squad meeting in my room now, come as soon as you can!" Rang out Iaran's voice just outside the room. Mina whirled around, only then realizing that Karmina wasn't around.
She must already be there. Mina decided.
Her first thought was to ignore the message. She could pretend that she had been in the bathroom, with the door shut and the faucet running, and she hadn't heard it. The next day when she found out that the rest of the squad had had a meeting without her, she could simply blame it on Iaran. Then she could stay in the room, alone, and do whatever else that evening until Karmina returned.
It seemed like the perfect plan, but Mina decided against it. After all, it was her duty to work with the rest of the squad on this mission, regardless of the fact that there were several rather irritating other people that were on it.
So, after completing the last braid in her hair, Mina fetched her key, then set off for the front desk to ask the receptionist where she could find Iaran's room.
Karmina sat in silence, gazing over Elily's shoulder at the map. She couldn't help but think that this mission was going to be impossible. After all, they had hardly any resources at all. The money would surely be gone before they even reached the moutains. They had the maps and books, but what good would those be when they were stuck in certain life-or-death situations? The only other thing they had was weak hope.
She found herself wondering what would happen if the portal wasn't in the mountains. Professor Gildom had said that it was one of the two possible places that the portal could be, but somehow, it all seemed too easy. After all, what were the chances of it being in the first place that they searched? Everyone wanted to go to the mountains. The forest had some odd sense of foreboding about it. Even the
name was frightening. Yet somehow, Karmina had a feeling that they all knew where the portal was going to be.
(Blech, ten days certainly has made me out of practice. My character seems to be becoming more and more arrogant. I feel a little bad about it, even though it is only an RP. Once again, I want to make sure none of you take offence to Mina's attitude. She's just picky and opinionated, and she hasn't the slightest clue that she's being rude.)
(I have a question. Is the meeting in Iaran's room, or is it in Elily's room? Because when Iaran brought around the meesage, she said it was in her room, but at the moment, everyone else (Elily, Karmina, Iaran, Menai, Malea) are in Elily's room. At least, that's the impression I've gotten.)
(Oh yes, and I just realized... Is anyone taking care of Shadowfare's character? If not, one of us needs to catch her up. She went on vacation and asked if anyone could take care of Rosa while she was gone a number of pages back, and I think she might be a bit dissapointed if she came back and found she had a bunch of backtracking to do. I can take care of her character if no one else wants to.)