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Eir really hadn't known what to expect on this mission. One day, she had been training with her superiors at the temple, the next, she was being told to pack. Eir hadn't left the temple for more then a few days since becoming an acolyte to Enyo. Sure she had taken trips, with other members of the temple, but this was different. She'd been told that someone had gone missing, and a search party was being formed to find this... Horne, was it? Her superiors had decided Eir should venture out to put what she'd learned to practice.

"I can do this." She told herself. She had gotten stronger, and she wanted to protect her family and homeland... so signing on as a protector, or, hired muscle, would be a good test. Another occupant of the carriage spoke. "Motion sickness?" She blurted out. She'd never been motion sick before. "You must be a doctor. Good to have a healer on the trip. So what do they call you?" She asked, failing to introduce herself.

Isley arrived in just in time for her to settle in a carriage. When she entered sh seen that there was other already on board. She looked for a empty seat and listened to others starting to arrive. She didnt know if anyone was going to sit with her. She was a little nervous because this is her first trip. She grabbed her bag and started digging around for her book. She had brought a few thing with her. She heard that they will be traveling seven days without stopping so she brought things to keep her occupied and content. She opened up her romance novel and started reading. As she started to read her head started to day dream that she was the one in the romantic novel and forgot she was on the carriage.

Jin swung up into a carriage, messenger bag firmly attached and filled with things he needed. He had sketch books, and journals, all sorts of pens, and magic supplies. A set of extra clothing, some food and water, some simple medical supplies. He had bought gloves and scissors and specimen bags. He was going to explore a very unknown place and he was going to take as many notes and sketches as possible in as much detail as possible. As well as
potentially finding the missing professor.

Jin sat down, crossing his legs, split hooves dangling as he got comfortable on the seat... they were in for a long ride... ugh.

'Famous'? Oh, my! Was this hybrid flirting with her? Or just flattering? Eh, more realistically it was probably neither. Clare seemed like a pretty genuine person so far, and Cyan was typically a good judge of character. She kinda had to be, considering her line of work. Continuing to get jobs kinda depended on her ability to read people.

"Sparks, huh? Yaaah, you could say that." Cyan let out a heavy and rather wistful sigh, her bangs fluttering from the gust of air that issued from her lungs. "I suppose you could say we have a bit of a reputation together. Don't worry though, I don't know anything about her job with you. Confidentiality and all that." Cyan winked at Clare reassuringly before sitting upright again.

"You hungry? I could go for a bite. What kinda food we got kicking around here?"

It suddenly seemed to be very crowded, and Eir sighed. There were going to be a lot of people to look after. She really hoped she wasn't in over her head. But as she was thinking this, people settled in the seat behind her. One started talking, and at first she was going to ignore it, but then the owner of the voice seemed to be speaking in her general direction. Eir got to her knees and leaned over the back of the seat to look at a naga hybrid, and the kumiho hybrid she seemed to be speaking to.

"Hm? Yeah, seems like maybe this guy here is a doctor? Or at least someone really prepared for this." She gestured to the head of blue hair beside her, not having even waited for him to say anything to her. "You think there are a lot of pros here? Huh. I thought you were all just regular citizens or something." She shrugged. She regarded the naga, then the kumiho beside her. They didn't look much like fighters to her. They looked too... scholarly. "I'm Eir." She finally remembered to offer her name.

A Baphomet that she didn't know sat across the aisle, commenting on the motion sickness medicine as well. Eir looked over at her, her single steel-colored eye regarding the other critically at first, but she tried to school herself into a more welcoming expression. "So, you all like... researchers or something? Or doctors? What's with all the books?"

Jin paused, briefly surprised before reaching out and taking the offer hand with a slight smile. "Jin. It is a pleasure, Dr. Ketzal," he said calmly, polite. "Mmh, I graduated last semester, so not a professor or researcher... yet." He wanted to be. He just needed to find a job.

"I majored in History, Archaelogy, and Runes though." He nodded at them. "Pleasure to meet you. Both of you." He added, nodding to Eir and Devon. They had an actual doctor. That was a good thing to have on this trip.

Tabi couldn't help but smile at the warm reception she was receiving from everyone around her - if it was this easy to make friends on the first leg of the trip, surely the rest would be a pleasant breeze! She didn't mind how crowded it was getting on the carriage - she honestly felt more comfortable with more people around. "Regular citizens?" she said with a bit of a lilting giggle, surprised at the use of phrase. Wasn't everyone a citizen, if not regular?

Then she nodded at the question on everyone's lips. "I'm a researcher, actually," she said proudly. "I have degrees in archaeology and anthropology. My doctorate is specifically in Ancient Naga and Bakeneko Studies. Currently I run educational tours in the ruins there, in the Swirling Sands, while I do my research studies on the side. I'm kind of excited to get out of the desert, actually. It's great to meet all of you." She could elaborate with the title of her thesis, but assumed nobody wanted to hear her go into a wordy tirade on her favorite subject. There were a diverse number of people of all different professions here - she was glad to have found a decent group.

"What are you reading?" she asked Amity, resting her chin on a hand. Surely it would be a bit more interesting than what she had brought along, herself.