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Slowly, but surely, Buuyakuh emerged from the water below and climbed up the face of the cliff, his right hand having difficulty finding purchase. In it, he held a large blue stone that he had found interesting while walking on the ocean floor, and decided that he would study it in the clear daylight once he reached land. His hands and feet smashed into the rock face itself, deciding that making something to climb on would be easier than finding pre-existing ones. Some time after starting, Buuyakuh finally reached the top, crawling over the edge onto solid land. He dropped his catch and looked about him, trying to get a sense of where he was.

He noted the town in the distance, watching the people who lived there hustle and bustle about their business and interact with others from his safe distance. Oh, how he wished he could speak to them... but he knew better. If they saw him, they would either run or fight him, both of which would make Buuyakuh feel bad.... so, for now, he would study his rock.

He sat down with a 'thud', causing a couple of loose stones to fall off of the cliff face, and picked up his shiny stone. It was a deep blue, like his body, but.... blue-er, he supposed. It was also very smooth, as though it had been wind-blown and weathered down. Though, how could that have happened if he found it in the ocean? How wierd...

Kujaku's long travel from the capital city brought him up to overlooking a large town scaling each side of the cliffs in the narrow fjord bordered opposite by the great seas. He picked at his left tusk and took a deep breath of the salty sea air before stretching his arms out. The opportunity to just stop and relax in town was extremely tempting, but there was an important task at hand. Hopefully the people of the town wouldn't make a fuss about his traveling party and be willing to lend them a ship for sea passage. Without so much of a further pause, Kujaku started walking down a slope to the fjord interior to reach the bay area below.

Already very rattled from a rough trip, Ciel was too dazed to even notice she might have been in danger from a potentially long fall. As soon as she felt herself leave Hrothgar's hand, she opened her wings and stabilized herself to being right-side up before slowly gliding downward toward the beach below. As her wings did their magic, Ciel grabbed the sides of her head, trying to clear away the dizziness from being carried like a ragdoll across a long expanse of land. Finding a spot near the pier, Ciel landed in an open patch of grass, and slowly slumped to a seated position clutching her belly. I wish I could run a little faster to keep up... Recognizing where she was, she took a deep breath in relief. Well at least I don't have to be carried across the sea.

As the world finally stopped spinning, Ciel slowly stood up and took in a deep breath. She cleared her hair from both sides of her face and took a brief look about the small shoreline area, then back toward the inner land area from the water side. The cliff side carve outs and small structures dotting the protected cove were strangely familiar. As Kujaku seemed to be approaching more slowly, beginning to walk toward him, Ciel decided to at least meet him half way or more likely a quarter of the way judging her strides against his.

"You late!", Kujaku charged, pointing briefly at Hrothgar before lowering his arm. "Me get boat. It ready, we go any time." He nodded confidently, pointing toward a large sailing ship with his thumb.

"Me know town time good time to wander off, but me wonder where you go?" Kujaku asked Hrothgar with mild curiosity. After having met with Ciel earlier, Kujaku himself had gone for a bit of travel to see town ,at least as much as he could as an ogre. They had even gone so far as to get a snack in the mean time, but Kujaku didn't remember seeing Hrothgar at all during that time which stuck out seeing as the guy was difficult to miss in a crowd of people.

Ciel took a few steps around Kujaku to stand between him and Hrothgar before she raised her right hand high in the air, springing up and down a bit to try to get Hrothgar's attention. "But wait, what is on Ardere Isola? It can't be just a barren island in the south seas can it?"

"Me see, We go to Ardere Isola then. Me want see relic for self." After nodding in agreement with the plan, Kujaku beckoned Hrothgar and Ciel before he approached the pier and boarded his ship. Conveniently but not particularly surprising, the small boat's lone crewman was a rather salty looking orc. He said a few things to the captain in muffled orcish before returning to the boarding plank and waiting by the rope that secured the ship in dock.