Ordinary Days

[Dracos]

"We aren't leaving our luggage, baka.  Now move it."

Dracos gets the crew on a train out of there, leaving the room behind as a false trail.

Dracos

[Brian]

Once more, you're aboard a train, and headed towards ... GIBRALTAR!

You arrive in Gibraltar at about 5:30 PM, GMT.  Nothing untoward happened, thankfully.

However, the train does not actually go to Gibraltar.  It stops about 100 meters short of the border, which happens to also be the country's single airstrip.

You must walk the remaining hundred meters to the customs office, have your baggage checked, and then walk across the airport runway (there is a conveniently located crosswalk and traffic light).

Then, however, you're in the city.  It boasts a population of 30,000, and looks it, too.  The rock looms overhead, and seems larger than life.  You're not sure how the people in the city can go without at least glancing at it every second or so -- it's massive.  It seems to tower miles overhead and glare down at you.

Philip: You see the rock twice.  Once massively huge, and one moderately smaller (but still very, very, very big).  Additionally, your eyesight can make out twisting threads of magic that seem to funnel in from ... everywhere, and into the rock (both the 'real' one, and the much larger 'illusory' one), though they are far to complex for you to ascertain their purpose.

[Dracos]

Dracos looks for a place to stay.  Preferrably somewhat small and near the mountain.

Dracos

[Brian]

No matter where you stay in this place, you're going to be near the mountain.  You do find a smallish bed-and-breakfast tucked away, probably a kilometer away from the governer's mansion, though.  It has a few rooms availible, and since this is a poor season for tourists, offers good rates, as well.

[Dracos]

Dracos gets set up there somewhat, and provided none of the others want to join him, leaves his stuff with them in the room and heads out to take a walk near the mountain, sightseeing!

Dracos

[Ginrai]

Ginrai takes the knife out of his luggage and puts it in his pocket.

"So, Paul, feel like heading off with Phil to check out the area?"

[Huitzil]

"Sure, it's what we're here for, ain't it? Let's go take in the sights. Hell, let's go get ourselves a nice dinner while we're at it. I don't wanna die with a stomach full of Taco Bell."

[Ginrai]

"Got that right."  Ginrai gets ready to go sightseeing with Phil and Paul.

[Brian]

Ginrai: the knife blade is about 20 CM long, so it doesn't fit into a pocket easily ... however, you do see a few citizens walking around with knives on their belts, so apparently it's legal to carry them around openly in this country.  In fact, it might only be illegal to conceal it, for all you know.

It takes the work of a moment to secure the scabbard (where did that come from?) to your belt and tuck the knife away.  No one glances at it twice.

Once you're out and about, the rock is above, painted various shades of the color of blood from the setting sun.  Looks amazing.

[Huitzil]

"Woooow," says Paul, neck craned upward to look at the stone. "I really never thought a rock could be so..."

He trails off and does not complete the sentence.

[Dracos]

Dracos, long inured to the beauty of nature and pretty much everything by overexposure, nods, admiring the view, but also keeping an eye out for a good net-cafe and food areas, as well as forms of local transportation.

Dracos

[Ginrai]

"Maybe we should first e-mail Rez and Bjorn to tell them that we're finally at Gibraltar?"

[Brian]

You shortly find an internet cafe.  Offers a good view of the rock, too, though it's going to be dark soon.

It's on the second story of a building -- it also offers games, if the signs are to be believed....

[Dracos]

Dracos heads in for a sec to check the prices.

Dracos

[Brian]

You see something marginally more important than a list of prices, in all honesty.  You see Nathan and Bjorn.