Reprise! Act 1!

[Rezantis]

Relm snickered between mouthfuls.  "Sounds like you've been having, ah, an entertaining vacation."

[Carthrat]

"Absolutely thrilling," replies Carthrat. "I've never been fitter in my life from all this running, I swear."

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Ryoma is awoken- there's something in the bushes, and it's making a noise!

[Rezantis]

"I shudder to think what your home must be like if you aren't scrambling to get back there."

[Carthrat]

"Aww, it's nothing compared to this place," replies Carthrat. "I mean, back there, people are all so suspicious and plotting and planning that they tangle themselves up in their own webs. They're so easy to predict.

Now, you can never predict an idiot, which is what this place is full of."

[Rezantis]

"Hah.  Be grateful you've only been around this area, then,"  Relm muttered a curse about moronic flatlanders, "but I have to admit, this is pretty impressive, even for these idiots."

[Carthrat]

"On what scale?" replies Carthrat, starting to actually cook the deer.

[Rezantis]

Relm looked at the mess of deer Carthrat was attempting to cook.

"You . . . don't want to be a bit more thorough before you cook that, do you?"

[Carthrat]

"I've barely eaten in three days," replies Carthrat. "I'd eat it raw if I didn't have to make an attempt at looking civilized."

[Rezantis]

"Yeucch," Relm made a face, "I'm not sure it'd be worth it, but go ahead."

[Carthrat]

"Yeah, yeah," replies Carthrat. "Dammit, I wish I'd brought a portable stove or something."

[Rezantis]

"How would you make a stove portable?  They're massive.  And why would you want to?  They're not much better than a fire, really."

[Carthrat]

Carthrat pulls a chest out of her armour. It's a big chest; and just by looking at it, one could feel an odd sense of vertigo. "Like that, naturally."

[Rezantis]

"Well, if you're using magic, it doesn't really count as portable.  But if you're using magic, you might as well just summon up some food."

[Carthrat]

"It's not magic," replies Carthrat, tapping a button on the chest which shrinks it to an extremely small size. "It's Science & Technology! There ain't no magic in that chest, see for yourself."

[Rezantis]

"Bah," Relm waved dismissively, "Science and magic aren't as different as the alchemists like to tell everyone."