[QUEST] Missing Scouts
Once again, Wendel had become, what was now becoming less than, unusually silent on the return trip. Even Gritt made very few appearances. Whatever it was Wendel was thinking or going through seemed to be exacerbated further as the group made it closer and closer to the Fierce Hearts village. It almost seemed he was ready to up and leave the group and retreat somewhere far away from adventure for a while. Maybe it was doubt in his self that caused it or maybe it was just time for him to take a break. He saw the conclusion of their mission through though. Before they entered Hexia's shop Wendel stopped and finally spoke up.
"Carmen, Victor, it has been a trip working alongside you but I don't know that I can maintain as I am and keep doing what we're doing. I need time to recover. Chelsie and Nutcracker, all of you. Thank you for showing me what a group of people could do together. Maybe one day I'll be back out by your sides fighting the creatures that encroach on the village, I just... I just think I need to take a break... Figure some things out. My sister has been working on something back in town and maybe it will be done by the time we return. I want you all to stop by and say hi now and then. She hasn't told anyone yet but she's pretty great with tattoos, and one specialty she is working on is really exciting. Carmen, you've got a familiar kinda like Gritt here but unique in its way of course. What Luna can do is create a link to a familiar for anyone who doesn't yet have that link on their own. So, when the shop opens if any of you are interested, make sure you let her know you were the group that kept me alive out here and she'll be sure to get you a great deal."
He pauses a bit, "I uh, I'm going to just go back through the portal so if any or all of you are going to be staying here I can report back to Smith. Was there anything of note I may need to tell him that hasn't been shared yet?"
OOC: I'll be around but probably won't be going on adventures much for a little while, Luna and Wendel have a shop/home that should be opening after I spend one more longrest which I'll probably just do with a downtime unit shortly.