Money owns this town (PRIVATE FOR REDKITE AND SCARSMATE)

[Scars Mate]

Xavier frowned before briefly cleaning himself in the small washroom. When he came out again, River had gone. There was a note on the table, in messy, somewhat artistic writing.

'Gone to get food.

-R'

Well, that was River alright. He wondered vaguely what she was going to get, and then why she had snubbed him. What had he done wrong? God, it was going to be a long few days if she ignored him or was rude. He wasn't sure which one he'd prefer.

[RedKite]

'I might have...err....' Hatari continues.

'What?'

'I might have....kind of...err...'

[Scars Mate]

River quickly sped down the stairs, two at a time. She flashed a grin at Kai, who handed her two large (but light) bags of food.

'I've enchanted them to hold more than they appear,' he murmured, lightly touching her arm in an affectionate gesture. 'They should have lots of things in there. Food, water supplies, bags, rope- pretty much anything you could need.'

River reached over and hugged him, before returning to her room.

[RedKite]

Giovanni slips outside and makes sure Hatari is ok. The horse lifts its head in shame. Giovanni's gaze sweeps over the stables and sees a brown leather shoe on the ground.

"No, Hatari...You didn't-" He gasps.

Hatari's head droops further.

"HOW COULD YOU!" Giovanni hisses, "You are truly a monster..."

He turns his back on the creature who's gaze drops to the floor. He rests a hand on Hatari's muzzle and sighs.

"Just when things were looking up...You did this..." He picks up the shoe.

"They were suffering." Hatari whispers.

[Scars Mate]

River heard a commotion outside- Giovanni and Hatari. Knowing she'd probably make it worse, she walked straight upstairs to dump the bad of items onto her bed.

Xavier's eyes lit up when he saw her, but she didn't notice. She was busy counting things.

'2 sleeping bags... Good, we already have another two... 4 pitchers of water, fairly good size... 8 loafs of bread, 5 lamb legs...' Kai hadn't been lying. The bag was definitely bigger than it appeared.

[RedKite]

Lana, now changed looks outside at Giovanni, she sighs.

[Scars Mate]

'Well,' Xavier said in a surprisingly businesslike tone. 'That should definitely keep up going on our journey how long will we be travelling anyway?' River turned slightly to give him a shrewd look, before answering:

'Two days at the least, and far too many at the most.'

[RedKite]

Giovanni sighs and walks back into his room. Lana turns to face him and sighs.

'You ok?' He asks.

'Yeah...I'm fine.' She wipes her wet eyes with the back of her hand.

[Scars Mate]

'Fine,' Xavier said, somewhat uneasily. He decided to change the subject. 'Should we find the others?'

[RedKite]

Giovanni sighs airily and looks at the door.

'Should we go and find them?'