Pam
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"Splittin' up? It's up t' Taash, really but..."```

Kuouo frowned, taking a good gander at the village before them — That is, if you could even see. 'Good' was also a 'misnomer', for what Kuo expected to be a bustling village far more impressive than that of the Exiles' Watch, instead presented itself as blurred with a misty fog, the eerie, hollow wind blowing past their ears, and most notably, a further deafening emptiness. Eventually, and to the bandit's relief, his keen sense of hearing could note the faint knock of footsteps against wood flooring — a sign of life in the town otherwise frozen in time. 

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"It just doesn't feel right, know what I'm sayin'? There's no tellin' what could be inna fog this deep. Would hate for ya t' get snatched up by someone who could tell yer an outsider. Not that y'can't handle yerself, but havin' you get into a fight with a local is gonna work against us too. There might be a time where we can split up, but I'm inchin' towards lettin' Taash take the lead for now."```

The bandit vocalized his gut feeling, making it known well. As outsiders to an unknown land, there was no information to make a logical decision and the bandit knew that well. To one accustomed to the streets and its harsh life, such as Kuouo, it could mean life or death. It'd be the only thing to go off of unless you had someone who knew it and its people better than yourself. As such, Kuouo turned his head to Taash, leaving her to make the leading decision.
David
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- "Can't I ever catch a fuckin' break" -
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Darkness surrounded him, unnatural darkness, of sorcerous origin no doubt.
He stopped dead in his tracks, taking a moment to steady himself, dizziness fading the longer he stood still , he breathed in deep in an attempt to clear his mind, he did not turn around as he heard the metallic clatter behind him, he turned his body slightly, and gazed over his shoulder with a glare that could kill a new born, even if his face was obscured, he drew the sci-fi looking pistol from his hip as anticipation surged through him.
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- "Can we just get this over with? I'm on a schedule"
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Daniel
The knight came to a sudden stop as they gathered within the village. Her eyes squinted as she vainly attempted to adjust to the darkness of the surrounding village — even her sight, sharpened and adjusted over many years to be used to the darkness of the blizzard beyond the great wall, would not do her any good when the obfuscation that surrounded was one of a purposeful, illusory nature. Taash's greaves shifted with subtle unease through the snow, and she was quick to grip the handle of her blade. *Something lurked in this darkness — this much, she was absolutely certain.*

Taash, in her caution, would not grace the two with an immediate response to their planning. It seemed that her attention was currently dead-set on granting a basic apprehension of her surroundings, and confirming whether or not the witness who lurked within this illusory darkness had his sights set on them. Despite a majority of her recent life being spent alongside Ochre, beyond the wall, and in guardianship of the respite, she was once quite familiar with this village, and its witness. It seemed as though she, as she cautiously paced through the dark, was seeking for landmarks, that she might calibrate her sense of direction accordingly, all-the-while searching for the most immediate threat to their mission.

That threat was not the witness, but rather the *Outsiders.*
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*`"Parting ways here"`*

—she said, with a quiet, slightly apprehensive, yet still steadfast breath inward, breaking the silence which she let linger for so long,

*`"Might be a good idea."`*
*`"There's a witness that lurks in this darkness."`*
*`"He is an adversary toward outsiders. That witness. But he would not kill you."`*

*`"The other outsiders need to be restrained, before anything else."`*
*`"Dividing our forces will not place us under threat, and will allow us to clear more ground."`*

The knight explained, as she shifted her grip on her sword. She interchanged her battle-ready, cautious posture for one more fit to swiftly break into sprint, as she adjusted her sights eastward.

*`"I'm going to make my way to the Princess' residence,"`* She spoke, in reference to Tokko, by her title — the "Princess of the Commons".
*`"It's critical that the other outsiders are contained. If all else fails, I will attempt to intercede with Tokko."`*

***`"Do not fight the witness if you encounter him."`***
*`"Find the other outsiders first.`*
*`You,"`* She said, motioning toward Kuouo, *`"Would be better off keeping a low profile. Keep your interactions with the people here short. Tvoktei's poison has made them averse to foreign things."`*

*`"You,"`* She said, motioning toward Abstral, *`"Can be more lenient, but follow a similar standard. The barrier has been lifted. Their guards will be raised."`*

Taash explained, with a nod. She would stay only a few moments after the conclusion of her clarifications, as she stanced up, her greaves crackling the icy snow beneath her feet, before she broke into a hasty — yet not so breakneck in speed as to be alarming or exceptionally especially attention-catching — dash **Eastward, toward the housings.**

It would be wise to heed the knight's warnings, but whichever way they would go from here was now up to them.