@Ome:  Following your goodbyes, a well-earned rest is at hand.  Not for some time had your bed felt so well-earned... well, not for some time that you weren't incapacitated in it to boot.  Very few people in this world earn their rest and feel on top of the world at the same time anymore.<br/><br/>@KavenBach:  "What?  Oh no you don't!" He takes your remark quite seriously and you hear a shuffling, a moment later he stumbles into the shower like a three-year old brother.  "There's no way in hell I'm taking a cold shower I -YEOW!" He braces himself against the sting, eyes clamped shut... then pauses, and opens them slowly.  "Huh... it's not as bad as I thought.  Kind of like <i>onsen."</i>  He muses, not realizing in any way how awkward this has just become.<br/><br/>@Chiro:  "Dollars to donuts we're the first souls to set foot here in ages, at least through this thing." He slaps the cart one last time before they load up.  "I can FEEL it." He adds.  "This has GOT to be the place.  Chiro, Baron, one of you got a lighter?" He asks as you're all still walking, taking off first in the general direction of one of the small hamlets; you'll need to outfit yourself.  The professor pulls three big cigars from his pocket, stuffing all in his mouth; the first, he snaps his fingers and gingerly lights with a gray-blue spark...