Althea makes sure to take the remaining potions - it would definitely not be prudent to leave any behind - before taking a moment to organize the little group. After interviewing everyone over their strengths and weaknesses, she appoints Tieh as their guide (as much as it pains her to say so, Althea is well aware that her skills at track-finding and all that stuff are rubbish), and Mara as their expert on, well, what is edible and what is likely to have them end up dead. At her insistence, Coco is made the second-in-command of their little crew, and Kara's superior skills in fighting make her a natural guard. Althea also makes sure those two, being the only ones who actually know how to use them, end up with cutlasses when they return to inform Rose of the stream. Roga, being the one with the map, is given the duties of mapping the land they explore, and Caitlyn's skills at spotting things (and not getting lost) make her a good scout. With Miles as their healer and Althea as leader, the group heads off inlands along the river.<br/><br/><div style="padding: 3px; background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-size: 1em;"><div style="text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC; margin-bottom: 3px; font-size: 0.8em; font-weight: bold; display: block;"><span onclick="if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') {  this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;hide&lt;/a&gt;'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerHTML = '&lt;b&gt;Spoiler: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=\'#\' onClick=\'return false;\'&gt;show&lt;/a&gt;'; }"><b>Spoiler: </b><a href="#" onclick="return false;">show</a></span></div><div class="quotecontent"><div style="display: none;">Sorry everyone for simply assigning people roles out of the blue, but I did need to appoint a guide, unless you mean for us to get lost all the time (Althea's skills are quite bad, and the skill of the leader (or, now, guide) is the one that counts for not getting lost), with Tieh being the best suited for the job (having high ranks in both Survival and Knowledge (Nature)) and I figured it might be a good idea to give everyone else a job of their own as well. Althea has already been appointed leader by Rose, so it seemed logical that she would be the one to assign them. I tried to give everyone something that fits with their skills or personality (or, in Roga's case, item); I hope I managed to do that somewhat well. While we could, of course, role-play that,  think it would take a fairly long amount of time, and I have the feeling we're trying our best to finally get started.<br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>9kirby99 wrote:</cite>"I say we go downstream. Civilization usually collects downstream."</div></blockquote><br/>Downstream is, from any point at a river, along the river towards the sea. Being at the sea, we can't really go downstream. I suppose you meant upstream? If so, yes, that's where we're going :D<br/><br/><blockquote><div><cite>sansuki wrote:</cite>Though I suspect this doesn't actually apply to me</div></blockquote><br/>We picked you up when we picked up the noble, too, so you're actually with us ;)<br/><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/397918">Survival</a>: <span style="text-decoration: underline">1d20</span> <span style="font-weight: bold">8</span> (see what I mean? :P)<br/><a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/397919">Perception</a>: <span style="text-decoration: underline">1d20</span> <span style="font-weight: bold">7</span><br/><a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/397920">Knowledge (Nature)</a>: <span style="text-decoration: underline">1d20-1</span> <span style="font-weight: bold">11</span> (just as high as I can make use of it :P)<br/><a class="postlink" href="http://orokos.com/roll/397921">Knowledge (Geography)</a>: <span style="text-decoration: underline">1d20-1</span> <span style="font-weight: bold">9</span> (to determine a good place to settle down)<br/>I'm actually surprised she managed to roll somewhat decently. Not overwhelming, but 7,8,12,10 is quite average XD</div></div></div>