The group assembled on the beach without trouble, but the man with the torch was gone when the boat returned on its last trip. The horsemen ready to head on forth, the ship carrying its crew still at the open ocean, the storm approaching, promising to leave the group stranded for a while if their ship didn't seek appropriate shelter soon. There were some safe havens in nearby small islands with deeper shores perhaps.<br/><br/>Will's speech got the attention of the soldiers, and already advised by Sheva, they seemed ready to tackle anything this place might throw at them, their morale high and their confidence soaring. The spells were cast and readied with due time, no trouble interfering with the preparations of the group.<br/><br/>Horo's sudden departure caught the eyes of several men, and a few even lost the reigns of their horses for a short while just staring at her rushing off so, no doubt having an image in mind for a while afterwards.<br/><br/>Sachi's companion smiled to her warmly offering his hands to help boot her up to the back of the horse, a friendly expression on his face. Though he wanted to be close to the woman the young man didn't seem one to try anything stupid, appreciating his good fortune in itself that she seemed interested in sharing a horse.<br/><br/>Horo in the meanwhile was making good distance in the woods, picking up something by her nose that was not seen from the air above earlier. The smell of blood, fresh blood. There was a trail of it leading deeper into the woods, but this blood wasn't animal like. It was more like the smell of the men at the ship. It was human blood.<br/><br/>There was a mixture of smells like burnt leather, a stinging eye-watering smell of like someone had poured grounded chili right into her nose and it was every bit as hot as it was to the tongue, as well as a scent of sweat that was only barely covered by a thick, greasy smell of something that that hadn't washed for days.<br/><br/>There were tracks on the ground, first one seeming to be mixed with small bits of blood, leading away, another of a larger group that had left a stronger smell, heading towards the tip of the island's shore. The direction of the crew's landing, too.