Hm, good point, I didn't really think about it that much til now.  Part of it is that this isn't happening at the same time (it would get kind of boring to do it all in real time, since we'd have a long time with Zitka doing nothing and then a long time with Ahri and Gered doing nothing...); Zitka's about an hour ahead.  Part of it is that, you'll catch up to her pretty quickly if you both take the same amount of time getting there, but Zitka's skill (and some DM fiat) let her get there right away, while Gered might get lost if he rolls low.  And part of it is Bellisario's Maxim (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BellisariosMaxim) :P<br/>