The girls had gotten into town the night before.  Whispers on the Night Wind and her friends letting their Strix loose to seek wild game in the countryside ‘til called for.  They found stabling for Obisidian Fury’s horse and pack mule, and the three pack mules Whispers and her friends had tethered to Obsidan’s.  Then they rented a suite at a bed and breakfast and snuggled together for the night.<br/><br/>The girls did some shopping before lunch.  After, they bathed together and brushed each other’s hair.  The Linowan girls undid their braided pony tails and let their long, silky black hair fall straight down to their waists.  They braided their company symbol—the big white strix feathers set in silver—back in above their left ears.  The other girls matched fashions, the twins of the blessed isle not looking so diferent from the petite linowans, the dark southern girl and the fair redhead working hard to straighten their curls.  They all wore moccasins, skirts that didn't quite cover their knees, and V necked blouses tied up bellow their breasts.  Whipsers on the Night wind wore teakwood, white jade, and silver hatchets on her belt and offered her arm to Obsidian Fury as they walked.  The other girls paired up and linked arms behind them, each with targe and javelin case slung across their backs.<br/>