As they trekked through the bizarre wilderness Oriana, though obviously as uncomfortable in the heat as the others (well...maybe not Adelise. Poor girl's armor must have been like a sauna!) had parchment and charcoal in hand, carefully taking notes on the back of their sketchy map. She nearly tripped a few times, and occasionally had to rush to catch back up with the group, but seemed quite satisfied with her work overall. The drawings were readable, though her had was certainly not all that skilled, and careful notes identified precisely where each plant and the few animals she'd managed to glimpse long enough had been found.<strong><em>Must remember to see about getting a journal</em></strong>, she thought as she neared the end of the parchment, her small, neat handwriting filling much of it.<br/><br/>"<strong>Must be...some sort of magical effect...</strong>" said said, pausing to run her fingers through her damp curls (which the steamy heat had predictably turned into a mass of golden frizz.) She chuckled at the rogue's obvious frustration, their dalliance clearly not granting him immunity from her teasing. "<strong>Hey, might be a blessing in disguise! You'd be surprised how many weird exotic ingredients folks need for magic, religious rituals, alchemy, some of the stranger alcoholic brews...It's an awfully long way to any other jungles, if we happen across something lucrative we'd have a veritable corner on the market.</strong>"<br/><br/>It wasn't clear if it was her apparent fascination with their strange surroundings or her little outing with Silas the evening before, but her mood seemed much improved. She still grew dower at any mention of the bandits, but when she spoke her words had their usual cheery tone and the occasional sarcastic jab.<br/><br/>When the group stumbled across the radish patch. A day without bloodshed would have been nice, but in a place like the Stolen Lands that might be a tall order.<br/><br/>"<strong>Careful, could be a trap.</strong>" she whispered, glancing around with an eye for anything suspicious. "<strong>I mean, the little buggers aren't dumb enough to really eat themselves into a stupor out in the open wilderness...right...?</strong>"