With you settled into Paca's magical constructed, Temporary shelter. No longer under threat of being absolutely soaked as you attempted to sleep through the building storm, the fait sounds of rain hitting dirt growing closer and closer. There is a BOOMING roll of thunder in the sky, enough of one to jar most of you. Particularly Lizi and Paca, who never experienced a true storm while living under the protection of the Deku tree. 

Rae on the other hand, does not even flinch. This is all too familiar to her, In fact the scent of rain as it grows closer and the dull sound of thunder in the distance, flood her memory with flashes of her home. 

Rae, check your Player channel. 

Theo,

You take the first watch, about an  hour into your watch the rainfall finally reaches you. It drenches the surrounding area and quickly snuffs the fire, however you remain dry. As the rain drops bounce hamrlessly off the top of Paca's Tiny Hut and cascade down the sides. 
It is a dark night, with the rolling black clouds providing only momentary sources of light with the odd flash of lightning. You are able to keep a watchful eye on the immediate area but outside a radius of 10 feet, you are unable to see anything. 

Eventually the storm does pass overhead, the Thunder and Lightning moving towards the distant, smoldering volcano that is Death Mountain. Leaving you with the soft sound of rainfall that does lull you into a state of slumber, you struggle to remain awake. Your eyes are heavy, in fact you catch yourself twice drifing off to a peacefull rest. The second hour of your watch comes to a close. 

Whoever is taking the next watch, Please make a perception roll.

Praxius is woken by Theo for second watch, sitting huddled in his now much longer cloak keeping an eye out of the dome.

Perception: 8+4=12 (Passive: 14)

Praxius,

Staring out into the dark, watching for even the slightest of movements. Being so freshly woke from your slumber, Sleep still plagues your eyes. You slap your cheeks and for a moment stick your head out of the enclsed space, hoping the rain would wake you up. Yet the rain is not cold, In fact it is quite warm. Luckily the fresh air is able to rouse your senses and you sit back, keeping a watchful eye on the surroundings. 

The first hour passes, you stifle a yawn. The rain is still coming down, however you are able to see a break in the clouds overhead. Giving way to the vast array of stars that light up the fields of hyrule. You turn your attention away from the surroundings for just a moment to look up, witnessing the sight you are all too familiar with. A blanket of thousands of bright lights that take up the entirety of the night sky, a sight you had seen for MANY nights. 

You bring your attention back down to the surrounding area. Immediately your body freezes, the sword next to you thrums to life. Practically shaking on the soft ground, enough to actually kick up the dirt. Staring at you, through the opaque wall of your temporary lodging is a very familiar set of smoldering red eyes. The same eyes that burned their way through you within the tomb. 

Praxius, Check your player channel.

You all wake up to the sounds of birds chirping, the storm having passed by while you were asleep. Now the morning sun greets you with its warmth, The ground and grass is still wet from the rainfall the night before. A cool morning breeze rushes over the grasslands, signaling that it would be a fine day to continue your journey towards the Orchard. 

Praxius, is the last to wake. Having fallen asleep during his watch, yet you are unharmed and well rested. With no signs that anything attempted to disturb your slumber.

Lizi yawns on your shoulder Paca and snuggles back down, not yet ready to begin her day. 

"Lizi, I would love nothing more than to just lie back down and sleep. So why don't I!" Paca lies his head back down with the comfort of his fairy companion before shaking himself awake. "No! Lizi we must get to the orchard. Our friend may be in need of us." Paca begins to gather his gear and helps the others wake. "Come on now everyone. My calves are rested and my spirit is ready to go! Shall I play a tune to awaken us all!"

Paca plays a variation of the sun song

Praxius wakes up feeling refreshed but more than a little confused to find he is last one up. Normally due to his ability to rest through going into a trance he is first to rise. But he had gone into a deep slumber with the image of glowing red coal-like eyes, and a sword...

"That was most strange, I could have sworn....never mind, it couldn't have been real", he says in a kind of mumbling way as he unconsciously checks himself for injury.

"I am happy to leave as soon as you are ready", he says, still a frown on his face showing his confusion at to his dream. It was a dream, right?

Theo covers his head when Paca gets to him and says “Five more minutes.” Afterwards he rubs his eyes as he slowly gets up. “It’s too early for this,” he mumbles as he gets ready to go. He grabs an apple and starts to munch on it. “Well, thanks for the shelter, Paca. My watch was completely calm for me. Nothing at all out of the ordinary. Same for you, Praxius?”

Praxius looks a little uncomfortable.

"Well, not exactly calm, Theo. I swear I saw that creature from the crypt. It just walked through the dome and went to attack me and then....I woke up! Must have been a dream, only my kind don't dream in that way. Not usually anyway", he says perplexed by the whole situation.

"No worries Praxius. The dome seems to be safe from everything. Remember next time that you are just dreaming when that happens."  Paca then finishes gather his gear and signals for everyone. "Alright then let's go!"

Rae steps out of the dome and takes in a deep breath, reveling in the scent of the freshly fallen rain. Soon you all join her and are met with the same pleasant aroma as the earth below your feet is still damp with the downpour the night before. 

Picking up your things, Rae once more takes the lead. You leave you camp ground behind and continue your journey towards the Orchard. While you are able to see just the tops of the vibrant trees that comprise the orchard, you are still some distance away. "I'd say we should reach the Orchard just before nightfall, if Paca is able to keep the pace." She chuckles, a harmless jest meant to only lighten the mood. 

Lizi yawns atop your shoulder Paca, still not quite ready to take on the day. The Smaller fairy settles down and steals a little bit more sleep as you trek across hyrule field. 

The first hour of journey goes on without much, you talk among yourselves to pass the time as you traverse the rolling hills. The sun has long dried what moisture remained after the nights storm, luckily there is a cool wind blowing in from the Northeast, keeping you all relatively refreshed and preventing any sort of exhaustion due to the celestial bodies heat. 

Lizi finally stirs as you approach the second hour of travel, yawning and slowly fluttering beside you Paca. Then her small ears perk up, just as Rae halts the movement of the group. She crouches into the waist high grace, indicating for you all to do the same. "I smell burning meat, not far from us." Lizi agrees with Rae. 

"Someone is close by, this far into the field it cant be anyone good!"

Praxius crouches down and draws his sword, ready for anything that may come.

He focusses his senses on their surroundings, trying to spot anything or pick out any sounds that might give them a clue as to what was out there.

As usual he relies on his sword to warn of imminent danger.

Perception: 11+4=15

Theo nods to Rae, pulling up the hood of his cloak and taking out his Bad News. He stealths onto the top of a nearby hill, trying to see through his scope whatever caused the burning meat. (Anything hostile trying to spot Theo will have disadvantage due to his Cloak of Elvenkind)

Stealth: 7+5=12

Perception: 19+6=25

Paca ducks into the grass and whispers, "That meat smells pretty good. I didn't really eat any breakfast. Think we should go see if they want to share, my mouth is watering." He then remembers Lizi's words. "Oh, right, probably bad guys or something."

Stealth: 20 

Praxius, 

Your sword gives off no magical thrum indicating any threat nearby and while to are able to catch up on the whiff of cooking meat in the air, you are unable to tell exactly where it is coming from. 

Theo, 

Crouching down but stepping up beside Rae, you and the yellow zora do your best to scout the area in your immediate vicinity and are unable to find the source of the smell anywhere close by. You take a daring moment to just peak above the grass and spot yet another campsite, similar to the one you ahd stayed at the night before. A fallen log is being used as a sort of bench as four Soldiers huddle around a burning fire, some 150 feet away from you. 

From you experience with Hylian Soldiers you are able to reocgnize the armor they wear, even at this distance. of course it also helps that you are able to see the Hylian Standard softly waving in the cool wind. Soft plumes of grayish smoke rise up from the fire, they seem to be unaware of your presence and just settled down for their breakfast. It appears to be a scouting party, or perhaps a contingent out protecting the roads from bandits and raiders as you are able to see they do have a pair of dogs with them.

You turn back to your group and blink, Paca is gone. The Kokiri is completely hidden among the grass, which is waist high to you. 

Whispering, Theo says to whoever is around him, “Hylian soldiers. Looks like it could be a scouting party, or just a group protecting travelers from bandits and thieves. They’re just getting by up and getting their breakfast. They should be any trouble if we pass on by.”

“Hylian Soldiers?”, Praxius says cheerfully as he stands up. “Surely they are friendly then”

”We should go and find out what news they have”, he says looking about.

“Where are they?”.

“Only about 150 feet away from us. They haven’t seen us yet, but I wouldn’t recommend sneaking by. It would seem suspicious if they caught us, so I’d say just continue normally,” Theo replies.

Rae nods, agreeing that walking pass is the best course of action as Sneaking by a group of Soldiers who may be protecting the road from theives, may raise a red flag. You all stand and continue on your path, pushing closer and closer. The crackle of the fire and sizzle of the meat gets louder, eventually the succulent aroma coming from the cooking meat wafts pass your nose. You cant help but swallow back a bit of saliva at just the smell of it, it smells phenomenal. 

Once you get about 70 feet away from the group of soldiers, The two slumbering dogs suddenly jolt up. Their ears high as they sniff the air, one of them immediately starts barking while the other trots towards the edge of the Soldiers campsite. The Soldiers grab their weapons and create a defensive circle, ready for what they assume is an oncoming attack. 

Praxius walks bold as brass towards the soldiers camp, not in a threatening way just as if heading towards old friends. As he walks his cloak changes to look like a simpler version of the cloak that Knight Feld wears.

”Hail the camp”, he calls as the dogs begin to fuss.

”I am Squire Praxius of the Hyrulean Knights”, he says, the title seeming odd as he says it. “My travelling companions and I are looking to share news of the area, and a little food by the smell of it”, he says with a loud chuckle at the end.

”Relax, we mean no harm”, he adds finally as he waits for permission to join the camp.

Paca walks closely behind Praxius and nods as he calls out to barter for some meat. "I can offer your camp some entertainment in the form of song should you be willing to part with some of the delightfully succulent meat I smell."

Persuasion: 20

The Soldiers, who are visibly surprised at the large, muscular fellow who had just walked up to them and proclaimed himself a squire. Two of them start to chuckle, those two appear to be the youngest of the group. One soldier, Visibly the oldest. Sheathes his sword and walks to meet you Praxius, He is looking you eye to eye. Roughly the same height and while the armor he wears may be betraying his physicality, he appears to be just as muscular as you. 

Deep set wrinkles pair with a completely gray beard and a shaven head that is just starting to show signs of growth atop it, the Man is unfaultered but does seem skeptical. "A Squire Eh? What proof d'ya have of this squireship then?" He looks over your shoulder at the rest of your party. "A song would be nice Kokiri, first lets see yer papers Squire. Cant just be letting anyone proclaim themselves as such." His voice, while deep is underlined by a sarcastic mistrust. it is as if he is on the verge of laughing but stifles himself. 

The Dogs growl in your direction, none of the other soldiers lower their weapons. 

Rae lets out a sigh of frustration. "Cant we just keep going? Im sure we can find something to fill our bellies along the way." She is ignoring the soldiers, stepping away from the encampment and urging your all to continue the journey.

At this point, an as of yet unknown figure steps out from the tall grass a ways from the camp. Clasping their belt back around their waist. He is wearing simple traveling clothes and what appears to be a single metal pauldron on his right shoulder. He is rather eye catching not in the sense that he is attractive, more so for his unusual Hairstyle. In fact for some of you it is a very recognizable hairstyle, His blonde hair is styled in points. As he steps closer to the camp, he looks up to take in the sight of your party. 

"Wait.....I know these folk." His voice comes soft and calm, in fact you can barely hear it and you instictively take a step closer in an effort to hear him better. 

"Werent you......At the festival?"