Somewhat reluctantly, the packs began work on moving their camp for the night. They gathered their supplies from the carriages and packed away the rest of the camp. In the process, Meesei made sure to find a moment where she was not being watched to go through the caravan driver’s store of coins to take back the fee they had paid to take the journey, plus everything the driver had beforehand. Even Meesei found it distasteful, but there was no sense in leaving the coin with the carriages. 

In addition to untying and escorting their prisoner to their new camp, they also had to transport Leaps. He could walk, but Irenya advised that he should rest as much as possible. Fortunately, Kaleeth, in her werecrocodile form, could carry the juvenile wamasu with ease. 

The packs did not need to set up camp too far from the original one, so they lost only under two hours of sleep. The next morning, they awoke early to attempt to make up some time they would lose by traveling on foot. The sun had barely risen when they finished their breakfast and were ready to get moving. Deciding that she would rather not be executed, they left their prisoner unarmed and alone. If she cared enough about it, she could return to the site of the attack to bury her friends. 

Once back on the road, the pack moved at a reasonable pace towards the Imperial City. Both Irenya and Meesei paid special attention to Leaps as they traveled, since he was having to walk once more. Overall, he seemed to be doing fine, but both healers checked on him periodically. Aside from caring for Leaps, the rest of the journey was thankfully not eventful. They arrived in Weye by the afternoon, then headed into the Imperial City itself with hours of daylight still remaining. Immediately, Meesei brought them to the docks and began her search for a vessel which would take them to Senchal. She expected it would take her quite some time to locate a vessel, if she was even able to find one that day, but it seemed that fortune had favored her in her search. She found a Bosmer captain who was returning to Valenwood and was willing to take them on board and make a brief stop in Senchal, since it was a port on the way. He was leaving the next morning, so the price of passage was made more expensive by the fact that he had to make arrangements for passengers on short notice, but since Meesei had been able to recuperate their losses for the journey to the Imperial City, the price did not matter. 

The packs spent the night in the waterfront district to save on gold then made for the docks at the break of dawn. The ship was smaller than the last vessel Meesei’s pack had been aboard, but they were also the only passengers. According to the captain, they would actually have three rooms between them, not that any room aboard a ship could be considered “spacious.” It would still likely be cramped, particularly since Leaps would have to stay in one of the rooms as well. 

The packs boarded as some last minute cargo was being loaded onto the vessel. Once Meesei finalized the payment, a particularly short Bosmer crew member led them down to the bottom deck and to their rooms. All three were near one another, with two being across from one another on the sides of the ship, and the third between them at the stern. Each room contained little more than three hammocks, which had likely been set up the previous night, and a double bed that appeared [i]significantly[/i] more comfortable. Now, it was just a matter of deciding who would be in what rooms, and in what beds. 

“Hmm, so how do we decide who gets the nice beds? My vote goes to an archery tournament.” Ahnasha joked.