Despite the severity of the situation, Gallus guffawed at Meesei's comment. "Don't give yourself too much credit," he said in response, "I'll tell everyone in this direction!"

Gallus padded through the sand at a jog and stopped by everyone in sight. "Sandstorm! Get in your tents!" He shouted firmly. Very few did not comply immediately, but a quick grab by the shoulders and another shout got the message across.

The dark cloud of dust and sand that was approaching loomed ever closer by the time news reached all of Gallus and Meesei's packs. Sabine had to frantically pile up her alchemy equipment, still laden with half-processed balm and toss them into the tent behind her before scurrying in with Peiter and tying their tent shut. She was clearly scared and sat in quiet tension at this weather event she had not witnessed before.

Rhazii was in the process of nagging Fendros to go and take a closer look at the soldiers by the time Gallus came running through. Rhazii became wide-eyed in confusion and fear when Fendros suddenly picked him up and took him to their tent. As Newt was nearby, Fendros pulled him in as well. Janius was in the process of looking for Newt after running back from helping around camp, but saw Fendros wave and heard his shout that Newt was safe. Then he just had to find Kaleeth.

Partly removed from his pack's side of the camp, Tzirret had been socialising with Ma'tanza, Bheja, and Qa'habi while trying to practice magic. It was probably better for him to practice without distractions, but he hadn't thought to tell himself that by the time word of the sandstorm reached them. While they got up and ran about to secure their belongings and find shelter, Tzirret looked at the looming storm with wide-eyes. He knew that he wouldn't have time to get back to his tent. He looked to everyone, a bit lost and afraid, then just picked the nearest tent to seek shelter in. By the pleasant smell, it appeared to be Ma'tanza's tent.

Gallus managed to find his tent just in time. He pulled in the excited and worried young wamasu, Leaps-On-Elves, tied up the flaps and sat down to catch his breath. "Well, Leaps. We'll have to stick through this one together." Leaps croaked obliviously and scampered onto his lap. Well, more accurately, most of Leaps was spread out either side of him due to his size. The large creature made the tent rather cramped.