[color=ed145b]CORRINE DOOLAK[/color] - gates at The Hull - late eveningtime or close enough

Castner seemed...unprepared for her question.  It took him a moment to respond.  “You just need to hold him close, and enjoy the moments you have.”, he answered quietly. 

Corrine suspected he wasn't speaking entirely empirically, but didn't press him further.  "Thanks, I will."

“Now, the device seemed to point west. I'm guessing heading directly there isn't a good option. What's the safest route to head that direction?”

Corrine couldn't help but give a sly smile.  "Truth is, there ain't a direct route to [i]anywhere[/i] from here.  The town's kinda tacked on to the northeast side of the whole damn island."

Approaching footsteps caused her to turn.  Steve and James were finally joining them.  Steve drew up to the gate and pulled a dead stop.  He walked up and stopped. He didn't really want to go out there, but there seemed to be no choice. 

"Looks like we're all here...so lets get this show on the road", Steve said, as he turned on the device, and took a bearing with the compass on the direction it was in. He then pointed in the direction that the signal was coming from. "It's that way....what would be the best way to proceed, Corrine?" 

"The road," she replied tersely, though more out of nerves than anything else.  "Traditionally, only real danger along the road were the Trapper holdings.  They'd set up outposts to try an' waylay travellers.  Lucky fer us, seems the fog claimed the lot o' them."  Corrine stooped to pick up her duffle bag, then motioned west.  "Shall we?"  She nodded at Castner.  "Maybe it makes sense fer you to lead?  Yer the one who knows what we're lookin' for."

She turned to Steve, some look of wanting in her eyes.  There were a million things she wanted to say, before they set out, but none of the words would come.  She reflected on the last thing Castner had said, before asking her the route. [i]"Keep him close."[/i]

"You don't have to be at the front of the line fer that thing to work, right?  Why don't we let James an' James take the lead."  She slung the strap of her bag over her shoulder and gripped her spear.  Despite the fact the pistol worked, she just didn't feel comfortable out on the island without her usual weapon.  There was no way she would traverse into the dark without it.

"Remember, just stay on the road," she called ahead.  Corrine looked to Steve again, wearing a sad smile.  "So...here we go..."