2012

Risa~~

I took it back, this Tessa girl was obviously just smart for traveling with a bully.

"Can we travel with you?" I smiled at them, "It seems if we are going the same route it would be stupid not to. Am I right mates?"

"Yup" Spike answered and Tess pushed him off the stump of metal that he sat on.

"That would be nice" Carla added and i smiled, not just because I might have a bully on my side.
He would be stupid enough to lead me down the Indian Route.

For once a Bully can be useful

*I gotta read up on this so I can understand whats going on but you do know that Carla is a bully, right? Shes just faking lol*

I totally forgot Carla was a bully. How bout when people post you post with what side your on and your name like: Traveler~Tessa: so that there's less confusion.

Traveler: Luke and Carlie.

"Yeah we're going to Mexico," Luke told Peyton.

Carlie brushed some soot off her arm. "We're trying to find a bigger group because Luke here thinks he knows where he's going, but he doesn't."

Peyton tried to suppress a giggle.

"Do you know where we should go?" Luke muttered, ignoring Carlie and her comment.

Traveler- Peyton

"I've just been heading south," Peyton said, a smirk playing across her lips in response to Luke's expression as he ignored Carlie.

"Well, I knew that's where we were going," Luke muttered, looking a little offended.

"Well, finding more people- possibly older ones- would help. Have you guys come across any type of map?" Peyton asked hopefully.

Steven - Bully, pretending to be a traveller

The fact that they hadn't noticed him yet was somewhat surprising, but at least now he knew what they needed - a map. He reached into his bag and drew out a small folder. It held two maps - one of the 'Old World', so to speak, the world before the disasters had begun. The other was a partially complteted map of the Baron Lands.

Holding up the folder and waving it a little, Steven shouted out another greeting to the trio, "Hello there! Couldn't help hearing that you're looking for a map!"

They looked up, surprised, one of the girls smirking, "Well, it would help, given that-"

"She doesn't trust my sense of direction." The boy interjected.

She rolled her eyes, "Given that you've pretty much got us lost, Luke."

"Well," Steven said, laughing a little, "I can pretty much tell you where we are, I've got the maps right here, and I've been in this area for about half a month now." He smiled, "I'm Steven McCarthy, by the way."

Traveler- Peyton Sterling

Finally! A map! Peyton thought. Although, the way he shouted out a greeting makes me wonder if... Hmm. Better just play it nice

Steven had just finished introducing himself when Peyton joined the conversation. "Hi," she said, sticking out her hand to meet his in a friendly handshake. "I'm Peyton Sterling. Nice to see you have maps." She put on her warmest smile- she didn't hand those out often.

Travelers-Luke and Carlie.

"So are you going to help us?" Carlie asked Steven.

"We don't need help..." Luke muttered though the map could really help.

"Yeah, we do," Carlie interjected. "Do you know where Mexico is?"

Risa~~~~

"I'll keep watch." I said as i placed my food safely back into it's pack.

"Meh," the others shrugged and went to sleep. I looked up at the sky and wiggled around the fire, keeping it dim but going. Soon enough the sun was rising again and I got up and left.

"Wait!" I heard someone call from behind

*I'm sorry guys I'm probably going to drop out of this one. I don't really get it...sorry!!*

Traveler- Peyton Sterling

Steven hesitated for a moment, like he was thinking whether or not he should tell the others. Ugh. Great. A slow one, Peyton groaned in her head, but allowed no sound to come out in the open.

"Well, do you or don't you know the way to Mexico?" Peyton asked, her tone grazing on harsh. Oops. There goes the "playing it nice" thing. Great job, girl, she criticized herself mentally.

Steven McCarthy - Bully pretending to be a Traveller

Steven congratulated himself inwardly, Well, there we go. Now I know which one's the impatient one. That'll come in handy. He nodded slowly, "I know, alright. It's that way, more or less." He pointed south, the path he indicated led straight through the city. "I'm just not sure you'd want to go that way."

"Why's that?" Luke asked.

"Well," said Steven, "This place seems to go through three or four major storms a day, and the storms here can be pretty nasty. On top of that." he pointed the same way he had a second ago, "That path leads right through the middle of bully territory. It's the reason I've had to stay here, I've been trying to free some slaves, and also I just can't manage to get around them." He looked at his map, "There's a way around marked on this, but it's been blocked up pretty recently by a storm, the streets are completely blocked up with rubble."

Carlie and Luke- Travelers

Carlie questioned if Steven was telling the truth. Personally, she didn't want to be the person to make the decision to follow Steven's instructions. "What do you think Peyton?" She asked.

Peyton paused while she thought of a response.

*Well In the moonlight doesn't want me to drop...so can someone bring me in?*

Peyton Sterling- Traveler

Great. Just great. Now, after making my first blunder, I have to make a decision. Cool it. Should we trust the guy? Either way, I want to sound confident in my answer. I'm not revealing any part of myself to anyone for now on, if I can help it.

"Have you thought of any other way to go?" she asked Steven, eying him and his map suspiciously. Maybe he'll get nervous. She felt a smirk coming on but quickly put it to rest as she began to talk again. "Can I just take a look at the map? I'd like to get a general idea of where we are, exactly."