Of Chalices, Trees and S'mores

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Characters: Cissnei, Reno, Zack, Tseng
Progress: Closed; follow-up post here
Summary: The Turks are out and about, investigating Cissnei's Crystal Chalice
Location: Qu's Marsh and the routes in-between
Date: September 30, 1804
Warnings: Reno cussing, Cissnei being somewhat emotional, violence and monster killing


After Reno helped Sephiroth to settle in at the mansion in Lindblum, the two began to trek to Qu's Marsh. According to amassed information, there was a strange tree at the Marsh. Maybe it's a Myrrh tree like the ones the Selkies spoke of? They wouldn't know until they got there. The Chalice had been such a mystery to Cissnei, and now that a total of three people had a Chalice, there surely had to be a reason why they all found one.

They walked across terrains, talking of nothing and everything, sometimes staying silent for the sake of Cissnei, who sometimes truly could not handle Reno's confusing motormouth. It was turning late, a little too late, but luckily they managed to get most of the way to the Marsh. Both decide that it was a good time to stop and rest and finish the rest of the trip the next morning.

Cissnei starts to set out her sleeping bag underneath a large tree they came across. "Hey, Reno... Um..." She pauses and tries to figure out how to word her question without offending him. Rufus seemed quite flat about what he told her. "Rufus... Rufus told me that Veld's daughter was behind AVALANCHE. When? Why?"

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"ShinRa doesn't have very much charm, though," she teased. "I guess I could use a bit of a facial now that we're out here.

"Yeah, sure. We might find something interesting in this Midgar." She made a new little s'more, licking off the chocolatey excess from the sides. "Maybe we'll find something that's ours," Cissnei muses thoughtfully. "Wouldn't that be something."

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Reno smirked. "If there's a clicky-pen there that still works, I call dibs." He gave a little laugh, then sealed off their bags of smore-making ingredients. "Let's save the rest of these for after the swamp. I have a feeling we'll be happy for some sugary food and a campfire then. Besides, it's getting late."

All items were returned to his pack, and his bedroll was opened up, setting it nearby Cissnei's. "Time for good little Turks to get some shut-eye. We're gonna need it."

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"You can take it," she said with a smile. Cissnei stretched and laid back. "Definitely."

~The next morning~

The two had made their way closer to the tree and Cissnei was surprised by just how swampy it actually was. "Lovely," she said. "I expect new clothes after this," she added as she began to roll up her pants and shifted her packs higher up on her back.

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The next morning had been full of taking down their campsite and hefting their packs into the swamp. Unlike Cissnei, Reno didn't even attempt to pull up his slacks - he was going to get muddy no matter what - he knew it. Instead, he gritted his teeth and headed in, glooping and slopping alongside the determined female. "New clothes? Here? I don't know if they even make this kind of fabric here," he insisted with a frown, pushing aside some reeds. Some areas were awful, but there were spots where dry ground could actually be found, and he kept them on -those- spots as long as humanly possible.

"The question is: where is this tree Tifa mentioned? It can't be that far in... can it?" He hoped not. Getting muddy might be part of the job, but it ranked high on the 'downside' of being a Turk.

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"Well, at least some to use while these get washed," she said with a bit of a frown. She shook her head and shrugged when he asked about the tree. "I don't think the maps on our phones will help us locate a tree, will it?"

Cissnei loathed, of all things, being or looking unkempt and she was not at all happy that her perfect, pristine suit was getting ruined by muck. You'd think they would have already built some kind of traveling system across the swamp.