The Fellowship Grows, the Journey Continues (RP)

- Albert -

"He's a dog." The girl says looking at you like you are stupid. "Dogs don't get names." She ruffles the fur behind the unnamed dog's ears, making it collapse in a paroxysm of happiness.

She looks sadly back at the hovel behind her. "We don't have room for all of you." She says seriously, as though this is some sort of insult. "But if you ask next door, and across the road, and over there ... there aren't more of you, are there?"

This reaction is strange, she seems agitated by not being able to fulfil your request.

What do you do?

- Lille -

The dog is still a puppy, all sound and fury, signifying nothing. It has not yet learned to keeps it master's secrets and joyously expounds upon the many (more than a score!) people who all live in this wondrous village. He spends most of his time telling you about the best person in the world, his bestest-bestest friend, —the girl behind him, who looks on happily as her dog rolls over and kicks his legs in the air while getting his belly rubbed.

There is the heavy-voice who lives here, and the light-voice who comes over from across the road to move things around in the house and make dust, and the other light-voice who brings wonderful smelling bowls that he gets to lick ... after, and the grumpy dog who chases him when he ventures too far down 'that way' but can never catch him because he is the fastest dog ever!

Your dog-friend knows nothing about strange people, like you, who suddenly appear, he thought he knew everyone in the world! But he is thrilled that there is more out there, maybe his bestest-bestest friend will want to go exploring and meet everyone else.What do you do?

- Albert -

The village consists of a single row of houses and an empty square with the well in the middle.

The only thing to differentiate any of the houses is that one house near the well has a boom sticking out above the door. This is the closest you can see to a 'sign'. As the proprietor of a roadside inn or tavern, you might know that this indicates this is currently an alehouse (a house that has ale available right now), but you might also never have heard of this quaint custom.

What do you do?

- Lille -

At the mention of 'the border' the girl looks nervously towards the direction you are heading (so you probably have not passed it).

"You don't want to do there." She says in hushed tones. "They have zombies over there."

What do you do?

Roald's first intent is to stay with the women and find out what the girl has to say. But when he sees Albert wandering off, he decides to stay with his friend.
''Careful now, that doorknob has seen better times'' he says quietly when Albert tries to open the stubborn door that seems to be a bit stuck.

- Lille -

"Sting?" The unnamed girl asks in surprise. "Do they sting people?" She sounds more interested in this newest tidbit than scared of the zombies. It does not seem like she knows why she is supposed to be scared of the 'zombies over there', but just that it is what she has heard from- and been taught by those around her.

"They don't cone into the village." She says proudly.

What do you do?

- Albert and Roald -

The door does not appear to have a lock, but it also does not open. You may have heard of the common rural tradition of only using the front door for the three times when one is carried over it (birth, death and weddings), but that seems a bit at odds with the village layout with these doors all facing the only street.

Maybe it is stuck?

What do you do?