[Tethers] Making Friends - Shopping Buddies

Collection Title: Making Friends

Shopping Buddies - Rathi and Dakota
Universe: Tethers
Characters: Rathi of the Cinders, Dakota Sorrel, Other(s)
Rating: K+
Description: After an unfortunate encounter with some lucky bandits, Rathi and Dakota take care of the supply shopping, and learn a little bit about each other along the way.

“We need supplies to make it to Marbaden,” Rathi announces.

She plants her hands on her hips and surveys her eclectic collection of companions.

They’re a sorry lot, is what they are. Celeste and Tempest are both knocked out on one of the beds, snoring in odd tandem, Tempest wrapped in bloody bandages and Celeste’s face and body coated in sweat.

Tyrael sits nearby, divested of his armor and his bloodied clothes, his face a maelstrom of emotion Rathi is not prepared to pick apart right now.

“We can get it tomorrow. They need their rest,” Tyrael says, as though his own face isn’t creased with fatigue and dark circles crowd under his eyes.

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