02-11-2020, 06:31 PM
Oh gods, it was hot. The heat was unending, relentless, pouring over him in waves and crashes. His fur dripped, his mouth hung open, his usually high tail dragged along the ground. He was dying, not really but that's how he felt. He came from a tropical forest, not anything like this dry and desolate hellscape. He didn't even have it the worst, that 'privilege' fell to Goatus, his companion. Her thick coat hadn't been shorn recently because there hadn't been any reason to, but there was definitely reason now. It was good for sheep to have some wool in the summer, it protected them from burning and regulated temperature, but she had more than just some wool. They were both just staving off dehydration with the water they had stored, but they had used up a fair amount of it already. With a waterskin slung across his back, Reed followed beside the cart and just behind Goatus, having to occasionally push the cart through the somewhat loose sand. This was terrible, this was torture, why did they go over here when they could have gone to that weird island clan.
Reed tried to calm himself as he trudged along, a reminder of 'everyone deserves goods, regardless of where they live' playing in his head on loop. It was sorta bull but also like, not really? It was still terrible to have to walk through places like this. He wasn't a lizard or something with short fur that was adapted to live here, nor was Goatus. They were both cool weather animals. The border had to be around here somewhere, please. They couldn't turn back now and there wasn't much they could see ahead of them except for.. wait. There was something in the distance, maybe trees? oh gods, it was trees. It was also a line of decapitated heads and various.. parts. lovely.
Reed wasn't bothered by the body parts as much as the items strewn across the ground with them that he knew he couldn't take, for likely chance of getting shit from the clan he wanted to trade with. There was some fairly cool stuff amongst the picked apart, heat scorched bodies. masks, some broken weapons, pretty neat stuff. They were at the border though and they needed to get into the cool of the forest pretty fast. Head on a swivel as he watched for anybody approaching, his paws would anxiously tap and his tail would twitch. He was too hot and he was worried about Goatus. Finally, there was somebody and he could start his spiel.
"Hello, Hello!" He'd start off, barely restraining himself from suddenly coughing in the dry air. "I'm Goa-no, I'm Reed and this is my wonderful companion, Goatus. We're travelling merchants and we're here to ask if any of y'all are interested in bartering or exchange of services for some wonderful items!" He'd forgotten to uncover the cart, crud. Looking at Goatus for a few seconds, she'd kick out her back hoof and the cover flew off the top of the cart and hung bunched up by a rope at the back. There was a wide assortment of items in the now uncovered cart, from dried flowers to skulls, old human items, jars of various unidentifiable liquids and substances, the list goes on. "I don't mean to bug any of you but it would be fantastic if trade were to commence within the cover of the trees? me and my partner don't fare too well in this heat, you see."
(no need to match length! there's pretty much anything you want in the cart as there's no solid inventory at the moment.)
