Excalibur

Briar walked out toward the nearby river with Lia in tow, a net draped over her back and Lia carrying a bag to collect things with. Her nerves were on edge with everything that was going on and she decided that she just needed some kind of task to keep her mind off of how many wolves had gotten sick as the world continued to devolve into a crazier and crazier state. She had forced herself to come back home once Art regained his sight, but it hadn't been easy to do. It seemed like every time she left Artorias something bad happened to him. He went back home after spending the season here in Armada and had gotten into that terrible fight with Oxx. He recovered from that and she came home only to return to The Hallows and find him moments before he was blinded. She told herself it was just consequence, but she couldn't help but worry that something else would happen while she was away from him and she wouldn't be there to help. Plus, he was fully in the position of Aegis now and it just felt wrong that she wasn't there with him to help him with the role.

She pushed the thoughts out of her mind and tried to focus on the task at hand. She wasn't the best hunter, but she had been working on a fishing net to keep with their supplies to the pack could share it and take advantage of the plentiful fish in the river so she figured she might as well give it a try to make sure it was sturdy. She hadn't had much of a chance to really get into crafting before now, but it was becoming a bit of a hobby and the new blacksmith that had joined the pack had given her some tips one of the times he came around trying to talk to Lia. She didn't know if her handmaiden had picked up on the fact that he was there to see her, but Briar had. She glanced at her fire-marked friend with a little smile. "Hopefully there will be some good herbs for you to gather while we're out here too," she told her. They both needed a good distraction and if they could be productive at the same time then even better.

"Briar Zeitgeist Fatalis"