>>26346335Report on Deadbeat LABEE, Entry #5
We have taken up camp just outside Himehearth, nanora. I will not lie, though I know it is relatively safe, this town has always filled me with a sense of unease. Something about the way the pines make the dark green bushes and grasses even darker disturbs me, and the occasional sharp note from a Crafts-naito testing their piano makes my hairs stand on end. Really, Menthora has always had this strangeness for me.
The convoy is resting here for several reasons, so I dared not suggest we hurry past. The Luknights of trade want to load up on lumber to sell in Nanoramune. As we go further north, the fewer standard lumber trees we receive and the more "Lollipop" trees form. Their lumber is next to useless; it deforms when wet. Our Luknights are taking the opportunity to prepare themselves for the colder climate, buying warmer armor lining, though many are waiting until Nasedina to buy new armor entirely. The only real exceptions are Puffison and the Luknights of Cooking, who seem to have built up a more ...natural layer of insulation.
It's also starting to get cold enough at night that some of the greener Deadbeats are distressed. Shige is always telling them, "Run your lazy asses around the wagon circle a few times if you want to be warm!". Myself and a couple of other Luknights have begun making adjustments to Luknight armor linings to make them fit Deadbeat armor. I was a little surprised when I had finished one of them, only to discover it would be going to Calvinus! I had hoped he would be more prepared or responsible...
Himesama, I have also heard two of our Luknights have proven themselves in battle defending our guests the other day. Citrora and I agree, when we arrive at our destination, we will send our recommendations for their opals back to Nanonanora. The brigands' weapons have also been recovered at great interest to Endus and Gaia, especially the powderized pots of Luna-chuubanite. Cinnama, Puffison, and Citrora could only view the powderization with disgust, as a waste of chuubanite, a dangerous health and environmental hazard. "They'll be pulling little marshmallows out of the carriage walls for weeks," Citrora said. Thankfully, royal diplomatic Luknights of Cooking are trained to make excellent remedies as well as food.
Himesama bless us,
Lady Noravera Jaggery