Moving Upwards

Subject: Moving Upwards Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:22 pm

Saddling Neptune and adding the stuffed saddlebags to what he carries, and then putting the smaller version of them on Spot, she places the leading halter on Spot and attaches the lead-rope and leads her out of the pen, tying off the rope to the fence temporarily.

Rosa makes a last tour of the cottage to make sure she has everything she plans to take with her then returns, unties Spot's lead-rope and saunters over to Neptune. Placing her foot in the stirrup, she mounts Neptune while holding tightly to Spot's lead-rope. Turning his head, she gently applies her heels to Neptune's sides to put him in motion headed away from the cottage and out to the road leading out of Ros O'g Cairbre. Without looking back, she guides him to the main road out and towards Cork...............

Subject: Re: Moving Upwards Wed Jun 04, 2008 4:22 pm

Saddling Neptune and adding the stuffed saddlebags to what he carries, and then putting the smaller version of them on Spot, she places the leading halter on Spot and attaches the lead-rope and leads her out of the pen, tying off the rope to the fence temporarily.

Rosa makes a last tour of the cottage to make sure she has everything she plans to take with her then returns, unties Spot's lead-rope and saunters over to Neptune. Placing her foot in the stirrup, she mounts Neptune while holding tightly to Spot's lead-rope. Turning his head, she gently applies her heels to Neptune's sides to put him in motion headed away from the cottage and out to the road leading out of Ros O'g Cairbre. Without looking back, she guides him to the main road out and towards Cork...............

Subject: Re: Moving Upwards Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:18 am

Going at Spot's pace was slow and tedious for the most part. Rosa didn't believe they would ever make it to the Cork node before the sun set that day. Seeing and recognizing the landmarks from her previous trips, she scouts out an amenable spot to set up camp to await the arrival of the others she'll be traveling with.

Dismounting from the saddle on Neptune's back, Rosa goes about setting up the camp for the nights she, Spot and Neptune will be spending there. Holding on to the lead-rope for Spot, she heads for a grassy area with a sturdy tree nearby and ties off the rope to one of the low-hanging limbs. After removing the saddlebags Spot carried, Rosa pours out some corn for Spot on the ground nearby and within easy reach.

Returning to Neptune, Rosalynn unloads the bedroll and packs he carried. Working industriously, she clears an area for the campfire, circling it with rocks before collecting firewood and starting the fire. Laying out her bedroll a safe distance from the fire, she arranges the packs close by.

Pouring some of the oats she brought with her on the ground close to Neptune for him to eat, she carries the bucket she brought to the nearby stream and fills it. Returning first to Spot for her to drink her fill, and then refilling the bucket and carrying it over to where Neptune is eating a combination of grass and the oats. Leaving the bucket there, she returns to her bedroll and pulls out the ingredients for her dinner, beef jerky and a fresh loaf of bread. Carrying the tin pot she brought with her to the stream, she fills it with fresh water and after setting it on the edge of the fire to heat, she pours tea leaves into it to brew.

Gnawing on the jerky while she waits for the water to boil, Rosa looks up at the star-studded sky, moonless just yet. Knowing it will be a too-quiet night, she is looking forward to the others arrival the next night for sure. Once the water comes to a boil, she gets out the cup she brought with her and pours some of the steaming tea into it and then sets the pot back on the fire. Alternately blowing on the tea to cool it and sipping carefully, Rosa munches on the loaf of bread and jerky.

Subject: Re: Moving Upwards Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:19 pm

After banking the fire for the night, Rosa crosses over to her laid out bedroll and settles down atop it. Pulling one of the saddle bags over to use as a pillow, she lays on her back looking up at the broad-expanse of the nighttime sky and closes her eyes.

Subject: Re: Moving Upwards Thu Jun 05, 2008 4:30 pm

Stirring on the bedroll, Rosa opens her eyes as the sun rises and hits her squarely in the face. Having been sleeping soundly, she moans in agitation and rubbing her eyes, sits up. Looking around her at the peaceful surroundings, she straightens the blankets of her bedroll then gets to her feet.

Seeing to the animals, feeding and watering them both, she decides to explore a bit while munching on her morning ration of jerky and bread and sets off to head upstream first so she can drink at her leisure along the way.

Subject: Re: Moving Upwards Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:37 pm

Returning to her camp, she's pleasantly surprised as her friends ride in and join her. After conversing for a bit, she excuses herself and heads for her laid out bedroll after deciding a nap is in order. Stretching out atop the mound of blankets and quilts, she closes her eyes all the while listening to the myriad of voices as they converse before dropping off to sleep.

Subject: Re: Moving Upwards Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:12 pm

After catching up with everyone at the tavern, it's late by the time Rosa returns to her campsite. Checking to be sure both Spot and Neptune have plenty of water, Rosa settles down on her bedroll, pulls the saddlebag up close to use as a pillow, and is asleep within minutes of laying her head down.

Morning comes too early, and after sitting up, Rosa stretches and yawns. She sets about getting the campfire going once more, setting a freshly filled pot of water amongst the coals to come to a boil before adding tea leaves. After putting down more corn for Spot and oats for Neptune, refilling their buckets with fresh water, Rosalynn returns to her campfire and pours herself a cup of tea. Pulling out more bread and jerky from her saddlebags, she grabs an apple from the goods she is bringing with her. Settling down to her makeshift breakfast, her blue-eyed gaze wander over her surroundings while she eats.

Once finished, being so close to town, after banking the campfire, she meanders on into town to seek work for the day so heads for the town hall's bulletin board to check for job offerings. Spotting one untaken just yet for 20p for bringing in a corn harvest, she pulls the notice down and after asking directions, heads for the home and employer of the job to apply.

After speaking with the employer and agreeing to the job, she's directed towards the corn field in question and where the tools are located that she'll need. Rosa hums softly as she goes first to the tool shed and carrying the tools she'll need, she heads for the corn field. Hoping that their traveling companion catches up with them today, Rosa's thoughts turn to the expectation of reaching Waterford in the next day or so.

Subject: Re: Moving Upwards Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:02 pm

After toiling all day and getting the farmers corn harvest in, Rosa heads back to her campsite and after grabbing a towel, she heads for the stream to bathe and wash the grime off of herself. After removing her clothing, she washes them in the stream and drapes them over a bush to dry while she washes up.

Emerging from the stream, water streams off her body as she gathers up her damp clothing and goes back to her camp. Laying the clothes over some bushes there, she rummages around in the saddlebags and removes clean clothing and dresses quickly.

After feeding and watering Spot and Neptune, Rosa heads back into town and to the tavern to meet up with her sister and friends to discuss the next day's travel plans to Waterford.

After plying several people with a deluge of beer, she returns to her campsite to get a good night's rest before rising early to pack up and join the others on the road headed out.

Subject: Re: Moving Upwards Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:21 pm

Arriving in Waterford, aka Port Lairge, it's realized a member of their original party, although a bit behind, had arrived in Lismore. So saddling Neptune and another horse, Solumn accompanied Rosa back to Lismore to retrieve Hawk and take him back to Waterford with them. As well, Risk joined through returning group.

Once back in Waterford, Rosa ventured to the University to gather books to study on her own since they, as has been the case often lately, had no courses she was in need of. Deciding to take a break, she decided to go fishing today instead of hitting the books again.

Meeting up with the others in the Rubber Ducky Brigade, it's decided that they will travel again next week up to Cashel to pick fruit and meet up with other friends there.

Subject: Re: Moving Upwards Sat Jun 21, 2008 5:13 pm

Rosa groans and moans as she reeeeeally had no intentions of returning to Ros, period. However, several of the Ducky Brigade had managed to sell their fields and were in need of the funds generated so return they did to Ros before traveling on to Cashel.

It tickled her no end to hear that 'they' believed her to be behind the latest revolts as if she had been asked, yep, she would have not thought twice about helping to fund it. She hadn't been and the increase in the paranoia level in Ros made everything worthwhile. Rosa liked to have hurt herself from laughing so hard seeing them prosecuting someone based on a 'screenshot' (which they weren't available in 1456) and coming from a tavern (yeah, drunks will swear to tell the bleary-eyed truth as they know it, and can be relied on to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth ). Amazed at what they are trying to do without any solid proof showing someone guilty, she's surprised that she and her sister's retinue aren't being prosecuted as well, just for being who they are.

In the meantime, she receives word from one of her first cousins, that he plans to marry her off without agreement from either her or her first hubby. They'd suffered the major loss of their twins, Rhoswen and Tanvir the previous October and both weren't about to let it go, even though justice was not done nor sought by any other than themselves. As the URACE claimed anathema against her, they fell short of seeing justice was done for the twins after their deaths by an arsonist in Holywell, disregarding their father entirely.

In March of the current year, Rosa sought dissolution of their marriage and received it from an Averroest priest, trying to free her husband from the taint of 'her' so that he could have a life free of the burden her name created.

Having left Scotland in hopes to finally free him and herself, she first went to Scotland and then after fleeing Scotland and going to Spain, then returning to Scotland for a short time before going to Ireland, she'd mistakenly thought her demons wouldn't follow her there. She was wrong. They had not only followed her, but reminded her of the times when life was pleasant and worth living. To be enveloped in a man's arms again had long been her hope and desire and it was becoming more apparent than ever that she was caught between two worlds and may have moved prematurely. But then again, perhaps not?

Subject: Re: Moving Upwards Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:14 pm

Rosa does a happy-dance as she finds herself and her companions on the Cork node again and 40 miles away from Ros. she restocked the Rubber Ducky Downs tavern there, and paid the taxes on both taverns (there is one in Waterford as well now). She smiles happily to be away from the nightmarish-town, and gives thanks to Jah that she wasn't given the responsibility of trying to resurrect a dying town after what the previous mayor and 2-person town council did to it. Gathering her own harvests, she buys corn from the town market to re-stock the Ducky in Ros, taking her own elsewhere to sell.

Leaving them to their own self-destruction seems a very good idea right now and Rosa is only too happy to help the endeavor.

Spreading out her bedroll on the ground once again on the Cork node, she digs a small fire pit, places large rocks around its circumference, twigs, dead leaves and smaller limbs in the middle, she strikes a spark to it..............once it small flames start to form and are going well, she adds some logs to it for it to burn a long while.

Rosa hangs the much-used kettle, after filling it with fresh water from the stream, for it to come to a boil, on the tripod over the fire before adding ground coffee beans to it. Having brought a few spare mugs with her, she waits for her traveling companions to wander in............

Subject: Re: Moving Upwards Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:24 pm

Rosalynn had kept nothing secret from her companions, however, the voluminous robes she wore, held more. Saint she wasn't destined to be.A new being has emerged named 'Axel Tyler' lol