You bring up the idea of a hot air balloon to help with scouting from the air, which Primus excitedly passes on to his little group. Bryce is even more ecstatic than Primus, saying that he’s sure that whoever’s left after everyone heads down to the Sanctuary could make great progress on that! Slick agrees wholeheartedly, and Whipp remains silent…until Slick leans in and says that she might be able to get some sniping advantage in one. She straightens out immediately and runs back to relay it to the remaining TCPs.
Primus whispers that that’s the most excited he’s seen her, getting an amused snort from Bryce. Slick seems proud of themself, turning back to the other two and asking where they wanted to go.
Bryce says that anywhere’s good, as long as they get ample time to pick out where resources are! They can’t carry anything huge back right now, but noting where things are and bringing samples home to test with alchemy would be a great way to prepare. Slick says that they’d rather avoid any sort of confrontation, because to be honest, they’re not really a good fighter…
Whipp returns faster than anyone expected, catching her non-existent breath before joining the conversation. She doesn’t mind a fight, but picking one would get them into deep shit unless they could absolutely guarantee a win.
Primus takes this and your advice in, mumbling to himself. Decisions are hard, and hurt his head a little, but he thinks that going to Wax’s base would be the best idea! Slick notes that it looks a lot less intimidating than that spiral-y thing over in Spit’s place, and from what Wretch has told them, Wax is a much nicer person. Whipp mutters that being nicer than Spit isn’t a hard thing to beat, but agrees. Bryce takes Primus’ map for a moment and nods slowly, concluding that he could find plenty of resources along the way.
The scouting party sets off, (mostly) full of adventuring spirit!