Rose opened her eyes to the morning sunlight. The sun was halfway up the flat horizon. Rose was facing where Caden had slept, and realized he was gone. She sat up and looked to Dusty, who was gone, too. She stood up and looked around, she spotted them not too far away, but far enough where she couldn't hear them.
Judging by their anrgy faces and harsh gestures, they were fighting. Rose let out a heavy sigh. First thing she did was roll up the three mats and piled them together. Then, she made her way towards the men. The two spotted her and stopped talking, but exchanged angry glances at one another.
"Morning."
Said Rose, tiredly. Both nodded, Caden giving a, "Hmph."
Dusty gave a, "Hurn."
Rose rubbed her eyes and asked.
"You wanna eat breakfast before we head out?"
Both shook their heads, Dusty said. "We can eat later, you can eat while we're moving."
"Um, alright. So where are we headed?"
"That way."
The men said in unison, Dusty pointed towards the rising sun. Caden pointed in the direction where they slept.
Rose sighed. Dusty said. "North."
"West." Said Caden.
"Compass?" Asked Rose. Dusty looked at her for a moment.
"Oh, right."
He dropped his backpack and rummaged through it. Finally he found the compass. On it was the red arrow. The three watched as it pointed towards the North.
"Ha yes! Take that that Illager!"
Dusty laughed, Caden rolled his eyes, saying.
"Shut up, let's move out."
Dusty gathered the mats and placed them in his backpack, and the three set off towards the rising sun.
Time ticked slowly by, and even though the sky was clear and the sun was bright, it was freezing. Or so Rose thought, the two men went on. Bickering to one another. The sun was in the middle of the sky now, and they were still headed North, Caden spoke up after a time.
"We're lost aren't we?"
Dusty, with a hint of frustration in his voice answered.
"No. We have to reach somewhere. It's gonna take a while."
Caden sighed, "Oh Gods this is ridiculous!"
Dusty spun around and looked Caden hard in the eyes with firey anger.
"Hey, if you have a problem with it, you can feel free to leave."
"Guys please," Rose interjected, standing between the two. "Look, I know it's hard and stressful. Being out in the open, the weather freezing. You guys are probably hungry, lets just take a break, eat and drink, and then we'll be on our way."
The two look at her strangely, Rose put her hands together as if for prayer and asked.
"Please?"
After a few minutes, the men gave in.
The three sat on the short yellowish green grass. Rose rummaged through one of the chests she asked Caden to pull from his inventory. Unfortunately though, most of the produce were rotten or expired. Until she came across a loaf of bread. She sighed, and took it out of the chest.
Caden put the chest back in his inventory while Dusty divided up the bread in three equal pieces. The three ate in silence, though Dusty and Caden kept giving each other hateful looks. Rose about to say something about when she saw something off about the two.
"Hey guys, what's that on both your noses?"
The two men looked down cross-eyed at their noses. On the end of both their aquiline noses, strange colors were forming. For Dusty, it was a deep red color. For Caden, the color was coal black.
"Uh-oh."
Both said in unison. Instantly, the two rummaged through their inventories.
"What's going on?" Rose asked.
"It's a sign meaning we're getting too cold. It's not easy being us." Answered Dusty.
"Oh, I see what you mean, funny though. I'm cold but I'm not turning red." Rose Commented.
Caden said, "That's because you're human."
"What? You guys are people too." Rose looked at the two, who exchanged glances and both looked at her.
"Define, 'People.' " Said Dusty.