Day 37
The armor is pretty great to move around in. I'll never have my full range of motion wearing this much armor but it doesn't actually impact me much. I won't be doing gymnastics wearing it, big deal. Jogging around wearing it does get a bit warm though so I don't want to imagine what a full plate set would be like here.
I've been putting hours into my morning and nightly exercising in an attempt to maintain fitness. It has been working as a good way to deal with stress though working out and getting this dirty without a shower sucks. A bucket and a cloth are not nearly as nice. I've made my peace with inferior washing but the sight of all that water back in Orgrimmar got to me.
I know I've complained about sweat and the heat but when it gets down to it a dry heat like this is actually amazing. If I had to endure the sweat and bugs of a jungle or warm forest without clean washing water I'd go mad. Feralas is not a place I plan on ending up and neither is the Swamp of Sorrows.
Several of the younger tauren adults have been joining me in the evenings for exercise and I must say I'm having fun. Not all of the things I knew worked with their forms but enough crossed over for them to benefit. I swear if I ever actually refer to that as gains I may just cry from horror.
Day 38
I joined up with a patrol today and we spotted action in the East against the quilboar. We didn't approach close enough to get drawn into the fighting but from what I saw some adventurers were being supported by infantry forces in assaulting the thorny settlement. The two tauren I was with grumbled about the bloodshed but understood the depraved nation of the quilboar and centaur well enough not to make a fuss.
The common tauren response towards large military acts being the exact opposite of the orc and troll attitudes kind of confuses me sometimes. A mutual respect for honor could only so far before differences disrupt things. Horde education in general seems to be severely lacking even for society like this but I blame the constant war for that. A never ending struggle for survival, a true world of warcraft.
My companions for the day showed me a large wild kodo herd and I felt the impact of their movements when they walked past us. I think I had a brief moment of soul crushing terror when the thought of the Fel Reaver popped into my head before a splitting headache ruined my day. It has faded a bit by now but the rest of the patrol was just uncomfortable for me.
Day 39
Rain from Dustwallow has made it over the mountains and teased me all day with brief showers. Having to wipe my armor down for such half-assed relief isn't a great trade. Logmar seems to particularly hate getting wet which would kind of explain some things best left unmentioned.
Cloudhoof introduced me to the Peacebloom tea and the wonderful calm such good tea could inspire in you. It had me daydreaming of a beach house in Azshara for later in life. Hey, a guy can dream about owning real estate if he wants to. If it wasn't for how dangerous that place is I'd already be retiring and cabin building up there but I can wait until a little closer to when crazy goblins invade it. If they do. Uh, I hope I don't change that, I guess?
Where was I? Oh yes, Peacebloom. Keep in mind Journal that this herb is used in plenty of interesting low grade potions so the fact of widespread tea use doesn't surprise me, but what does surprise me is how common it is for tauren to smoke it. Tauren lung capacity was an astonishing thing to witness first hand even if the resulting cloud does make your eyes water a little bit. Thanks a lot, Skyhunter!
Disregarding the image of a Tauren Woodstock or whatever they would call it, I found the effects of the smoked herb a little too powerful when I might be expected to fight at any time. I will be avoiding that particularly social gathering entirely during my military time. And now I'm reminded to write to Sorek and inquire about more training or at least some information about the damn ship I was sunk on. I need an answer about that weirdness sometime soon.
-Borgin