Joining the morning protest, with little other options available since those laborers working the mining and extraction activities on strike, Thalen had joined his colleagues at the local watering hole. The interruption from the stampede and the unrelated, maybe, quake causing his companions to forget about their grievances against the company to drink away and congratulate each other on the earlier excitement and their role, however small, in 'saving' the encampment. Director Dorell, who had been for the past few minutes, was desperately trying to spur the workers to action, the quake having left the camp in disarray with the state of the mines currently unknown, however Thalen's coworkers would not be moved, barely registering the increasingly incessant Director. Eventually the irritated administrator's attention was diverted to a group of beings, unassociated with the company, that Thalen has seen interject themselves into the protest earlier. The group appeared to be harrassing a local, a young teen that Thalen had seen hanging around the encampment on occassion before. Frowning, the Director threw up his hands with a grumbled,
"What now!", and began stalking towards the small band.
"I'm not a child," Kordath exclaimed, his face coloring as his eyes narrowed in sulky frustration,
"and ... and I don't need protection."
Face scrunthing he took in the odd assembled group before settling on the doctor,
"I can show you on a map but you can't go straight as the Bac-hawke flies.
"There are areas ... dangerous areas due to risk of rockslides or flash flooding ... tha, that you should avoid ... that a local guide would able to navigate you through."
OOC:
Just as an FYI, as it seems like I've not been entirely clear on the matter, but Kordath is a teenager equivalent to a 17-18 year old so still young and so still someone that you all might not want to expose to danger unnecessarily but wanted to be clear he is someone that could more or less 'handle his self'. As much as any 17-18 year old 'country boy' exposed to agriculture and hunting/fishing would be able to handle his self.
@GreyGriffin / emsquared / Furmyr - You would notice the Director has given up on getting the miners do work and is now walking towards the group, at a brisk pace, clearly annoyed.
@Knighthawke - Thalen can take the opportunity to insert his self into the conversation if he'd like, or observe from afar, or whatever but you can post his actions and/or thoughts. WELCOME! Officially to the game!
