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Chapter 54 by agenteightysix agenteightysix

Now that you're decent, where to from here?

Stay in the empty barn for the night

You take a moment to look out over the landscape. This area seems to be dotted with small farms as far as you can see, with only the forest behind you and the road in the distance to break it up. There probably won't be a town for you to stop at tonight unless you want to be walking for a few more hours. You're still squinting towards the horizon, trying to figure out where you could go for the night, when Siora grabs your hand and pulls you to the entrance of the barn.

Siora has opened the barn door just enough for the two of you to enter. To your slight surprise, the barn is empty. Whoever tends this orchard must be away today - perhaps taking their goods into the nearest town for sale. Whatever the reason, you both know this will probably be your best bet to rest up for the night. Siora tries to pull you in to the barn but you slip from her grasp and turn back around, bounding over to the clothesline one more time to pull a large blanket from it.

"If we're staying here we might as well make ourselves comfy," you comment as you roll the blanket up in your arms and finally join her inside the barn. As the two of you walk through the barn, you can't help but notice that it is very tidy. The farmhands here must have done a thorough cleaning since the last time any of the stalls were used.

"We should head back there to rest up," Siora asserts, pointing to the last stall along the right side with one hand while pulling your elbow with the other. "That way if someone comes in before we leave in the morning they likely wont find us." The thought of someone finding the two of you definitely scares you a little. You should probably make sure you both can get going early tomorrow morning just to be sure. When you reach the last stall, you are delighted to find a generous pile of hay waiting for you. It won't be too much work to spread it out and throw your blanket over it for a makeshift bed.

You throw the blanket over the edge of the stall for now and join Siora in spreading out a flat-ish area for you to sleep on, making sure none of the strands are sticking up to potentially poke you. Laying out the general shape takes less than a minute but you both take the better part of half an hour to clean it up. When the two of you are finally satisfied, you step over to the blanket, unfolding it to lay out for your bed. When you spread out the blanket, Siora comes back into view from behind it. Her shirt is already off and one pant leg is already vacated.

When she sees the questioning look on your face, she exclaims, "What, you expect me to sleep in this?"

"Well, yeah, kinda, it's not like we have other clothes to sleep in," you retort.

"Well exactly," she returns as she finishes pulling her foot out of the other pant leg. "We have to wear this tomorrow, so let's not get them messy tonight."

Follow Siora's lead?

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