Lady Boss Of The Unpopular Dungeon

As Alexa and Rune heard Diva call out to them with a series of musical chirps, the beautiful sky colored bird swooped down to the ground right before the duo and gracefully landed. Rune and Diva immediately began to speak to one another and after a series of chirps between the the two of them, Rune turned to Alexa and he began explain what Diva had found.

The simurgh had explored the terrain with a very sharp bird's eye view and had found a perfect camping spot that was not only clean with a nearby water source, it also was a difficult spot to find without a bird's eye view. Alexa and Rune nearly jumped for joy at the thought of a safe place to camp for the night without having to worry about any unnecessary introductions from any more unsavory characters like the poachers from earlier in the day.

The young girl, carbuncle, and simurgh wasted no time in heading over to the spot that Diva had scouted out and within ten minutes, they had reached the spot which was a lovely location to look at. The spot was covered in soft green grass and multiple colorful flowers. there were two large healthy looking trees and several bushes of which a few had some bright white berries on them. Very close to the spot was small pond full of clean looking water, fish, and a few aquatic plants. By the time the group was done admiring the location of their camping spot, the pink, orange and red hued sky had began to slowly change to a deep purple and blue in which a countless number of stars began to shine.

Alexa sighed a little at the darkening sky and she pulled out the storage gem that Una had filled with supplies for the journey to the village of Eclipso. After couple of minutes spent looking through the storage gem, Alexa had pulled out all of the supplies that the group need to set up an acceptable campsite.

The first thing that the trio set up in their little resting spot was a proper campfire with the sticks that Rune had helped gather earlier for the sake of having a light source in order to help Alexa see in the dark so that she could finish setting up the tent and so that Alexa could cook some fish over the campfire. After the campfire was started, Alexa sent Rune and Diva to work together to catch some fish for them to eat for the night while Alexa began to set up the tent for them to sleep in for the night. Alexa tied a very sturdy and and strong rope to one of the two trees in the camping site and stretched it as tight as she could as she tied the rope to the remaining tree to that there was something resembling a clothes line. The next step that the girl did was to dr.a.p.e a tarp like fabric over the rope and she took four long sticks and attached them to the corners of the tarp which gave it a barn-like silhouette. Alexa then took one of two smaller tarps and placed it over the larger tarp which served to create walls for the tent. Alexa used the second tarp and she finished setting up the tent. Alexa then used a large blanket to give the tent a clean and comfortable floor and she set up a small pillow and a smaller blanket for her and the monster to share.

By the time that Alexa had finished the tent, Rune and Diva came up carrying six smallish fish wrapped up in clothe bundle carried by Diva. Alexa smiled and congratulated the two monsters on a job well done. Rune's face soon developed an conceited expression and he began to brag how he and Diva used their tails and some nearby berries as bait to catch the fish.

Alexa and Diva rolled their eyes at Rune's bragging, and Alexa and Diva took the fish and with a very sharp knife, Alexa began to clean and carefully gut the fish by removing the scales and organs. Alexa then sliced the fish meat from the carcass which she then skewered on to some very thin sharpened sticks that Rune had told her were safe for grilling food on. Alexa then took out a small satchel of salt that Una had packed as a small favor for Alexa and she began to sprinkle the salt over the pieces of fish in order to give it some flavor.

Alexa then took the fish kebabs and she began to grill them over the campfire. After some amount time, the meat began to change to a nice cooked color and with some careful checking, the meat was soon fully cooked. She soon took the three fish kebabs and took the fish off of two of them and placed them on two large and very flat rocks so that Diva and Rune could eat with any difficulty.

The three of them happily ate their grilled fish and when they were all done, Rune trotted over and soon began so snuggle into Alexa's l.a.p while Diva flew and landed on her shoulder.

Rune yawned and commented to Alexa "Boss, with your skills, I'm beginning to understand why you think food makes life more fulfilling." Alexa blushed a little bit at the comment and she began to give the small carbuncle a scratch behind his long fuzzy ears.

Alexa then took off her hooded cloak and boots while saying "Camping is pretty great, but we should start heading to bed. We'll need wake up early tomorrow in order to reach Eclipso before nightfall."

As soon as she said that, the two monsters that had been lounging in her l.a.p and should got off and the three of them crawled into the tent to sleep until morning. Alexa laid her head down on the small pillow and pulled the blanket over her body for some extra warmth and comfort with Rune and Diva settling down next to her and soon the three of them drifted off to sleep.