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[valdyr]

WHO: Ubbe Ragnarsson and YOU
WHEN: June 26th to the 30th
WHAT: Settling in
WHERE: Gazin and slightly beyond
WARNINGS: None yet but will update
NOTES: Locations where you can find the Viking are in bold.

It had only been a couple of days since they set off from Kattegat to sail to the new land that Floki had found. He spent hours thinking about what it might look like and wishing the winds would favour them a little more so that the boat would go faster. Perhaps not knowing where he was going was why he ended up where he did, under a sign that bears a name that he has never seen before.

Due to the kindness of one stranger who had arrived in a similar fashion, Ubbe was able to get some kind of understanding regarding this new and unexpected journey he found himself in. This was no doubt the Gods doing and he had spent far too long questioning them. So, he decided to let things unravel as they were meant to, at whatever pace they were meant to unravel.

Luckily, he's a patient man.

Over the course of the first four days, Ubbe mostly watches. The town of Gazin reminds him slightly of Winchester, in Wessex. Though there are far more buildings and structures here that shame the small settlement in many ways. Still, Ubbe takes his time, stopping at the stables and market. He passes the apothecary before taking the dirt road past Gazin's gates and eventually ends up back at the inn.

It will take some time to get used to, but Ubbe craves new experiences and this is definitely one such situation. He only finds himself sorry that Torvi and his daughter could not be there, too.

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apothecary

[radishlobbyist]

With it being summer in Gazin and the weather quite nice, Wen Qing is putting up a table in front of the apothecary to lure in some more customers. She is just building a stack of satchels filled with nice-smelling herbs which help relieve headaches when she takes notice of the man taking his time to look around like he is new to Gazin.

If there is a traveler, there is a chance to have him restock his medical supplies in Gazin, which would mean good business. There’s also something off about his clothing, something which sets him apart from the locals though she can’t quite pinpoint it since all that hard-boiled dark leather mostly still looks the same to her, even if the people come from completely different lands.

“Can I interest you in some teas, Young Master? We have teas for all kinds of ailments,” and with a wry quirk to her lips she adds, “even if it is just to make a hangover pass more quickly.”

[valdyr]

Ubbe slows to a stop, vivid blue eyes taking in the woman's face before lowering to check out the presentation of what she was trying to sell. At first, it may almost seem like the Viking hasn't heard her or doesn't understand. But that was it - he did understand. This was a new world and every new place he'd been, both as a young man and as an older one, had a language he did not know.

"Teas," he repeats, looking down again. "Is one of these teas able to send me back to where I come from?"

Ubbe is normally calm in the face of stressful situations but his voice carries an edge of sarcasm that helps point out that he's new.

[radishlobbyist]

Oh, it's not that Wen Qing doesn't appreciate bad temper when someone is stressed - but she has plenty of experience with tall, intimidating men who get scathing when they are stressed, and thus all it earns him is a very unimpressed look clearly asking are you done?

Outwardly, she just picks up one of the small satchels holding a tea with herbs known for their soothing, calming attributes and holds it out to him, "No, but this one might get you to become a little bit more pleasant about my lack of miracle cures."

Yet then she pauses, thinking back to what he'd said. Where he is from...

"Tell me where you are from and how you got here and maybe I can help," she offers. She's been studying maps for months now, if he is from somewhere around here she should know the place.