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Derp, I've been forgetting to update the "current location"! That may be some of the source of confusion; I edited it to be correct in the last few posts. Generally speaking, you don't leave an area without deciding to because it takes up time to do so. So they spent the night camping in the forest.
So: Decision to go back home and start doing alchemy? Whatever's decided, I'll hopefully make my next post here a proper update.