****half spoiler****
you quest will only be gone if you hit the gong after assambling the counsil. Thats when you go to the wastelands. Before that, you can return to Rivertown as much as you like. Use the teleporters (not the stones i mean, the system <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />)
to return to where you want.
