Light of shadows...

1. Light of shadows...

   #41

   Shifting of the planes? Eh? Mikka was still confused. But she had decided that she could figure out what Aria was talking about later. She glanced at Techha. "What are we going after, anyway?"

2. Light of shadows...

   #42

   Techha sighs quietly again, this time soundlessly, and reaches into the pouch at his side to draw forth a tiny splinter of some glassy ruby-shaded stone, which he places on the table. "Lhong ago, thhere wass a sspell-mhaker whho made thhingss sso sstrong asss to be lhike thhe godss. Thhe sstrongesst wass a sstaff hhe thhen hhid from thhe worldss, sseeing it too sstrong to be releassed into thhe worldss. Thhiss iss a ssplinter casst off whhile hhe sshhaped it."
   
   "It hhass grown in sstrengthh ssince hhe hhid it, and now hholdss a mind ass great ass thhe one whho sshhaped it. Thhe cassting of thhe omenss hhass warned me thhat I whould hhave to sseek out thhosse whho may hhelp to sstop it, bhefore it bhecomess asss a ghod and desstroys uss all to sstrengthhen itsself to fight thhe true godss..."
   
   "It liess many leaguess disstant, in thhe sshhattered kingdomss of the mountainss... Whhere my peopless ancesstorss once dwhelled..."

3. Light of shadows...

   #43

   Mikka was duly impressed. "Eee. I can see why you'd want to stop this thing. It seems like I've heard some sort of legend to that effect before." She picked up the bit of stone and looked at it curiously. "Will this help us find the staff?"

4. Light of shadows...

   #44

   "SSomewhhat, yess... It ressonatess withh thhe sstaff, ssince it iss a sshhard from it... We will usse it to sshhow uss thhe way to thhe sstaff... Yet we musst be cautiouss... Thhe sstaff iss mosst certain to hhave guardss..."
   
   Carefully taking the shard of stone from the table again, Techha shifted uncomfortably. "We sshhould go ssoon. Thhiss place beginss to make mysself nervouss..."

5. Light of shadows...

   #45

   Mikka nodded. "Right then. Where to next?"

6. Light of shadows...

   #46

   *Aria rose and collected her things, swinging her backpack, and sheathed scimitar onto her back. But the scimitar resinated an energy, where usually it was silent.* "Techha is right....we need to go.....now"

7. Light of shadows...

   #47

   Techha stood, his spear finding its way back into his hand beneath his cloak. "Thhe pathh we sseek leadss to thhe kingdom'ss capital. Ssomethhing elsse iss thhere thhat thhiss quesst needss."
   
   With a flutter of cloth, the lizard-man leads the way out, restraining the bounding strdes he could make to ensure that neither of his companions are lost. To himself, he sighs, and mutters. "Thhiss iss sstrange... Thhe casst sspoke withh certainty... One lesss thhan I thhought thhiss quesst whould hhave..."

8. Light of shadows...

   #48

   *Aria's scimitar vibrated against her back, she felt it's heat coming through her tunic* "There is something coming here. Are we ready to face it as we are?"

9. Light of shadows...

   #49

   Mikka shrugged. She didn't understand much in the way of magic, but she knew how to fight, if it came down to it. She pulled her knives out of her belt, and swung them about aimlessly. "I suppose."

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