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Marina Fontaine

"I didn't do it! Wha- erm. I mean... What are you talking about~?"

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a character in “Echoes of the Past: Astrasis”, as played by SolanaNight

Description

Marina Fontaine

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The Basics

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Gender: Female

Mancer Type: Aquamancer

Title: "The Manic"

Nickname(s)/Alias(es): Mari, Manic Mari, Ditz

Age: 20

Face Claim: Juvia Lockser from Fairy Tail

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The Visuals

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Height: 5'6"

Weight: 145 lbs.

Build: Curvy

Hair Color: Deep blue

Eye Color: Dark violet

Scars/Tattoos/Piercings: She has a tattoo of her clan's symbol on her left thigh. She also has three sets of piercings in her ears which are often occupied by her sapphire studs.

Description: Marina is a curvaceous woman with a sweet and enticing face. She has long flowing blue hair which she does in a number of styles depending upon her mood ranging from tight curls to long natural waves. She has also been known to cut her hair short before. She stands at an average height with rather large D-cup breasts and generous hips making her very popular with the men. She often has a bright smile on her face, but when in a fowl mood, her scowl can make anyone turn and walk the other way.

Preferred Clothing: Marina is partial to full coats with flowing dresses, leggings, and knee-high lace up boots. However, she's been known to wear lighter dresses and skirts with sandals in warmer weather. She also adores scarves, gloves, and hats. Basically any kind of accessory really.

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The Outer Workings

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Equipment: Daggers: Marina keeps a set of throwing daggers on her person just in case even though she isn't an up close and personal fighter.

Medical kit: She has a medical bag with standard supplies ranging from basic first aid all the way to surgery.

Skills/Mancer Abilities: Aztune's Fury: Marina can summon forth copious amounts of water that she can manipulate at will to flood a small area and overwhelm any in her path.

Diamond Dust: She can bring down a devastating barrage of cow sized hail upon her enemies and allies alike, but she can only maintain this for a few moments.

Aztune's Tears: Like many Aquamancers, Marina is a proficient healer capable of mending many devastating wounds into mere scars. She has been training since she was a young child and as such is recognized as a professional.

Hydro Skin: When she uses this ability, she turns her body completely into water for a short period of time. Like Diamond Dust, she can't hold it for very long and uses it simply for a quick shield against an otherwise lethal attack.

Desiccate: Just as it sounds, Marina can drain all the water from a person or animal leaving them completely dehydrated and immobilized. However, in order to do this, she has to be close enough to touch them. She can also drain the water from small bodies of water or a given area of ground, but no larger than a pond.

Medical Knowledge: Aquamancing aside, Marina is a qualified medic and has quite a bit of knowledge on the body, diseases, and treatments.

Medicine/Plant Knowledge: Marina is also a talented pharmacist who knows as much about medicines, and the plants they come from, as she does medical procedures.

Strengths: Marina is very enthusiastic and passionate making her a hearty fighter who doesn't give up easily despite the odds stacked against her. Although she is a healer, she is not to be taken lightly with her powerful control over her element.

Weaknesses: She is very emotional and these emotions often get in the way of her more rational thinking. She also isn't a physical fighter, so if we she was unable to use her Manara, Marina would be helpless.

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The Inner Workings

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Oddities: Marina is extremely animated and expressive relatively all the time making it clear what she's thinking.

Likes: Handmade things, crafts, fashion, sugary sweets, curry, helping others, plants, and snow.

Dislikes: Cabbage, disregard for life, pain, monsters, fire, the color brown, rats, and turkey.

Hobbies: She enjoys sewing, knitting, baking, reading, studying/formulating new medicines, and helping others.

Phobia(s): Marina is terrified of isolation.

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Personality: Marina is... enthusiastic. She has a lot of energy, and never seems to run out of it with her over exaggerated reactions and theatrics. She's very vocal and always eager to speak her thoughts to others. This, combined with her unfiltered tendency to show her every emotion upon her face, makes her a very open book. As such, she is a terrible liar. For the most part, her energy is positive and she can most often be seen with a smile on her face and kind words on her lips. She is kind to most of everyone unless they've crossed her in some way. However, despite the naturally bubbly demeanor, she is not an airhead. She knows when a situation calls for her to be serious such as when she's treating a fatal injury, or in the case of death. Marina also has a bit of a short fuse and will quickly replace her sweet disposition with a bitter scowl should someone decide to enrage her. When in one of her "Dark moods", she has a bit of a cruel streak, and most individuals soon come to regret setting her off.

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The Past

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Family Status:

Father: Namen Fontaine is the current head of the Fontaine clan and Marina's father. A large jovial man who is always smiling and laughing the days away. He has a spot on the council, and leads the Fontaine medical research team.

Mother: Callia Fontaine is Marina's mother and wife of Namen. She is a very strong-willed woman who, although compassionate towards others, is not afraid to speak her mind and can best be described as blunt. She runs the Fontaine Apothecary in Caelfall, and is most responsible for dealing out medications in town.

Eldest Brother: Maxian Fontaine is the oldest child of Namen and Callia and is next in line for family head. He works closely under his father and, much like the rest of the family, is a very easygoing guy. He completed his Guardian training along with his sister, Nemura, five years ago.

Eldest Sister: Nemura Fontaine is the second oldest child in the Fontaine family. She graduated along with Maxian five years ago from Guardian training and acts as a field medic for the Guardians. Unlike most of the family, she has little tolerance for others and is prone to sharp words rather than gentle ones. She also acts a whole lot more serious than the rest of the family rarely ever smiling.

Younger Twin Sister and Brother: Vulcan and Verona Fontaine are Marina's younger twelve year old twin siblings. They have just recently began Guardian training and anyone who has ever spoken with them has dubbed them angels. The two have always been on their best behavior while rarely ever getting in trouble or doing anything worthy of punishment.

Personal History:

Marina comes from a very large clan. In fact, the Fontaine clan is one of the largest extended clans in Caelfall with many of the members having at least three children. Marina's father alone had about five siblings. The Fontaines pride themselves and devote everything they do to love and Aztune's will. This is partly why there are so many children because they are under the strong belief that children are manifestations of a couple's love. Like many Aquamancer clans, the Fontaines devout their time to the medical field. Although all the adult Fontaines are certified doctors, their main area of expertise lies is in medical research and development. They can often be seen heading off into the Shrouded Forest, sometimes even further, to gather plants for research on new medicines. They also run an apothecary that sells and distributes various medicines to patients and other Aquamancer clans.

Marina was raised right smack in the middle of this environment. Having always been surrounded and showered in love by copious family members, she grew up to be rather innocent for the first half of her life. When she turned seven, however, this innocence broke way into something more mischievous when she met Zephyr Maelstrom. Like many of the other children of the village, she too was in one way or another looped into Zeph's scheming and contributed to the chaos much to the distraught of her parents. In order to cut back on the trouble making, her parents had her begin medical/apothecary training far earlier than what is considered normal to keep her busy and away from the Typhoon. She had a natural affinity for it and was able to advance very quickly. Seeing her talents, she was placed in Guardian training when she was ten, and would go under ten years of grueling tests that would push her to the brink.

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Miscellaneous

Image -Marina has been friends with Zephyr since they were children loving the excitement that he cultivated wherever he went. When she turned 16, she had developed a minor infatuation with the boy like many other girls. Well, she pursued him for a little while which resulted in a brief relationship and the loss of her virginity to Zephyr... Not too long after, Marina had decided it was too weird to try to be romantically involved with her long time friend/leader and decided to keep being friends. Zeph, who had become smitten with Marina at this point, was devastated but eventually got over it.

So begins...

Marina Fontaine's Story

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Character Portrait: Leon Dalmascer Character Portrait: Zephyr MaelStrom Character Portrait: Marina Fontaine Character Portrait: Mei Kaska Character Portrait: Roland Varithmas Character Portrait: Cron Vulus
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Marina Fontaine






"Careful... Careful..." Marina Fontaine was oh so carefully trying to extract one of the delicate petals off an extremely rare Libra Orchid in order to make yet another experimental medicine for slowing the destruction of Atraxis. However, the plant is very sensitive, and if not handled with the utmost care, could very easily wither and die.

"Almost there..." she stated out loud with her tongue poking out the side of her mouth. The tweezers were latched onto the petal of choice, and she was slowly see-sawing back and forth trying to dislodge it when-

["Mandatory meeting! Come to the Cliff now. It's very important!"]

Marina jumped startled by the sudden message, but stared in horror at what she had done. Her sudden movement had ripped the whole flower off the stem. She almost cried in frustration.

"I'm going to kill him..." she grounded out between gritted teeth, but sighed when she remembered he was one of the only people who could calm her raging temper thus leaving her fury meaningless. Mari placed the poor mutilated plant back in its specially constructed terrarium, and made her way towards the Cliff. As she trudged up the seemingly endless staircase, she couldn't help but wonder what in the world Zephyr wanted. When she reached the top, she saw that almost everybody was already there. She gave a quick awkward wave and plopped down in her seat blushing slightly at being a little late.

Marina listened to Zephyr give his speech slightly puzzled at what he was trying to suggest. Then he paused making eye contact with everyone before dropping the bomb. Marina's mouth hung open at what had to be by far the most convoluted plan he had ever devised. She continued to stare in shock for several minutes even as the others began shouting out either protests or affirmatives.

Finally, she snapped out of it and stood up throwing out her own argument.

"Forget Terra or Granny! What about the council! Before now, everything we've done have been harmless pranks like raiding the apple orchards or setting loose a herd of cows on main street. All of which were ignored thanks to Zephyr's grandpa. But breaking into the temple? If they catch us, there's no telling what they'll do! What if they revoke our Guardianship?" she gasped.

"What if they banish us?"





Zephyr Maelstrom






As soon as Zephyr completed his speech, everyone began speaking at once. He raised his hands to get them to settle down.

"Pyrrha, I assure you. I am deathly serious. This is a great idea. Don't tell me you aren't curious too." He turned towards Leon and waved him off.

"Yeah yeah. I promise a king-sized roasted boar will be waiting for you, my treat, as soon as our expedition is over. " Roland approached him and Zeph scowled at his comment on his swordplay, but chose to ignore it in favor of the support he was showing for the plan. Anton was expressing doubts about raiding the temple tonight.

"Anton, you aren't looking at it right... This is the BEST time to do this. If we try at any other time, there will be too much security and too many eyes. We wouldn't even make it through the front door." Zephyr felt a familiar weight on his shoulder as Cron came to his defense and whittled down Pyrrha.

"That's the spirit Smokestack! See guys? You should take Cron's example. That's the kind of enthusiasm I like to see!" It was at this time Marina chimed in to express her own fears. Zephyr smirked and approached her wrapping an arm around her waist and using his free hand to tilt her chin to look up at him.

"Oh come on Mari... There's no point in dwelling on 'what ifs' because we're not going to get caught... We'll be in and out before you know it. Just a quick tour and we'll bolt. I promise." Marina glanced away blushing furiously at his actions, but unable to muster enough willpower to push him away.

"I-I don't know..." she replied not wanting to meet his crimson gaze.

"Besides Marina. Think about it. We're going to be going underground in the Eye of Cael. Imagine all the unique and undiscovered fungi you could find down there for your research..." Mari knew he was praying upon her weakness, but much to her horror, it was working.

"...Do you really think there might be some rare specimens down there?" Seeing his success, Zeph sprouted a face-splitting grin and lightly kissed her forehead causing the girl to turn an even darker shade of red before releasing his grip on her.

"Haha! I knew you'd agree!" His attention diverted to Leon who was challenging Cron to a race.

"Hey! I want in on that! Also, did you not hear what I said? We're going to take it easy on the booze! We need to be clear headed in order to pull this off!" Zephyr leaped up on to the edge of the cliff ignoring anymore arguments that might have been made.

"Remember, keep an eye out for the signal! When I think it's safe and everyone is plastered we'll head out!" With that, Zephyr dived off the cliff using his wind to soar and propel himself towards the Spoon.

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Character Portrait: Leon Dalmascer Character Portrait: Zephyr MaelStrom Character Portrait: Marina Fontaine Character Portrait: Mei Kaska Character Portrait: Roland Varithmas Character Portrait: Cron Vulus
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Roland Varithmas


Roland laughs slightly as he scratches the back of his head, trying to avert Pyrrha's gaze "Sorry Pyr, I've just something I need find out, and I hope the temple has the answer. It was part of my reasoning for joining." After watching everyone else come to terms with Zephyr's plan, almost, Roland starts making his way to the stairs, thinking the important bits are over and done with.

Only stopping at the stairs after overhearing Zephyr tell Cron and Leon about taking it easy on the booze. "Well, it is really only those two who don't know how to drink, the rest of us are smart enough to keep our wits about us." Noticing Zephyr jump off the cliff, "Show off." Roland mutters to himself before descending the long stair case, think if there is an easier way to make this climb, something he'll have to talk to Anton and Mei about, where ever that scholar was.

After reaching the bottom he comes face to face with his large Warhorse Titan, whom he had thought he had left back home "Titan.. What're you-" Before he can finish his sentence, he hears giggling coming from the back "Amnis and Rivus, I should of known, what are you two doing here? Walking to the side of Titan he looks at Amnis "Not trying to sneak a peak at Zephyr are we?" Amnis let's out her usual cheeky grin.

"No, Uncle had something he needs your help with, though he wouldn't tell us what though." She says with pout.

"Alright, go tell Uncle I'll be home soon, the meeting is done." He pats Titan's neck as the rest of the group start to get to the bottom.

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Character Portrait: Leon Dalmascer Character Portrait: Zephyr MaelStrom Character Portrait: Marina Fontaine Character Portrait: Mei Kaska Character Portrait: Roland Varithmas Character Portrait: Cron Vulus
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Anton Wulfram


Anton sighed and leaned back in his chair. There was no real way that he was going to ever convince Zeph, Cron, Leon or Roland to actually change their minds. The only real thing that any member of Team Sanity - Pyrrha, him, and possibly Mari - could do was to make sure that the entire group returned safely. This wasn't going to be like the time that they released the cows - that was just a jest, but Anton was sure that whatever was under the temple, there was bound to be a good reason behind.

Heck, that was usually the plot to some of the ballads that Mikhail knew, where the plucky band of adventurers would travel into an ancient ruin or temple, only to find out its true purpose when they were at its very heart. That was song, but Anton couldn't help but feel that this wasn't going to end well.

Still, there were preparations to make before the feast. The least that Anton could do was to prepare some supplies before the trip itself, under the guise that he was making preparations for his first day as a Guardian. But, now that Zephyr's co-conspirators had left, it was time for Anton to... try and make sure the group didn't die inside the temple(?).

Anton sat forward in his chair again and leaned forward, trying to think of what they'd need to succeed. The ideal case would be a map and proper adventuring tools, but finding a map of the inside of the temple was kind of a lost cause. They'd probably need to make their own, so that left basic adventuring supplies. Since they were leaving after the feast, and they expected to be back before anyone really noticed, food wouldn't be a problem. But they'd need other objects, like rope, a light source, and quite possibly medical supplies (in the worst case scenario). Waterskins would probably be essential, given that they had no idea how far the temple actually went...

"We're going to need some supplies if we're going to go in. I can grab some rope, some waterskins and other essentials from my parents' store. Pyrrha, try to see if you can get torches or a lamp. That might be useful, especially if we don't want to use up Manara as we're exploring. Mari, could you try to get some medical supplies and... Hrm, I suppose whatever you'd use to collect samples down there, too." Anton paused, as a brilliant idea came to him. They wouldn't need a map; instead, he could carve a map on a flat surface, like his gauntlet. That way, they'd have an accurate idea of just how far they were traveling. Unless the temple itself was extremely deep, they wouldn't need more than a few maps to determine its depth!

"Ah, right, I suppose we'll need to stash the packs before the feast. Anyone got any suggestions?"

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Pyrrha wanted to strangle team Hopeless. Couldn't they at least have stayed to plan this out? This was their fucking idea after all... She immediately censored the rest of her thoughts, knowing that any Aeromancer could pick it up, at the rate she was broadcasting. A useful little skill that.

Luckily Anton was there to pick up the slack. Good old Anton.

"How about knocking out the others at the party?", Pyrrha grumbled. "Problem solved." She was only partly joking either.

"But yeah, I can probably filch some torches from the Guardian storehouse. They won't miss a few..."

As for hiding holes, she didn't know. She would have recommended here, but she didn't feel like dragging those torches upstairs and downstairs again. She also wasn't about to recommend her own place. It still wasn't Zephyr-proof.

"I haven't a clue where we could hide these things", she finally settled on. "Or wait, maybe we could put them at the start of the stairs? It's still pretty hidden, and by the time they think to look there, both we and the equipment will probably be gone already..."

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Character Portrait: Leon Dalmascer Character Portrait: Zephyr MaelStrom Character Portrait: Marina Fontaine Character Portrait: Mei Kaska Character Portrait: Roland Varithmas Character Portrait: Cron Vulus
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Zephyr Maelstrom






Just as Zephyr dived off the cliff, he spotted Mei showing up completely and utterly late. He slowed down costing himself the race against Cron and Leon.

"Damn it all!" He floated in mid air pinching the bridge of his nose. He let out a sigh of defeat and concentrated on Mei sending him a message and a rundown on what he had told the rest of the group.

"Hey, since you were painfully late, I'll give you a quick summary of what we talked about: We're going to explore the temple. Tonight. We're going to leave when most of everyone is passed out from the party at the Spoon, so don't get drunk! Also, no complaining. Pyrrha did enough of that. Be there or be square!

Without further delay, Zephyr glided his way across town to his grandma's gambling house. Stepping inside, Granny was nowhere to be seen, but he quickly spotted Cron and Leon. Leon caught his eye at the same time and approached him. Zephyr scoffed at Leon's inquiry.

"Oh there's no need to worry about that one. You see, there's Maelstrom sake... and then there's Maelstrom sake. For important shindigs, like this party for example, Gran breaks out the heavy hitter stuff. Twice as potent as the normal brew. One glass would have a normal person out like a light! Once the geezers get a few rounds in their system they'll be seeing stars like everybody else." Zephyr smirked. He grabbed a chair and plopped himself down leaning back against the nearest wall. It was only now that Zephyr noticed Cron's winded condition. Knitting his eyebrows together he lightly patted his friend's arm.

"Yo, Smokestack. Isn't it about time you get another pair of lungs? I know you typically see Mira, but you look like you're about to die bro. Seriously. Why not try getting Marina to help you before we go.... on our trip." Zeph was cautious with his word choice. No need to give any unnecessary information to any unwanted listeners.

"But, seriously." He leaned in close across the table.

"Who wants to race some boats?"





Marina Fontaine






Marina stared off stunned at Zephyr as he spirited away towards the Spoon. Some things never change. She was broken out of her incredulous trance as Pyrrha and Anton discussed supplies and preparations.

"Huh? Oh. OH! Yeah, I'll bring my medical bag! I have everything in there!" She exclaimed with a clap of her hands. She turned away and sighed deeply.

"We're really doing this aren't we... But you're right Anton. If we don't protect those idiots, no one will." she giggled. When she glanced up she spotted Mei.

"Mei! Is there anything we're missing? Anything we're overlooking?" she asked in earnest. She glanced toward the sky and noticed that it was quickly approaching evening.

"If we're going to do this, we'd better do it quickly. They'll be expecting us at the Spoon as soon as the sun goes down!" she exclaimed. She moved towards the stairs.

"I'll meet you guys there!" she called over her shoulder as she hurried back to her home. She breezed into her house and quickly shuffled through her work space in the green space for her medical bag.

Where is it...? Where is it! Finally after thirty minutes of frantic shuffling she found the bag in question shoved behind a box of papers.

"Found it!" she practically shouted holding it up.

"Found what?" asked a small girlish voice. Marina nearly jumped a foot in the air as she slowly turned to stare into the eyes of her young sister Verona.

"Ohhh nothing Ver. I lost track of my medical supplies is all...." she laughed weakly running a hand through her thick blue locks.

"You're lying..." Verona replied completely suspicious. Marina sighed. This was getting nowhere.

"Okay fine! The other Guardians and I are planning our own celebration, but you can't tell anybody you hear me? You wouldn't want to upset Zephyr... would you?" The young Aquamancer gasped at the mention of Zephyr and began shaking her head wildly.

"Good. And remember... Not. A. Word." Verona once again shook her head eagerly willing to do anything for 'Zephy'. Marina checked and double checked her tools before making her way over to the foot of the stairs and stashing her bag under a nearby bush. Satisfied no one would find it, she hummed to herself as she made her way to the Spoon just as the sun went down.

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Anton Wulfram


"That'll do, I suppose. I can make a rock cover that no one should notice once its dark," Anton nodded, looking over at Mei as he arrived. "Mei, if there's anything you think we'll need, try to grab it before we meet up at the party. I'll head out, and grab my set of things. I'll see the rest of you at the party!"

With that, Anton left Pyrrha and Mei to their own further planning, and he raced down the stairs themselves - passing by Mari on the way. Considering that he and Roland had helped build the stairs themselves, it was only natural that Anton knew precisely the fastest way down. There was a certain rhythm to it; by skipping certain steps, you'd have just the right momentum to make a turn.

From the base of the cliffs, it didn't take long for Anton to get back home, but changing into his coat and packing the right set of supplies meant that he'd only get there just after sundown. Judging by the fact that no one was home when he returned, and how the forge was still radiating heat, his parents and Mikhail had probably left for the Spoon - most likely no less than half an hour ago. That left him with all of the space required to work quickly. The most time consuming task would probably be filling up the waterskins, as the main supplies they'd need - namely, rope, some flint and steel, a set of pitons, a shovel and the set of waterskins themselves - were kept in the supply shed by the forge.

It didn't take Anton long to place everything in his haversack, with the shovel and the hilt of his sword sticking out from one end. However, as expected, grabbing a fresh bucket of water from the well behind the forge, and filling it was taking some time. Anton watched as the last speck of sunlight dipped below the forest canopy; in about half an hour, sun would set. Once he was done, Anton strapped the waterskins to his pack and made his way back to the stairs, where Mari's pack was already sitting against the stairs.

The torches weren't here yet, so Anton didn't cover up the backpacks with a cover of earth. Still, leaving Forgesong out here was kind of a risk. Anton pulled his sheathed sword out from the pack and affixed it to his belt, before pushing the two bags out of sight. He'd need an excuse for bringing a sword to a party, but...

Well, he'd cross that bridge when he came to it. Besides, Zephyr and the others seemed to make up excuses all the time. How hard could it be?

With his side of the preparations complete, Anton made his way to the Spoon. The sun had already set by the time he arrived, and he could hear the cacophony of celebration begin. No doubt, plenty of the townsfolk were getting plastered as he made his way in...

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Getting the torches was ridiculously easy. Pyrrha had waited for a time most were already at the celebration. She still hadn't expected to simply be able to walk in and out, but it nevertheless went that way.

She had gotten some rope, and bound the torches into a bundle to be carried on her back, as wearing the lot of them in her arms, and without being tied at that, would be bothersome

"Not that this whole thing isn't bothersome!", Pyrrha reminded herself. "Damnit Zeph!", she couldn't help but mutter.

She walked through the village, the sounds coming from the Lethal Spoon growing even louder. They weakened again though, the farther away she got. When she was at the foot of the cliff she had to look a bit for the stashing place. It wasn't until she nearly stumbled over the false rock however, that she found it.

5 minutes later the job was done, and she made towards the Spoon. She grimaced at the sight, sound and smell that greeted her. Big celebrations were never really her thing, nevertheless she plastered on a small smile and mingled with the crowd.

A while went by. She had noticed Layla wasn't amongst the waitresses and was curious. She signaled Retsu. After telling the girl her order, she asked about the absence, but Retsu merely shrugged helplessly.

"I don't know", Retsu answered, before shuddering "Granny is rather mad about it though."

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Mei Kaska

A seemingly annoyed Zeph said his piece and was gone before Mei could ask for further details. "We're doing what now?" He looked to Pyrrha and Anton, both of whom pretty much just told him to prepare well, and then took off, leaving Mei alone on the Cliff. He stared after their retreating figures and shook his head, deciding it was best not to ask. With Zephyr Maelstrom, one never could know what to expect. Not like Pyrrha, where one could reasonably expect a logical conclusion, or Leon, where meat literally was the answer to everything, or... In any case, Mei found himself heading to the Spoon as well.

Mei didn't really have to prepare anything, as it seemed the others had already stashed their own supplies. In battle, he mainly used his aeromancer abilities and physical close combat, so the only tools he really needed to bring with him were his short blade, a small notebook, and a couple of pens. One never knew when something new might need documenting, so he always liked to bring things to take notes. Anton seemed to have the mapmaking covered, Pyrrha the torches, and everyone else seemed to be ready.

Once Mei was suitably ready to mingle in the party and wait for Zeph's signal, he went to do just that. Just because they were about to pull what could potentially become a gigantic disaster didn't mean he couldn't enjoy himself; in fact, this might be the last time he'd get to enjoy himself like this, if they all ended up banished thanks to Zeph. Ah well, he thought, even if they did all get banished, it would be interesting to be away from his clan and be completely free. For a while, at least...

Mei greeted several people with a friendly smile, but by the twelfth "Congratulations!" he could tell his smile was starting to wear thin. "C'mon... step it up a bit." He muttered to himself, and decided to make his way to a corner opposite where the alcohol was being served, and leaned against the wall with his arms crossed. It wouldn't be good if he ended up drunk before tonight's escapade.

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Looking around after the rather short conversation with Zephyr, Leon found himself lost in thought a rare occurence for him stepping away from the wall pulling some meat off a roasted boar and stuffing his face with the meat before tossing the scraps aside ignoring the congratulatory and well wishes from any one who passed him while chasing away the people who wanted to shake his hand, pat his back, or touch him in any way simply by growling or using other tactics of aggression to force people to keep their distance. 'I swear I'll strangle the person who decided it was a good idea for events like these.' He thought producing a much deeper and more threatening growl when some overly zealous man tried to get friendly.

"I'm showing restraint here sir. So unless you want me to rip your throat out with my teeth I suggest you back off and pretend you never saw me." Leon said through a forced smile that revealed some impressively sharp teeth for some one his age. Though that seemed to have no effect on the man who reeked of alcohol laced with smoke, with a slight hint of sweat.

Balling his hand into fists Leon lifted one towards the man before trying to say again "I'm showing restraint.....?" but was cut off when the man took a step closer. That was more then enough to snap the cable of sanity keeping Leon from tearing into the guy. When the man was about five inches away from Leon he found that the red haired young man had brought a fist up hard catching right into his gut, and the moment he doubled over Leon grabbed him by the scruff of the collar and threw him over the shoulder into a table five feet across from himself landing head over heels and causing said table to collapse in on itself from the weight and momentum of the throw. This in turn caused the people sitting at the table when it happened to quickly leap out of their chairs in surprise.

"Be glad I didn't rip your throat out with my teeth!" Leon exclaimed turning away and making his way to the door passing everybody on his way with a scowl large enough that his sharp canines were showing when he passed ignoring the complaints that followed shortly after.

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Although Zephyr instigated the "take it easy on the booze" rule, he was not following his own advice very well as the party went on. He even went as far as to down two glasses of Maelstrom sake to enter the boat race. Of course, he was handling it a whole lot better than a regular person, but to say Zeph was tipsy was an understatement.

Marina, in the mean time, was sipping on a light fruity concoction and enjoying the copious amounts of food.

"Isn't this fun Pyrrha?" she asked with a giggle. She had found Pyrrha not too long after arriving, and decided to spend time with her. The other girl did not seem nearly as enthusiastic. Marina had spotted earlier Leon throwing a fit and knocking out a gentleman she believed was the general store owner, and sighed. As much progress as he had made in adapting to civilized life, he still hadn't let go of that wildness. She had also spotted Mei and Roland being equally as unsocial. She sighed inwardly at her friends. She munched on a marinated chicken wing and observed as many people were already losing their bearings and stumbling around drunk. She noticed a few of the council members sitting at Granny's counter, including her own father, even grinning and laughing the night away. An unusual sight indeed.

"It's almost time. I bet Zeph will be giving the signal soon-" she was abruptly cut off by a loud familiar shout coming from the Boat Pool.

"Allrigh! Who wants ta see me race?" he slurred. Zephyr was shakily standing up in his gondola ready to race across the large pool set up in the Spoon. Several cheers resounded from the crowd. Zephyr grinned struggling to maintain his balance in the boat. He suddenly frowned as if something was severely wrong. Within the blink of an eye, Zephyr had pulled off his shirt and tossed it toward the surrounding crowd. Marina ran over to the pool as quickly as she could as soon as she had seen him enter only to have a shirt land on her face. The females squealed in delight at the sight of Zephyr's lean muscled torso; his clan tattoo clearly visible between his shoulder blades. Marina balled Zephyr's shirt between her fists as she fumed.

"He said go easy on the booze! Ugh!" she screamed inwardly. Of course he'd get drunk. Why was she not surprised... Although, the good news was that she could use her Aquamancy to purge the alcohol from his system and clear his head, but that would have to be after the race...

"Ah, much bedder.." he stated stretching his now bare arms. For the umpteenth time, Zeph stumbled in the boat, but this time had lost his grip on his Manara causing the boat to spin in circles. While he struggled to regain control over his vessel, a large gong was banged initiating the race. Cursing, Zephyr propelled the boat forward, or at least attempted to push it forward, but was using too much force causing it to zigzag. Despite his lack of control and navigation, Zephyr was still fairing far better than many of the other drunks. He was halfway across when a boat soared past him. He was too dazed to tell who it was, but, not wanting to lose, propelled himself forward. Close to the finish line, Zephyr knocked his gondola hard into his competitor's to waddle back and forth and drive them off course. It was a long enough distraction for Zephyr to pull ahead and win the race. Part of the crowd cheered wildly while others groaned and yelled in defeat over their lost bets.

"Ah yeah! I am so good!" he stumbled back onto solid ground and was handed a medal for his victory. His celebrating and boasting was quickly cut short by an enraged Marina latching on to his ear and dragging him back to the table she occupied with Pyrrha.

"You imbecile! Did you forget that we were supposed to stay sober?" she whisper-screamed into his ear. Marina quickly got to work discreetly placing her hands on his back to purge the haze from his mind.

"No, I didn forget.. I can handle it.. I'm fine..." Even sitting down he was wobbling back and forth. Marina snorted and instead of draining the alcohol slowly, she did it fast with a lot of force causing it to sting quite a bit.

"Ow! What was that for? Is that really necessary?" Zephyr blinked a few times realizing he could think straight and sit still with out losing his balance. He grinned at Marina.

"Thanks, babe. What would I do without you?"

"You would be dead or in a jail cell." she deadpanned. "So, is it time yet?" Zephyr glanced around and noticed that many people were laughing loudly obviously not thinking clearly while others were passed out. Zeph even spotted his Granny giggling like a school girl latched onto the arm of his grandpa.

"Oh it is definitely time." Zephyr sent out a light four note whistle into the minds of his friends being careful not to send anything that would incriminate them, but still act as a clear signal.

"Let's get moving." Marina nodded in response her previous anger dissolving into excitement. She was still horrifically nervous about the whole ordeal, but the idea of getting to explore something no one else has even seen before had her giddy. Marina and Zephyr discreetly slipped out the back careful to not draw any attention to themselves, and made their way over to the staircase. She picked up her medical bag and secured the strap tightly across her chest while they waited for the others to show up and grab their own gear. When everyone seemed ready, Zephyr gave a quick pep talk.

"Alright everyone let's go! Onward!" He led the way to the back gate out of Caelfall. There weren't any guards posted there right now, so the group was able to slip out unnoticed. Having never traveled down to Onryx, Zephyr didn't realize how steep the trail truly was. The path was only wide enough for one person to walk through having thick trees and shrubbery on either side forcing the group to walk single file. There was even one point where everyone had to shuffle along the edge with their back against a cliff lest they fall hundreds of feet below into the Eye of Cael. Finally after an hour, they reached the end of the trail and the tunnel leading down to Onryx's entrance could be seen.

"Alright! There it is! Let's go everyone- Damn it!" he cut himself off with a string of curses as he spotted a guard at the gate.

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With the signal given Leon began making his way out from a group of men who had begun crowding him pulling him into a fist fight against three men. "Fighting all you was fun while it lasted but my friend seems to have drank too much and needs help walking home." He stated cutting one of men short with a swift upper cut followed by an elbow to their back forcing a hard exhale followed by a fit of coughs as the man regained the air in his lungs. Flipping the second man Leon began shouldering his way out of the crowd exerting enough force to break free of the cage of humans.

Breaking into a jog Leon met up with the rest of the group following them into the expedition to the Onryx temple.

Not familiar with the path and the temple itself Leon found the trees and shrubbery to be very pleasant in contrast to where he was before. Though the times they had to shuffle across edges made the trip feel longer then it was Leon didn't seem to mind he liked the outdoors the smell was refreshing and the view was breath taking though he was pretty sure not every body in the group thought the same way of it as he did. So it was a bit of a disappointment to him when the group finally reached the temple.

Arriving at where he could assume was the back entrance to the temple Leon stepped up behind Zephyr curious as to why he even stopped until he saw a guard. Tempted to go invisible Leon held back by the fact Cron took the head shortly after. 'Guess that guard must be one of his siblings he mentioned.' He thought scratching his chin grinning. "Fire breath seems to have it under control here." he said following every one and hiding in the shrubbery close by.

The moment Cron signaled the departure of his sister Leon emerged grinning "Guess there's somethings your good at other then partying and drinking." he said trying to wipe the grin off his face "But until you come hunting with me you'll just be known as silver tongued fire breath." he added walking past.

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  1. shoot how do I untag someone,,,,

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When he heard the four note whistle, the agreed-upon signal, Mei couldn’t help a slight grin. Finally, they were about to get started. As concerned as Mei had been about the absurdly dangerous plan at first, the young scientist had actually become quite excited about the upcoming venture into the temple. After all, there were bound to be new and exciting things to study in there (not that he expected Zeph to give him any time to actually examine anything). Given the fact that nobody had set foot in the temple for hundreds of years, he’d probably be able to learn a lot about the past that hadn’t been recorded. As a scholar, it made him all tingly with excitement.

To be honest, Mei’s mind had been wandering as they made their way down the steep path to the temple, only snapping back to reality when he heard Cron wheezing with laughter. He was about to inquire into the pyromancer’s sudden laughing fit, but then closed his mouth when the guard’s pose shifted slightly and it became apparent that it was Cron’s sister. Lips turning up into a smile he couldn’t hold back, Mei hopped out from behind the greenery he had been hiding in and patted Cron on the back after she had left. ”Way to go, man.” He said in his usual calm tone, but his friends would probably be able to pick up on the uncharacteristic excitement coloring his demeanor.

Then turning to look at the temple itself, Mei found himself craning his neck to see the top. The temple really was absurdly large; having only seen it from a distance in the past only made it seem larger. An appreciative whistle slipped from between his teeth as the aeromancer gazed at the temple’s ornate walls and pillars. This was history right here, he thought. Hopefully, it would be good history.

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Roland Varithmas


Sighing slightly to himself as he hears the signal whistle, Roland finishes off his fourth drink before making his way to the front door, stepping over a large number of passed out festive goers as he thinks to himself "This temple better hole the answer I'm after, or something to point me in the right direction..."

After grabbing Titan and making his way to the temple casually, only stopping after watching Cron's sister pass and continue into the night, shaking his head slightly before continuing. After getting to the back gate and noticing the small trail, moving to the side of Titan and tacking the two large packs off and throwing them over his shoulder, he slaps Titan's hind "Go home, the twins will freak if both of us aren't there in the morning" With a snort, and a slight nod, Titan turns around and makes his way back home through the night.

After descending the trail, much small then what he had preferred, even going so far as to widen certain places in the trail down, he finally makes it to the group, as Roland can start to feel himself tremble in excitement and anticipation he grins a large grin, something that rarely appears on his normally solemn and calm face. "So, we good to go?"

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Anton Wulfram


For the most part, Anton had spent the party listening to Mikhail (drunkenly) play through a variety of songs. Somehow, his little brother's talent with the mandolin wasn't dulled by his lack of sobriety. Considering that the party had just began, however, Anton was largely surprised at how quickly his family members had gotten drunk.

Well, all things considered, it really wasn't that surprising. Anton was the first Gaiamancer in the family for three whole generations, and he had actually made his place as one of the new Guardians, too. So, naturally, the Wulfram family felt it was entirely necessary to drunkenly sing about how Anton was...

♪ And tha's my brother, the Gaiamancer! ♪
♪ An'... An'... What rhymes w'th 'mancer? ♪


Anton sighed, at Mikhails now-faltering rhyming, and eventually managed to get himself out of his drunken family's midst, only to turn around and spot Zephyr, of all people, on one of the boats.

Damnit! He was the one who told us not to get drunk!

Anton sighed, and folded his arms to watch Zeph try to move the boat - all the while his crowd of fangirls went wild. Taking a sip from his flagon of mead, Anton watched as their "esteemed" leader managed to zig zag and stumble - or the boat equivalent of a stumble, at least - its way to the finish line. Anton's left eyelid couldn't help but twitch at this.

He was the one who came up with the damn plan, and yet he's the one that gets drunk? Talk about unreliable.

As much as Anton was frustrated with Zephyr, it was time to head out for their intrusion excursion into the temple. Anton followed the group to where he had hidden his haversack and Mari's medicine bag, and slung his pack over his left shoulder. Following along quietly, he paused when they spotted a guard. Fortunately, Cron - of all people - recognized his sister, and... somehow managed to convince her to head off.

All Anton could tell himself, of course, was that there was no possible way this day could get any stranger.

Now that Roland had joined up with them, the group was ready to venture into the temple.

"So, are we just going to walk in as a group, or do we have a formation?" Anton asked.

The setting changes from Astrasis to Onryx Temple

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Zephyr was racking his brain for something... Anything! Anything that would remedy the situation. He honestly hadn't thought there would be a guard tonight. Especially one as uptight as Cron's sister... However, he was left in awe as Cron dispatched his sister so easily! Although, that didn't leave the group much time in terms of exploring...

"Cron you're a genius! Let's go everyone!" Zephyr called out. He turned towards Anton and grinned.

"Formation? Naw, let's just go," he replied dismissing his rather valid inquiry. Zephyr led the way through the tunnel leading to the main gate. Down and down they spiraled until finally the path opened up to a decent sized cavern. Large stalagmites hung from the ceiling looking intimidatingly sharp and small noises and echoes could be heard around them. At the back of the cavern lay the massive obsidian gate of Onryx Temple. Stairs of polished crystal led up to a rather intricate door with a mural of a ferocious black dragon.

Marina couldn't believe her eyes. The temple must be massive. The gate alone seemed to be larger than her family's home. The massive pillars and detail work were absolutely beautiful, and yet... a sinister aura hung in the air like a miasma. Something was horrible wrong. She was half tempted to pipe up and suggest we abandon this quest and go home, but Zephyr was already up the stairs and at the large intimidating door. He gave it an experimental nudge, but the door remained firmly locked in place. He tried again except this time using his wind for additional force. Nothing.

"Hmm... odd." Despite Zephyr's idiotic activities, he loved a good puzzle. He thoroughly enjoyed mulling over a challenge until he had successfully solved it. This temple was no different.

"Perhaps there's a mechanism somewhere..." Zeph was in full thinker mode now. None could stop him until that door was opened. Glancing around, he saw a waist high pedestal standing about twenty paces away from the massive door. He approached it and found a strange round disc embedded into the top of it made purely of crystal. An inscription lay below it in an unknown language. Marina came up behind Zephyr curious as to what he was looking at.

"What an odd language... If that's what it is. I've never seen anything like it before. Too bad we can't read it... Oh well, might as well head back. Great trip everyone now let's get-" She was cut off by Zephyr's glowing eyes and the sound of him translating the sentence.

"Jutar's Sight..." Zephyr had the rare gift of Jutar's Sight. A unique Aeromancy ability that allowed one to see the unseen. As Manara channeled through his eyes, the ancient words slowly began unraveling until he could make out the sentence.

"Only those born of the gods may traverse here. Prove thy heritage upon this altar. Huh. Well, if that's the case that's pretty self-explanatory." Zephyr blasted the pedestal with his wind, and Marina immediately interjected.

"Um, Zeph.. Not to burst your bubble or anything, but nothing's happen-" she was once again cut off by a loud click and the sound of grinding stone. The unmovable door was pulling back to reveal an elaborate, and rather wicked looking, entry hall. Zephyr grinned at Marina and blew her a kiss as he sauntered through the door and into the temple. Marina reluctantly followed seeing as the others were following after him. As soon as the last person stepped through, the door immediately shut behind them bathing them in darkness. Marina yelped.

"Where are the torches! Quick! Pyrrha! Cron! Give us some light! I can't see- Oh. Oh wow..." Marina's panicking was quickly forgotten as the room took on an iridescent glow from hundreds of clusters of light blue crystals. Pillars and statues lay lined up on either side of the Guardians; their features highlighted by the ethereal glow. Zephyr marveled as well at the scene. How could the Council keep us from such a magnificent place... He took one step before stopping dead in his tracks. Somewhere, down below, moans and growls and unholy noises drifted through the halls of gods only knows what. He turned to Mei and clapping a hand on his shoulder tapped his forehead in a silent request of assisting him with telepathy. With some mild concentration, Zephyr established a group mind conference link with the whole group.

"If you didn't hear, there are loud noises coming from unknown beasties. So, with Mei's help, we're going to be talking through telepathy from now on. I suggest you be careful what you think-I heard that!" With a nod of his head at the other Guardians, Zephyr led the way down into the spiraling labyrinth that is Onryx Temple.

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  1. Not the best post, but I'm so effing busy with the move...

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Pyrrha rolled her eyes at the group's antics. Nevertheless she felt a bit mischievous herself, and as soon as the mental link went up she pretended she had been ranting about Zephyr all along.

["...and that dogspawned cuntsucking cur of a Granny-fucker still wants to go on..?"], and with that she finished her supposed string of curses and insults.

At Zephyr's mind-yelped reply she slyly continued, ["You were meant to, Granny-fucker."]

At that he probably figured out she was joking, as he nodded at the group and led them down.

She followed the others into the labyrinth.

["Can you mark the way we're going Mei?"], she asked the scientist, not wanting to get lost.

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When the door open Leon simply shrugged off the sounds that emerged from the temple which made him curious growing up wild he knew about quite afew creatures but none made the sounds that came from this place. "Guess we're not going to be alone down there." he said ignoring what Marina had said while fighting back the urge to move ahead of every one else. Instead he moved up to the door and began sniffing the air 'damp earth various fungi nothing special on the surface but it seems things will change when we go farther in.' he thought looking around.

Met with crystals lighting the entrance of the temple Leon could see far enough to notice that the walls seem to have been naturally carved out with some damp moss lining the cracks and the crystals lighting up most of the tunnel making it easy to see probably better then what the torches would have provided. "Looks like no one's even opened this place in a century, maybe even longer." he stated before moving through the door doing his best not to disturb what ever ecosystem has been developing over the years while still keeping up with the rest of the group.

Hearing Zephyr in his mind Leon looked back after passing him shortly when he stopped. "Since we have no clue what's waiting for us in here might I suggest a scouting party. Which should consist of myself, air head, metal man, and fire pit." He said pointing at Zephyr, Pyrrha, and Anton individually. "Every one else should follow after but keep a good distance back." he added before adding onto his train of thought. "These three have a better chance of not getting caught then every one else here. Although air head here is pushing that line." he stated adding sarcasm to the last sentence while tapping Zephyr on the forehead with the knuckle of his left hands index finger.

"As much as I respect you rain drop I honestly don't think you could keep up, Fire breath there doesn't exactly look ready to be sneaking around, Stone face makes too much noise with the armor he carries with him at all times, and we need the mad scientist here to make sure you guys get the message that it's safe to move." He stated picking up a small stone and juggling it in his palm afew times before putting it in his back pocket. "I'm just throwing that out there, I may not be one for parties and such, but I know a thing or two about survival." He said moving farther into darkness before his form vanished. "But if that's too much to ask I can go on ahead and scout the place out myself." Leon continued waiting to see who would pick up that he just made himself invisible. "All you'd have to do is follow the markings I leave behind."

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In all honestly Cron hadn't been paying the slightest bit of attention since they passed the ancient temple's threshold. Ever since the door had opened, exposing them all to the dust of bygone eras his lungs had gone into revolt. It took all his focus to breath without gasping, and a lot more willpower than he usually could muster to keep the pain in his chest for seeping into the telepathic bond. It was an adventure after all! Fun, excitement. It was rebellion. It was for all of them, and if Zeph could sense his pain, he knew his friend's resolve would waiver. Which in turn meant the others who were barely willing to come here to begin with would use it as an excuse to leave. Leon and Roland might stay, but the night would be ruined for everyone else.

So he sucked it up and trudged, until of course someone had to make a scene.

Leon's drama and desire for a scouting party had caused the procession to grind to a halt behind him. Between the pain, laziness, and sheer fact he was in the rear of the group it meant that Cron leaned up against the old, smooth stone wall. It was the perfect way to ease his body and drone out the theatrics of the rag-tag band. Of course the problem with that was that eventually theatrics come to end. It wasn't until Leon started his vanishing act that Cron had any reason to move at all, pushing himself away from the wall. With the faintest of clicks, and a groan that nearly drowned it out.

"U...Uhhh gu-" Before he could even finish his sentence a twang echoed, and then a slight clattering sound as a thin dart bounced off the wall just behind the person standing in front of him. A trap had been sprung. Simple, elegant. Old school. A dart, thin and released at a high-velocity chest-height. Likely tipped with some sort of poison. This was a very, very bad sign..

With a weary smile and a shrug of the shoulders Cron offered his best to the group. "Maybe....We should stick together."

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"Hmmm.... Scouting party huh." Zephyr considered Leon's suggestion. It wouldn't be a terrible idea. The four of us were faster and could prove to be more safe...

"Not a bad idea, mutt. I suppose we could do that-" Zephyr's message was cut short by the sound of a twang and a dart wedging itself into the wall somewhere behind him. He turned around slowly giving Marina an incredulous look. Marina glanced around seeing as everyone was staring at her and blushed crimson. She had been fascinated by a mushroom growing out of the wall with white and orange spots covering it's ruffled cap that she had failed to notice the hidden string at her feet. Fortunately, thanks to her Guardian training and quick instincts, was able to activate her Hydroskin and liquefy her body allowing the dart to pass safely though and wedge into the wall rather than her neck.

"Oops... Heheh... Sorry about that everyone..." she fidgeted under everyone's collective sigh. She turned to the trap in question and plucked the piece of metal from the wall to examine it as everyone continued moving down the winding hallways. She twirled it between her fingers and took a apprehensive sniff; her eyes widening at what she discovered.

"Everyone stop! Wait a second!" she echoed out through their mind link. Zephyr turned and raised an eyebrow urging her to continue.

"This poison.... This isn't some ancient blend from thousands of years ago! This comes from a Hades' Tongue plant! Extremely poisonous and results in paralysis!" she said rather frantically. Zephyr gave her a blank look.

"Okay... So they used a poison that's still known today. I don't see how that's a big deal Mari."

"No! You don't understand! Hades' Tongue is a hybrid plant. It was developed about fifteen years ago or so in an experiment for a new medicine, but instead of being helpful it was found to be the opposite! This isn't a thousand year old poison! It's a modern poison! Do you get what I'm saying now?" Zephyr stared at Marina's hysterical expression; cogs turning in his mind as he processed the implications of what she was saying. Then it clicked.

"We aren't the first ones to have entered this temple. There's been other visitors. Recent visitors. These new residents also didn't want anyone to walk away knowing this either so they set traps. Not traps that would kill... but immobilize." All mirth and excitement was pushed to the background as a new, more unsettling reality set in.

"Guys, we aren't the only ones in this temple. In fact, there's a good chance they're here now... Okay, scratch the scouting plan. We need to stick together. Let's keep moving. If the temple is compromised, it's our job to take care of it now. Come on." Zephyr pushed on ahead scanning the ceiling, floor, and walls for any more signs of traps. Marina sighed quietly and mumbled to herself.

"Says the man who led an expedition to compromise the temple..." She continued anyway being far more cautious this time with her steps. The group came across a couple forks, and Zephyr each time picking which way they'd turn nodding to Anton to keep track. Finally, they reached what appeared to be a dead end. A moderate sized room with four statues of robed figures lining the wall. A few feet of space between them.

"Oh nooo! Not a dead end... Sigh, I guess we'll have to turn around..." She made to leave the room when Zephyr held up his hand telling everyone to wait.

"Not so fast. Something is... off." Zeph walked up to the strange marble statues and ran his hands across each looking for secret switches or levers. Nothing. He used his Sight to see if there was something hidden in the walls. Still nothing. He thoughtfully taped the side of his face as he studied the room. Absently, he blew out a decent gust of wind from his mouth towards one of the statues in a sigh, and was met by a slight whistling noise. Intrigued, he did it again except with more force causing a louder whistling noise to resound. He tried this with each statue, but the noise only happened with the second statue from the left. He put his ear to the wall on the side of the figure and tapped the wall. A hollow tapping graced his ear. Zephyr smirked.

"Hey, Anton. Why don't you make use of that fancy telekinesis of yours and try shifting this statue over. We might be surprised."

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Anton Wulfram


Before they entered the catacombs, Anton had modified his gauntlet to be mostly a flat surface, barring the joints at his wrist. While they were moving, he'd been creating grooves on the surface of his gauntlet, indicating the direction they had traveled. Overall, it wasn't an ideal method, but it meant that he could always read the map without lighting, and it was honestly kind of cool to have a gauntlet-map.

Still, the fact that there was someone who had been in the temple recently bothered Anton. Zephyr was right that whoever this was, they didn't want anyone interfering in here. But what bothered him more was that someone had used poison for the dart. There really weren't all that many people in Caelfall who had that sort of expertise...

Before he could really continue, however, Anton was interrupted by Zephyr, who had led them into a room with four statues. One of them made a whistling noise when

"I can do that," Anton said, stepping up to the statue and taking a deep breath. In that moment, an idea struck - instead of moving the statue, Anton could instead change it to a slab of marble. Glancing at the statue, Anton settled in a stance, and drew his outstretched hands back towards himself. There was a rumbling noise from the statue for a few seconds, but suddenly, the marble shifted towards Anton, and eventually formed a vertical barrier lying against the side of the door. Through it, the group would be able to see a sparsely-lit passageway leading further downwards.

Wiping the sweat off his forehead, Anton turned to Marina. Now that the way was clear, he could ask the question that had been bothering him during their prior navigation.

"Say, Mari, out of curiosity, how many people in Caelfall know how to extract the poison from that plant?"