"She must have done" Fox smirked "And now we have a powerful weapon against our enemies, one to do our leader proud"

"Well, I had a little help..."  she started, before she started tugging at a chain at her neck.  After a bit, a pendant appeared- it was shaped like a pyramid, with small jewels set in it.

"I wasn't kidding when I said it was a new beginning for me.  The old version of this, well... it gave me a few weapons that I put to use before I knew any better.  The scream that killed that Gourgaz, back in the tunnels?  It granted me that power, but at a cost of a little of what I am, if you will.  I guess I'm a little more blind around a campfire now... because of what it used to be.   It was something gifted to me by Black Beaver, from the Kai's very own forges.  But back in the cave...  I decided that what it represented was not the person I was.   So I disposed of everything- pendant, rings, weapons and all, in the water in that place, so that they cannot be used by anyone to hurt anything ever again.  I took a moment, and then... I was given this.  I think it's something that tells me that someone up there, perhaps... perhaps they're happy with what I've been doing, and where I've gone in my life.  I used a little power that it granted me, and well... I was able to restore the bow."

She slipped it back under her armor, and straightened the chain around her neck.

"It doesn't feel like a yoke anymore- or a noose, like the old one used to.  I might have to have a little talk with Beaver about what he's been producing in the forges, lately...  because I doubt that the Kai should be using the same relics and things that our enemies use.  Besides, maybe I might have a knack for Craftsmanship, too.  Perhaps one day I'll make you all something special, yes?"

She stepped forward again, easy smile on her lips.  Ideas were already coming to mind.

If Sun Snake's expression was tempered by Rain Feather's reference to Black Beaver forging tools with properties of the enemy, he still showed joy at Rain Feather's explanation. "As I said, He made that place anew. And all of us, too, if we wished it." He did not just look to Sun Fox and Alyne when he said that.

Clearly, dwelling on his own direction in life and thoughts, SUn Snake grew almost confused and retreated in to himself, still keeping an unseeing eye on the forward path.

"well in that case..... Pop quiz!" Fox said reaching into his backpack producing items. "I took these from the enemy in the ruined city. Can you tell what they do?"

They are the Emerald Ring and Snake Amulet Fox took previously with hidden effects.
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"I'm not that good yet, Sabre... I don't think that's the kind of thing I can figure out until I get some more practice in... I can only fix something like that every so often... and this was special.  If the Kai are as fractured as the Silver Bow, then we've got to put the parts back into one working organization.  But I guess I could give it a shot..."

Her eyes closed for a second as she started probing the two items with her Sixth Sense.  It wouldn't be much, but if she could identify them, she might better understand how they were made.

Yeah, I wonder what these items taken by the corpses of cener druids could possibly do... ^_^

She looked up at Sabre, looking a bit concerned.

"I'd toss the ring, if I were you. I'd know that feeling anywhere- it's right-handed.  It allows you to put up a barrier, or even use it to smash a foe like a boiled potato.  It's a dangerous thing to have, and I worry that someone may be able to bend the power of it back on you.  As for your fancy little amulet there, well... about all I can get off of it for now is that it might give you a little boost.  I can't tell what school it is, though- it's not left or right, and I think you would have known if it was Battle Magic..."

She bit her lip.

"I hope you know what you're doing with it, though.  Right-Handed magic has a tendency to try to push all other forms of power away, and then convince you that you need more of it."

"Don't worry" Fox reassured. "I haven't used them and don't plan on using both untested and potentially dangerous things. Though the barrier might be useful against magic attacks perhaps, even still I think it best to keep hold of them to take home for analysis. After all, working put and countering the enemy's abilities has to be good for us right? Either way thanks Rain" Fox smiled

Nothing further from me! Ready to move on

Sun Fox nodded, apparently liking Sabre Fox's point... and then she stopped when the tunnel they were now walking through ended up opening into what looked like a veritable hub of caves: a single, round room of rock from which eight different roads departed, all with different directions and different inclines.

The Kai Lady let out a surprise whistle at the sight, before turning toward the older member of the group and asking:

"So, Snake? Which one do we follow?"

Sun Snake looked up for his internal deliberations, as if the odd cave represented the manifestation of possibilities and paths.

"We can ignore all the paths but those two," said Sun Snake, pointing to two of the exits over on the far left hand side. He pointed to the second of the two. "That was is shorter, but it feels...dangerous. I can't sense anything special it in, yet it feels dangerous."

Sun Snake looked to Sabre Fox as if the man's sharpened senses could see, hear or smell anything from that place. He also raised an eyebrow to Dawning Blade to see if she knew any hidden dangers of the Maakengorge.


Will see if I can divine more, but you guys might want to throw in some help in making sure there's nothing weird that can sneak up on us from the other pathways, and maybe figure out the best of the two paths out of here. Might be something magical or deliberately hiding.
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Is part of your post missing, Sun Snake?

Edited!

Fox understood Snake's look straight away, and let his senses flow out towards the tunnels that Snake had indicated.......

That would be 2 WP.

Me or Sabre?

Sabre Fox. :)

Hmmmmmmm

"That way...." Fox said, his expression and eyes seemingly glazied for a moment. "The one you said had danger..... You might be right. It felt like I was looking down a chasm and was scared of heights you know. I felt all woozy. Perhaps it would be egged to goths other way after all"

Something was up.

"Hold on... let me see what I can find out about it."

She would pause and close her eyes, attempting to find out more about what had rattled Sabre.

"I... I can't sense anything down there at all, Sabre.  Are you sure you felt something that way?"

She would take a few steps to Sabre's side, and put her free hand upon his shoulder.

"...what did it feel like?  Could you show me in your mind?"

"Well I've no idea how to go about doing that, but if you can then feel free" Fox said as he recalled the memory and feelings he had felt

She kept her hand on his shoulder, and closed her eyes, sending her mind out into Sabre's.

"All I sense from the other way is flooding. Nothing we could not negotiate, but it would put us at a disadvantage if there is anything or anyone hidden form my senses."

Sun Snake stepped forwards, and put his hand on Sabre's should and Rain Feather's, scanning Sabre's mind and trying to leave his own as open as possible to Rain Feather's mind.
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The moment they were connected to Sabre Fox's sensations, both Sun Snake and Rain Feather for a moment felt a sense of vertigo that almost made them stumble; theyquickly regained their balance, but the sensation of it being not completely under their control still lingered on them.

Sun Fox watched the results of Sun Snake's experiment with a bemused expression, and then asked, her tone curious:

"Found out anything interesting?"

PM!