121st Vhalar, 717
“Oh Sarkis.” Kali sighed as the blinding light engulfed the canine and Emmaline, searing everyone’s vision white before fading to leave a healed young soldier and to the others simply a shell where the wolf had been. The huntress could see him though, a wisp of faded blue, his legs just fading into ethereal smoke. Never had she seen him like this, and it worried the Sev’ryn for a moment. The sapped creature whined softly, but he would be ok.
As Emmaline put her hand on the southerners arm, she smiled and put her hand over the top with a nod. No other words were needed. Collecting the shell and tucking it in her medicine pouch, Kali stood and turned her tawny gaze angry. The intruder was now quite firmly marked as fair game now, evil and dangerous. If the huntress crossed her again, she would not hesitate to take the kill. Taking a deep breath, the Sev’ryn calmed the flames of rage before turning her attention to the snoring Schubert on the ground.
“Stay safe Schubert, I’m sure we’ll meet again.” She said softly, before following her companions into the next room to be greeted by a much fancier looking Schubert. Again, he couldn’t help unless they asked. He was the rules.
He was the rules.
As Arlo immediately began to work on the first puzzle and Pash to the second, Kali moved to the fourth. She had read it with the others, and at first it confused her, until she realised that potentially the last coin remaining would be Faldrun’s. From there, it was a simple matter of mathematics to confirm how many coins Good needed to take in the first turn to leave Evil without a leg to stand on. Closing her eyes, the Sev’ryn counted the scenarios in her head, before finally figuring it out.
“Four. Good needs to take four initially, then no matter how many of the five Evil can take after that, Good will always be able make it so Evil must pick up the last coin.” As she spoke, Kali’rial turned around to look at Schubert.
“Schubert, can you help us? Can you take us directly to the end of these trials to get ahead of the other groups?” It didn’t hurt to ask, he did say he was the rules. If he couldn’t, then he couldn’t. Simple. Beside the huntress, the ghostly form of Sarkis lay still, eyes closed. When she walked, he walked, when she stopped, he slept.
As Emmaline put her hand on the southerners arm, she smiled and put her hand over the top with a nod. No other words were needed. Collecting the shell and tucking it in her medicine pouch, Kali stood and turned her tawny gaze angry. The intruder was now quite firmly marked as fair game now, evil and dangerous. If the huntress crossed her again, she would not hesitate to take the kill. Taking a deep breath, the Sev’ryn calmed the flames of rage before turning her attention to the snoring Schubert on the ground.
“Stay safe Schubert, I’m sure we’ll meet again.” She said softly, before following her companions into the next room to be greeted by a much fancier looking Schubert. Again, he couldn’t help unless they asked. He was the rules.
He was the rules.
As Arlo immediately began to work on the first puzzle and Pash to the second, Kali moved to the fourth. She had read it with the others, and at first it confused her, until she realised that potentially the last coin remaining would be Faldrun’s. From there, it was a simple matter of mathematics to confirm how many coins Good needed to take in the first turn to leave Evil without a leg to stand on. Closing her eyes, the Sev’ryn counted the scenarios in her head, before finally figuring it out.
“Four. Good needs to take four initially, then no matter how many of the five Evil can take after that, Good will always be able make it so Evil must pick up the last coin.” As she spoke, Kali’rial turned around to look at Schubert.
“Schubert, can you help us? Can you take us directly to the end of these trials to get ahead of the other groups?” It didn’t hurt to ask, he did say he was the rules. If he couldn’t, then he couldn’t. Simple. Beside the huntress, the ghostly form of Sarkis lay still, eyes closed. When she walked, he walked, when she stopped, he slept.
