Zahira nodded "I'd prefer mobility and safety. I promised my daughter I'd return home in one piece, and I wish to keep that promise. Also, I'm still feeling a little shaky, it's better for me, and for you two as well, to conserve energy for whatever we might encounter in that frozen place than to waste it on the journey to it."
Wynn nodded, it made sense to try and use as little energy as needed. The girl concentrated as a summon began to form, but a sudden burst of wind disrupted the girl enough to make her reconsider her plan. "perhaps traveling there via air isn't a good idea..." with a sweatdrop, wynn adapted her plan and brought forth three snow-white horses, each able to more than carry the mages for a good distance. "This will likely be safer for us. Are we ready?"
While it wouldn't be as comfortable as riding on griffen-back, but the paladin didn't want to risk the air with this weather.
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Zahira gave Wynn an approving smile, she was quite confident that this would work out well. At the same time though, she realized that she was appointed to Wynn for her defense against any big threats that the wilderness that lay beyond the city held and that might cross their path.
She approached one of the horses a bit nervously, for since she had lost her memories she had not ridden a horse, but old experience took over when her fingers closed around the reins. A moment later, with the gracious movements of a professional (for her oldest mentor had learned her how to ride a horse) she was seated in the saddle.
Wynn similarly boarded her mount, and the three sorceresses were off, headed into the frozen north.
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It had been about an hour into their journey, the horses not in a full run, but still trotting at a clip significantly faster than any of the riders could achieve in those conditions.
"If my math is right, we are almost halfway to the fortress - with luck we will be there by mid-day, assuming we don't have any interruptions... guiding her horse next to Jenika's, the junior senator tried to get a little more insight into things.
"Jenika? If you don't mind me asking, what drew you towards the Azorius Senate? With talents like yours, I'm sure you would have your choice of guild - why this one? it was an honest question, one that Wynn had thought about before asking. She honestly had forgotten the original reason she had for joining the Senate...but at the same time, the experiences she had since then...she wouldn't trade them for the world.
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Jenika smiled. "Well...they kinda approached me. Apparently my talent with auramancy caught their attention." She said, a surprising amount of modesty in her voice for what she was saying.
"Well, that's impressive. All the same..." Wynn drew an azure gem out of her pouch, holding it tightly.
"Your auramancy is good, but blue magic has several other abilities that you will want to master - to say nothing of what white magic can do. All the same...I want you to hang on to this - if we should run into trouble, try using it." Upon seeing the girl's look of confusion, Wynn clarified.
"It's a simple spell, but still powerful nonetheless. a burst of negating magic, able to shatter anything that comes at you. There are only a handful of spells we know of that can overcome this - it might come in handy, you know?"
Wynn is ready to hand the gem over to the apprentice auramancer, fi she's willing to borrow it.
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Zahira smiled at Jenika's modesty. Modesty was one of the most important traits for a Senator to have, and so far Jenika proved not just by skill but also by heart to be an Azorius. Another important trait was being able to judge well, but Jenika would learn that later, and it would be a painstaking process, as it had been for Zahira in the past. She knew this, for she started to more and more vividly remember the teachings of her oldest master, the wizard of the coast the commoners had called him.
"Well we wouldn't expect to find a palace of ice on a tropical sandy beach, would we?" Wynn will joke, of course, but business needs to be attended to. And the low temperature would only make things harder once they stopped moving. "We should be pretty close - but the weather will only worsen from here. If you don't want to become an icicle, keep moving - and keep your head on a swivel, we don't know if this land is occupied by roaming creatures."
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Zahira was warm and comfortable, except for the icy wind blowing across her face of course. It felt as if her nose wasn't there and her ears were freezing off... She painfully blinked against the cold stream of air to see if there was anything prowling around.
Wynn is having a hard time with scanning the bleak whiteness granted by the cover of winter for anything threatening, but she will try nevertheless.
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Wynn seems ecstatic upon seeing tje palatial fortress finally within reach. Despite knowing that even when they reach the place their mission won't even be half finished...the fact that it's there signifies something. "There it is...the glacial fortress. It shouldn't be long before we get there...and at least we will be out of this wind!"
Indeed, the wind was the major source of antagony right now. She could deal with the bitter temperatures and the bumpy ride...but the frozen gale...the wind cut right through the young woman, chilling her to the very core of her soul. And no amount of bundled fur was able to stop the gale from taking its toll.
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Zahira was nervous, perhaps it was fear for monstrous beings that might be out there, perhaps it was that she doubted her own abilities too much. Whatever it was, she didn't show it on the outside, and after a quick breath she asked, softly as to not cast an echo across the frozen plain that would alert anything there, to Jenika "You see anything out of the ordinary?"
"Well, let's hope that the situation we perceive is true then." Zahira said in a hushed tone to both her companions. She gave the young 'apprentice' a reassuring smile. Though her eyes too, still darted from one place to another, suspicious about every hill, every stone, that might hide a monster of sorts. Well, as long as Melinda is safe...
Wynn sighs as the wind starts to finally die down. Still, she couldn't afford to let her guard down - such an area of respite would be a perfect place for monsters to lie in wait for prey.
"Keep your heads on a swivel - I don't like how quiet this is getting..."
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If Zahira was anything, it would be vigilant. But the necessity of pushing onward despite of the invisible threat lurking in apparently every dark corner, behind every sharp turn, grew heavier. She thought it preferable to be in, or even better out again, by nightfall, because who knew what wretched things the slow passing of time in this abandoned place might have spawned?
ooc: I suppose something should happen now: either we get to the fortress, or we get some action, or some roleplaying opportunity, or any combination thereof. Just, as a wise man once said: Get on with it!
Wynn nods in agreement but, unlike the junior, has the disicipline to not say anything about it. Would she like to be back in Estark with a warm cup of tea? absolutely. Is she gonna let that keep her from finishing her task? no way.
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"perhaps traveling there via air isn't a good idea..." with a sweatdrop, wynn adapted her plan and brought forth three snow-white horses, each able to more than carry the mages for a good distance.
"This will likely be safer for us. Are we ready?"
While it wouldn't be as comfortable as riding on griffen-back, but the paladin didn't want to risk the air with this weather.
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She approached one of the horses a bit nervously, for since she had lost her memories she had not ridden a horse, but old experience took over when her fingers closed around the reins. A moment later, with the gracious movements of a professional (for her oldest mentor had learned her how to ride a horse) she was seated in the saddle.
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~~~~~
It had been about an hour into their journey, the horses not in a full run, but still trotting at a clip significantly faster than any of the riders could achieve in those conditions.
"If my math is right, we are almost halfway to the fortress - with luck we will be there by mid-day, assuming we don't have any interruptions... guiding her horse next to Jenika's, the junior senator tried to get a little more insight into things.
"Jenika? If you don't mind me asking, what drew you towards the Azorius Senate? With talents like yours, I'm sure you would have your choice of guild - why this one? it was an honest question, one that Wynn had thought about before asking. She honestly had forgotten the original reason she had for joining the Senate...but at the same time, the experiences she had since then...she wouldn't trade them for the world.
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"Your auramancy is good, but blue magic has several other abilities that you will want to master - to say nothing of what white magic can do. All the same...I want you to hang on to this - if we should run into trouble, try using it." Upon seeing the girl's look of confusion, Wynn clarified.
"It's a simple spell, but still powerful nonetheless. a burst of negating magic, able to shatter anything that comes at you. There are only a handful of spells we know of that can overcome this - it might come in handy, you know?"
Wynn is ready to hand the gem over to the apprentice auramancer, fi she's willing to borrow it.
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"We should be pretty close - but the weather will only worsen from here. If you don't want to become an icicle, keep moving - and keep your head on a swivel, we don't know if this land is occupied by roaming creatures."
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"There it is...the glacial fortress. It shouldn't be long before we get there...and at least we will be out of this wind!"
Indeed, the wind was the major source of antagony right now. She could deal with the bitter temperatures and the bumpy ride...but the frozen gale...the wind cut right through the young woman, chilling her to the very core of her soul. And no amount of bundled fur was able to stop the gale from taking its toll.
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"Keep your heads on a swivel - I don't like how quiet this is getting..."
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ooc: I suppose something should happen now: either we get to the fortress, or we get some action, or some roleplaying opportunity, or any combination thereof. Just, as a wise man once said: Get on with it!
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