"I'm good with that. I'd rather we get this part out of the way as soon as possible so the armor doesn't have time to regenerate."
Sādhanā replies.
Stepping into the kitchen doorway while wiping his hands with a rag, "What can I say, Konstantyná's a good teacher. Would you like anything to drink?"
"Just some water please," Yulia answers as she starts to get out of her winter wear.
"How are we all going to fly?" Mirrin asks.
"Tesia transforms into a giant bird and we all ride on her," Magestreia answers.
She nods, "Yep, in my giant eagle form I can carry everyone and fly for like thirteen hours at a time, but it should only take like four or five hours to get there. It's northwest of here. So, if we're all ready we can get this show on the road."
With that said she steps far enough away from the group to give herself room to change. As her body grows larger she sprouts her usual gold, white, and brown feathers. Once the transformation is complete she lowers herself to the ground to allow the others to climb up on her. Looking over her shoulder at the others with her giant blue eyes she calls out an encouraging, if somewhat loud squawk.
Mirrin looks unsure. "Perhaps there are other ways of getting around."
"We aren't going to wait for you, Mirrin," Sienna says, getting on Tesia and holding out a hand for Cyna. "So you either come aboard or you stay here."
Magestreia wastes no time climbing onto Tesia. "It'll be fine, Mirrin."
Stepping back into the kitchen, he poured a cup of water and brought it back to Yulia.
After resting her massive head gently against her love's for a moment, she turns her head and cranes her neck to bring her eyes close to Mirrin. Giving her a very gentle nudge she warbbles quietly, trying to encourage her to climb on. She waits patiently for Mirrin to climb on her.
"It's perfectly safe, and in the case of an emergency I can fly for a short time or teleport us to safety." Sadhana says to Mirrin. "Consider it a new experience."
Rhadaya leans lovingly into the contact, before floating up onto Tes' back.
Mirrin frowns slightly before begrudgingly climbing on Tesia's back. "I've had far too many 'new experiences' as of late."
Sādhanā shares a glance with Celia, suppressing a smile before climbing aboard Tesia's back.
Celia climbs onto Tesia's back, securing her gear as they prepare for take off.
Once everyone is seated and holding on properly, Tesia stands and shakes slightly to get the dirt off of herself. Letting out a trumpeting farewell, she takes a running start before vaulting into the sky as her massive wings beat, carrying them higher into the sky as she flies upward in a spiral before leveling out as they reach a cruising altitude of about five hundred feet. Tesia turns slightly and heads Northwest towards the volcano and Theon's redemption.
"Thank you," Yulia says, taking the water. "So, what's on the menu, my newly minted chef?"
Drago smiled, "A stew that she gave me a recipe for. Been taking my time and making sure it's cooked properly."
"That's good. I can't wait to taste it."
As they start to approach the area with the volcano she searches the surrounding area for a safe place to land.
She turns her head to look back at Sadhana and lets out a questioning squawk to see if Sadhana could tell her which side of the volcano she wanted her to land on, or if she even had a preference.
Tesia sees enough room at the base of the volcano to land. Alternatively, she could also land at the top. Neither option appears to be dangerous.
Sadhana figures being closer to the bottom would help since the volcano is dormant and there might no longer be a clear path to any magma from the top of the volcano.
Tesia circles the volacano and slowly starts her descent while she waits to see where Sadhana wanted her to land.
"The bottom would be better. There's no telling how far up or easy to access the magma would be since it's dormant now." Sādhanā recommends.
Bobbing her head up and down in understanding, Tesia makes her descent, slowing herself as she circles around the volcano. Coming ijn at the base she finds a clear path to land on, coming to a gentle stop before lowering herself to the ground so everyone can climb off of her.
Once everyone has gotten down from her back, she changes back into herself. Going to the others shed says, "Well, I hope that wasn't too bad of a ride. About the volcano, I saw an obscured cave about midway up the volcano. I think that would be our best point of entry. What do you think Sadhana?" She asks after telling them what she saw while flying around the volcano.
Sadhana catches herself instinctively turning to help Ylrhea dismount, before stopping herself. It would definitely take some getting used to.
"Sounds good to me. High enough to likely be above lava level without having to go through tons of solid rock." Let's get going shall we?"[/b]
She nods and starts to lead the way up the side of the volcano to where she saw the cave, while making sure there is a path for them to follow. She takes out her sword just in case.
"So, are we going to dump the armor in some lava, wish Arista's brother back, give him a hearty handshake and then tell him to go find his sister?" Sienna asks as Tesia takes the lead.
"Do you think Arista would faint or something if we just dropped him off at her door? After everything he's been through, I'm not sure we should just leave him to wander through the forest. What do you guys think we should do?" She asks, unsure of how they would want to deal with things once they restored Arista's brother.
"Though it would put us behind, maybe we should take him back to Valwick," Magestreia suggests.
Mirrin shrugs. "It might be better than heading north and west from here instead of Valwick."
Tesia sees that the climb up the volcano towards the cave is fairly easy.
While waiting to see what the others thought she points out the direction they need to go to get to the cave, "It looks like a fairly easy climb to get to the cave from here." She says before continuing on to the cave.
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"Do you think he'll be clothed when we wish him back?" Cyna asks.
Tesia stops in her tracks and looks back at Sadhana, "I....I don't know. I didn't really think about it. Pandi wasn't when Morgan brought her back, but that was a resurrection spell....I'm not sure how it works with wishes. Sadhana?"
"Hmm, I don't see an issue if he's naked," Sienna says. "It's not like any of us...y'know, like guys in that way."
She looks at Mirrin and Magestreia. "Unless you two are secretly straight."
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"I haven't thought about it," Magestreia quips.
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"I don't think about it."
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She sighs, "I get that, but isn't it a little cold to fly him back to Valick naked? I think we have and extra cloak....but that won't keep him very warm, and what if he isn't comfortable being naked around a bunch of women that he doesn't know? I just....is there a way that he can not be naked?" She says, not entirely comfortable with the idea of a naked man riding on her back.
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Cyna shrugs. "That wasn't really my concern. I just didn't think he'd want to be dragged around Zahvroma in a birthday suit."
"I'm sure we'll figure out something," Sienna says.
She nods and looks over at Sadhana, wondering if the Magus had any thoughts on the matter.
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"I...given that the last thing he wore was his armor, which we're destroying...probably not. The use of a Wish would be duplicating the effect of a Ressurrection spell so he'll probably be naked." Sādhanā says after a moment of thought. "I don't think handing him his sword and setting him on this way back would be a great idea...brought back from undeath only to die of cold a few days later." the magus continues.
"I can at least provide him with resistance to the cold." Celia suggests, "So that much we wouldn't have to worry about."
"It might be best to teleport back to Valwick with him, I guess once he's back in the land of the living we can ask him." The magus considers, reaching over her shoulder to touch the sword Arista had given her for a moment.
She nods, "I totally wasn't thinking about it or I would have gotten him something generic to wear from Asha's....but at least we have an extra cloak with us, so that's something at least. Well...we didn't know about it till you met up with us...but it just never occurred to me I guess? Anyways, let's just get this done so we can get on with it." She says as she continues to follow the trail up to the cave.
"To be fair, we didn't know we were headed here beforehand," Sienna points out.
She nods, "Yeah....I know. I mean....I don't know...oh hells."
After about forty-five minutes of walking, you come to the cave. You catch the faint hint of sulfur wafting from within.