Arista manages to mount the horse and holds out her hand for Ylrhea.
Ylrhea clambers onto the horse with Arista's help.
Drago couldn't help but smile as Yulia embraced him. Then, he spurred his mount forward.
As you head back toward Siphas, you hear Sienna's voice calling from a little ways off the road.
She immediately stops the horse and jumps off, nearly falling over a tree root. "Sienna...Sienna! We're here....where are you?!"
Activating both her boots and her cloak, Sādhanā takes off flying ahead at full speed staying low to the ground.
Hearing Sienna's voice, she pulls up, elevating to get a better view of the area.
Sienna wanders out into the road. "Oh, geez, thank the gods...I...I lost Cyna. Something happened when I was going after her...I can't remember though."
She puts an arm around Sienna, "It's okay, we'll find her. We at least know where she was headed. I know it's a stupid thing to say, but....try not to worry too much okay? I promise we'll catch up to her and talk to her. I know everything seems really messed up right now, but it'll all work out. We'll find her, you two will talk and everything will be okay. We're headed to Siphas to rest and get some flesh and bone horses. Do you want to go with us sweetie, or try to pick up her trail?" She tries to climb back up on the horse as she waits for Sienna to decide what she wants to do.
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Sienna shakes her head involuntarily. "I'll go with you guys. No point in getting lost again."
She takes off into the air near Sādhanā. "I'm worried..."
"I know. We'll find her, I promise. Is she close to Elder Sister?" the magus asks, trying to understand the ranger's inner turmoil.
Sienna nods at the magus. "Elder Sister was one of the first people to not treat her like s*#$."
"That must've meant the world to her. We'll find out what happened to her and deal with whoever's responsible. Don't worry, she'll remember who loves her and who'd there for her, she'd just .....reacting right now." Sādhanā says comfortingly. "I think we 've all been under a lot more stress than we're letting on."
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Cyna awakens in unfamiliar terrain, no sign of the structure she had fallen from in sight. Taking note of the fresh blood she carefully examines the wounds to her head, nothing life threatening.
"Well that's some good news I suppose." She reassures herself.
She looks around going through a mental checklist she'd learned through experience in the wilderness. Cyna discovered that she couldn't determine north and there were no tracks to or from her position and yet the temple was still nowhere to be seen.
F#!$. She screamed mentally while imagining how she'd get revenge. Beating the s~** out of someone with her own face would probably be a nightmarish experience but it would be worth it in the end she thought.
Sienna nods. "I just want her back..."
The party catches up with Amareth and Kjell on the way to Siphas.
The being formerly known as Cyna goes through a series of stretches as she tries to adapt to having a body after so many years. Escaping her prison likely had numerous repercussions but for now she was happy to feel her own heartbeat pounding away. It felt good to be alive.
She soon shakes herself from her careless attitude. "Enough of that, get down to business."
The Tiefling quickly carves out a diagram into the earth and places the dragonbreath bow in the center. "Sorry Cyna but I need a sacrifice."
Cynafae begins chanting in inferanl, causing the diagram to glow as bloody thorns crawl from the earth and envelop the mythical item.
నీవు క్రిమ్సన్ రక్త కంటే లోతుగా అయిన కళ .
బాధ బ్లేడ్ నా కాల్ వినడానికి.
నీ స్వర్గపు ప్రతీకారం విడుదల
కల్లోల ఫ్రాగ్మెంట్ నాకు మీ బలం మంజూరు
మరియు మాకు కలిసి విధ్వంస మార్గం నడవడానికి వీలు
మీ పేరు మరియు మీరు మరియు నేను పోలేను శక్తి ద్వారా
ముందుకు ద ఒమెన్ రండి!"
"Thou who art deeper than crimson blood
Blade of sorrow hear my call
Release thy heavenly retribution
Fragment of chaos grant me your strength
and let us walk the path of destruction together
By your name and the power you and I possess
come forth, Omen!"
An explosion of magical energy is released as the bow is destroyed, replaced with a blood-red thorn erupting from the earth. A Rapier more organic in appearance than that of iron or steel.
"We'll find her. Don't worry." Drago said in an attempt to comfort the Tiefling.
The party catches up with Amareth and Kjell on the way to Siphas.
Seeing Amareth and Kjell, Arista slows down the horse and comes to a slow walk beside them. She offers them a small worried smile, "Hey...guess we're going back to Valwick as well for a bit before dealing with the tower and Vencious. Apparently something really bad has happened there that needs our immediate attention and Cyna's gone missing....she was really upset since the incident most likely involves someone she cares a great deal about. Anyways, we're heading to Siphas to rest and get some real horses instead of these summoned ones and then we're gonna head for Valwick as quickly as possible so we can see to this mess and get back to taking care of everything else we have to do as quickly as possible."
Amareth nods. "Then I suppose we'll meet you in Siphas then. What do you think of accompanying them, Kjell?"
The former merchant looks a little grim. "I suppose I ought to look into some horses as well. Do you want to take the money you gave me with you, Arista?"
She shrugs, "Well...if the two of you will be riding with us, it doesn't much matter who carries the gold. If I take it back I might remember to give it to Barclay...there's no telling what we're gonna be going back to though....I guess I can take it. I have more room in this bag now since I got rid of all that extra stuff we weren't using."
"Alright," Kjell says. "We'll see you soon then. Don't want to hold you up."
He nods at Amareth and they continue walking.
Before setting the horse off at another gallop she gets a look on her face before stopping the horse, "Wait...wait...I'm sorry, I need to....ummm again so I'll be just a minute." Being careful not to knock Ylrhea down, Arista dismounts from the horse and runs hurriedly into the tree line to relieve herself. A few minutes she returns to the others, "Sorry about that." She says as she cleans her hands with some water from a canteen. Getting back up on the horse she says, "Okay, you two be careful and if you could...please keep an eye out for Cyna. We're not sure of everything she's going through right now....but there's obviously something bothering her and we need to do everything we can to help her through it. We'll see you later this evening, safe travels." With that she nudges the horse in the side and sets off at a trot that quickly turns to a gallop.
A robed figure steps out of the trees in front of Cynafae, his face hidden beneath his cowl. But the tiefling notices his lips don't move. "What do you mean to do?"
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You arrive in Siphas and the town is deathly quiet. It seems as if time itself has stopped and you see a single robed figure at the fountain. It beckons you.
"What do we do?" Ylrhea asks, a little nervous.