Rhiastra nods in agreement of the idea to take the rest of the day, and leave in the morning. "A solid plan, and I also look forward to travelling in a more hospitable environment."
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Rhiastra chuckles to herself.
Rhiastra leaves as well. "Shall we check in at the alchemist's?"
Rhiastra nods, casting a sidelong glance atwhile Felicita, whom she wassure would be receiving quite a bit of......adulation...from Nawar based onfor their earlier interaction.
JGray's been out of commission due to kid borne plague. Should be back to posting shortly.
"That they did." Rhiastra replies with a soft chuckle.
At his question, the centaur smiles fondly. ”Yes actually. I have known quite a few of the fey, and been especially close with a dryad I met when two worthless wretches tried to take advantage of her and cut down her tree out of spite. Evvie.”
"Yes though not a very large tribe. While many of my kind live among others in cities, those I grew up among have chosen to maintain a closer connection to the natural world." Rhiastra responds.
Rhiastra is silent for a few moments, amber eyes studying the man...no...demigod before her. "In that case I'm just a little more honored to be working alongside you than I already was." she says with a warm, genuine smile. "So a future legendary demigod is it? Before the tales and pomp." she continues with a grin, a bit of playfulness in her tone.
"She perseveres. Our lives are like fleeting moments, but the natural world will always continue. Cities crumble, overgrown by plants, fall victim to erosion by wind and rain, eventually inhabited by animals. The natural world has a habit of finding the harmony, even when we go out of our way to disrupt it." she says quietly, her eyes alight with the passion of her convictions. "Back when we fought the scorpion, how did you manage to overcome the poison the way you did, there was a kind of raw power there."
"Rather than a formal cleric or adherent, my connection to the natural world, while divinely drawn is a bit more....natural, less structured you could say." Rhiastra explains. "While I do venerate Demeter, and Atremis as well, much of my power is drawn from Gaia herself. I suppose that would account for the strength of my connection."
"For me it is a little different, but Kajika and I commune with the natural world, usually at the beginning of the day, so waking at the end of the third watch would be fine." Rhiastra says with a smile. "You seem rather familiar with the ways of divine magic for a warrior."
"Unless you'd rather the time to yourself." Rhiastra asks.
"Actually, I think it would be better to take first watch as well. That way I can rest straight through and better focus to replenish my magic tomorrow." Rhiastra says after a few moments. Leaving the majority of her gear with the others, she moves to the cave entrance to join Jenrick.
Settling in, Rhiastra takes out her trail rations. "I'll take the last watch. If they person responsible for this can in fact command such magic, there's probably a lot more going on that what we've seen so far."
I can carry it until we need to split it. My carrying capacity way exceeds the rest of the party. If one of us casters trains UMD the wand could make a good ranged backup weapon.
"Yes, that would be the best course of action. Additionally, the cold at night in the dessert would actually be harmful, few of us are prepared to be exposed to it, the darkness is filled with hazards, and most importantly ghouls roam the sands at night." Rhiastra says solemnly. "If we start at dawn we should make it back before noon, beating the worst of the sun."
Rhiastra considers what she knows of the desert environment and the area in general, considering the benefits of travelling during cooler hours versus the hazards the would face both nocturnally and diurnally.
"It looks like the creature preyed on a number of unfortunate travelers." Rhiastra says solemnly
Glad for the size of the cave, Rhiastra begins to follow, making sure to leave some distance between herself and the scouts.
With a small gesture and a whispered word in Silmarian, Rhiastra conjures a quartet of dancing lights, akin to will-o'-wisps, generating enough light to illuminate the immediate area.
"A good idea. Now that you mention it, it would help to be more alert walking into the unknown." Rhiastra adds, closing her eyes for a moment as she utters a soft chant in Silmarian the air around her seeming to become somehow sharper. As she opens her eyes, the centaur shamaness seems to look at everything more piercingly than before.
"Agreed. At least it is a good sign that nothing responded to all the noise over the last few hours." Rhiastra says conjuring more water for everyone.
"If we could get rope around the top of it, I vam try puling it down." Rhiastra conjectures.
"An entrance you can fit through might not work for me." Rhiastra points out.
"Agreed, with the scorpion dead, an hour or so of rest shouldn't make much of a difference other than allowing you both to recover." Rhiastra adds.
As Trathing indicates the disturbed sand from the turn, Rhiastra catches sight of it's path. "Perfect! Thank you Trathing, I thin I have clear set of tracks we can follow." the shamaness says beginning to lead the group along the indicated path.
"Does anyone think they'd be able to follow the scorpion's tracks?" Rhiastra asks.
"You're welcome." Rhiastra replies with a smile.
Nodding, Rhiastra moves over to rest a hand on first Marche, then Hektor, the same soft verdant glow spreading to her companions.
"Those are mushrooms, specifically white fairy mushrooms which are native to the forests of Speilburg Valley and Mordavia. There's no reason for those to be there unless they were brought here by whatever was controlling the scorpion." Rhiastra says after studying the growth,
Silmarian:
"Yes actually, one of the smaller surrounding islands, populated by a small herd of us, some fey but otherwise relatively unsettled as most humans would consider it." She smiles at Jenrick's unabashed confidence. He was after all quite the physical specimen.
Rhiastra lets out a sound akin to a giggle. "Sorry, I'll give you more warning next time. At least the desert heat should dry your clothes off soon. If we return to town with you like that you may find yourself getting some....undue attention." the centaur says with a grin.
Gesturing above the noble warrior, Rhiastra utters an incantation as water begins to cascade down onto Jenrick, washing away the ichor.
Smiling as her companions celebrate the hard fought victory, Rhiastra moves to check on those poisoned by the beast.
As her allies cluster around the giant vermin, trying to lad their attacks, Rhiasta extends her hand, chanting as he does, calling forth the blessing of the pack to work in tandem to take down a mightier foe.
Kajika skirts the edges of the battle, wary of the scorpion's sting.
As Jenrick comes within reach, Rhiastra extends her hand to touch him, feeling the heat of the poison coursing through his body. Though she could do little to affect the toxin, she hoped to at least alleviate some of the damage of the sting itself.
A soft green glow pulses down her arm, spreading up the wounded warrior's body and sealing much of the damage to his neck, as flowers spring up around the centaur's hooves, the grass where she stands becoming a bit greener in response to the life energies flowing through her body.
Eyes going wide as the creature viciously attacks Jenrick, Rhiastra calls out to her wounded companion. "Jenrick, come to my side! I can help!"
I'm thinking NL is for tracking any non-lethal damage you might currently have.
Rhiastra quickly takes the antitoxin, drawing her spear as she does.
Rhiastra glances at Felitcia for a moment before nodding. "Thank you for telling us. I would be horrified to hurt you further while trying to heal you. " Looking around her the shamaness smiles. "The natural world is where I feel at home, I find it almost impossible to get lost actually.
"Well I believe that covers all of us. Divine and martial power enough to handle this threat I should think." Rhiastra says to her companions studying them all.
Rhiasta smiles. "I can as well if needed."
”I have been gifted with some power over the natural world by Gaia. I would be able to command the surrounding environment to hamper the creature, provide a bit of healing should any of us be injured, and I can handle myself in combat, both at range and up close, using magic to enhance my own abilities.” Rhiastra says to the others. Smiling down at the primal looking fox sitting quietly at her hooves, she smiles. ”And Kajia here makes an excellent scout.”
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