Cave air is as thick as huddling against Peacock’s feathers. The damp stone walls catering to their stiff shadows while only the flickering campfire stands alive. One looks like a pebble sprite while two are Hemreans, one is a giantess and the last is a peacock. All round and together around the warmth. Only the Hemreans feel as if their eyes will split to left and right.
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Until the lady spits out as much saliva as she can to the boy, “Ye’ve been following me for pay? What, did a King sent ye? Why risk ye life?”
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“We didn’t mean to follow you” Amerie fiddles her fingers, “We need another way to get into Módbeorg.”
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Perking the pebble spirit to look at Amerie, “Why?” It rumbles,
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Isaac and Peacock both look at Amerie staring into the flame, speaking low like the far echoes of trickling. “To apologize”
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“And to whom? There is nothing in that mountain.”
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“No, there are Nautrens there. That’s where they live.”
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Amerie’s words taking the lady by surprise, spitting “What are ye talking about. Nautrens? Ye among the delusional those calling themselves druids?”
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“He’s one. Right?” Gesturing to the pebble spirit and he nods, “My name is Amerie, Amerie Noir. And my kingdom has gravely committed a sin among the great Nautrens. Though, I don’t know for man how long.”
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“Introducing minself is unnecessary.”
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But the pebble spirit pokes her otherwise, “Tell”
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“But, they are looters! They must be”
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“We are not going there to loot” Isaac says, “My name is Isaac, and the peacock is Peacock. And we will apologize.”
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The pebble spirit pokes her again and the lady, with a sweat, displeasingly introduces herself, “Olwan, just Olwan”
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“Just?” tones the Peacock,
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“Great to meet you, Olwan” the boy offering out his hand and Olwan hesitantly shakes them.
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Pebble spirit nods, turning to Amerie, “Mayfairy, O’ Mayfairy. Present ye have come, Princess Amerie. Pleasure that I meet you before my siblings and Great Nautriarchs.”
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“Likewise. But I’ve already met some during the Mægfæge.”
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“Do you know her Pebe?” Olwan asks, licking her own lips wet and raising her hands towards the flame
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“Great Mayfairy” Pebe says slow and deep, “Mayfairy of Past. Siblings whom ye met. Must have already rumored at the surface.
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“Yes, but I didn’t expect for undead shamblers all over the border”
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“Right, it started a week ago after the heavy rains. None knew why but everything thinks it is enemies’ spell, traitors of Cyndoryll trying to hurt its heart. And they do nothing. I alone cannot fight them, I asked for help, yet they think that it is best for the undead to go here in Módbeorg” Such emotion that she leaves the others silent.
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Only Pebe comments, “Life oozing from Nautriarch’s death. Expected. But now, too much.”
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“There will always be the undead whenever a high Nautren dies. Just not at this scale. Min heard of a necromancer at Kinguin. Ye three came from ther right? Ever heard of that necro?”
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The three did not take much effort to think as they remember what happened during the red mist. When the undead charged towards them. And how High Princess Rumen blatantly exposed herself, saying that everything was just an experiment when thousands died. Isaac answers, “A High Princess that you do not want to go near with.”
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“A High Princess?” Cover her lips in shock, “What of Kinguin Captial then? Did it got overrun?”
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“I do not think so…”
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“We do not know what she did with them after the messed-up festival” Peacock says, “She probably just let them go and the undead went here.”
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“This is grave…a high princess from Kinguin…”
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“This Festival” Pebe asks, “The Mægfæge?”
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Amerie nods deeply, “It was nobody’s fault. They simply misunderstood.”
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“Ah…grave still. Alongadol will not be pleased.’
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“But Kinguin is innocent, a victim. They really didn’t know and hence why, I must forgive for all of them. Or else the plain spirits will stomp Kinguin flat.”
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Pebe shakes his head, “Would be…Princess Noir is here for all of them…and Kinguin’s great Plateaus and walls by great king can hold the people.”
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“Need help getting in? Ic knows a way” Olwan suggests sharply,
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“You said that a Nautriarch is dead” inquires the boy, “What happened?”
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“Nay, do not know. Just the signs of undead around the borders mean someone full of life died. And those Nautrens who assume a mortal form are full of them.” She stands, asking Pebe to take down a wall over to their right, “Come on, we best hurry if ye want to save your kingdom.
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Pebe draws in the air with his fingers and the wall of pebbles collapse. Revealing and surprising two roaches on two legs. “Tssk tskk tskkk /// sskk skkk sk”
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They stare at each other before running away and Olwan realizing who those roaches are. “Nautriarch pets, after them or they will tell!”
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“But isn’t that better?” Amerie asks
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But Olwan chases after them, “Their telling is worse enough for a Bad Nautren to be punished at their undead cages.”
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Pebe shudders at the thought, “Cage…surrounded by death…”
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And Amerie, Isaac and Peacock quickly gives chase to the two spying roaches. Leading them up a root infested slope and out to a mountain side, overlooking the blue trees below and a panning view of West coast all the way to Kinguin’s plateaus to the far south east.
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“See those webs over there?” She points at the pink webs below, “We jump down, and need not worry. They are Jumping spider’s webs.”
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“Wait—why would we jump to a spider’s web!?” Peacock asks too late as Olwen jumps down, arms stretched to the side and capture the gliding roaches. Then falls to the cobweb, bouncing off it softly while keeping her prisoners tight. She looks up and sees Amerie, followed by Isaac and Peacock who rather glides down. Everyone checks on each other, all good. Until a man with large crescent ears comes up and bellows, “Intruders!”
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