06-04-2020, 01:05 AM
(06-03-2020, 01:14 PM)Dragonstrike Wrote: [ -> ]*rolls*
When Daxter checks the side of the tree, he finds that it smells...like something's been burnt.
Upon investigating more closely, he sees what looks like burned clumps of grass next to some large rocks that have been shoved aside around the broad base of the tree, just out of sight. And as luck would have it, it seems that someone created a path around the tree. And probably fairly recently, too. Looks like progressing isn't going to be as hard as Daxter and Pyra initially thought.
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Kee, Kogeki, and Karen continue on their way, and it isn't long before they run into Daxter and Pyra in the clearing with the large rocks in the middle!
Karen waves, happy to see them! "Dax, Pyra! I was wondering where you were!"
The blue drake's discovery manages to snap Pyra out of her irritable fugue state and bring small smile to her face, followed up with a thankful nod.
"My gratitude and thanks, Dax, for uncovering this hidden pathway. Curious and mysterious finding it is, though, for none of us found it before we split our group this way and in twain. *Frowns* .....Perhaps because it did not exist then, no, but came into fruition and creation in a recent hence...."
She trailed off at the end, deciding to make a more detailed inspection of this new pathway instead of continuing to ramble about it. Given the signs present, the brimstone imp would (unless you state otherwise, Dragonstrike) almost immediately Cottenee on as to what made the path and who could've have possibly done it, and her smile would fizzle out like a dying sparkler.
"...That herd of horses made this way forward and beyond this great tree, I do believe. Let us hurry on, make haste, so we can find Karen most dear or Kee and Kogeki and warn them of those nitwits before they or their leader make themselves more vexing wastes."
And Pyra does as see says pronto, almost threatening to leave her webbed and finned companion in her sudden burst of expediency.
(...)
Reuniting with the rest of the group so quickly was quite the pleasant event for the lil' demoness, but the moment she laid eyes yes on the kind fae that was her fellow female friend they widened and she let out a startled but happy *Gasp!* Then almost before Karen could finish her warm welcome Pyra rushed forward to sweep them up in her arms in a powerful hug, closely her eyes as she pressed them tight against her chest as she started to babble to them, looking and sounding equal parts frantic and elated.
"Oh oh OH! You have been found and rescued, my dear sweet Karen, yes yes YES, oh thank God! I'm so so SO sorry for leading you to Teleport astray, mindlessly testing your powers without regard or care! Please, I beg of thee, if there is room within your heart purest, forgive me for my failure to keep you well watched, pretty protected, and closely cared, oh please!"
....And everyone + everything else but Karen is ignored by the burning fiendess in her sudden emotional moment. Welp.....who'll be the one to break it up, so the whole group can update each other on their findings?