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Adren glanced at the animal that Althea was studying, seeing that it was hiding, then walked to the forest and pools. Seeing Corette inspecting them, he decided to look at the trees until she said they were clear or not. Taking Jethro off his pack he looks at one of the smaller branches. "What are you doing?" Jethro asked loudly "You already beat me against a rock today, and we know this is a stone tree." "I was going to look at the tree, but fine" Adren sighed and put Jethro down. Speaking to Corette, "Will this water eat me, or cook me, or do both? It looks good from where I stand." @ZincAboutIt

Adren steps into the golden glowing cavern and immediately walks to a boulder the size of a skull. Hitting it sharply with the back of Jethro, it cleaves in half. Revealing the rock only growing from the outside.

I am not a narrarator. Cant add me to the plot. My words are the threads of time, not spoken in it.

As he reached the bottom, Adren paused, holding himself in the rope loop and removed his shoes and socks, tying them around his neck, and rolled his pants up to just under the knees "GET THOSE SMELLY BOOTS AWAY FROM ME" Mercy screamed in Adren's mind. "Damnation!" Adren swore. Surprised by the noise he lost his grip and fell into the water. "You were right Rig, this is some nice swimming." Adren gasped between breaths. "I'm glad it wasn't any deeper than this. I don't need cold, wet underwear to fight monsters in." "I'm Down," Adren called to the rest of the group. "Take your boots off before you come." @TrailRunnin @scouts

Nah. I am a God Mod. Butt slurred words back at Sophie. "Use normal words its easier to understand"

"Thank you, I'm glad they seem to have no harmful short term effects, at least I hope." Adren said slightly nervously, "They may be able to put lather things to sleep as well, should we run into anything. I am going to take these, they may be useful later." "I'll go down" Adren says, striding over to the hole. Beginning to climb into the hole, holding the rope around him in a loop. Adren looks down the pit and sees Rigs Hair, a glowing speck at the bottom of the cave, slight splashing noises coming from him standing in the water. "How's the water down there? Seems like a nice day for a swim." He called down the shaft to the almost spectral figure at the bottom. @ZincAboutIt @TrailRunnin @Sorana

Welcome friend you finally made it. If you'd like one, we have cookies floating around, sometimes in the address bar, sometimes in the posts. What is your favorite book? (P.S. please say "My life to yours, my Breath become yours" P.P.S.pretty please)

Hello and Welcome to the Shard. We are happy to have you. Please have a cookie on the way in, I keep a plate in my signature. Would you repeat the phrase, "My life to yours, my Breath become yours." for record keeping purposes What is your Favorite book?

What do you mean? I am The Narrarator.

Staying in the entrance of the cave, Adren watched as others walked past into the room filled with fungus. Noticing the presumably spores in the air and the people inside growing drowsy. Growing suspicious, he pulls his shirt over his mouth and nose, takes a deep breath and enters the cavern. Immediately taking a mid sized sealable bag from his backpack, he collects samples of the mushrooms and spores. As quickly as he went into the cavern Adren exited back into the entrance chamber, and took a few breaths. Staring at the mushrooms, sealed in the bag.

Butt Venture threw chocolate chips at Sophie

"Perfect, hopefully if we find another creature we can keep it alive" Adren said. "I've always wanted to start a zoo, and this would be a great start" "A giant murder monster zoo. That is the best idea you ever had" Mercy squeaked excitedly.

Following Althea down the hall Adren asked. "What is the plan if we do find another creature?" @Sorana

"You're right. I have read to many stories and was hoping to find something useful. But this just appears physically to be a giant worm. Useless skin and blood and nasty flesh." Kneeling in the water Adren brushes Jethro off and dries him by swinging him a few times and running the blade across his pants. @kenod

Walking over from where had been standing, still shocked by the sudden arrival and appearance of the worm, Adren goes to examine the dead beast more carefully. In his mind Jethro and Mercy began complaining they he was going to cut it. "Why are we cutting into it? I don't want to get tarnished from this unknown monsters blood." "GROSS I don't want to go near that dead thing" "Because I want to see if the beast has any useful properties." Speaking out loud to everyone as he cut into the beast, removing slabs of flesh and large sheaves of skin, "Does the blood of the worm have any corrosive or poisonous properties to it, beyond that of normal blood? @kenod @Sorana

"Thanks" Adren smiled. "You two heard her, we're thieves and murders down here." "Perfect" Jethro moaned. "Now I'll have to do the dirty work" "Maybe, but hopefully not" "Hopefully yes" "No" he said. Switching pace Adren asks Althea, "Would you like to be able to hear my friends?"

Following Althea, a hummed melody to his friends. Trying to remember where he had heard it. . . . Climbing on the elevator watching as the walls of the cavern grew dimmer as natural light faded, "Is it dark in caves?" "Yes and these are caverns here, similar to the ones that the 40 thieves lived in. Giant caves with any number of objects." "Are there thieves in these caves?" "Althea, do you think we'll find thieves in these caves? The cleaver is concerned." Adren asked with a joking tone.

"I believe I understand what you mean." Adren said, nodding. "Should we go on the secomd elevator to the caverns? "I love elevators. They are so cool. And if they break they are even more fun." "It's not worth the time to fix them. Stairs are much more effective." "Were riding the elevator eventually, I'd rather not walk down. And it'd be me walking. Jeth."

Adren, walking heavily into the pit, obtains one the of trackers and puts in his pack. Boots crunching across the uneven ground, walking over to Althea. "Hard to imprison is A pretty good skill. But can be a hard one to test. I am fairly easy to imprison once I am captured, with almost all my breath in these two and my only other magic being a couple small unlocked goldminds I picked up in case I sprain myself ," He says, gestureing to Mercy and Jethro. "But," He continued, taking off a pair of sunglasses, I have more than my fair share of practice avoiding capture." "You haven't told me this story. I want to hear." "There is probably reason he didn't tell us Mercy. Leave it alone" "What is your plan for down the caverns Althea?" Adren asked without guile.

"That is a wise reason to join a crew, but here is a thought. If they were going to invade, they may be trying to remove some of us from the fight before it starts." Adren whispered in a thoughtful tone. "Lets go see," Adren said. He picks up Jethro and hangs him from a small clip on his belt. "Why do you always put me down here, I can never see anything." "It's because he doesn't want people to see you ." "No it's not," Adren mumbled at them. "I don't have a good place to put the clip any higher," Jethro makes a sound remarkably close to a sigh for bit having lungs. "Your last question is an interesting one. They do have moods, like most other sentient things, but they are very affected by the situation at hand." "While you are going to the caves, do you have anyone going to keep an eye on the company on the surface?"

Changing how his feet were placed on the floor and relaxing his arms, Adren replies, "Why do I go down? I had no plans. I've been avoiding most things for a long time. And I decided that this was a good reason to come. To try to get the party back." Putting his hands on the small of his back, Adren leaned as far back as he could, his back crackling the whole way down. As he was straightening up, he sprung forward groaning slightly, and harshly coughing into his shoulder. *The woman is right. You should get to a hospital and checked out. "Quiet you," Adren turned and whispered at Jethro. Looking back, Adren asks, "Why do you go down?"

"Your eyes are captivating, the light playing off the red. It is beautiful. I'm sorry if my staring was rude, but I don't want to forget them." Looking at the small spren on her shoulder, Adren smiled. "Inkspren, such an amazing type of spren." Adren slightly pulled back from looking at Brashen as her comment Finally registering to him, he replies, "I use the term 'keep them around' endearingly, these two are my friends, we've been together for a good while." "You could tell me we are friends sometime, I like affirmation "Well he just told you. Its like 'as you wish' from that weird book with the 100 pages about wedding makeup" "ohhhhh, I loved that book" "it was boring" "Quiet you two," Adren whispered at them. "Sorry about that Althea, they started discussing things in my head. And I had to nip the rose at the bud." "How progressed is your bond as an elsecaller?

Straightening his back, Adren chucked. "It's nice to see someone who cares, but I'll avoid the hospital, I'll live. It happens every year around this time." "You liar, you always cough like this." Mumbling under his breath, "I always cough, not always like this." "I didn't keep track, but it was soon after she was awakened. She couldn't access the memories, and they couldn't be accessed by our archivist after either. So is seems like they were taken and integrated into her innate investiture." Pauaing for a moment, Adren stares at Althea's features, committing them to memory. "What type of investiture do you keep around Althea?"

"We tried. But the commands given were too ambiguous. He chuckled again. "Mercy. She began as such a simple idea. A living coppermind. One that could remember and speak for itself. 'Remember' without thinking it seemed good. But the memories in the coppermind did something. Jethro is himself. 'Cleave'. "I like stories also. Not just killing " "I like them too, you have to tell her that." "They want me to mention that they like stories as well." Adren added on, "A trait they share." Adren leans on a nearby chair, holding on to keep balanced and fit fully coughs. Standing up again "That is why they are my burden. They are slightly unpredictable. And I was a factor in their making, so I am sticking with them."