Too tired. Too loud, the owl thought to herself. Her head was pounding and her ears were ringing from the crow's squabbling.

But she took the time to digest what she said. "If something has come out the spire then perhaps the spire is our weapon," she said simply. Willow turned to stare, bleary-eyed, at the spire.

It seemed unlikely that the spire could, in fact, be moved to Cetus. "Perhaps it's power can be harnessed."

@Dragon

The alligator swung his massive head to regard the Spire thoughtfully, pondering the birds' words.

"I don't think it came out of the Spire, exactly--but I could be wrong. Regardless, if it does contain vast power, that might explain why Raheerah wanted to perch on the thing. To claim it. And if so, he might be back. What sort of power might it have? Pure magic? And if so... how can we harness that?" Dragon rumbled, tilting his head slightly to peer up at it with a critical eye.

His words, though, were slow and deliberating. It wasn't a bad idea--not at all--but it led to many questions. Questions of implementation; questions of method. Perhaps they should ask Aquarian--but then, they had been summoning him rather often, of late. What if they were to do a few little tests, here, on their own? It was hardly like Dragon didn't have time on his... well, claws.

"It will be hard for me to crawl there--so I won't. Not yet. I had planned to get to the top. Maybe that will give one of you a hint? You can both fly," he added, reasonably enough, peering between them once more. "Either of you want to go and have a look? You could be there and back in a few moments." Perhaps the birds would be as useful as he'd hoped.

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@Eve

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The crow looked to the owl who, in her eyes, was asleep with her eyes open. She squawked once and turned to flutter up on top of the spire.

She looked around. She pecked it lightly. She peered down at the owl and the alligator briefly, before she leaned over to peer closer at the spire. It seemed to be... completely useless.

She looked up again before she flew back down with a croak. "It doesn't... seem like anything?"

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The owl watched in silence for a moment, before she turned to Dragon again. "... Will you excuse me?"

Without even waiting for an answer the owl hobbled off with a soft clacking of her talons before she reached the spire, peering up. Carefully, she extended a talon out to rather lightly touch the spire.

The images flooded her brain were... useless, to Eve and Dragon. She didn't realise this at first until she saw their faces below the giant dragon, clashing with some sort of giant hairy insect before the spire. With a disgruntled coo, the owl turned around and moved back to the alligator and crow, shaking her head.

"Perhaps it is not what it seems."

@Dragon

Dragon turned, eyeing the Spire, deep in thought. At length, slowly, he began to speak.

"Thank you. Do either of you have offensive magic?" Dragon glanced at the two; neither replied. He grumbled, looking back at it. "Then I will go and strike it, in a moment, but first. First..."

Dragon reared back, and bellowed loudly, literally shouting at the spire. "I don't suppose you have a great deal of power you're willing to lend us in our defense, giant crystal?"

The alligator's tone, laced with humor, echoed a bit and then faded. He chuckled softly, a bit darkly, and then looked to Eve. "I remember how loudly you can screech. Do you think you can try a variety of tones, see if any of it resonates with the rock?" He wasn't exactly sure how he came up with this concept, or even really what it meant, but it seemed to make sense to him... somehow. "Just go shout at it in your full scale, and see if it vibrates at all."

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@Eve

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There was a pause.

If the crow had a maw, she would be grinning.

Proudly, she strutted towards the spire. Eve inhaled, exhaled and then inhaled once more. When she breathed out again, all feathers fluffed up and her beak was open wide but the sound to leave her throat was definitely not a croak.

It was a deep bellow of a sea serpent that shook the walls. Some loose pieces of rocks fell from the ceiling and the crow hobbled back and fluttered up onto Dragon's head with a particularly smug look.

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... Perhaps it was time for the owl to leave.

A stray rock had fallen on her head which - if the roar hadn't already - made her throbbing headache arguably worse. She gave a tired look to Dragon, her face somehow looking even more hollow.

A soft groan rumbled in her throat. "What was that?"

@Dragon

Dragon gave a soft snort, shook his heavy head, and looked to Willow, amused.

"Your... ahh, 'skills,' are impressive, Eve. And that was her--voice? Magic?" Dragon looked quizzically back at the crow, honestly unsure as to which it was.

He sighed softly, lowering his chin to the rock. "I'd love to know what that fool of a dragon eats. He was in here for awhile, but there's nothing to eat. I'm already ravenous. ...How's the swamp?" he asked at length.

Apparently, the alligator was homesick.

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@Eve

The owl gave a short sigh as she straightened herself up. "If you do excuse me, I must retire."

And with nothing more than a simple nod the owl began to amble away, talons clicking off against the cave floor. Hopefully, she'd make it back to her nest and be able to fly into it without passing out or somehow hurting herself otherwise.

(exit willow)

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The crow watched the owl leave before she looked back to Dragon. "Are you hungry? I can find you some food or-- well, there's the giant uh.. whatever-thing over there, just kind of decaying."

The crow turned to regard the giant, rotting moth near by. It probably hadn't moved since the battle with Raheerah, as dead things typically don't just get up and walk away. She looked at Dragon, briefly, before she hobbled up to the moth. <"It looks pretty safe to eat?"

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