Asimona thought, for a moment, that her roaring had worked. Everyone seemed to have stopped and quieted down. But the creature, Vinea, still had the stone clutched tight in its grip. She looked towards the owl and was about to invite it to take its own stone back to the ground before there was a flash of blue and the stone was on the ground.

Asimona stared at it with surprise for a moment before she saw the little rodent thing flying for it as if to grab it. Her stomach lurched. No! They had to keep calm and figure this out together!

She folded her wings and shot towards the rodent, landing next to the stone and reaching out a claw as firmly as possible without hurting them, to try and hold them to the ground. "I said wait," she hissed. "we need to figure this out together. Now...what's your idea?"

"Can you hear their voice?"
"Find the one who'll guide you."
To the limits of your choice.

tags: @Game Master Dark
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Regardless of who managed to pin who, or who managed to do what--the blue stone did little more. It reacted not at all to the presence of the fish's hematite gem, instead simply flashing its glyphs: a skull. A bone. A ribcage. Esoteric symbols, unlike anything else in the cave.

Perhaps these were a hint, or perhaps the nature of the blue stone could be divined in another way.

@Skeena @Talion @Asimona

Talion could do little more than gasp, and stare, as Skeena made off with his precious, dark stone. He'd been so busy watching the light blue gem, that he had forgotten to keep a watch on his treasure! Now, it wasn't his at all. That nasty little creature was...getting pinned by the dragon, good.

The owl nodded in approval before he jumped into the air and glided over to where Skeena was pinned. It was far too close to the blue gem for his liking, but his need to warn the other Gembound outweighed his sense of self-preservation at the moment. "Never steal from me again or you will regret it," he said in a low tone.

As Talion spoke, his usually peppered feathers darkened to a coal-grey hue. He didn't notice though. He was too intent on staring the hybrid down to make sure they understood his point.

@Skeena @Asimona

The stone again flashed--and vanished. Those with keen eyes could make it out reappearing some distance away, flashing insistently--as if trying to draw attention to itself.

Just what was this stone..?

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@Talion @Skeena @Asimona

When the rodent didn't respond, Asimona curled her lip, about to make a stinging remark when, suddenly, the stone disappeared. She widened her eyes and whipped around, seeing it reappear somewhere a little farther away.

Anger boiled in her stomach and she turned back towards the rodent and the bird. "Well, it seems the gem has grown impatient of us," she hissed, her tail lashing. She couldn't help feeling that she had somehow failed, that she wasn't worthy to chase these secrets anymore. And neither were the ones gathered here.

With one last glance at the gem, she opened her wings and rose into the sky. "If you all want to keep arguing with each other, feel free. I'll have no more part in it."

Turning away from the others, she turned away and shot away into the sky.

*exit

"Can you hear their voice?"
"Find the one who'll guide you."
To the limits of your choice.

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notes:

Skeena bristled, flattening her ears as she was pinned to the ground. But she knew she had done wrong, and so she went limp in the reptile's grip.

"Understood," she grumbled in reply to Talion, not intimidated in the least when his feathers darkened.

And then, to her shock - and slight horror - the stone vanished. She was let up from the Dragons' grasp, and immediately moved to where she could see the stone blinking not far away.