Quest: Dungeons & Dungeons
In a forgotten alcove are the remains of a broken statue sitting upon a tall square pedestal. The statue looks like it had once been a huge, husky creature resembling a goat, but pieces are missing out of it. They have been cleaved off in large chunks and are nowhere to be found in this tunnel.

So far, only its head and horns have been returned: it has shimmering green eyes despite being stone, and a nose ring hanging off of its septum. There are sharp horns curled around the sides of its head.

The statue has been successfully put back together!... But it moves to reveal a hidden passageway that is completely void of light inside.

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Participants:
Asimona, Llamrei, Felina, Howl

Llamrei panted, hooves clattering against stone.

She didn't know what had happened. All she knew was that one moment, she had been fleeing from Svarog, and the next, she had been breaking free of a chrysalis. Thankfully, the stone she and the others had fought so hard to retrieve was nearby, so it hadn't been hard to pick it up with her magic, before galloping to the broken statue.

The mare, fully grown now, came to a stop before the statue, looking around to see what she should do.


"Speech looks like this."
Thoughts look like this.

At last, Asimona returned to the cave with her two stone pieces - one she had just retrieved from Canis and the other she had stashed away when she found the statue's tunnel deserted. She carried them in her arms and glided low and slow towards the place where she had gathered with those before. As she got closer she distantly saw the black horse that she had met here cycles ago. She gave a gentle roar of greeting.

As she arrived at the place, her wings began to beat fast to slow her down and she carefully deposited the stones at the base of the statue. The arm and the leg and it seemed that the horse had managed to retrieve the tail.

That meant...that meant they had done it, right? It didn't seem that any other part of the statue was missing. "Looks like we got them all...but, now what? Do we just wait for something to happen?" Her tail swished a bit nervously. She didn't want this to be nothing after all, since she had gone through a lot to get these pieces. "Should we try to attach them to the statue or..." If it came to it, she could freeze the piece together but it would probably melt pretty quickly.

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

tags: @Llamrei
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A pair of tiny hidden eyes watches the Gembounds curiously, waiting to see what they will do...

@Llamrei @Asimona

Llamrei raised her head at an odd sound, a thwack thwack thwack. Looking around, she spotted a familiar figure - the white Dragon from some cycles passed. She spooked, side-stepping, but restrained her instincts enough to keep from bolting. "Hello!" she called, "Asimona, wasn't it?"

She looked over the pieces that the Dragon had brought, then at the tail that she had retrieved, then at the statue. It looked as though they had got them all, and so she gave the best approximation of a shrug as a horse could. "It's worth a try, I suppose." Looking at the tail, her horn glowed, and it began to float, albeit clumsily, before pressing into place.

@Asimona


"Speech looks like this."
Thoughts look like this.

Asimona nodded, a little embarrassed that she couldn't recall the horse's name. "Yes, it's nice to see you again." She decided not to bring it up and instead focus on the task at hand. As the horse began to levitate the pieces to press them in place, Asimona decided to test out her idea as well. She pressed her own pieces in place, big enough to be able to hold them both down at once and opened her jaws to expel a breath of ice to freeze down the edges of the pieces to the bigger statue. However, that magic fizzled in her mouth and she had to, instead, be content with pressing them in their places, looking a little silly as she did so.

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

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Asimona frowned and huffed. She opened her jaws again and breathed harder, this time bringing up a blast of icy air. She froze the edge of first the leg piece she had collected to the statue until there was a nice, thick layer around the edge, holding it in place. She then grabbed the forearm piece and held it in place. She did the same as she did before, breathing a layer of ice around the edge to hold it there.

She stepped back to admire her handiwork. Two of the pieces were now frozen to the rest of the statue. It didn't look great, but she didn't really know what else to do.

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

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Llamrei was taking too long. Besides, how was the piece going to hold in place if she was just...placing it against the stone? No, that didn't make sense. She grabbed the piece from the air and pressed it in place, opening her jaws to deliver a final breath, covering the edges in ice so that it was firmly attached to the statue.

She stepped back. All the three remaining pieces had been rejoined to the statue. It was complete, if a bit covered in ice.

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

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As the pieces were raised and attached to the statue, it shimmered in an odd light before a flash of brightness arced from the connected pieces, blinding those around it for a brief moment as ice melted into a puddle at its base. The pieces were firmly attached, as if they had never been broken in the first place, but it read as an entirely new scene: glowing green eyes illuminated the creature's face, a ring through the septum of its nose dangled loosely, as if the creature were real; curled ram horns framed its thick and angry looking face; beneath its hooves were tiny insects, ants, and it looked like it might actively be stomping on them; its tail was waved high behind it, thin save for the tuft at the end; and its arm was held abreast its chest, hand curled into a fist.

A rumbling shook and the statue slid, on its own, to the side, revealing a dark and mysterious passageway. It was completely void of light inside, and a faint buzz of laughter echoed quietly from within.

@Llamrei @Asimona

Felina had been through much in her wanderings. She arrived in the main area. Her original intention for being there was to hunt prey.

Golden-amber eyes were drawn to a small group of Greater Gembounds. She didn't know any of them. Her feline curiosity brought her close to the small group. Not too close, of course. She knew better than that. She kept an appropriate distance between her runty form and the other Greater Gembounds.

For the first time in her life she saw an inanimate object...move. A statue of some kind. She caught up with the party, but continued to keep some space, as is proper etiquette.

"My name is Felina. May I accompany you to your destination?" Her question was addressed to the rearmost Greater Gembound.

@Game Master CJ, @Asimona

@Llamrei