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"You see, Niall," Elly repeated with a smile, clearly delighted now by the extent of Chase's somewhat unusual knowledge. The young lord, for his part, sighed in a very put-upon way. "I see," he conceded, though didn't quite say as to what. "Before we go any further," Adima finally felt the...

(same to you!! :3) "Oh. Are the electronic locks the black boxes?" Lacey wanted to know; her light had helped her through a handful of them now, enough that Lacey knew them to be locks of some sort. She hadn't examined them closely enough to know how they worked, or to know how her light...

"You're right," Adima said dryly, when Chase was done with his spiel. "I had nothing to do with that. But it's good to know there's more than just a surly attitude up in that brain of yours. My lady?" The last was said expectantly; Adima turned from her quiet scrutiny of Chase, and towards...

Lacey paused behind her light--she thought she heard footsteps, and before her, the light was coming up on a shadow that seemed to move. "What's a key card?" she wanted to know, picking up on the term that seemed least familiar to her. Ren sounded close enough that she didn't raise her voice...

(no worries in the least!!! clearly i am the one who should be apologizing) It was an effort to keep from disagreeing with the disembodied voice again. Lacey was very much an arguer, so she bit her bottom lip and frowned privately at Ren's odd and very unhelpful "my quadrant's near the hub"...

"People aren't from the hub," Lacey argued, before catching herself. She didn't need to be disagreeing with strangers this deep beneath the surface before she even saw their faces. Her light was far enough ahead of her now, searching for Renellius, that it was only her hand against the wall and...

"Oh, there is someone!" Hovering by the door, Lacey watched as her light grew ever brighter, illuminating a far larger part of the area than Lacey usually needed when she was just exploring. Setting a hand along the wall to her left--it was cement, no side-rooms like there had been behind the...

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Nicholas' gaze flicked to the side, towards Maia, who was now inspecting her minitaturized claws and clearly finding them wanting. "I do have a dragon," he agreed dryly, "A very vain dragon who wants nothing to do with any of this." Though she really was a great vain thing that adored praise...

That was definitely a voice; Lacey found herself walking quicker towards the end of the hallway, and when she reached a new door, she waited impatiently for the light to shrink and blink green to open it. "Yes, hello," she ventured as the door opened; her light hadn't returned from the black...

Adima frowned when the princess brought up the Windstone--like most people, she had heard of it in bedtime stories, along with the other stones. Their existence as something beyond legend had never been something Adima had questioned, but if the princess was asking, then she clearly thought...

Adima said nothing of the demotions Elloren gave herself and her companion -- she recognized the ring Niall wore on his left hand, with the noble Paverell family crest -- and inclined her head respectfully in lieu of bowing again. "Well met my lady, Master Niall," she said politely, and...

"Fantastic," Adima said, and though there was no sarcasm in her voice her manner was undoubtedly so. She fell silent again as she lead Chase and horse down what appeared to be a small game trail - she'd been promised there would be one, if she entered the forest from the right place - and they'd...

(i am so sorry i thought my reply went through ages ago D: D:) / Through the strange door that turned her light all silly, Lacey found a narrow corridor. The light grew slightly to show that to the left and right of her there were a handful of smaller rooms--all were empty save for one smaller...

Adima didn't know if Chase realized she meant she would quite literally shoot him -- she had a handful of arrows carved with neutralization runes -- but she didn't bother checking either. Instead, she slipped her bowstave from her saddlebags, braced it around her leg and swift strung. Slinging...

Lacey counted fifteen treads on the stairs she and the light followed; at the bottom, there was a small landing and another closed door. Unlike the long-rotted wooden doors from above, this one was made of concrete, like the stairs and the walls, with a small, dust-covered window at eye-level...

"Well then, if your thing"--uncrossing her arms, she waved her hand vaguely at his armor--"isn't going to turn malicious on us, we should be fine. It'll be an exercise." Adima half-turned, clearly to lead Chase into the forest. "I will shoot you with a binding if you start any fires," she said...

Folding her arms across her chest, Adima's stare became withering. "I said speak up," she said reproachfully, as she eyed the boy critically. "What's the problem with your power? Is it you or the thing you keep in your armor?" Part of Adima's problem with apprentices was not just their...

"No," Adima said sharply, gesturing impatiently for Chase to stay where he was. She didn't like talking much and she certainly wasn't going to coddle her unasked for burden, but she also wasn't going to walk into a potentially dangerous situation blind. She was grumpy, not an idiot. Crossing...

Eventually, Lacey's frown broke and turned to a rueful smile. Shaking her head at the light, she shrugged and said, "Fine. Split the difference, take the middle route?" Her light drifted towards the central door. Jack always found it annoying when Lacey treated her lights like they were...