[b] Circle Room ~ [/b]

Effie looked up and saw that Taza lit sage, and the turned her head to see Killian lighting a torch. She was breathing heavily and she looked down at her hand to see she was clutching the matches this whole time. She swallowed and straightened herself up without speaking a word.

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“I’m fine.” Otto smiled at Frami’s comment about the dark, “Now that one over there, turn off the lights and she’s done for.” He looked at the bird bath again before walking to Effie and took the matches out of her hands. “How about that [i] wind [/i] , Effie?” Otto raised his eyebrows at her.

Effie looked up at him, “Put it out of your mind, Otto. That’s a load of horse--” “Yeah yeah, Effie. You don’t have to finish that. I know your bloody opinion.” Otto interrupted her, rolling his eyes. “You might want to start thinking like that, could save your damn life.” He walked to the far tunnel on the right, “I think it’s obvious we should all split up. We’ll mark our paths and come back here when we are done. Then you have it! Job done.” He stood at the entrance and took a few steps into the tunnel. He managed to relight some of the torches and he was carrying one as he looked down the tunnel.

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Effie brushed off her skirt, with a stiff face. She didn’t like the fact Otto found it funny to mess around about the dark and his supernatural hogwash. She gave a small smile to Killian in appreciation, then she turned to Taza. “Sage… even though I don’t believe in the need for the ‘blessing’ part (because there’s nothing down here), it’s…. Brilliant.” She smiled at him and told him thank you quietly and looked down. She walked over and snatched Otto’s matches back and then lit a torch of her own. She walked over to the far left tunnel,

“Divide and Conquer, it is then.”