Dacheus moved his hands through the barrier several more times, watching them and the subtle ripples in the air around them. “Oh, that’s… huh. I wonder…” He continued muttering to himself as he pulled his spellbook from its pouch and started reading, comparing what he had written with what he was seeing. “Oooh, that’s interesting. But it’s… no, wait.”


He continued his myopic inspection of the windows until someone interrupted him. He turned and looked over the shoulder as if annoyed. [i]Oh wait. Other people. Probably gotta deal with them, they don’t know why we’re here either.[/i] He turned back to his book and took a breath. [i]They’re not enemies yet. They’re lost too. We should try to work together.[/i] Then he tucked his book under his arm and turned back toward the larger man standing by the statue. “Oh, yes! I should have a look at that, shouldn’t I?” he answered, walking quickly -- almost skipping -- across the room. There was simply so much to see and to try to understand, even if he was stranded in a strange place with no idea how he’d gotten there or how to leave, he was still visibly excited.


He came to a stop at the base of the statue and looked up at the stone. “Well, it’s big and red. Gems don’t usually get that big though, so it’s probably magical,” he said, thinking aloud. He opened the tome he carried once more and flipped through it, glancing between the book and the stone, back and forth several times. “Yeah, magical… and I think I’ve seen that… yes!” The book stopped on a page with a teleportation spell. He stared at the stone and then at the page, twirling his fingers in the air in some sort of pattern. “Yes, that it’s. Teleportation of some kind, has to be. Probably what brought us here, although I can’t say that for certain.” He shut the book again and smiled in satisfaction as he looked up at it. “I’ll need a closer look to be sure…”


After a few seconds he stopped and turned to the green-eyed man next to him. “What’s your name, by the way? I’m Dacheus. I’m a mage,” he said, glancing down at the spellbook in his hand. “But I guess that’s obvious.”