[center][h3][color=5D8AA8]Eliza – Clover Town[/color][/h3]
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From behind a nearby boulder Eliza appeared.  Now on the job and out of the company of the people whose opinions she evidently valued, her demeanor had changed somewhat.  She held herself very high, with rigid posture and nose in the air.  A condescending smirk besmirched her features as she watched Thor.  [color=5D8AA8]“Did you not beliefe me?  How fery...boorish.  That vas a nice spell, though.  I think I vill take it for my own.”[/color]  She tapped her strange, face-adorned gauntlet, the eyes of which momentarily glowed an electric blue.  [color=5D8AA8]“If ve are to vork together, I suppose you must know of my magic.  It is called Cross Sync.  It is havink the caster type, but the gauntlet helps.  I take the spells of others and mash them together to make my own.  I thought of new one based on you both: Lightning Dog!  Vill be interesting to see if it vorks good.”[/color]

She strode past the pair to look out at the water.  It appeared that the three had found themselves on an island in a large inland lake.  It took a moment before Eliza could identify her location, and when she did, she gave a knowing nod.  [color=5D8AA8]“Ah!  Ve hafe landed near Clover Town.  Good think ve missed the vater!  Clover Town should be just a few hundred feet past those trees,”[/color] she pointed at a copse near the boulder that she'd been behind.  [color=5D8AA8]“From there, ve'll need to find a boat.  Akane Resort is being straight south of here, downriver.  Little than an hour's trip.  I am hopink you two are understanding all this?”[/color]  After receiving affirmation, the trio was off.

As promised, Clover Town was not far at all, but the city itself proved to be an obstacle, not because of its layout, but its contents.  The isolated island city was known for its strange, flamboyant, celebratory culture, and it took a little longer than expected for the Frenzy Plant group to navigate it.  As she passed by a carefully-preserved, old-fashioned building, Eliza remarked, [color=5D8AA8]“If you are as smart as I about the old tales of magic, you know that this is the spot vhere the vizard guild Blue Pegasus once existed.  Nowadays, is just rusty old bar, but very significant for the histories, no?”[/color]  By the time they arrived at the harbor on the island's southern side, the former dark mage had been adorned with several flower garlands, all of which she'd discarded save for one caught on the back of her belt that she hadn't noticed.  Standing in front of the others, she crossed her arms as she addressed the lone shipmaster.  [color=5D8AA8]“Ve need to go south, to Akane Resort.  How much to take us?”[/color]

The shipmaster's response elicited furious indignation from Eliza.  [color=5D8AA8]“Are you jokink?  Do you know who I am?  No vay a simple trip costs that much.”[/color]

Placing his hands on his hips, the grizzled boatsman replied, “Well, it's either that, wait for the 3 o'clock boat, or think up some genius solution to get my ship moving again.  It's not going anywhere without a magic Aero Sail.  They sell them here, but I need to find someone to buy my fish before I've got enough money for one.”