[center][h2][color=F0E68C]Asteria[/color][/h2][/center][hr][hr]
Asteria was glad Ardur and Danny were willing to try and help with the mess, she really was, but the problem was, the warring slimes weren’t interested in listening, exactly as she’d feared might happen. Asura used the slime’s advantages to spread out in a multi-directional blade attack, and soon after Jason had been pierced, Mother Slime finally made her contribution in a doubtlessly painful flattening jump. Really shouldn’t have made an enemy of her, was one the many fleeting thoughts she had. Cautiously, the dire rat slunk into the shadows, observing from a bit of a distance. If there were an opportunity to do something meaningful…But there wasn’t any.

Asura raged against being controlled and restricted in any way, and as much as Asteria detested it, he was completely right. (Though his attitude was so very grating. It almost pissed her off, and caused her to do something stupid. [i]Almost.[/i]) They were in another world, with different laws, and most likely, as monsters, they weren’t beholden by any. As the water spirit had suggested, no-one would care what happened between beings such as them. In fact, if any native humans would see them, they’d probably just want to get rid of them as the pests they’d be seen as. [color=F0E68C][i]Man’s the worst of all animals when separated from laws and justice, wasn’t it? A good thing I always found Machiavelli more sensible…though, really, the one with the advantage of force is Asura...Not Jason, the suiciding necromantic maniac.[/i][/color] Jason’s suicide spell didn’t seem to do much besides kill him, Danny and Asura were soon after bickering over the piece of green source crystals as common mutts might over a piece of meat, and Ardur was preoccupied with…praying? [color=F0E68C][i]Yes, very efficient that, act after he’s dead already,[/i][/color] she almost scoffed loudly, but was perfectly aware she was the last person to criticize Ardur for a lack of action.

But the opportunity was perfect to unobtrusively slink away, and that’s exactly Asteria did. She made a bit of a looping path towards the lakeside and chamber-core, warily checking for followers or any other potential danger. Once she was out of sight of the trio she’d left behind, however, she sped towards the core-chamber. She stopped at the lakeside, taking note of any changes. The sword and the water spirit had apparently submerged once again, and she wondered if they were making any sort of progress towards destroying the core. Carefully, she made her way to where the dungeon core was, checking around the chamber for signs of…anything, really. Had Jason believed he could resurrect here? There were still a few of herbs left over in his garden, and a small nook that was hiding two of those flame crystals that could be used as bombs, and another altered mana crystal. Carefully, she nestled the three crystals amongst the herbs she’d already stashed under her vine-belt, making certain they were tightly fastened, and separate from each other. Her vest was getting a bit bulky, but it would do for now. Besides the ominous dungeon core itself, there wasn’t much for Asteria to do in Jason’s tunnels, so she high-tailed her way out of the cave.

Her way to the entrance was uninterrupted, if somewhat slowed down by carrying the additional weight, and the care she took not to be ambushed by anything potentially dangerous. Asteria also found Mother Rat’s [i]incredibly thoughtful[/i] trail mark, and noticed the smell led out of the cave. Just as she was about to exit, Ed and Mother Rat appeared, apparently back from wherever they had been [color=F0E68C]“Oh, hey,”[/color] she greeted, slightly winded. [color=F0E68C]“Ed, you evolved?”[/color] She observed his new bipedal form, and came to a decision. [color=F0E68C]“Good, you can hold onto these better than I then.”[/color] Thus, she handed her items to him one by one, careful not to drop or damage any. [color=F0E68C]“DO NOT drop the crystals, two of them are those flame-variant bomb-esque items."

"Now, let me tell you all that happened,”[/color] she began recounting the story in hushed whispers while warily keeping an eye on the happenings outside of the cave, summarizing the recent events as best as she could, adding opinions and comments as was appropriate. [color=F0E68C]“So, we best avoid Asura and co. Jason is dead, unless there actually is a way to resurrect. There are still undead in the cave, I don’t know how many, or whether they're aggressive or not. By the way, do you know anything about the goblins out there?”[/color] she asked, suddenly changing the topic entirely as she pointed at the group outside.

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Using muffle sneaky sneaks her way away from the Asura vs Dead-Jason’s confrontation.
Uses Beast Senses to avoid stalkers, ambushes, traps, and whatever dangers there are in the cave.
Takes note of changes around lake-side and within the core-chamber.
Gets the remaining crystals from the core-stash (I believe that consists of two flame-touched crystals and one tainted crystals).
Speeds her way towards the exit, still doing her best to avoid potential dangers.
Picks up on the trail of Mother Rat.
Happens upon Ed and Mother rat.
Passes her items to Ed carefully.
Recounts the recent events to him, asks about the goblins.
Uses Beast Senses II – Sight to keep an eye on the goblin group outside.
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