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[color=8585ad]"Hmm? Oh no, it was the traps going off. There's a bunch of falling rocks trying to kill us,"[/color] Max responded as innocently as could be, [color=8585ad]"I dropped something, relax."[/color] He got cut off by a sudden gust of wind, eliciting a grumpy huff and a shiver, [color=8585ad]"Better not fucking rain."[/color] He'd hope Ryner would've had the foresight to at least check the weather before making them tromp around in the wilderness, if not call in a bunch of mages to just wrangle the climate into submission. Could that even be done? Probably. One of Ryner's personal mages was an aeromancer for fuck's sake.

Max gave little regard to Eris' footing in the undergrowth, only bothering to steer him out of the way of obvious roadblocks like trees and heavy foliage. When they arrived in the clearing, the mage let out a groan. The increasingly vague directions were annoying enough, but now they had another riddle. The colors matched the blocks from earlier, at least, which meant they probably got the first riddle right. 

[color=8585ad]"Hang on, there's another stupid riddle,"[/color] Max called back to Eris while he investigated the scene. No directions were even given this time, they had no choice but to solve the puzzle. It seemed easy enough, the only problem was whether he was meant to read both riddles together or if they were each a separate solution to the puzzle. Considering there was a bullshit teambuilding aspect to this test, the right answer probably involved both of them.

[color=8585ad]"Okay, there's two... [i]things[/i] with square-shaped holes in them and they match the colors of the blocks we grabbed earlier. Each one has an incantation or something written on it. According to the riddle, I think we have to put the blocks in, walk five steps backward, and say the incantations at the exact same time. Your word is... what the fuck, stratum pecan? Sratum Picon,"[/color] He explained as he tugged the vampire in closer, moving to grab Eris by the shoulders and steer him right up to the yellow hole. [color=8585ad]"Let your arm go limp and I'll guide the block in with magic so we're both in sync, then we can count down from three or something for when we need to say the goofy gibberish. Sound good?"[/color]

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