Team Nippon [@VitaVitaAR][@PKMNB0Y][@Crimson Paladin] [hr] The Stone giant continued to scan for the trio, stomping around the open field, yet careful to avoid the black stone slabs that littered the place. It seemed to treat them almost with some sort of caution, or was it reverence? Either way, it was obviously avoiding them as much as it possibly could. Suddenly, it however, stopped, eyes fixated in the direction that tower Novak had seen...and started barreling towards it. As soon as it got close, they could faintly make out the blue cloaked creature that had been climbing it, leap off, landing right on the things head before pushing off and leaping off the tower somewhere to the right. The guardian turned, giving immediate chase, though it didn’t seem to go further than the tower, waving its sword in mild seeming frustration. Still, it left the area towards the Gatehouse free of its watch for the moment. The Roma Mob [@ERode][@Pyromania99][@PaulHaynek] [hr] As they gathered their bearings, the three decided on different actions. Nicholas would find his search to take a few minutes. If there were fragments of those stones laying around, they were likely buried under the light snow, yet after a few moments of looking he’d find himself unfortunately falling short. Just when he was about to give up, however, he’d find something back towards the entrance of the door. It was a black stone, but slightly different from the stone monuments. Where they were smooth, they were dull and felt very much like stone. This one however, was shiny and smooth, almost like touching glass. It was flat, roughly shaped like a diamond with a hole carved into the top of it and an odd letter carved into its surface. It was of the same letterings on the monuments, its smooth and flowing shapes chiseled into the surface perfectly. It didn’t seem remarkable or like there was some otherworldly energy about it, but he felt oddly safe holding this in his hand. [hider=Goddess Note] Item received - Ancient Runestone Carved of smooth black stone resembling obsidian, this stone possesses no mystical properties that you can discern nor can you determine the meaning behind the singular description on it. A small hole was drilled in one of the corners of the stone. Still, you feel oddly calm and safe holding it. Perhaps there is something to it. [/hider] Augusta made her way to the stone slab. As far as she could tell, the designs were all man made. The smooth, swirling patterns likely had just been for decoration...right? There didn’t seem much to them initially. As her hands traced over the patterns, she’d eventually notice more markings. Newer, carved over the old, but still ultimately foreign even if they seemed deliberate and intentional. At first, nothing seemed to happen - nothing physical at least. As her fingers traced across the stone something she’d feel a faint ‘pull’ to the stone itself. Sort of like a piece of metal latching into a weak magnet...no, that wasn’t right. Rather it felt like it was pulling something inside of her towards it. A gentle tug, and if she happened to look, the swirling patterns on the stone were starting to fill with a blue colored radiance. She could still break off, if she wanted. Isidore would content himself with vandalism. The pommel of the sword struck the stone, the thing cracking and taking only a few hits to break a piece off. As it fell from the large stone, the stone itself seemed to ‘spark’ from where it had broken off, as though blue colored electricity leaked from it alongside a thin blue gaseous substance. With the stone in hand, it felt the same energy as it had when it was part of a whole, but far weaker. He’d need to actively touch it and feel for it. [hider=Goddess Note] Item Received: Ancient Stone Fragment A part of a large stone fragment from the place of Beginnings. It still faintly contains the power of that place, but only someone skilled with magic could draw out its potential now, whatever it may be. [/hider] Isidore would turn the corner just in time to see the massive stone giant Nobunaga, Novak, and Misaki saw bolt towards the tower. In fact he could see the three of them in the building across the plains and the same gatehouse not too far away from them. Perhaps this could be both of their chances to get to it without much effort? [hr] Team feet pics [@Cu Chulainn][@Crusader Lord][@Click This][@Guy0fV4lor] [hr] Narkissa would find the tome fairly helpful in regarding what exactly ‘magic’ was. According to the book itself, ‘magic’ used to be a gift from the Gods in a previous Age in order to fight demons. It was only given to a select few people at birth and those often went on to become great heroes. However, when those gods vanished so too did ‘Magic’. In return it seemed by some trick of fate, that all humans now, with a bit of training, could form some mastery of magic by drawing out some form of inner strength based on their ‘soul’. The tome explained that like a muscle, one could train to extend their will outwards from their body in order to create a supernatural phenomena. It said that most would take years of training to be able to begin even simple tasks, or a very powerful tutor to unlock such abilities for them yet Narkissa recalled that the Goddess had given them a head start in that regard. Perhaps she could attempt a small feat herself? It further explained that it didn’t have to be used for outward purposes, either. If directed inwards, one could temporarily increase physical abilities and physical toughness. That was unfortunately, all the time she had to read for now before she closed the book and engaged her fellow adventurers, but the next few pages likely went into more detail about how one could achieve optimal use. [hider=Goddess Note] Item Recieved: A Novice’s Guide to Magic A tome detailing how one can access the supernatural abilities present in this world. It doesn’t go very in depth, and mostly talks about the history and how one without the ability can strengthen their mind and body in order to access the feats, yet it does its job well in explaining how to ‘Feel’ and ‘flow’ the energy. However, the tome is old and likely won’t stand up very well to harsh conditions. [/hider] The ramp Donovan had been working on was completed! The spectral workers easily finishing their task without issue. Using the spears to make legs for the ramp and sliding it snugly into place. As they finished that, Donovan himself began investigating the walls of the room, looking for any sort of secrets it might hold. The wall itself didn’t seem to hold anything of note, no wires or electrical equipment. Perhaps the lack of them was interesting in and of itself, but alas, no, there were no secrets to be had in the walls of the place as far as Donovan could tell. Leannah’s ears would flick towards one of the left wall of the building. It seemed like...something was making a small scratching noise very briefly outside, shortly followed by the ground shifting as whatever was making the ground shake moved closer. [hr] The Lonely Pixie [hr] [@1charak2] So Alice left the room behind, exiting via the window. Immediately once outside, she could breathe a sigh of relief. Taking a moment to rest upon the small ledge of the window, she breathed in, allowing fresh, clean, crisp air to fill her lungs as she looked over the landscape before her. A field, stained white with snow and littered with black stone rubble in the form of outlines of what could only have once been more buildings. From her vantage point she could almost see everything that wasn’t above her height or back towards the way the others had gone. In front of her was another large, rectangular building of at least three stories, with a steeple near the front that had fallen onto the ground in front of the building. The door of it hung open, gently swaying in the wind. To her left, the ground gently sloped upwards until it reached a point, the cliff falling off into the oceans below. From where she stood she could see several stone structures - not made of the black stone that littered the area. They seemed to have been made from something like granite, or marble but it was difficult to tell from this distance. The only one made of that large black stone, was absolutely massive, easily dwarfing the others and was situated nearly at the very edge of the cliff. Perhaps she should investigate? It almost reminded her of stonehenge. To her right was the same open field...huh? It too, visibly ended in a cliff. Actually...come to think of it, if she looked in either direction it seemed they were surrounded by cliffs. Towards the back of the building in front of her, the ground gave way to the watery tomb below as well. Oddly, the book she was carrying was starting to feel somewhat warm. A flash of blue would catch her attention as something ran across the field towards the larger building. She couldn’t get a good look at it - it was moving far too fast to have been a normal human. Yet, she could make out a distinctive feature upon its face. A skull. It was wearing a human skull on the upper part of its face...it was probably a mask, right? Its made a nimble leap upwards, climbing up the wall somehow before settling on the third floor, apparently deciding it was going to stop there and merely observe the inside of it for a moment.