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[indent][color=lightgray][color=d68300]"There is no need for that."[/color] Shirik said, in response to Kareet's suggestion. Shirik raised their hands and closed them into fists. The firelight from their body grew dim, until the only trace of its presence was thin trails of smoke. Shirik then closed their cloak and threw their hood overhead. [/color][color=d68300]"My presence is often intimidating to strangers. I have ways of reducing it."[/color][color=lightgray] As the group traveled closer to the crash site, Shirik could smell the familiar scent of smoke, but something was different about it. It was more than just foliage burning, something else was ablaze. Something more... Acrid. [color=d68300]"I feel that we are walking into something most alarming."[/color][/color]

[color=lightgray]In the time it took them to arrive, Shirik shared their story with the glen J'eon. As a fellow heat mage, they found him easy to get along with. Upon their arrival to the hilly region, it was dark. Kanth-Aremek's moon overhead, one could scarcely see any signs of a star fallen to the ground. Still, that terrible burning stench was growing stronger as they neared. [color=d68300]"We're close, and this air almost feels sickening."[/color] They said to the group. [color=d68300]"There might still be fires burning. I'm going ahead to see if it's safe to move forward. I shouldn't be long."[/color] An odd statement, given Shirik was referring to climbing hills, but they had tricks for this. 

Shirik stepped to the side and tossed their staff to Kareet. [color=d68300]"Don't bother studying it. It's mundane."[/color] They then formed a set of inanely elaborate symbols with their hands, as the air around Shirik started to distort. The others would feel heat begin to radiate outwards as sparks danced under Shirik's feet. The sparks were visible, because they were no longer touching the ground. Heat had a tendency to rise, and thus, Shirik was floating. [color=d68300]"I'll meet you after I'm done."[/color] With that, they drifted higher, into the air like a faint star, over the hills and up the mountainside. There were indeed faint traces of fire smoldering along the place, but there was no explanation for what Shirik's eyes were seeing.

They floated forward, and saw it. The wreck of the Jotunheim. A veritable castle, the likes of which they had never seen before. Shirik was left dumbfounded in the air. [color=d68300]"What in the name of... Kareet is going to love this."[/color] They stopped and hesitated, wondering if they should even approach. Still, they needed to secure a pathway for Kareet and J'eon, so they pressed on cautiously. Shirik floated skyward, over the vast wreckage, looking for fires. There wasn't much, but the air felt dry, meaning flashovers were possible from smoke alone. Shirik drifted over the very center of the metal behemoth, and extended their hands outwards.

Wisps of smoldering flame began to stretch from the Jotunheim's exterior, and reached skyward. Though they were not finding more fuel, they were being absorbed. Scraps of fire and heat were pulled upwards in a way that seemed otherworldly to onlookers, as it all slowly convened on Shirik's location. The air gradually felt cooler by the minute. However, this place was huge, and this would require concentration. It was more than enough time that someone inside the wreckage could peer outwards and witness the strange effect. Once Kareet and J'eon made their way far enough up the mountain, they could see this. It was a far cry from the covert approach Shirik suggested, but it was what Shirik's skills afforded.


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