[IC] The Delivery Quest, Part 3

Yarbi notices one of the forest trees standing right next to the pond; he scampers over to it and sees it has a passage and looks inside...

"This could be another way too. I can see water in this passage under the tree and some glowing crystals in the water. But I'm too big."


Innis adds, "I've seen such crystals before. I understand they do have some value if one manages to collect a few."

She walks to the tree and attempts to go in, "Despite my current smaller form, I can't quite make it either I'm afraid."

Ivario's orb shows a magnified image of one of the under water crystals. With the help of the orb as a visual guide, Esther is barely able to navigate one of the crystals gently past the underwater cave opening; the crystal then rises out of the water...

...but then the spell starts to go weak and the crystal starts to vibrate violently. The spell breaks and the crystal drops back into the pond, and starts to sink...




"Oh... I was just starting to dry off too...", Yarbi says right before diving back into the pond in order to catch the crystal before it sinks too far. After retrieving it, he carries it back to the others.

The crystal is warm to the touch and glows very brightly.


Innis, clearly impressed with the young spell casters abilities and the teamwork with the orb "Very nice! You got one! Just be sure to keep it well concealed."

"Perhaps it's best if we move on. Those giants may wander back this way, and there may be others still after me today."

Innis turns her attention to the bridge to the west...

While Yarbi dries off again, he listens to the interesting conversation about bears...



Innis says, "Not long after the bridge we'll reach my home. But we must cross very quietly; sometimes large creatures rest beneath these bridges. Normally I would have a potion to silence my movements, but we'll just have to be careful. Either that or we can try to go around the ravine by traveling north a ways."