"I asked Mort 'imself," Tal confirmed, a hint of pride warming the worry from his voice, if only for a moment. "She's definitely still alive! Or at least, she was a couple weeks ago. But yeah, if it's th'island..." He trailed off with a grimace. "I dunno who'd even come with me t'look there. I dunno if I'd go with me. If Remi an' Ronin had t'run away from it..." He shook his head fiercely to try and get rid of the shadows pressing down on his thoughts. The oppressive evil of the corrupted Greatwood didn't make it easy, however. "So...yeah. Gonna try th'places I can actually go, first."
Her question came as he was using his Dagger to slice away at some vines that were getting a little too curious for their own good. "Y'mean aside from meetin' Mort down at the sailors' shrine?" he asked her, pride puffing his chest up momentarily. "Uh, well... aside from that I kinda... made a big mess on the beach...?" His face screwed up in thought. There had been something else... "Oh! An' there was a demigod meetin' that someone accidentally invited me an' Sah to. That was pretty interest-- Ouch!"
Guess who brushed against an echo fern!
That's right, it was Tal. The courier cringed back as his armor sparked and the blackened frond he'd bumped withered and fell back, but it was too late. A rustling spread out around them like ripples from a stone dropped into a pond. The Mathair stood vast and silent to their left, but the woods to their right grew loud with whispers just a shade too muffled to make out, but which seemed to carry a sense of malice and dread. Tal shook his arm, wincing, but it was above Maea's head that a shadow briefly coiled and then struck down at the pale Ancient, fanged mouth agape.
Void Vipers (Common): Once inquisitive Hanging Snakes, touched by the void, transform into Void Vipers. Their slender bodies now bear patterns that seem to absorb light, making them almost imperceptible in the shadowy depths of the woods. Instead of curiously exploring, they now slither with a purpose, seeking to entwine themselves around unsuspecting wanderers and imbuing them with a void-touched presence.
Her question came as he was using his Dagger to slice away at some vines that were getting a little too curious for their own good. "Y'mean aside from meetin' Mort down at the sailors' shrine?" he asked her, pride puffing his chest up momentarily. "Uh, well... aside from that I kinda... made a big mess on the beach...?" His face screwed up in thought. There had been something else... "Oh! An' there was a demigod meetin' that someone accidentally invited me an' Sah to. That was pretty interest-- Ouch!"
Guess who brushed against an echo fern!
That's right, it was Tal. The courier cringed back as his armor sparked and the blackened frond he'd bumped withered and fell back, but it was too late. A rustling spread out around them like ripples from a stone dropped into a pond. The Mathair stood vast and silent to their left, but the woods to their right grew loud with whispers just a shade too muffled to make out, but which seemed to carry a sense of malice and dread. Tal shook his arm, wincing, but it was above Maea's head that a shadow briefly coiled and then struck down at the pale Ancient, fanged mouth agape.
Void Vipers (Common): Once inquisitive Hanging Snakes, touched by the void, transform into Void Vipers. Their slender bodies now bear patterns that seem to absorb light, making them almost imperceptible in the shadowy depths of the woods. Instead of curiously exploring, they now slither with a purpose, seeking to entwine themselves around unsuspecting wanderers and imbuing them with a void-touched presence.
