[PQ+] [SE] vines of violet violence

Koa

There's going to come a day when you feel better
You'll rise up free and easy on that day

That's sweet, Sol; Pip just chortled to watch Koa fall, blue eyes gleaming amusedly in the slanting light. She does deign to help her disgruntled companion further look for clues, looking first at path number 1 before moving on to the great, gaping bridge.

When the trio reconvenes to present their notes, here is what they'll have to share:

Lena and her special eyes spot a symbol carved in the ground by path 2, resembling an upside down triangle with a line over the top. Unfortunately she isn't able to make out much more than that, maybe because the path is so narrow, maybe because the dice are so rude.

Over at path 4, Zavien will find a symbol as well, this time a circle with an X struck through it. His Dragoon senses tingle; hasn't he seen that symbol etched sporadically around the Silk Houses? When he goes to confer with Lena, he'll be able to place the symbol she found as being related to the main city area. Clever!

Showing off their own Dragoon training, Koa and Pipsqueak also find and identify their symbols. At route 1, a sword in a square clearly represents the Nest; and at the bridge, a horizontal squiggle Koa knows is smuggler sign for the Celestine.

With the directions now clear, Koa looks excitedly between his friends, all earlier sulkiness easily forgotten. "Okay," he says, pulling out a pad of paper and jotting down some notes, "So now that we know where each path leads, let's focus on scouting one for today. The Houses we should definitely leave for now - we can come back with a bigger team. Personally I'd say either the Dragoons or the Celestine, though I don't love the idea of smugglers working below the Plaza..." He taps the pen against the paper, brow furrowed in thought.

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Good job gang, we found some clues! Now which path should we investigate?

And float from branch to branch, lighter than the air
Just when that day is coming, who can say?