dance beneath the stars as you drink in the night
let the thunder overtake you as lightning fills the sky.
let the thunder overtake you as lightning fills the sky.
Suddenly Rae is there. They look to the satchel, to what Jack has laid out, and then back to him.
"You chose the harder path," they say together. Not approval, not rebuke, but a statement only. One inclines their head a fraction; the other mirrors it. "The components are exceptional."
They move at once. What he has brought is gathered without comment, without ritual, without delay. For a moment, something takes shape in the air between them: a woman, tall and unmistakably formed, all sharp curves and vivid red hair, her presence brief and exact, as if never meant to linger. Then the image collapses inward, compressing cleanly into weight and solidity.
A heavy golden coin drops into being.
On one side, a ship in perfect profile; the Ark on stormy seas. On the other, the same curvaceous woman, pressed into metal.
"It is done," Rae says, voices aligned. They nod, and then they are gone, with no further instructions given. But then, where women are concerned, there rarely are.
Jack has completed his quest and received
Soul of the Ark (Upgraded) | A heavy golden coin with the Ark (ship) on one side and the Ark (soul) on the other. When heads (soul) is flipped, the Ark will appear as a woman and will remain until the Ark (ship) is flipped, at which point she will return incorporeally to the ship regardless of distance.
"You chose the harder path," they say together. Not approval, not rebuke, but a statement only. One inclines their head a fraction; the other mirrors it. "The components are exceptional."
They move at once. What he has brought is gathered without comment, without ritual, without delay. For a moment, something takes shape in the air between them: a woman, tall and unmistakably formed, all sharp curves and vivid red hair, her presence brief and exact, as if never meant to linger. Then the image collapses inward, compressing cleanly into weight and solidity.
A heavy golden coin drops into being.
On one side, a ship in perfect profile; the Ark on stormy seas. On the other, the same curvaceous woman, pressed into metal.
"It is done," Rae says, voices aligned. They nod, and then they are gone, with no further instructions given. But then, where women are concerned, there rarely are.
Jack has completed his quest and received
Soul of the Ark (Upgraded) | A heavy golden coin with the Ark (ship) on one side and the Ark (soul) on the other. When heads (soul) is flipped, the Ark will appear as a woman and will remain until the Ark (ship) is flipped, at which point she will return incorporeally to the ship regardless of distance.
feel the force of nature penetrate your skin,
spin with the world as the magic sinks in.
spin with the world as the magic sinks in.
