Jigano slithered along at the tail-end of the party, lifting the front of his body up to examine the puzzling letters and their clues. Excitement thrummed through him, an eager enthusiasm for the puzzles that had been left in spite of the rockfall that had shaken them before. The bifurcated rectangles with their increasing slanted edges had the looks of Bs, or his beloved books in the process of opening or closing, and now a word puzzle? What a lovely distraction from LongNight!
Before he could say much, however, the others had already begun to speak, solving each word with the corresponding number, and both pride in his friends' wisdom and a petty little spark of regret that he wouldn't be able to show off just a little had him lowering back down to the floor, coiling behind them. He was no great warrior, but he did love puzzles, and at least he was with people who also enjoyed solving them. He really needed to extend Kiada an invitation to the Guild soon...
Since the words glowed when they were spoken aloud, the bard internally grimaced and shifted back to his human form so he would have a voice. "And that leaves 'Honey'," he agreed. "Eight, Two, One, Nine. A code of some sort, perhaps? To a lock?" He looked to Amalia with a concerned furrow to his brow. "If something is alive and afraid down here... well, it's probably not another Tulmhainar, but we should see if it needs help, don't you think?" And he had no doubt that she would, being Safrin's Shield and dedicated to Life.
Jigano pouts a little, turns back into a human to say the word HONEY out loud, and suggests helping whatever is afraid and calling out to them.
Before he could say much, however, the others had already begun to speak, solving each word with the corresponding number, and both pride in his friends' wisdom and a petty little spark of regret that he wouldn't be able to show off just a little had him lowering back down to the floor, coiling behind them. He was no great warrior, but he did love puzzles, and at least he was with people who also enjoyed solving them. He really needed to extend Kiada an invitation to the Guild soon...
Since the words glowed when they were spoken aloud, the bard internally grimaced and shifted back to his human form so he would have a voice. "And that leaves 'Honey'," he agreed. "Eight, Two, One, Nine. A code of some sort, perhaps? To a lock?" He looked to Amalia with a concerned furrow to his brow. "If something is alive and afraid down here... well, it's probably not another Tulmhainar, but we should see if it needs help, don't you think?" And he had no doubt that she would, being Safrin's Shield and dedicated to Life.
Jigano pouts a little, turns back into a human to say the word HONEY out loud, and suggests helping whatever is afraid and calling out to them.
