there's light at the edge of the darkness
Cool. No one responded to his request to keep cool heads. Great teamwork all around. Still, he let it go, since all he’d been hoping for was a bit of cooperation, and probably pushing any of these people would just cause them to erupt at him. Instead, he decided to focus wholly on the task at hand. They could talk later.
For now, he watched as the others entered the room after him. Adam was right on Loren’s heels (briefly the summoner wondered if this was Peter’s Adam before deciding to figure that out later). The dark haired-man and his dragon kept watch as the Launceleyn’s ice coated the walls and his bear cleared rubble. Wessex was close behind, and Loren didn’t react as the queen ordered Adam to do what the man was already doing. Jigano was the last one down the stairs, and the queen and the bard helped the bear with the cleaning efforts.
Then, though, Loren heard the groaning from the walls. Unfortunately, he wasn’t an architect and he didn’t know if he was helping or hurting, so he figured it was best not to risk it, especially if the structure was already unstable. Any additional stresses might bring it down around their heads. It had been worth a shot though.
Thankfully, they’d made a small opening in the rubble already. Instead of trying to physically lift the rocks—strength of arms wasn’t his strong suit—he shifted his water magic. Starting at the far end from the rest of the team, since he didn’t want to make their stones slippery, Loren tried to use jets of water to pull rubble out from the pile carefully towards him. His bear continued its efforts to lift stones as well. Astra stayed by the Launceleyn's side. So far, so good.
Loren tries to pull rocks off the rubble pile with both his water magic and his bear. Astra does nothing.
For now, he watched as the others entered the room after him. Adam was right on Loren’s heels (briefly the summoner wondered if this was Peter’s Adam before deciding to figure that out later). The dark haired-man and his dragon kept watch as the Launceleyn’s ice coated the walls and his bear cleared rubble. Wessex was close behind, and Loren didn’t react as the queen ordered Adam to do what the man was already doing. Jigano was the last one down the stairs, and the queen and the bard helped the bear with the cleaning efforts.
Then, though, Loren heard the groaning from the walls. Unfortunately, he wasn’t an architect and he didn’t know if he was helping or hurting, so he figured it was best not to risk it, especially if the structure was already unstable. Any additional stresses might bring it down around their heads. It had been worth a shot though.
Thankfully, they’d made a small opening in the rubble already. Instead of trying to physically lift the rocks—strength of arms wasn’t his strong suit—he shifted his water magic. Starting at the far end from the rest of the team, since he didn’t want to make their stones slippery, Loren tried to use jets of water to pull rubble out from the pile carefully towards him. His bear continued its efforts to lift stones as well. Astra stayed by the Launceleyn's side. So far, so good.
Loren tries to pull rocks off the rubble pile with both his water magic and his bear. Astra does nothing.
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