there's light at the edge of the darkness
As the pile of boulders began to topple, Loren immediately dismissed the bear and ceased his efforts with his water, calling the liquid back to him. He couldn’t really see Jigano, but Wessex took the brunt of the damage on their end. The queen seemed to be holding up well enough, though, and Adam and the summoner were unharmed, as far as he could tell. However, his eyes noted two things: first, that the pile was far more manageable (to navigate, at least), and second that there was dust falling from the lip of the opening above them.
The dust was not a good sign. He couldn’t do anything about the door, and he didn’t want to keep clearing rubble until attempting to secure their route in and their route out to the best of his abilities. Using the water he already had, plus some more he created, he made three ice pillars, one on either end of the rubble pile, and one under the overhang that led to the stairs out of here. He was trying to prop up both of the little lips of stone hanging over their path. To facilitate that, he did his best to make sure there were no rocks they needed to clear at the base of the pillars on the rubble side.
Then, assuming nothing happened while he was setting up his pillars, he would walk forward with Astra by his side. The unicorn horn was secured to his belt, clearly visible if the Ascended needed to come heal herself before continuing. All it would take was for Wessex to lay her hand on it and call upon its power.
Loren dismissed the bear and made two ice pillars by the rubble pile and one under the overhang that leads to the stairs they came in on. Then he walked forward with Astra.
The dust was not a good sign. He couldn’t do anything about the door, and he didn’t want to keep clearing rubble until attempting to secure their route in and their route out to the best of his abilities. Using the water he already had, plus some more he created, he made three ice pillars, one on either end of the rubble pile, and one under the overhang that led to the stairs out of here. He was trying to prop up both of the little lips of stone hanging over their path. To facilitate that, he did his best to make sure there were no rocks they needed to clear at the base of the pillars on the rubble side.
Then, assuming nothing happened while he was setting up his pillars, he would walk forward with Astra by his side. The unicorn horn was secured to his belt, clearly visible if the Ascended needed to come heal herself before continuing. All it would take was for Wessex to lay her hand on it and call upon its power.
Loren dismissed the bear and made two ice pillars by the rubble pile and one under the overhang that leads to the stairs they came in on. Then he walked forward with Astra.
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