there's light at the edge of the darkness
Fuck this. The rest of them could squabble sort it out amongst themselves. As far as Loren was concerned, he was being a team player while everyone else was dicking amongst themselves; he’d cleared most of the rubble, shored up the walls when it seemed the building would collapse around them, and had done everything he could to prevent a murder. But he was done dealing with this bullshit. Enough was enough.
They had two goals: secure the path and find out if the portal was operational. They’d only partially succeeded in the first one and they were getting really close to failing at the second one. Presumably the offer that anyone but Ascended could pass through the portal still stood. Only one way for Loren to find out.
”Why don’t we find out if the portal actually works before we fight over what to do about the snake.” Or fight the snake. Glancing at the rest of them, he gave them his most calm look and tone. ”Wessex can’t pass without fighting, Jigano needs to stay here to communicate with the snake, and Adam, sorry, I’ve got more of a chance of surviving if there is something hostile on the other side.” All good reasons.
Frankly, though, the summoner didn’t need permission from any of them. And he certainly wasn’t going to ask for their forgiveness when he hadn’t done anything wrong. So he turned, and with Astra at his side, walked towards the portal. He paused just before he hit then light. ”If I don’t come back from this, tell my family that I love them and that I’m sorry I had to go away again.” Then he took the final steps into the column. Time to see if the snake was telling the truth.
And time to see whether this insanity was worth it, or if he was just another dumb Launceleyn walking through a portal to only the gods knew where.
Loren and Astra attempt to walk through the portal.
They had two goals: secure the path and find out if the portal was operational. They’d only partially succeeded in the first one and they were getting really close to failing at the second one. Presumably the offer that anyone but Ascended could pass through the portal still stood. Only one way for Loren to find out.
”Why don’t we find out if the portal actually works before we fight over what to do about the snake.” Or fight the snake. Glancing at the rest of them, he gave them his most calm look and tone. ”Wessex can’t pass without fighting, Jigano needs to stay here to communicate with the snake, and Adam, sorry, I’ve got more of a chance of surviving if there is something hostile on the other side.” All good reasons.
Frankly, though, the summoner didn’t need permission from any of them. And he certainly wasn’t going to ask for their forgiveness when he hadn’t done anything wrong. So he turned, and with Astra at his side, walked towards the portal. He paused just before he hit then light. ”If I don’t come back from this, tell my family that I love them and that I’m sorry I had to go away again.” Then he took the final steps into the column. Time to see if the snake was telling the truth.
And time to see whether this insanity was worth it, or if he was just another dumb Launceleyn walking through a portal to only the gods knew where.
Loren and Astra attempt to walk through the portal.
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