(Jan 27)
Beneath the Surface
Cliffs of Easvolin & Temple of the Maiden Thrice
Autumn 11–13, 1019
Autumn 11
Xalati tracks down a sighting of the crashed ship and finds the one that was supposed to have arrived in Shepherd’s End before Naming Day, and that an enormous spiky, plated predator has made its home there, surrounded by clouds of smaller predators that can scent blood. She returns at one point, fights and catches one of the smaller predators, and drags it home.
**Autumn 12**
The kids who went to the temple take a hot springs bath. Peach pushes Aureya to show her true feelings, not just pretending to be fine. Sal shows off what he can do with the gauntlet. The girls invade the boys’ pool, to Esmund’s embarrassment.
Ava develops a new spell with Esmund’s help. Kaisi goes to the portal discovered in the temple, spies signs of a large creature in the sand, and sends out a Luxcode signal, receiving back “All Are Welcome.”
Aureya facing her tears (by Jessica Dru)Aureya does the usual evening rituals and has a breakdown as she starts to grapple with the fact that the head priestess Corinae continually mistreated her despite her never having done anything to deserve it. As her tears hit the water, they ignite into blue flame, spreading and catching books and hangings on fire. The others run in and help to rescue books and put out the flames, while Aureya flips out about not having a center, or maybe fire and destruction being her center, and Esmund holds her hands and tells her that she can use them as her center.
Autumn 13
The kids start to gather crops for Shepherd’s End, using the newly-acquired Bags of Holding to transport them. Ava Speaks with Animals and offends Poppy.
In Shepherd’s End, Xalati returns and reports her findings on the wreck and monster to Vathedrian. The ground starts to ripple, and she runs out and sees a giant auronachus emerge from the treeline in the distance.
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