01-03-2018, 09:22 PM
the Rift
[ continuation of » New Beginnings ]They were a strange kind of tide, rolling across the land—an unprecedented mix of Rift creatures, from the most innocent eriucla to a terrifying desert walker. At the head of the contingent, which included several equines, marched the proud matriarch of the loricatrunc, purpose in her stride, while at the back, the sceletus ambled at a pace that seemed not quite of this world.
Once upon the shore to the lake the sirens inhabited, the matriarch paused, and the vulviper, carrying its load of malspira, abandoned its perch on the sceletus's leg—and probably a good thing, for the gigantic creature passed right over the group and headed towards the mountain. In the placid lake, a single siren showed its head, watching the group with a frown. It bared its teeth, then dived below the surface, leaving it deceptively calm.
"Here we are," the matriarch said, her trunk dipping to touch the lake's surface for a moment. "While we carry the hope in our hearts, you are the ones who can relight it—" and she waved distractedly at the floating orbs of light "—so you must be the ones to go into the deep. Take a bite of the malspira, and you'll be alright."
The first task is: relight the hope at the bottom of the siren's lake!
Don't worry, the matriarch isn't going to feed you way too little, or poisonous, malspira. :P
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