The Forest

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Unowned Territory that few dare to venture through because of those that inhabit it.

"This place is just down right creepy with all the dead, snow covered trees. Wait...the ice is...spreading. The White Queen isn't just trying to take Soleste...she's going for the whole region!"

Aria sets the basket down by the others, then walks a little water away and starts to wring out her hair, "I need to learn how to extract water soon...."

Alina giggles to herself as she watches Lucas from the treetop in an almost dreamlike way, but she snaps out of it and looks around for signs of their next destination. She spots a billow of smoke a few leagues away, and yells down, "Hey! I think I found it!"

"Good. If you can see it from there, then we should be there by nightfall," Ven says.

Lucas wipes his brow and sets down the pouch of fruit. "Alright, breakfast, everyone."

After becoming satisfied with the amount of water she got out of her hair, Aria goes back to the rest of the group and sits down.

Alina expertly jumps down the tree, branch to branch, and lands gracefully on the ground.

Lucas sits and bites into an apple. "So what should we do when we get to the Industrial City, exactly?" He asks, continuing to chomp on his apple.

Aria quietly eats a few berries, but seems to be deep in thought about something.

(That was the lamest update form me in a while, I think.)

Alina shrugs, "Look for help? I'm assuming Wallace had a reason for us to go there. By the way, Lucas, do you have a knife I could borrow?"

"I think so. And if not, you can ask super-mage over here to turn a rock into a dagger for you."

Hela shrinks, embarrassed.

Aria glances behind them again at the clouds, which are slowly getting closer and whispers something almost inaudible.

Alina puts her hands on her hips and asks impatiently, "Well do you have one or not?"

Lucas raises an eyebrow and searches himself. "Negative. Just a sword."

Aria puts her hand on the surface of the water in the basket, "Glacies"

As she draws her hand up the water comes up with it, forming into a dagger. She hands it to Alina, "This should do. You might want to get a new one after a few weeks though. It'll fall apart after that."

Alina takes the dagger-shaped-icicle and smiles in appreciation, "Thank you...Aria. It is Aria isn't it?"

Lucas stands up and dusts off. "Alright, I think we should get movin' soon."

Aria smiles in return, "Yes, you're right. And you're welcome."

"Well thank you very much." She beams at Lucas, "At least someone around here is useful."

Lucas looks off to the side as if there's an audience. "Right, because I didn't carry her 5 times during this trip, that was somebody else."

Aria grabs her staff and stands back up, and glances behind her again, "They're getting closer...."

Alina sticks her tongue out at Lucas childishly, yet jokingly. She then turns her attention to the clouds, "Well then we should get moving. The City looked like it was only a few leagues away. So let's hurry. I'll take to the trees to make sure there's going to be no aerial assaults." Climbs a tree and disappears into the scenery.

Lucas looks up into the trees then turns back to everyone else. "Alright, let's get it in gear, everyone!" Everyone then stands and moves on. "Lookin' good up there?"

Aria follows the rest while playing with different spells.

Alina pops her head out of the treetops to get a clear view of the clouds and yells down to the group below, "We should pick up the pace! If we don't start running we won't be able to beat the clouds! They're starting to move faster!"

"You heard her, everyone, we gotta get goin'! Let's kick it up a notch!" Lucas then turns and starts to sprint. Ven then passes him, almost as if gliding on air. "Whoa."

Aria looks back at the clouds and holds her staff up towards them, "Clouds are made of water... So maybe I can slow them down. Congelo"

The clouds seem to slow down, but not by much, "That should give us a little extra time... It would work better if I could get closer to them, but I'd rather not be near them."

She then starts running along with the others.