Taken back by the fact that the girl had exposed him, he took a step backwards. What startled him even more was what the scaly creature said next. Was this girl going to let the monster eat him. Blue was as frozen solid. The mage was glued to the ground in fear. He tried to speak, but no words came out. He knew he had to act fast. He had to attack first. He needed the element of suprise.

Then he felt it. Tremors in the ground, warned of a greater threat close by. A cold shiver went down Blues spine. He had been so engrossed by the threat in front of him, that he hadn't noticed the vibrations in the ground before they had reached an alarming magnitude. Sound of something heavy crushing the stone floor under it echoed throughout Tinashe. The Rhythm of the noise made it clear that this was the footsteps of something not human. Then he source of the chaos appeared before them. Behind the girl and the reptilian emerged two stone soldiers.

The lizard man threw his spear towards the one of the guardians, but to no use. Following the strange creatures example, the mage took a few step backwards. One of the stone soldiers shouted with a deep voice. The sound was strange. One could hear this was construct, not a living being. The golem punched the reptilians shield with the might of a boulder. The abnormal creature flew through the air and into a nearby building. Unfortunately he got up."We run fast now, yes?" the monster said.  "No", Blue responded with a shaky yet determined voice.

Blue had come up with two during the little time the lizard creature fought with the stone warrior. The first was to turn around and run deeper into the city, creating a wall of rock behind him. This way he would escape, and kill the two savages swell. However, he feared what might hide further within the ruins. Therefore he developed a better plan. If he could help these people defeat the stone soldiers, they would probably see the value of having him around. 

Blue lifted his staff and launched a invisible spell at the guardian closest to the reptile. He proceeded to cast another  spell at the monster, who had proclaimed he wanted to eat him. To those around him it would just look like he was pointing at the two. However the reptilian would soon notice an incredible strength emerging within him. Having a strategy, really boosted the sorcerers confidence. With the strength the reptilian possessed mixed withe the powerful enchantment casted upon him, he could possibly crush the weakened stone guardian. " Hey Lizarman!",Blue shouted with all his might. " Destroy that relic".

Taken back by the fact that the girl had exposed him, he took a step backwards. What startled him even more was what the scaly creature said next. Was this girl going to let the monster eat him. Blue was as frozen solid. The mage was glued to the ground in fear. He tried to speak, but no words came out. He knew he had to act fast. He had to attack first. He needed the element of suprise.

Then he felt it. Tremors in the ground, warned of a greater threat close by. A cold shiver went down Blues spine. He had been so engrossed by the threat in front of him, that he hadn't noticed the vibrations in the ground before they had reached an alarming magnitude. Sound of something heavy crushing the stone floor under it echoed throughout Tinashe. The Rhythm of the noise made it clear that this was the footsteps of something not human. Then he source of the chaos appeared before them. Behind the girl and the reptilian emerged two stone soldiers.

The lizard man threw his spear towards the one of the guardians, but to no use. Following the strange creatures example, the mage took a few step backwards. One of the stone soldiers shouted with a deep voice. The sound was strange. One could hear this was construct, not a living being. The golem punched the reptilians shield with the might of a boulder. The abnormal creature flew through the air and into a nearby building. Unfortunately he got up."We run fast now, yes?" the monster said.  "No", Blue responded with a shaky yet determined voice.

Blue had come up with two during the little time the lizard creature fought with the stone warrior. The first was to turn around and run deeper into the city, creating a wall of rock behind him. This way he would escape, and kill the two savages swell. However, he feared what might hide further within the ruins. Therefore he developed a better plan. If he could help these people defeat the stone soldiers, they would probably see the value of having him around. 

Blue lifted his staff and launched a invisible spell at the guardian closest to the reptile. He proceeded to cast another  spell at the monster, who had proclaimed he wanted to eat him. To those around him it would just look like he was pointing at the two. However the reptilian would soon notice an incredible strength emerging within him. Having a strategy, really boosted the sorcerers confidence. With the strength the reptilian possessed mixed withe the powerful enchantment casted upon him, he could possibly crush the weakened stone guardian. " Hey Lizarman!",Blue shouted with all his might. " Destroy that relic".

[OOC: Nom nom. Tasty Blue. :P]
 
Cha'Kwe'Tza's comment on consumption and sacrifice in the wake of the robed visitor's exposure served to garner a brief, brow furrow from Natsumi when it occurred.
 
"That's a little excessive, don't you think? Even if he is pointing his weapon at us…" Indeed, while the young druid was far from civilized anymore, she wasn't quite savage enough to begin sacrificing random strangers. Not only that, she was Parvporan, and possessed an innate disinterest in the gods of Canelux. Her people had given body and soul to throw off the yoke of supernatural beings; they weren't about to start worshipping them again, especially when they played so little a role in her home continent.
 
That brief history lesson never emerged in conversation, however, despite how relevant it was. The petrified legionnaires and their accompanying shockwaves were soon upon the group of three, causing Natsumi to divert her attention from Blue to a more immediate threat.  "Apparently this city's guards aren't all dead yet."
 
'A soldier's duty is never done.' Apparently, Tinashe's people had taken that saying to heart when designing their ancient military. Even so many centuries after they themselves had crumbled into dust, their constructs remained, as strong and stalwart defenders as ever. Not even Cha'Kwe could stand up to their might, having been sent flying past Natsumi into a rickety building with but a single punch.
 
A prudent course of action – and, in fact, the primary course that should have been taken in that situation – would have been to run, just as the foreign lizard suggested in the aftermath of his easy defeat. Yet the formerly hostile mage gave a contrary signal before Natsumi could agree with her partner of circumstance. Blue sought to fight an unnecessary battle, to use Cha'Kwe'Tza as a battering ram for his own gain; but the young Miss Yamauchi would have no part in it.
 
"Fight if you wish," she shouted while taking off her robe in a flourish. "I find escape more sensible at this point." Before, on the hill, Cha'Kwe had easily been able to keep up with her because her robe limited her movement. Her tail was bushy and often got tangled up in her legs if she ran too fast in contained clothing. Now that it was free, though, her speed was effectively doubled.
 
With that in mind, Natsumi took off sprinting toward the center of the city. One of the soldiers didn't take too kindly to this attempted exodus, and split off from the main group to pursue his escaping prey. Meanwhile, the spells that Blue cast were beginning to manifest, though not in the way he intended. Once the weaken spell hit the golem it was aimed at, runes inscribed on its surface, identical to those found on Tinashe's outer walls, flashed with brilliant intensity. What was intended to make a formidable enemy's defense brittle had actually been absorbed by anti-magical wards. The petrified soldier remained unfettered, and turned a fist toward the mage for his interference.  

Still a little shaky on his legs, Cha'Kwe'Tza stared at the human wizard. A surge of strength burst through him from nowhere, and he realized that a spell had been cast on him. A violent shiver spiking up his spine, Cha'Kwe'Tza shrugged off the thought of being touched by magic. Behind him, Natsumi had removed her robe and was beginning to run deeper into the city. Discarding his battered shield, Cha'Kwe'Tza looked at the mage that had tried to command him and yelled the only insult he knew in the common tongue, "Eat shit! I run. You fight, then die. I come back and eat." The last bit was spoken as Cha'Kwe'Tza's tongue flicked out, showing off his sharp teeth.

Turning towards the direction Natsumi had run, Cha'Kwe'Tza first ducked under the swinging fist from one of the guardians. The arm sailed over the Reptilian's head, smashing through the wall behind him in a spray of stone and dust scattering debris across the street. Taking advantage of the extra strength given to him by the wizard, Cha'Kwe'Tza lashed out with his sword as he ran past. The black stone of his weapon still skittered harmlessly across the stone making up the leg of his attacker, but the force behind the blow managed to knock the leg aside, toppling the guardian. Lengthening his stride, Cha'Kwe'Tza sped from the fallen stone warrior, and left the human wizard behind with the second, which Cha'Kwe'Tza noticed was about to engage the human.

The Reptilian had to run for a few minutes past abandoned houses and store fronts, claws clicking almost too loudly on the street beneath him. Cha'Kwe'Tza had been through dead cities before, but those had all been smashed to the ground and still burning. Tinashe, being mostly intact was unnerving to the warrior and carried a feeling of wrongness. It wasn't too long into his own run that Cha'Kwe'Tza eventually caught up with Natsumi. Announcing himself from across the square, Cha'Kwe'Tza strode up to a few paces away, "I think we good now," the lizard started. "You say your searching for K.A.T…What is it?" Cha'Kwe'Tza stumbled over the name of the artifact that Natsumi said she wanted, but it wouldn't be right if he were to try and recover the sole item she wanted from this venture. Especially now that he was beginning to consider this strange young woman a potential friend.

The two didn't take kindly to Blues attempt of taking control over the situation. The reptilian yelled at him and they both took off. Blue was shaking with fury. The three had the chance of defeating the guardians, and they chose to run. The scaly monster was angry at him for taking initiative just because his petty pride was hurt by being given an order. Then Blue saw the glowing runes that had appeared on the stone sentinel. Seeing the blue light, he understood that the construct had anti magical capabilities. It was completely unaffected by his magic. He had clearly underestimated these beings. . The duo had probably figured out that these were not normal stone golems. Blue now understood why they chose to run. He felt ashamed for trying to trying to make them face a deadly situation without thought. Im pathetic, he thought to himself. However the mage didn't get much time to beat himself up over it, a a giant stone fist came flying towards him.

Blue dodged the hit in a clumsy manner. he hadn't seen the the guardian coming. Before the construct got the chance to hit again, the mage bolted in the same direction that the others had ran. Not because he wanted to see the human-eating best again, but simply because it was the opposite direction of where the stone soldier before him had come from. As he ran down the street, he noticed the other stone soldier standing about ten spear lengths ahead of him. The sentinel lifted its massive rock fist, ready to crush Blue underneath it. Blue prepared himself to dodge the incoming attack. She stone guardian slammed its fist towards the ground. The mage tried to dodge it but stumbled in his own robe, and to the ground. In the short millisecond before the ground was crushed underneath the powerful punch, blue looked at the road in front of him. Filled with abandoned structures on either side, road led further into the dangerous ruins. He had messed up. Blue was going to die. The mage wished that he were ten spear length further in that direction. He longed for the distance of safety. But as the boulder of a hand was about to pulverize every bone in his body, everything vanished.

Blue nothing but overwhelming pain as his body dematerialized. All his senses disappeared except the agony. Then he awoke, but he was no longer human. Blue didn't know it at that point, but his desperation and his inner cry for helped had been answered. The almost infinite power source within his body had been activated temporarily due to his survival instinct and fear of dying. Every atom in his body had changed into pure arcane energy. Time stood still. He could neither see nor hear. All senses were gone, but he had gained a new ones. He could feel every form of magic. He was one with it. he floated in a current of mana. He could sense the world around him too. It was like he knew were everything was. Even though he couldn't see it. However in this dimension, he was trapped within a certain area. He recognized that he could only move within what once was the area of view of his original body. The mage could also feel that his time in this state, was running out. He had to turn into his original form lest he become magic forever. Blue flowed through the arcane until he reached the point had yearned for when he was lying beneath the massive stone golem. he felt a tickling sensation as his original senses reappeared and all the arcane energy changed into atoms once again, forming his body.

Blue stood still for a second, baffled by what had just happened. A lot of questions flew through his mind. How did he managed to do that? Where did this new magical ability come from. His newfound power could most certainly be a clue of his past. He soon realized that this was not the time to ponder upon the mysteries that surrounded him, as the guardian realized its prey had teleported into the distance. The construct starting to move towards Blue. The mage ran once again, this time, lifting his robe as if it was a dress.

After a while, he reached the two shady treasure hunters or whatever the were. He cursed to himself, as he was hoping to avoid the terrifying duo. As there were no roads leading off to the side, he was forced to approach them. As he did, he heard the reptilian ask about something called K.A.T. The two noticed him, and he held his hands up in front of his chest, signaling that he meant no harm. " Im sorry for my foolish behavior", he apologized. " I was rash, stupid and i did not know my place.".

[OOC: Alright, we're going to have a little breather in the center of town before we continue down into the depths. Have fun describing as silly a bounce as you want. I decided it was time for some comedic relief. :)]
 
"Fleet foot," as Cha'Kwe'Tza had initially referred to Natsumi, was more accurate a name for her than the lizard could have known at the time. The woman was not an upfront fighter. She didn't possess the strength of a soldier and never had. However, she made up for that lack of brute force with cunning and speed. Blue had his mastery of typical destruction magic and Cha'Kwe was an engine of destruction on his own. Natsumi, on the other hand, was an unparalleled scout.
 
It was, thus, no surprise that she left behind the pursuing stone soldier as a hare leaves behind a turtle, nor was it surprising that Chalky took a few minutes to catch up to her after losing sight. The druid had made a beeline for the center of the city using every ounce of her magically enhanced agility, and just happened to find the capital building there. Having reached such a destination, Natsumi was finally able to rest.
 
Slowing to a calm stride, the woman began examining her surroundings. The city seemed to be even more intact the further one travelled into its center, almost eerily so. The buildings around the capitol looked as if they hadn't aged at all. Even the marble pillars on the front of the formidable edifice showed no signs of erosion from rain.
 
"It's like time has stopped here," she said before halting her movement completely. Something on the ground had caught her gaze at that moment: a line of runes similar to those on both the golems and walls. Unlike the former examples, however, these glyphs were written in reverse. It was a technique that the ecologist had seen in a book before when she was still living in the main, Yamauchi manor. Now, more than ever, she knew what to expect inside the city, but Cha'Kwe'Tza showed up before she could remark of it in self-talk.
 
"We will definitely be safe if we stay on the other side of this line," she said in response to the lizard when she heard his voice from afar. She stepped on the other side of the aforementioned streak of characters at that moment, and then pointed to it before answering her partner's question.   "K.A.T…. it's hard to say what it is, honestly. My teacher actually found it years ago while he was artifact hunting in the eastern continent, but he could never get it to work. According to his notes, it 'told' him that he wasn't worthy. The only things I know about it are that it changes shape, can speak, and is only recognizable by the moon and tree pictographs that adorn its surface. It was bequeathed to me in the professor's will, however, so I am simply here to retrieve whatever it is."
 
As if on cue, the mage from before arrived then with hands on high and apology in mouth.  It was rather amusing to Natsumi to see him so humbled, but she did her best to hide said amusement. His pride was clearly and already harmed enough without additional laughter, even if a small smirk did slip past her stoic facade.
 
"Be that as it may, you might want to get on the other side of this glyph line like I am before the stone soldiers get here. I've finally figured out what we're dealing with, and I know those soldiers are automatons left here to guard the city. These runes are written in reverse, circular pattern. They will repel anything decorated in runes the same as those giants. If I had to guess, the owners of the capitol building behind me didn't wish for their guardians to get overzealous and destroy their precious home in the process, so they created a security measure."
 
Sure enough, the stone golems did show up after Natsumi's explanation. Their stride may have been slow, but it was wide. They would attempt to strike at Cha'Kwe and Blue once more, but would be violently repulsed from their targets if the two happened to duck inside the ancient shield before being hit. If the two adventurers were feeling especially devious, they might even have fun with the fearsome giants by purposefully luring them into punching the ward.

Cha'Kwe'Tza heard the mage's voice behind him. Turning and levelling a yellow eyed stare, Cha'Kwe'Tza let a low growl rumble forth. He wasn't exactly overjoyed to see the mage again, and he had no reservations about showing it. His earlier comments about sacrificial consumption still had a place in the back of his mind. Before the Reptilian could think of anything meaningful to say against the mage, Natsumi spoke up, mentioning in fuller detail the significance of the runic line on the ground. Taking a step towards the markings, Cha'Kwe'Tza looked back over his shoulder when the thundering footsteps of the guardians announced their presence from across the square.

Moving so that he stood just on the outside of the barrier, Cha'Kwe'Tza fingered the hilt of his stone sword for a moment before changing his mind and leaving the weapon at his side. Holding both of his large arms out parallel to the ground, he roared his challenge at the two stone guardians. The closer of the pair immediately deviated on its course to head straight for Cha'Kwe'Tza. As the stone behemoth neared, Cha'Kwe'Tza shifted his weight on his feet so that he could move at the last moment when he needed. Muscles in his legs flexing as they prepared for sudden movement, Cha'Kwe'Tza watched the guardian bring a massive arm back so that it could put every ounce of power into a killing blow. As the fist came whirling around in a swing that would smash the Reptilian to pieces, Cha'Kwe'Tza bent over at the stomach and launched himself forward passing underneath the fist.

The air displaced by such a large moving object pushed against Cha'Kwe'Tza, rattling the bone and bead necklace around his neck. This was followed closely by a blue and white flash of white and the crashing sound of stone striking stone with an obscene level of force. Turning around, Cha'Kwe'Tza saw that the stone guardian's fist had ricocheted from the magical barrier and been redirected straight back into its own upper leg, destroying the limb that was required to keep it upright. Claws clicking, Cha'Kwe'Tza sauntered back to Natsumi and the mage as the construct behind him flailed while toppling over. An outstretched stone fist just missing the Reptilian's tail.

In front of him the other two stood, and the guardian lay flat on the street. Looking blankly from the guardian to Natsumi and the mage, Cha'Kwe'Tza let out a breath. He would've liked to have seen how this guardian was brought down. At the sound of heavy scraping behind him, Cha'Kwe'Tza glanced and saw that the other guardian was attempting to pull itself forward with just its arms. Stepping backwards over the runes indicating the barrier, Cha'Kwe'Tza knelt down right where the guardian was trying to grab at him. Like before, whenever the stone fist neared the line, there was a quick flash of light and the hand was repelled.

Holding his own scaly hand out as close to the line as he dared, Cha'Kwe'Tza bared his teeth, "So close. Next time, big stone one." Standling, the Reptilian stepped back before turning so as to keep his tail within the runes. Being yanked back through the barrier that way was not on Cha'Kwe'Tza's plan for this journey. Especially the part that would follow where the guardian would smash him to bits on the stone street. Now that all three of the party were on the protected side of the runes, Cha'Kwe'Tza walked calmly over to the mage stopping just a few inches away, and pressing a large scaly finger against the mage's chest. "You, Mage. Never. Command. Me…" Although the words came out quite stern, most of the unbridled anger that Cha'Kwe'Tza had felt earlier wasn't there. Looking at Natsumi, Cha'Kwe'Tza gestured to the mage and finished speaking, "Maybe he useful. I say we keep him…For now." 

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