Vanyel shrugs and then remembers the reason he was traveling and reaches into his pouch and pulls out the orb that fell out of the construct. "I am unsure but I am guessing it has something to do with this."

Penris, this stone looks strangely similar, but with a different markings; like slashing claws, instead of the cute glasses of Krythlynn that lays on yours.

Mercury, you recognize the stones as well; having found a similar one on a long lonely night over a decade ago when you considered, seriously considered giving up looking for the others, but your resolve was strong enough to hold out that night and many cold nights since then.

Penris immediately brings out her stone.  "Look, I've got one too!  They must have something to do with the gods, since they have symbols on them.  Do you have one, Mercury?"  She turns to him excitedly, practically vibrating in place. 

"It's good to see you. Yes, I believe I also have a similar stone in my possession.."

Mercury jumps off the wagon, hitting the dirt with a thud. He walks over to Vanyel and slaps him on the back. 

"It looks like something's going on. Maybe you should stick with us. We should run into the others soon by the way things are going."

Kip's eyes will go wide. "GREAT! I will head to them at once!" the squirreling will say into the stone, hardly able to contain his excitement. "I will go to them as quickly as I can... but..." The squirreling will remember the impenetrable and indestructible wyrwood the fought earlier... He will pause a moment before speaking up again. "Hope... do you know why the Wyrwood would attack me? It was like it was trying to keep me from this place?" Kip would be silent waiting for a response but also taking time to once again look around him at the beautiful surroundings.

Penris nods at Mercury's words.  "Yes, yes, Vanyel, we need to stick together.  Now we just need to find Kip and Ash.  You haven't seen them, have you?"  She looks hopefully up at Vanyel. 

Vanyel shakes his head and looks around. "Other than a deer and the construct that this came from you two are the only ones I've seen. I was heading to town to see if this was some sort of archaic power source." 

"Oh, yes.  That is Bubug; he is the guardian of this grove.  Please try not to hurt him, he was just stopping you cause you didn't have your stone yet." Hope says before pausing for a moment.  "Took a lot of effort to try to stop you two from hurting each other too bad.  Even with that you still got hurt." Sadness can be heard in her voice.

It is hard to see much beyond the circles of stones and the moon above; too darkened by the trees' canopy.

Penris deflates slightly at Vanyel's words.  "Darn," she sighs, "I was hoping you'd seen them and we'd be able to find them quickly.  My idea was to look for Kip in the forest, surely that's where a Squirreling would be, right?"  She looks at Mercury.  "I wonder if Kip has a stone too!"  Her eyes grow wide.  "Do you think we could use them somehow to find each other?"

"Hmm.. let me see the stones. I may be able to figure out their purpose now we have more than one."

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Kip will hold the stone away from his face a moment, looking around before holding it once again close to his mouth "Oh... well yeah... I wasn't trying to hurt Bubug... I was just trying to scare him off you know..." The squirreling will say before taking a hand off the stone and rubbing the areas where he was rammed in the side of the head and then shot with an arrow a bit.... "Yeah, I mean... If I was trying to hurt him he definitely would be hurt right now... but since the squirrelings and Wyrwood were friends, I knew I didn't want to start a war or anything." Kip will say slightly kicking some of the pebbles on the path he was standing on "A hug or two and a little rest and I will be back to normal in no time." A smile will come to Kips fuzzy redish brown face, His tail swaying behind him. "I guess I should head back towards Haven then"

Vanyel holds out his stone, not letting it go. "Perhaps we should go to Haven and see if anyone there knows anything about them?"

Penris looks at Vanyel in shock, her mouth hanging open.  “But — but — we just left Haven. I was sure this was the way we needed to go to find Kip,” she mutters to herself.  She sighs and then looks to Mercury.  “So now we head back into town?”

(Mercury, please make a Religion Check)

"Kip, I had to use my power to make several of your attacks miss.  Thankfully this is a place connected to the Gods, so I was able to alter things.  Outside of here I am powerless to help you." Hope replies.  "There is no need to fib to me."

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"I don't think Haven is where we'll find more information. I've been back and forth there a number of times, although only recently running into Penris. We can go back there if you need to get supplies? But i'm sure between myself and Penris, we've scoured that wretched place clean."

Mercury lights up his pipe and takes a few puffs, patting the dust of his horse.

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"Kip, I had to use my power to make several of your attacks miss.  Thankfully this is a place connected to the Gods, so I was able to alter things.  Outside of here I am powerless to help you." Hope replies.  "There is no need to fib to me."

 "I miss you Hope...." Kip will say hanging his head and holding the stone, now in the palm of his overlapped hands out in front of him. "If I could I would stay in this place forever so I can keep talking to you... but I know I need to find the others to continue to do your will..." The squirreling will tuck the stone into a small interior pocket in the leather vest we wears over his fur before making his was back the way he came. The squirreling would feel a mix of emotions... excitement at knowing that many of the others have already found eachother...  disappointment that he had been unable to find any of the others himself.... excitement that HOPE WAS REAL... and that he got to talk to her... but disappointment that he had to leave the place where he could talk to her after such a long search...

Before Kip leaves the circle, he feels pressure; as if receiving a hug.  Muffled from the stone you hear; "Come back soon, I miss you already."

As you leave you see Bubug, his light yellow stained wooden frame rolls up; but when he gets close, he lowers his head in a bow.

Mercury, when you hold your stone close to Vanyel's, they both glow a bit.  They are definitely connected somehow.

Penris looks at Mercury and Vanyel in consternation.  She sighs and closes her eyes.  Krythlynn, I know we need to find the others.  Do we really need to turn around and go back to Haven when we've just left there? She waits to see if she gets any response.  While she waits, she focuses on the stone in her hand to see if it seems to point her in any one direction.