I am not really sure, but I think no shrooms can be found around Kalinor, at least not glowing ones, I might be wrong tho. So let’s just leave it at that. I am glad I got the chance to write with you, let’s hope I live up to your expectations. Idiots!
Velenor could find no other word to describe the people who he had to evade countless times in order to reach a somewhat lonesome place. They were everywhere, crowds, couples and single persons alike, as spread out as they were, one would think that the population of Kalinor is four times bigger than it was in reality. As he scaled the walls slowly, he could feel slight strain on his body, he had been clenched onto the walls far too long for his liking. Slowly looking down, as if he was stalking some large prey, he gazed upon a part of the cave that was unknown to him till that point. Everything was glowing; Now who the hell would serve such a sour picture upon his eyes? The Symenestra hissed as he was scaling down the wall on all four, one hand in front of the other, his feet following closely behind. Finally when he was about a dozen feet away from the ground floor, he quickly sprung off the wall and landed on all fours into the unknown. His landing was somewhat awkward on his ankle, he was sure of it, as he limped a bit while moving through the glowing field of mystery.
It stirred a little of interest within the man, but it also made him think ill of himself; After all, how the hell did he fail to come to this place sooner? Well, at least he was here now, he thought as he shrugged to himself with an indifferent look plastered on his face. He wondered was this place really as solemn as it looked, but then he just nodded to himself significantly, after all, who other than him had enough supreme intellect in them to make such an important discovery. As he stopped somewhere in the glowing plain, he wondered does the field hold any secrets, and if it did, would it show it to a superior being like Velenor?
His self content grin was quickly thrown out of the way, as he thought he had seen something about thirty feet to his left. Moving slowly towards the source of the disturbance, the closer he got, the more impressed he was by the giant mushroom that seemed to have grown enough to provide cover for a dozen men, but he quickly lost all interest in it, as cover was not really a sought after commodity in Kalinor. Even if he did not really think anyone would dare spy on him, he still made sure, as he turned to his auristics skills for help.
He caught but an edge of a spherical aura that seemed to come from the other side of the huge thing in front of him. Not wanting to waste too much power by trying to look through the thing, he decided to go around and take a closer look, of course a slight usage of auristics would still be required.
As he got around it, he gazed upon a young woman, seemingly lost in thought. He quickly tried to inspect her, but he was far too unskilled to accomplish such a thing so quickly. A chime or two later, he was already being the target of curious and suspecting gazes of the strange creature, but it was well worth the price, as his effort had shown him a couple of things; First and foremost, physically she was quite likely weaker than him, the second fact he could perceive would be that she was not a mage, not even in the slightest of ways. Third fact however, it unsettled him so, as hard as tried to look, there were no visible disturbances in the girl’s aura…. She was just calm….. just absent, but how could that be? Was she really that static? He could the fatigue gaining on him, and so he used the last of his time to soak in the aura a bit better. It was a simple black and blue net with double strands entwining on top of each other. The whole aura gave off a feeling of captivity, as if the person was caught in two fishing nets at once, but why did that image bother him so much, he could not tell.
His legs were shaking a bit, so he crashed next to the girl, not really looking to be polite. His curiosity got the best of him though, as he eyed the girl for a second before asking her in a cold tone:
“What is your purpose here?” he did not even expect an answer. He was no prince charming after all, but if it could at least get the girl off her butt and away from his forest of mushrooms, it was well worth the effort.